Thermaltake Level 20 GT ARGB Full-Tower Chassis Review

How Much Does it Cost?

Unfortunately, the Thermaltake Level 20 GT ARGB E-ATX chassis doesn’t come cheap. Of course, few, if any similarly sized and equipped chassis really do. At £249.99 in the UK or $249.99 in the US, it’s going to leave a dent in your wallet. Of course, given that it’s designed to handle systems costing many times that, it could still easily turn out to be the cheapest component of your desired build.

Overview

I’ve said it a thousand times before, Thermaltake loves to commit to that “Go Big or Go Home” mentality. This isn’t even the biggest and most expensive model on the Level 20 series, although it’s still very big. I mean, it’s a full-tower, and that’s a class of chassis that so few people actually need. If you’re happy with a mid-tower, this is a big step up. However, if you want bigger radiators, bigger fans, lots more storage, more expansion cards, etc, then the GT will eat them up without any issues.

Build Quality

This is one seriously robust chassis, more robust than I am, that’s for sure. An afternoon of lugging this thing around the studio has left me tired and with a sore back. I’m not kidding either, it’s 22KG in the box, and throw our meagre system in there and it’s topping 30KG in no time. Chuck some radiators in there, and 50KG will come round before you can say “Do you even lift bro?” Seriously though, it’s very well made and it’s because of this that it’s so heavy. It’ll handle serious hardware with no issues. Tempered glass always looks fantastic too, but with four panels of it here, it doesn’t help make the already heavy frame any lighter, that’s for sure.

Customisation

A chunky chassis this may be, but Thermaltake has designed it so you could just about break it up into tiny pieces with just a humble screwdriver. For modders, the flexibility, space, and modular design on this chassis are hard to beat. You can move storage bays around, remove them completely, or hide them out of sight. You can route cables all over the place, fit radiators and pumps in multiple places. Overall, there are few things, if any, in the PC components market that won’t fit in here.

Should I Buy One?

You would have to hit me on the head with this chassis to recommended it to most people. It’s too big, it’s too heavy, and it’s too damn expensive for your kids Fortnite PC build. Few will have room on or under their desk for something like this. However, for the enthusiasts out there, eager to do a massive custom loop cooled multi-GPU workstation/extreme gaming rig that has to look absolutely bad-ass, it’s £250 well spent.