![]() Not because of the looks, the back of my case is a MESS but I mount that side against a wall so I dont see it. Personally (though this COULD go in the "THE MEH" section below) I like the "back" (ie right) side tempered glass closing door. +It's all about the glass! The thing looks great and my attached quick cell phone pics dont do the visual impressiveness justice. What I had to do in both cases was to take my Dremel cutting wheel and physically cut off this bracket (again, its part of the mobo tray so you cant just unscrew it).īoth these issues in my mind make the V71 (and the V51 I had before it) NOT officially E-ATX compatible but for some Thermaltake insists they are. It completely conflicts with the molex plug and there is no way at all to connect it. In the event the shippers drop or are rough with your box the, downward pressure of the metal L-bracket would help keep the PSU more securely in place than just the typical 4 x small metal screws in back that are normally used to secure it.īut with any high end mobo that has the extra 4 x pin molex power connector on the bottom to provide additional power specifically to the GPUs, that metal bracket prevents you from attaching the power cable. I could see this being only slightly useful in the event you are buying a pre-made OEM PC with a Termaltake case. I never understood why Thermaltake has done this with both of their cases that I've owned (The V51 had this problem as well): There is a metal "L-shaped" bracket that is not removable (it's fused with the motherboard tray) that is designed to "press down" on the top of your PSU, I guess as added downward mounting pressure. With the V71, I had to take a dremel cutting tool and cut some of the useless metal "ladder work" to the right of the covered up grommets to make my own cable pass-throughs to the back. The right edge of the board completely covers them. E-ATX boards are too wide by about 1", so you totally lose functionality of the 2 x rubber grommet cable pass-throughs to the right (where you would normally pass your 24 x pin mobo power cable and your HD sata cables through to the backside of the case). While it's true the mobo will technically fit onto the preinstalled mounts, in both cases it leaves a lot to be desired. ![]() Like the V51, Thermaltake is taking WIDE leeway with saying these cases will accept E-ATX mobos. ![]()
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