While the Thermaltake A60 manages to impress with the exterior look and well implemented design, it does seem to have a long list of drawbacks. Thermaltake has managed to port the cool and edgy design of the A90 to the A60, but has ignored a lot of the shortcomings. Instead of improving on those, the A60 is more expensive and has two new features, both of which have not been implemented properly. First off there is the USB 3.0 connectivity. Gone is the great arsenal of USB connectivity of the A90, which we loved so much, as only two USB plugs remain with one being a simple passthrough USB 3.0 implementation. The side opening for the hot-swap bay in turn works well, but still requires you to use tools to prepare each drive, slide it into place within the supplied plastic trays. If your hard drive crashes or is to be exchanged, it is pretty much just as fast to open the side panel up and detach the drive.
Even though the overall design is very good, gone is the elaborate top cover, being replaced by a simple metal ceiling, which does not look as good in my opinion. That said, the interior has some new highlights and old downsides we have seen before. First off, the separate and large hard drive trays are new, but Thermaltake has designed them in such a way that you still need to use screws - something other manufacturers offer as a screw-less variant. On the other hand, you still find the very frustrating mounting methods for the PSU and the "not so safe" use of mainboard humps. The latter are clearly a cost measure, but the end user price does not seem to benefit from such choices, as the chassis is noticeably more expensive than the Armor A90. Overall, I do believe, that if you really want to go for the cool edgy looks, you will be better served with the Armor A90 instead of the A60. I would love to see future Thermaltake cases focus more on solid implementation of useful features instead of the somewhat half-hearted approach of the A60 which ends up only looking good on paper - especially with the competition in this price segment.