Thermaltake S100 TG

[Darksaber]

The Thermaltake S100 TG is the mATX version of the S300, with both being part of an all-steel family of enclosures. The S100 TG sports a magnetic swing-open glass side panel and the same solid metal cover design as its bigger sibling, while clocking in at a lower sub-$65 price point.

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[FreedomEclipse]

E-Z bake rating: Best in Class.

 

[Searing]

This is perhaps the best deal in Canada for the last 6 months. The case is very inexpensive, very good looking, and quite nice and usable. One I bought had a weak PCI screw for the video card that was a bummer, the steel could be a bit thicker where the video cards screw in, not sure if that is a problem for all of them or not. Be careful there.

It's my top $60 USD in Canada build option. I filled an entire office with these and they were very happy. I prefer 3 x USB on the front over 2, kindly disagree with the author here. I'd rather have 4 actually

 

[Chrispy_]

This looks like a fantastic case.
I can't buy it though, Thermaltake are a horrible company that deserve not a single cent of my money. They have fucked over so many people in the industry over the last 20 years and show no sign of changing.

 

[Dammeron]

In the drawbacks: "Ample use of steel makes it heavy" - remember the times where this was actually a good thing?

Heavy case does not transmit vibrations that much, meaning less noise. Overall the case looks nice (good to see mATX format), but only 1 USB 3.0 and no C...? Head back to the drawing desk Thermaltake.

 

[Caring1]

In the drawbacks: "Ample use of steel makes it heavy" - remember the times where this was actually a good thing?

Heavy case does not transmit vibrations that much, meaning less noise. Overall the case looks nice....

I have to agree with this, it's not like I carry my case around all day.
Once it's on the desk it doesn't move.

Can they make a high airflow version with a mesh front and USB-c connectors?
It would be highly desirable then as opposed to a dated "make and bake" box.

 

[Searing]

Overall the case looks nice (good to see mATX format), but only 1 USB 3.0 and no C...? Head back to the drawing desk Thermaltake.

It is $60 USD...

 

[Ferrum Master]

Those whining about absence of USB3 especially a 5GHz Type C... Get real. It will be slower, each connector adds loss. Read up the design guides and how USB works. Front panel Type C is a need for an idiot. How do you think, why one does benchmarks for USB's between motherboards, and why the results differ? Because of signal loss, USB throttles down the gear if the signal integrity is bad. And that's what you get using the front panel connection.

 

[Caring1]

Those whining about absence of USB3 especially a 5GHz Type C... Get real. It will be slower, each connector adds loss. Read up the design guides and how USB works. Front panel Type C is a need for an idiot. How do you think, why one does benchmarks for USB's between motherboards, and why the results differ? Because of signal loss, USB throttles down the gear if the signal integrity is bad. And that's what you get using the front panel connection.

R U OK?

 

[Ferrum Master]

R U OK?

I am kinda tired of those complaints. People lacking common sense about basic physics laws.

 

[Xajel]

I am kinda tired of those complaints. People lacking common sense about basic physics laws.

The basic physics laws also says it's not 5GHz Type-C, it's 5Gbps, and the basic physics laws says that a regular USB 3.0 Type-A is already 5Gbps or even 10Gbps, Type-C is only required when going beyond 10Gbps, like for the new 20Gbps or the newest USB 4.0 40Gbps.

You still can use Type-C with 5Gbps, and it's not required to even have the new connector for type-c, but case makers have been considering this as a must for all type-c cases. In theory, you can have the good old internal USB 3.0 connector with type-c ports in the case without any issue.

Most of us doesn't require 20Gbps, we just want Type-C because it's future proof as we move to all Type-C, and because we already have few Type-C devices that we "need" Type-C ports with it or we will forced to use dongles or adapters which is the last thing anyone -not just us- want.

 

[Dammeron]

I am kinda tired of those complaints. People lacking common sense about basic physics laws.

But You do realize, that nobody was talking about transfers, right? Just having usb-c -> usb-c cable forces You to reach to the back of a case every time You want to connect something with it, unless you have an output in the front.

 

[Chrispy_]

I have to admit there's value in a USB-C connector at the front panel just for convenience.

In a €60 case I'm not sure people are going to be super upset if it's only routed to a USB 3.0 GBit/s header - that's still fast enough for the vast majority of things with a USB plug that people are plugging into it. If people really want 100W power delivery and 20Gbit/s then they should pay the €20 for an active cable and install it themselves, or buy a premium case where the cost of that active cable is absorbed into the budget. Expecting a single cable to represent a third the cost of the whole product is just dumb.

Is the USB 'standard' a total mess right now? Yes. It's on it's third rename and it's still no clearer to your average user what the hell anything means. If they can get their phone to charge off the PC with their C-to-C cable they're probably happy and if they want their Oculus Link to work with their front port then they should RTFM and pony up the funds required to enable that.

 

[Dammeron]

I have to admit there's value in a USB-C connector at the front panel just for convenience.

In a €60 case I'm not sure people are going to be super upset if it's only routed to a USB 3.0 GBit/s header - that's still fast enough for the vast majority of things with a USB plug that people are plugging into it. If people really want 100W power delivery and 20Gbit/s then they should pay the €20 for an active cable and install it themselves, or buy a premium case where the cost of that active cable is absorbed into the budget. Expecting a single cable to represent a third the cost of the whole product is just dumb.

Is the USB 'standard' a total mess right now? Yes. It's on it's third rename and it's still no clearer to your average user what the hell anything means. If they can get their phone to charge off the PC with their C-to-C cable they're probably happy and if they want their Oculus Link to work with their front port then they should RTFM and pony up the funds required to enable that.

Well, "type C" is a physical differentiation (like type A is the normal, common rectangular plug, type B is the square-ish one found on printers and microUSB is the one found on old phones), while we also have transfer standards (2.0, 3.0, 3.1 etc...).