Thermaltake Tower 900 Review

Performance Analysis

With such a cavernous interior and two 140mm fans expelling air out the roof, cooling was never going to be an issue out of the box, although we could have understood if Thermaltake preferred to ship the case with no fans too, given potential owners would probably want to use their own anyway. The CPU delta T was only beaten by two cases and, funnily enough, neither of those actually come with fans out of the box anyway, making the Tower 900 the best-performing case here that's equipped with fans as standard.


The graphics card isn't aided as much as the CPU when it comes to cooling, but it was still just 4°C off the pace of the best result achieved by the likes of the Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Tempered Glass and SilverStone Primera PM01 and yet again the Lian Li PC-D888 (once fans are installed). Your hardware would likely be cooled by a monstrous water-cooling system, but it's still good to know that any residual heat will be well dealt with.


The fans were reasonably quiet and the glass panels and mesh vents do a good job of cutting down on noise spill. As a show system, noise will likely not factor in at all or, at most, only slightly. As a home gaming system, you'd likely want to tune them down with your motherboard or switch to something quieter.

Conclusion

With such a niche and indeed unique case, our conclusion is actually fairly simple. If you like the look of the Tower 900 and want a case that's almost unlimited when it comes to water-cooling potential then it's definitely something you'll want to consider, and the same goes for those looking for a show system or who just want to cram all the latest gear inside. It's also something of a bargain. It's £100 cheaper than the Corsair Obsidian 900D, £200 less pricey than SilverStone's TJ11 and £250 cheaper than Lian Li's PC-D888.

It might not have the lavish aluminium of the SilverStone or Lian Li, but it has more water-cooling potential than any of the aforementioned cases and is definitely able to show it off to a greater extent thanks to to its panoramic glass panels. It's more practical than other cases of this type too - yes it's huge but it's not open-air like Thermaltake's own Core P5. It's a normal design and includes dust filters. It doesn't have a huge array of features, but then potential owners will likely just want a blank canvas anyway - a shell to work with and one that allows passers by to gaze upon the undoubtedly lust-worthy hardware inside. The Tower 900 does this in spades.