Thermaltake The Tower 300 PC Case Review

How Much Does it Cost?

Amazingly, the feature-packed and highly capable Thermaltake The Tower 300 is available right now for just £139.99, which is hardly cheap, but honestly, for such a unique and well-made product, I think it’s exceptionally good value for money, and even more so that the price seems consistent regardless of which colour you want, even for the bright yellow Bumblebee edition!

Overview

I think it’s fair to say that while Thermaltake’s The Tower 100 was flawed, I loved it, but gamers were putting in bigger hardware than the case was capable of efficiently cooling, and there were a lot of compromises needing to be made. The Tower 200 expanded on this, with improved airflow and more space, but again, with the release of The Tower 300, Thermaltake has taken everything to the next level.

There’s no compromise here, at all, as any micro-ATX case that can handle both the largest graphics card on the market and a 420mm AIO cooler, means you can put the best hardware on the market in this case without issue. It’ll handle a full ATX PSU too, and with modern PSUs offering 1000W plus in a smaller package than ever, combined with the surprisingly comprehensive cable routing options of this case, getting big power and a clean-looking build is relatively easy.

Airflow is easy, you just put more holes in, but getting it to look good, is not so easy. However, with matching ventilation patterns on the left side, right side, and all three of the bottom front panels, the 300 looks pretty amazing. Thermaltake has used pretty thick steel for this case too, so despite being full of more holes than a cheese grater, it’s surprisingly very rigid. This is even more impressive given that the glass has a pillarless design between the three panels! However, there are mesh or magnetic fitted filters on all the smaller panels, the bottom of the case, the top of the case, the sides, and the rear, so if any dust gets in here, don’t be mad, just be impressed it managed it.

Thermaltake upgraded the stock cooling on this case too, and while they’re hidden out of sight, having two 140mm fans in the top is going to pull a lot of air through the case and make easy work of exhausting any heat out of the top, preventing any warm spots from building up within the case. While I mounted my AIO cooler on the side, you could just as easily fill that with a few fans and put a big air cooler in here too, which I think would look great, as it would fill out some of that centre chamber.

I also appreciate that they didn’t just slap a load of RGB on it, this case looks stylish on its own, and with it being made available in a range of unique colours, they’re a breath of fresh air in a market that has largely just gone for black/grey with rainbow lights. There’s a trend for doing something unique with tempered glass too, and while TT aren’t the first to do pillarless, it was the right choice for their latest case.

Final Thoughts

The Thermaltake The Tower 300 builds upon everything that made the 100 and 200 so popular, but takes the build quality, hardware support, cooling, and aesthetics up to the next level, making it one seriously versatile micro-ATX case, that can handle the biggest and best graphics cards and coolers on the market, ensuring you can build an absolute beast of a gaming PC in this unique form factor.