A Closer Look - Outside

Out of the box, you will find the Thermaltake V250 TG ARGB covered in plastic to protect the glass side panel and acrylic front. This case is meant to offer clean looks without any real bells and whistles, but also aims for lighting through three installed ARGB fans in the front. The acrylic panel is tinted pretty heavily, so none of the lighting will end being super bright.


Looking at the front, you can clearly see the three 120 mm fans with the new Thermaltake logo. A firm tug and the front panel comes right off, which will also give you access to these cooling fans. Looking at the rear of the V250 TG ARGB, it is quite traditional. In fact, we have seen this body used for other cases as well.


The main side panel is made out of glass and held in place with four thumbscrews. While this certainly works, it is a bit outdated as many other offerings have tried to find ways to implement cleaner mounting methods. On top of that, the glass panel lacks some sort of black border, so you can see all the tooling cutouts of the case frame, which has been designed to hold a solid panel as well.


Taking a closer look, there is only a single set of mounting holes for the PSU because it is always meant to face downward. Above that are the seven motherboard expansion slots with break-out instead of reusable covers, which is unfortunate, especially since Thermaltake is not including any separately. In the very top is another fan set to push hot air out of the back of the chassis. This one is also 120 mm, but all black and without any built-in LEDs.


The top can hold two 120 or 140 mm fans and has a large magnetic dust filter. With the fan-mounting positions offset and the holes elongated, you should easily be able to install up to a 280 mm radiator instead. In the top, you will also find the usual set of I/O consisting of a USB 3.0, two USB 2.0, a pair of audio plugs, and a power button. There is a reset button, but it will be used to toggle through the RGB lighting of the chassis if you skip motherboard control. That said, I am not sure why Thermaltake chose that USB configuration as a dual-USB 3.0 I/O is both simpler and more useful.


A basic metal mesh dust filter on the underside protects the power supply. To reach it, you have to tip over the chassis. We would have loved one that can simply be pulled out the back of the chassis instead.