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The new Thermaltake Chaser A31 gaming case - designed for computer gamers and enthusiasts who need a combination of cooling, performance and expandability. There are many full-tower features within this ultra-mean case.
First, it has an e-sports appearance and outstanding protection designs that show its unique personality. Take a look at the side, the transparent windowed panel offers the best inner view for built system see through. Since gaming hardware produces a lot of heat, this enclosure is built for maximum cooling with a perforated front bezel with two 120mm fans at front and rear. More than that, the two USB 3.0 SuperSpeed ports are located on front panel for faster data transfer and easy access. There's even a user-friendly tray on top for any mobile phone, Mp3 player, and digital camera you have.
The Chaser A31 is maximally customizable to fit user's needs; the modular design lets you modify the placement of the front fans and hard drive cages. Get ready to be envied at the next LAN party.
E-Sport Design
The black metal meshed highlighted with blue fluorescence stripes on the front panel combined with a windowed side panel - you won't be able to take your eyes off of it!
Handy Top Panel
Top panel has two SuperSpeed USB 3.0 ports, an HD microphone and headset jacks, plus a placement platform for users' electronic devices such as external drives, mobile phones, and MP3 players.
Tool-Free Innovation
Innovative 5.25" & 3.5" tool-free drive bay design minimized the hassles of installing ODD, HDD and SSD devices.
Smart 2 + 1
Preinstalled two 120mm fans with a back blue LED fan to optimize system ventilation. In order to keep the interior dust free, all intake ventilation holes come with dust protection including a removable dust filter at the bottom of the chassis.
Convenient Support
Three retained holes support LCS, four retained holes for advanced cable management, one large CPU cut-out to ease on CPU cooler installation and removable HDD rack for extra long graphic cards supporting.
| Type | ATX Mid Tower |
|---|---|
| Case Material | Steel / Plastic |
| Power Supply | No, Bottom Mounted |
| Motherboard Compatibility | Micro ATX / ATX |
| With Side Panel Window | Yes |
| Bays | 3 x External 5.25", 1 x External 3.5", 6 x Internal 3.5" |
| Dimensions | 19.7 x 8.4 x 19.5" |
| Weight | 14.4lbs |

Pros: Most of this case is simply amazing. Numerous easy ways to route cables behind and out of the way. Easy snap-in mechanism for DVD drives. Slide out trays for hard drives. Hard drives mounted sideways with the power side to the same side where you can hide all your cables. The metal is rounded off, filed down, and then painted with a nice thick textured material that keeps you from cutting yourself and looks and feels great. Top and front panels snap off and on easily.
Cons: There is but a single con, and it is a large one. The tray for the motherboard sits a fraction of an inch too deep. This makes any add-on card not fit. Video cards, and PCI cards just can not plug all the way in with their brackets on, and you can't have them sitting in there loose with out their brackets on and secured down.
Overall Review: I eventually went to the hardware store for some washers to act as spacers to lift the motherboard up about an eighth of an inch. I couldn't find what I wanted in vinyl or plastic. I realized that if I got too thick of a washer, the shallow screws wouldn't reach the threads, so I had to get a set of 12 small thin washers. I placed a washer under each motherboard bolt and secured them back down. Then I taped the other 6 to the bottom of the motherboard's screw holes to hold them in place (this is all I could think of to keep them aligned with the holes), and then secured the motherboard down. This worked like a charm. I still detect a little bit of play left in my PCI slot cards, however, they seem to work just fine, and that's all I need. Knowing how to fix this design flaw, I would definitely buy another of these cases in the future, but I can't rate any higher if I have to rig it to make it usable. Don't they test these things? (Apparently, I have to use the word "secure" instead of the normal word one would use to describe what one does with a screwdriver and a screw... Oh, Newegg, get your mind out of the gutter.)