Thermaltake CTE E600 MX Mid Tower Case Review

Peter Donnell / 7 months ago

Interior

As you can see, there’s a huge amount of space on the interior of the CTE E600 MX. The motherboard tray is rotated 90 degrees, meaning the top of the motherboard will be pointing towards the front of the case, which comes with quite a few benefits, but we’ll get to those shortly. There are boxes inside with additional mounting components for the GPU and the riser cable.

As you can see, there are quite a lot of cut-outs dotted around the interior, allowing you to tackle your cable routing requirements easily enough.

There are some smaller ones on the side here, which will be for fan cables and the CPU 4+4 connectors.

This larger one here will be for the motherboard 24-pin, and while the hole is huge, keep in mind this case supports both ATX and E-ATX motherboards, which would otherwise cover the hole if it wasn’t enlarged.

So, up in the top of the case is where you’ll find the “rear” I/O mounts. That means that in this confirmation your GPU will hang vertically from the top of the case. It also means your GPU would be pointing its fans at the back of the case, where you can have additional fans pulling air directly in towards it.

There’s also ample room in the bottom part of the case to add more fans and radiators that would draw air up to these components, further enhancing the cooling performance.

While the side of the case too has a plethora of 120mm and 140mm mounts for fans and radiator. As I said before, this case will handle up to 12 x 140mm fans or 14 x 120mm fans, so it’ll be practically a hovercraft if you have powerful enough fans.

Behind the motherboard, you’ll find a good amount of clearance to mount the side panel fans on this side of the motherboard tray, freeing up even more space in the front chamber for a larger radiator.

There’s a storage bay up at the top for larger 3.5″ drives, but also some direct mounting points to install 2.5″ drives behind the motherboard.

The PSU mounts on its side in the lower chamber, but there’s a lot of additional space to allow for a truly massive ATX PSU, but also to store any excess cables to keep the rest of the build looking neat and tidy.

There are plenty of cable-tie loops dotted around too, so strapping down unruly cables using the included cable ties should be simple enough.

Now let’s have a look under the top panel of the case. This is where your motherboard I/O will be, and it’ll all be hidden under the cover, meaning your build will look clean and tidy from all sides.

However, how do you get your peripheral cables routed here? Simple, there’s a pass-through hole towards the rear, with a hidden Velcro strap to keep them nice and organised.