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The Thermaltake Chaser MK-1 is a full tower ATX gaming chassis featuring dual 200mm ColorShift LED fans with customizable lighting and speed controls, a built-in hot-swap HDD/SSD docking station for rapid data access, spacious interior for advanced cooling and cable management, and support for GPUs up to 330mm. Crafted from durable SECC steel, it also includes a convenient headset holder and comes with a 3-year warranty.
K**L
Beautiful Case!
I really like this case and I'm very pleased with my purchase.My Rig consists of:4-200mm Fans (2 included, 2 after market COOLER MASTER Megaflow 200 R4-LUS-07AB-GP); 2 top, 1 front, 1 side1-120mm Fan; bottom (in front of the PSU)1-140mm Fan; rear exhaust (included)1-Asus Maximus IV Extreme P67 Motherboard1-i7 2600k CPU1-Mushkin Enhanced Chronos 240GB Hard Drive1-Seagate Barracuda 7200 3TB 7200RPM SATA3 64MB Cashe1-Seagate 7200 1TB SATA2 32MB Cashe4-Mushkin Enhanced Redline Ridgeback, 4GB, DDR3 2133MHz RAM1-LITE-ON Blu-ray Burner with 3D Playback SATA iHBS212-081-ASUS DVD burner DRW-24B3ST/BLK/G/AS1-Scythe Kama-Panel 3 SCKMPN-3000 Controller Panel1-Kingston HyperX KHX-FAN-B Fans (for the RAM)1-AOC FC-2000 PCI Slot Case Cooler1-Hauppauge Colossus PCI Express Internal HD-PVR1-Cooler Master Silent Pro M1000 Series Modular 1000W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified PSU1-Zotac GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 Core 1280MB GDDR5 PCI Express1-Corsair Hydro Series H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CWCH100)Pros:+ It looks good to me!+ It is very large.+ Has great air-flow.+ Is sturdy and feature-packed. (multi-LED switch, fan speed control, 2-USB 3.0, 2-USB 2.0, 1-eSATA)+ Nice tight fit space for PSU.Cons:- Had a little trouble with the auto-locking 5.25" bay when placing the Scyth Kama-Panel 3 inside the case. I ended up using something to hold the auto-lock/release up on the back side so that the drive would say firmly in place. It isn't a full size drive; it's just a panel with a couple potentiometers and a display on it. Not really a big deal, and I also used screws on all the drives as well as the auto-lock (I'm not going to be swapping drives out all the time so there is no real use for a short-cut feature like that).- Would have been nice if the case had more space between the side cover (next to the motherboard) and the motherboard mount... I ran lots of cables under the M.board and I was worried that I overcrowded that space.Other Notes:* This case doesn't just support ATX, it also supported my Extended ATX (12" x 10.6") M.board. I was thought I had made a big mistake after I ordered the case because it didn't say that it would support a board that large.* My PSU came with a couple cool little silicone thing that goes over the inner and outer edges (I'm assuming to dampen any vibrations that might occur). I got the one on the inner side, but the one on the edge touching the outside just would not fit. I tried talcum powder on the rubber to keep it from gripping so that I could slide it on, but nothing worked. So I pulled off the rubber and installed the PSU without it. It was still a nice snug fit so the silicone wasn't needed anyhow.* My M.board came with SATA cables that are bent at a 90' angle on one side... that is the side I use for connecting to the drives. I am unable to utilize the lower 5.25" drive with that style connector because of the design of the lower bay... the metal base goes deeper than the drive so the angled SATA cable hits the base of the bay.* It's not aluminum. This is very negligible, so I don't count it as a con because due to the very open design, aluminum might bend and misshape whereas steel will not.A Couple Notes About Me:I've been building computers since I was 12 (I'm now 28). It has been a while since I've had a chance to build one; I've been over-seas in Kuwait for the past 6 years. The last rig I built was it 2005 [1 x Thermaltake SHARK VA7000BWA Black Aluminum, 1 x MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra, 1 x connect3D 3038 Radeon X800GTO 256MB 256-bit GDDR3, 1 x AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Venice 2.4GHz Socket 939 89W Single-Core, 1 x Western Digital Raptor WD740GD 74GB 10000 RPM SATA 1.5Gb/s]. That computer still runs great after all these years! POST to Full load (Win XP Pro 64bit) is roughly 12 seconds. I had a small business (very small) building personal computers and O/C computers for a few years, I built maybe 50 rigs from 2000 to 2005.End Results:This is my favorite case of all the rigs I've built for myself, friends and customers. It suited every need of mine with only a couple minor issues. Those issues are found on the competition as well I believe. I have O/C'd my CPU from the 3.4GHz to 4.8GHz (48 multiplier at 1.25V). I ran burn-in with Prime95 for over an hour, 100% CPU use on each core... Temp never went above 71'C (with an ambient temp of roughly 23'C). I'm pretty happy with those results!Hope this review helped!
G**8
WOW!!! BEST Case for the Money!! Features GALORE!!!
I thought I had settled on either the Haf 932 advanced blue or the Haf X blue when I found info on this case. WOW!!! It's everything anybody could ever want in a case! All the features I wanted and so much more!...painted black interior, Large CLEAR side window, PCI cards secured with thumb screws (a must! no plastic stuff!), two 200mm fans on top (like haf x)(1 optional), front 200mm & side 200mm fan location (side is optional)(all fans are easily replaceable! use Coolermaster Silent Megaflow 200mm's), sata 3.0 at front which connects directly to mobo, built-in fan controller (this one has a button to change the color of the lights on two fans from red, blue, & green or multi mix or off) plus a hidden (under front panel) 3 pin connector to attach a 3 pin Y so you can add & control two more fans!), top hdd or ssd swap bay, VERY LARGE motherboard CPU hole (yes finally found one!!)making cooler bracket install so much easier once you have the mobo in, 140mm rear case fan, ALL fans are 3 pin so you can monitor their speed, rubber grometed holes for wires to run through, air filters on side, front, & bottom of case, loads of room behind mobo on back side for cable management, & so much more! This case "IS" FULL SIZE because it is HUGE with lots of room inside for the biggest gpu's to 4 SLI (8 back slots). I bought two blue led coolmaster 200mm fans, one for the top, and one for the side (they fit perfectly! Oh, the case comes with the long screws for the addition fan on top!) I installed a Corsair H100 liquid cooler with it's two fans to "push" air through the radiator, which will fit below the top two 200mm fans which "pull" air out the top. OH, the brackets for the H100 or probably any 240mm radiator are already in the top of the case so it was easy to install the H100. Yes, you can take out the top two fans and install two 120mm's too if you want but the two 200mm's do a great job! There's plenty of room for pro liquid cooling too! Did I say how much I L-O-V-E this WONDERFUL case!! I really like the blue accents both inside and outside of the case! It's everything and a whole lot more! You'll NEVER regret buying this! Oh yes, it's very stong and sturdy, case is steel with plastic top and front. What more can I say, IT'S A GREAT CASE!! This case has very good silent air flow. I would have liked to have had two more Thermaltake Colorshift 200mm fans but 1. They show for sale online but are not available! 2. How to wire them in so they can be "color" controlled? Best of all, I bought it on Amazon for a price that beat all others!
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