Thermaltake Level 10 VL30001N1Z Black Aluminum ATX Super Full Tower Gaming Station Computer Case

Pros: Hi-tech designed.
Solid aluminum built construction.
Brilliant engineering, well thought designed fits and finished precisely.
The world first new born computer case to the computer industry
that never seen like before.

Cons: HDD bays are not completely wired, only the top 2 bays are wired and ready for hot swapped, the rest of other 4 bays are not.
Only USB2, not USB3.

Other Thoughts: Love the COOL designed and finished on this case.
The up-coming new upgrade Thermaltake Level 10 will be in silver color instead of black, all 6 HDD bays will be wired and ready for hot swapped, also will be USB3 instead of USB2.

Pros: Super cool. Makes my poor friends jealous.

Cons: Poor friends are mad jealous

Pros: - Exquisite design
- Flawless fit and finish; no manufacturing defects on mine
- Excellent cable management
- Entire case built to ensure absolutely no overheating
- Enormous chassis makes a bold statement in the room
- LEDs are neat and look great with the matte black case
- Fans are nearly silent
- Dust buildup internally is unlikely to occur. All component compartments with a fan are also filtered at entrance and exit.

Cons: - Case is unfinished! Only two of the six SATA drive bays were cabled for data and power! -You- will have to modify the case, and the parts required (proprietary inline SATA data+power combo cables) are extremely expensive. This is unforgiveable, given this chassis' huge price tag! Tried a generic substitute inline cable kit, but the design prevents its use. Broke down and bought the manufacturer's very expensive proprietary cabling, so I could use all six of the drive bays. Outrageous.
- Apathetic, unfriendly customer service on the phone (though my representative did speak good English).
- Component "cages" are spread out--and mean that standard cable lengths are nowhere near long enough. I needed to scrounge for extra-long floppy cable, CD/DVD out to Sound-In cable, USB cables, etc. Even Thermaltake's own internal wiring must be unlooped from the chassis, in places, to reach standard components, placed where the manufacturer directs them.
Poor, incomplete documentation.

Other Thoughts: My Setup (all components will fit):

MOBO: Gigabyte 890GPA UD3H for AM3 chipset
Power Supply: Corsair 850HX Professional
CPU: AMD Phenom2 1090T 3.2 GHz six-core
Memory: 4 ea 2 GB GSkill F3-12800 DIMMs
Hard Drives: 6 ea 1 TB Western Digital Caviar Blue
Optical: DVD/ROM ASUS E818A4 black
Operating Environment: Ubuntu Server 10.10

Pros: cool on paper i think the designers were on pc_p when they did this rig.

Cons: poor quality every body knows what thermaltake cases are about i have one xaser 9000 which i heavly moddified its nice now but not wnen i first got it this case is to much $ to modd.

Other Thoughts: you want quality stick w lian li ,silver stones ,tough looks go w top coolermasters ,i just bought a chieftech full tower ageis case brandnew 40.00 it is better qualty than this thermaltake it uses (3 )92mm's to cool side mounted hdds up to 7 hdds ext size motherboards big mesh side panel 35lbs 5lbs lighter than this monkey take another 400$ & build your dream system here at newegg.

Pros: Lots of room for all the great components a case like this deserves. Yes this case is a beast, but is stroung and tuff in all the right places. It will hold the biggest of all video cards with room to spare. Expensive? Yes it is but so are all the other Beamers. Cooling is great, lighting looks good, Hot swap drive bay connections are the shizzel and it's heavy. We're talking M1-Abhrams heavy, but I suppose that is to withstand all the fragging this thing has to take on and off the field.

Cons: Heavy, but not a con.
Not all the drive bays have the hot swap connections, but extras can be found if you take the time to look for them.

Other Thoughts: This is not a case for those that want the looks but not the guts of a real sports car. Some parts are a little tricky, and this case requires patience, and some what of a mechanical background. I installed the Asus OC Station without a hitch, it just took a little bit more time and there was no cutting of anything anywhere on this case. Just like any other Beamer or Benz, just because space is a little tight in the upper drive bays does not mean you have to get a saw and hack it up (IDIOT), just have to take the time to fit it right. Got to hold your tounge just right. A Great Case for a Great System! Well worth the extra USD, after all, You GET What You Pay For!

Pros: Compartmented and overall very good layout, mine is packing a lot of current hardware and it could handle more. Just cool to behold, you pay for what you get which is outstanding craftmanship and ingenuity in a case.

Cons: None really, some gripes about cables' lengths came up in some reviews I read upon the case's initial release but who's gonna buy this thing and not tailor every component that goes into it without some serious thought of those details? Do your research...

Other Thoughts: Look at the dims of this beast and think about them, when I first saw the box it came in I was nonplussed, this thing is a beast!

Pros: Beautifully designed case. Plenty of HDD/SSD drive slots, 4 USB ports, mic, headphone ports and 1 e-sata port ion the front panel make plug and play devices easy to connect/disconect. The case is quiet and cable management is very easy and neat.

Cons: Price. This case is too expensive for it's build quality and features. The metal frames around the Optical drives are very thin and flimsy and can be bent very easilly so care must be taken when installing optical drives/media devices. The pretty red lights are a bit deceiving in the pictures. The way the lighting is designed for the price is very poor. There are strips of red colored plastic with only a few red lights that I believe are supposed to light up the entire strip evenly and nicely, but it does not do a good job of this. The reset button stays bright red, yet the power button only lights up when you turn the case on or off and the lights for the front input ports are bright at the bottom and dim as you go up indicating they only used a single light to try to light all the ports. Only the first 2 HDD/SSD slots have hot swapable capability, why they did not do this for all 6 ports is not known. For the price, they should have done a better job on the build quality.

Other Thoughts: This case is huge. Make sure you buy extra long sata cables for your optical drives and use great care when installing optical/media drives. Overall I am pleased with the case, however price vs. quality is medium to poor. They could have done a beter job with lighting, a better job with the thin metal parts of the case, and made all the HDD/SSD drive bays hot swapable. If you want a unique beautiful case and have the money then this is a good choice. If you want a case that performs just as well or better than this one, you can go with much cheaper case.

Pros: looks cool/ free shipping

Cons: overpriced cramped poor airflow weights to much

Other Thoughts: buy it if you like to spend money

Pros: - Attractive external design

Cons: - Poor construction
- too tight tolerances internally
- exceedingly frustrating to work with
- the matte black finish scuffs and scratches extremely easily
- Motherboard mounting screws broke off in my hand
- 5 + 1/4 case portion is impossible to get back in place due to construction errors - I had to cut off part of the hing pin with a hack saw
- The openings to the hard drive trays are so tight that closing the case uplugs the drives
- The hard drive lights in the case periodically fail

It's just terribly shoddy!

Other Thoughts: Thermaltake should be ashamed for producing such a terrible case. It's undoubtedly attractive, but it's terrible to work with - installing components shouldn't require a hack saw and a dremel tool!

DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY

Pros: Aesthetically pleasing. Cool design.

Cons: Most PSU's don't include cables long enough to reach the bottom GPU's. Can't liquid cool even with Corsair H50 or H70 (neither will fit on back panel). Locks break easily. My ODD/HDD lock was sticking when I first got it and it is now broken within 2 months.

Other Thoughts: Customer service at Thermaltake is TERRIBLE! Despite the lock obviously being defective, the jerks at Thermaltake expect me to send back this junk lock in order to get a new one. I believe it would have to be cheaper to just buy a new one. This doesn't seem to be an option for them. Avoid Thermaltake at all costs unless you like worthless customer support.