Review System

Assembly

Using traditional screws and spacers, installing the motherboard is straightforward, and should allow for clean cable management with a bit of creativity. There is plenty of space for long GPUs as long as you only go for fans and no liquid cooling on the side, as we learned the hard way while reviewing the Divider 300 TG ARGB review. For this build, we will install the supplied AIO into the front and ARGB variants the top and back of the chassis, which had us detach the front frame and fans before installing the motherboard.


Adding fans to the ceiling is easy because of the detachable frame. Simply secure them with the supplied screws and place the frame back onto the top of the chassis. For a bit of flexibility, there are two sets of mounting holes for the screws, which should come in handy when opting for an AIO here.


There is plenty of space for long GPUs as long as you only go for fans and opt for no liquid cooling on the side. That said, Thermaltake explicitly mentions the shorter clearance when doing so in the specification table.


Adding the AIO is really easy as well, even with the TOUGHLIQUID Ultra 360 being as large as it is. We first removed the frame and attached one fan to it. With that done, I placed the frame inside the case, which made attaching the remaining TOUGHFAN 12 Turbo units easier.


Installing SSDs is easily done by taking one of those trays and securing the drive by using screws and a screwdriver. Once filled, simply put the whole thing back where you found it and make sure it stays there by screwing down the thumb screw.


Including 3.5" drives in the build is similar as you pull out the plastic tray of choice and screw down the drive before sliding it back in until it clicks down securely.


Lastly, adding a power supply is pretty traditional as well. It slides underneath the metal shroud easily; simply screw it down and move on.


With everything installed, the Thermaltake Divider 550 TG Ultra looks quite clean because of the time invested into creatively routing all the cables on the backside. This result took time, as we had to wrangle six fans cables and the additional leads for the displays, but the result is adequate.

Finished Looks

With the build complete, the Thermaltake 550 TG Ultra may not look like the case out of the box, but seeing those TOUGHFAN 12 Turbo fans spin up in the front is pretty cool. A white LED around the power button also lights up gently to let you know the system is on. Lastly, Thermaltake initially has some default branding on both LCD displays without the TT RGB Plus 2.0 software setting it to anything else.


The LCDs actually looks pretty cool on both, and seeing full color screens so cohesively embedded into the front of a chassis is a nice addition. One could also go for the Pacific R2 Ultra Memory LCD monitor kit to really go all out.


Otherwise, due to the missing dust filter over the Divider 500 series, you can clearly see the fans doing their work. We know from our previous reviews of this series that the ARGB fans in the front provide a gentle glow that is not overpowering. In the rear, things look quite normal, but you can see the glow of that third ARGB fan from the front, which replaced the generic one in the rear, too.


A quick peek at the ceiling with the fans set to push air out the top, it is nice to have a full visual of the colors, but you have to make do with the fan frames as a result.