The Thermaltake Divider 500 TG Air Black manages to take the already interesting ARGB variant and offer excellent airflow in a unique-looking design. With its metal panels on the front and top instead of glass ones, Thermaltake was able to do away with the side vents and sell it for $20 less than its ARGB variant. That would generally be fine if the Divider 500 TG Air Black actually came with the same fan loadout and no ARGB; however, this unit only sports two 120 mm fans, which is rather meager for a case of this price point.

Other than that, while the original Divider 500 TG ARGB scored with clean looks and unique design elements, the Air variant further adds to that with the T-shaped vent punch-outs in the solid steel covers, which look surprisingly cool. Thanks to the fine mesh dust filters, you won't have to worry about dirt and grime entering your PC either.

On the inside, the case still offers loads of space for large hardware and multiple radiators. In the ceiling, the mounting frame may even be flipped now because of the vented top, so you may install push/pull configurations or even thick radiators, especially if you keep it to 240 mm. That said, it would have been a nice tweak if the solid mounting plate for the SSDs towards the front also had mounting holes for pumps or reservoirs to make that job a little easier.

All in all, the Divider 500 TG Air Black is still a fun and certainly good-looking case, but fails to cash in on the benefit of unrestricted airflow by crippling itself with a lackluster fan layout. This results in similar thermal performance to the more restrictive but four-fan-equipped ARGB variant. As such, to really make the most of the Thermaltake Divider 500 TG Air Black, you would have to spend the $20 on two fans anyway. All in all, however, the Divider 500 TG Air Black looks unique enough with ever so slightly better functionality due to the vented panels to still warrant a recommendation.