Name: Thermaltake The Tower 500 - Good Lord It's Huge 😳
Uploaded: 2022-06-10T17:10:37+00:00
Duration: 15 min 35 s
Description: Leo takes a look at the new Thermaltake 'The Tower 500'. You know a case is serious when it has a 'THE' in front of it. Is it any good? Leo finds out all the good and bad points today. Read more on th

1 year ago

Leo takes a look at the new Thermaltake 'The Tower 500'. You know a case is serious when it has a 'THE' in front of it. Is it any good? Leo finds out all the good and bad points today. Read more on the KitGuru website here: https://bit.ly/39pYHbi

00:00 Start
01:11 The Tower 500 - meccano!
03:15 The back
03:32 Storage options / removing plates
04:17 Bottom of the case
04:47 Front cover / interesting design / cooling
06:30 Nut plate - for pump mounts
07:05 Stripped down - building a system into the 500
10:30 Analysis: Thermal & noise testing
13:48 Leos Closing Thoughts

Thermaltake The Tower 500
MSRP for the case is £199
Accessory LCD panel is £89.99 inc VAT
https://www.thermaltake.com/lcd-panel-kit-snow-for-the-tower-500.html

Product page
https://www.thermaltake.com/the-tower-500-mid-tower-chassis.html

Test System:
Processor: Intel Core i9-12900K (16 cores/24 threads)
CPU Cooler: Thermaltake Toughliquid Ultra 360
Motherboard: Asus TUF Gaming B660-Plus WiFi D4
Memory: 16GB Thermaltake ToughRAM DDR4-3600
Graphics card: Sapphire Radeon RX6800 XT 16GB
Power supply: Thermaltake ToughPower PF1 ARGB 850W Platinum
SSD: 500GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 M.2 NVMe
OS: Windows 11

Pros:
The Tower 500 is unusual so kudos to Thermaltake on that score
The price is reasonable but you will need to add extras such as fans

Cons:
The case takes a large amount of desk space
You only get one set of fan/radiator brackets in the package
The optional LCD screen is fun but expensive

Award Worth Buying
Marks 8 out of 10

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