Tuesday, June 10th 2008

Computex 2008: Thermaltake

Thermaltake is one of the companies always showing a lot of new stuff at shows. Let's start with their coolers. The first, very interesting looking unit is the "Rotation", which uses a radial fan in the center, with some heatpipes to cool the CPU. The second looks much like a butterfly is called the "TMG IA1" and uses 8 heatpipes in combination with a 120 mm fan. The two new graphic card coolers. The first is called the "SOrb" and comes with active cooling, while the second does not seem to be finished yet, as it does not have a name. A budget CPU cooler right next to it is currently simply labeled as "Heatpipe Value Downward Flow".

Hit the "Read full story" link for some more new releases.


Their newest chassis is called Spedo. We already had a look at it behind closed doors at CeBIT, at which point there were two versions (full and mid tower). Seems like only the full tower made it into production. It has removable hard drive trays, the interior layout is placed in compartements and there are a lot of possibilities for 120 mm fans to be used.

Thermaltake is also expanding their water cooling unit with a dual 120 mm radiatior. A plastic construction makes it possible to use the unit on a mid-tower.

The new Luxa line of HTPC cases is intended for luxury homes. There is no price set on these, but expect them to burn a deep hole into your wallet. The large unit for ATX boards is called Luxa 300. This one can be had with a 7 inch LCD or a graphical VFD - both supplied by Soundgraph. The smaller one - the Luxa 100 is intended for ITX and also features the graphical VFD. This unit uses a slimline optical drive.
Source: Thermaltake
Add your own comment

16 Comments on Computex 2008: Thermaltake

#1
calvary1980
nice Thermaltake case alot of people including my self think they make the best hard drive cages, they also have alot of intuitive design aspects. looks like they are taking a page out of Cooler Master, about time they drop the hardcore aesthetics in favor of a sleeker look.

Thanks Dark :)

- Christine
Posted on Reply
#2
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
despite my hatred of thermaltake fans, i agree with christine - they do make decent hard drive cages (i prefer coolermaster however :P )

so long as these coolers arent screamingly loud, they should be quite decent.
Posted on Reply
#3
jbunch07
those coolers are def something unique!
reminds me of bicycle gears.
nice looking cases as well.
Posted on Reply
#4
CrAsHnBuRnXp
I love Thermaltake. The only thing of theirs I will not buy are their water cooling parts. I hear nothing but bad things about their kits.
Posted on Reply
#5
Cybrnook2002
The HTPC cases look like fancy Microwaves.
Posted on Reply
#6
OnBoard
Nice, doesn't look cheap anymore, compared to the other Thermal-word starting company :)
Posted on Reply
#7
Megasty
My Xaser's functionality is off the charts but its looks are something else. Its nice to see they are finally going to make a FT that doesn't look like its a part of some alien craft :p
Posted on Reply
#8
calvary1980
Thermaltake has always had hardcore aesthetics, the whole asian contour style.

- Christine
Posted on Reply
#9
thoughtdisorder
Cybrnook2002The HTPC cases look like fancy Microwaves.
Yes they do! Expensive fancy microwaves! ;)
Posted on Reply
#10
WarEagleAU
Bird of Prey
Wow, I really like that Luxa 300. I imagine its going to be like a 500 dollar case though. That Sorb Cooler looks neat as does their Rotation. Cant wait for them to go out and we get some reviews.
Posted on Reply
#11
MrW
I like it, sleek but not over the top like some of their products. Thermaltake often had excessively riced designs.
Posted on Reply
#12
Black Hades
The TMG IA1 cooler looks suspiciously like ZEROtherm Nirvana NV120.:shadedshu
Posted on Reply
#13
hat
Enthusiast

At first I thought this was a printer... :roll:
Posted on Reply
#14
Cold Storm
Battosai
The cases look pretty sweet! I wonder how the first CPU cooler will be!?? I mean that thing looks like a beast and heavy!
Posted on Reply
#15
Black Hades
hat
At first I thought this was a printer... :roll:
Really? I thought it was a microwave TV combo:)
Posted on Reply
#16
Trigger911
I'm loving the look of that first heat sink looks sweet as hell:rockout:
Posted on Reply
Add your own comment
Nov 14th, 2024 08:07 EST change timezone

New Forum Posts

Popular Reviews

Controversial News Posts