Thermaltake Tai Chi Case Review - PAGE 1

Thermaltake Tai Chi Review

Thermaltake has released a lot of products in the last few years, ranging from CPU and video card heatsinks to mid sized cases with questionable designs all the way up to full tower cases with a dozen 5.25 inch bays. There isn't a whole lot that Thermaltake hasn't already done in the cooling industry, so where to now?

Taking a cue from Gigabyte's entry into the case market, Thermaltake has come up with a new full tower that is designed to work best with their in-house watercooling system. With that, I bring you the Thermaltake Tai Chi, a monster of a full tower case fashioned in a similar vein to the Gigabyte Aurora which we reviewed recently.

In comparison to Thermtaltake's last reviewed case here at neoseeker, the Tai Chi seems to be a more refined product, with much more thought given to the styling and engineering of the case.

First Impressions

For starters, the box for the case is huge. I guess that's to be expected of a case the size of the Gigabyte Aurora. However, we got our second shock when we tried lifting the box - this case was heavy. Despite being made of aluminum, this case was as easily as heavy as many steel cases, if not heavier. This is primarily due to the thickness of the metal used - most of it was a couple millimeters thick, especially the side panels (will be explained later). Aesthetically, I am of the opinion that it is a marked improvement over the Thermaltake Armor, but other members of the site think that the fins make the case look ugly. Granted, this boils down to personal preference.