Thermaltake Element G – a great case for gamers!

Putting it all together

The first thing we usually do is to install the motherboard. Installing the mainboard is done by using the included spacers and screws. It should become apparent at this point, that mid-tower cases are very compact and that you do not have much room to work with. If you are going to completely fill your case with hardware, make sure you plan your assembly process very carefully.

It is wise to install the CPU and CPU cooler first along with the RAM on the motherboard and then install it into the case. Oh what a tangle of cables we see!  We are very glad for the Element G’s thoughtfully placed cable management cutouts.

You can also see from the above image that in the front of the Thermaltake Element G, the bottom half is taken up by a removable hard drive cage which can accommodate seven hard drives by using the Thermaltake supplied HD guides.  Screw the guides into your hard drive and then just slide the drives in and lock them down with screws. The top area allows for 3 optical drives which are also secured with screws (supplied).

Installing your drives is almost too easy with Thermaltake Element G’s design.

The hard drive cage is easily secured and removed from the case with thumbscrews.  Only one is in use on the right in the above image.  The hard drive cage will accommodate seven hard drives.  If you do that, you might consider installing two optional 120 mm fans in place of the one 200 mm fans to keep those hard drives cool.

We are not just going to use HD 5870 CrossFire to test our Thermaltake Element G’s ability to cool the hardware inside. For that test, we are also going to use GTX 480 which is one of the hottest running video cards available today plus an another hot-running GTX 280 as a PhysX card. Let’s test the Element G’s ability to cool the hardware inside and then we will wrap our review up.