Misc. Components

Now the pump is tight against the drive bays and there isn't much it can interfere with on that side of the case. Its location and surroundings may make it hard to upgrade to a different pump.


The combination power button and floppy drive housing is deemed the "Relocate-able front control panel" by Thermaltake, another feature which also contains the power on light and the drive activity light. To add a floppy drive you just need to pop out the mesh. The cables for the LEDs and power button are very long in which they should be, considering they'll need to reach the bottom of the case to connect to the motherboard. Unless of course I wanted to move it.


I thought I'd add a close up of the back of the grill and a couple of the face plates to show how they connect to the front of the case with the angled clips. I'm still pondering why Thermaltake created the HDD module with just three drives, it fits the fan size is about the only thing I can see.

With most of the Tai-Chi features covered and some unwanted ones, the remaining features Thermaltake gives us are "Compact and stylish chassis", I can agree to the stylish chassis and really do like the looks of the Tai-Chi, however the use of compact, meaning closely packed was not what I was expecting. Lastly the final feature I think got lost in translation and I'm not sure exactly what Thermaltake means "Better choice for upgrading liquid cooling system ", maybe they mean a better choice for upgrading to a liquid cooling system. Time to get into the installation and start adding hardware.