| Thermaltake Armor A90 VL90001W2Z |  |
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| Written by Steven Iglesias-Hearst | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuesday, 07 September 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thermaltake Armor A90 Case ReviewThermaltake is one of those companies that constantly pumps out fresh designs, if there is a hole in the market then Thermaltake will be there. The current market trend in gaming cases that I have observed lately is an extravagant exterior, a painted interior and a bottom mounted PSU. Thermaltake have Introduced the Armor A90 VL90001W2Z Mid Tower Case into the enthusiast segment priced competitively at $79.99 and if you do your shopping you can get a better deal still. Along with a great exterior design, a fully painted exterior and a bottom mounted PSU, the Thermaltake Armor A90 also gives you a place to mount your 2.5" SSD/HDD, tool free drive installation for three 5.25" drives and six 3.5" HDD's, a front door covering your optical drive bays, support for watercooling and an easily removable front panel with removable air intake filter. There are a lot of things that make up a great case, design and aesthetics are a great starting point, equally as important are build quality, great airflow and good cable management. Benchmark reviews aims to provide you an unbiased review of the Armor A90 pointing out not only the good but also the bad too, after all, nothing is perfect. What is good for me may not be good for you, but for $79.99 there wont be much better.
Manufacturer: Thermaltake Full Disclosure: The product sample used in this article has been provided by Thermaltake. Thermaltake Armor A90 Features
Thermaltake Armor A90 Specifications
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Comments
How about measuring that distance? That way we can decide for ourselves how generous that space is.
I especially like how CM states that distance - 16mm - in their HAF 912 specs.
I have corresponded with owners of other Thermaltake cases, since many of them are quite wide. They all report cramped space behind the mb tray.
One last thing: I wish there was a consistent way to measure the cooling power of a case. Clearly, if we buy this one we'd stuff more fans into it. So how do you compare it with a case that has a bunch of fans? How do you compare it with another case that - like this Tt case - skimps on fans?
I actually thought about you as I wrote this very sentence, seeing as you comment on it alot, there was no point in measuring the gap as there are no cable routing cut out's.
There is a 1cm gap behind the mobo tray, which, like I said, isn't gonna do a lot.
Actually, there isn't really a need for additional mb tray cutouts, since the cpu window extends above the mb, as shown by the last photo on page 5. That extended cpu window provides all the function of a separate cutout. I wish more case manufacturers would do that.
But I get your point: it's real clear Tt has no plan for running wires up there beyond the ATX cable.