Inside

Here we have the pump on the left and the tubing that runs to the reservoir and pump. The DC 12v pump does look kind of small and only generates 84 L/hr. The liquid tank as Thermaltake calls it, also looks a little small. Grant you they are mounted on the door and the proof is in the pudding as we'll see once we are setup and run some tests.


The tool-free slots shown tabbed down and tabbed up are in any case a nice feature. On the list of features by Thermaltake these guys will get tested with the weight of an X1900XT. The slot covers are again aluminum and fit snug with a top hook to set in the screw hole when installed. You can remove the bracket for the tabs and use just screws if that is your preference.


Onward we come to the motherboard tray, another Thermaltake feature that's really great to have. In the red squares we have the slots that the tray slides onto, an arm to slide the tray on or off and the two screws that hold it in place, upper right and bottom right. The tray is made out of, guess? Aluminum painted a flat black with letters marked around the post holes, under "Remarks" on the left in the second picture above, Thermaltake defines which board type uses which letters. Often someone mounts a motherboard and adds a post were it should not go with the resulting no boot mobo. Of course you still need to check your motherboard and verify the location of the posts.


The plugs for the ports on top of the Tai-Chi that go to the motherboard, along with the side of the drive bays showing another handy feature: the thumbscrews.


Moving along I decided to take off the two side panels on the right flank and close the Hydraulic door and take a peek at the water cooling system from the other side. I was surprised to see how tight a fit it was. From the looks of it in the picture on the right we can now see why there is no fan grill on the back exhaust fan. Even more surprising was the fact that the radiator actually covered some of the fan as well as coming very close to the top of any cards installed in the motherboard slots. This is cause for alarm for any GPU water block, especially any that come above the top of the video card. The fan is not screwed to the back of the case and is held in place by plastic clips.