Test System

Assembly

Installing a motherboard within the Thermaltake Level 20 RS is done by traditional means, with the use of spacers and supplied screws. There is lots of space around the edges of the board, so you should have no issues connecting everything. You may install a CPU cooler of up to 172 mm in height, which means even the bigger units will fit. On top of that, GPUs of up to 400 mm will also easily fit without taking the HDD cages into consideration.


To install an SSD, pick between the plastic tray, single metal plate, or larger dual plate on the rear of the case. You will use the same screws to secure it in place regardless of which option you pick. In our review, we used the rear plate—for assembly, it can simply be removed and put back in place once filled.


Adding 3.5" drives does not take any tools or screws. Simply pull the plastic trays out and snap a drive down. With that done, slide it back in until the filled unit clicks into place.


Thanks to the large opening in the back, you may easily slide your PSU into the case by mounting it on the frame first. Thermaltake allows for units of up to 220 mm without issue, which is more than enough for even the most powerful variants.


Once everything is assembled, the interior looks nice and clean because of well-placed cable-routing holes. As you can see, I made sure no cables are visible across the openings above the hard-drive cage. Even the rear looks rather clean because of some well-situated cable hooks. As there is plenty of space, you should run into no issues with closing the side panel even with a bit of a cable mess.

Finished Looks

Once turned on, the two fans emit a gentle glow, while the little strip in the top of the chassis does the same, with both elements in-sync. In the rear, everything is where you would expect it. Even setting the system up vertically should be fine.


As both sides of the Thermaltake Level 20 RS are made out of glass, it is important to keep things clean. I would have liked to see Velcro strips, as that would add to the cabling behind the motherboard tray nicely, but things are clean enough—there is no urge to hide it all behind a steel panel instead.


The lighting elements in the Level 20 RS are a bit on the dim side, so your internal RGB components will likely be more potent. You may toggle through loads of multi-color animations and single-color settings, and can settle on individual solid colors as seen below.