A Closer Look - Inside

To access the interior simply swing the glass door open. You should pull it off its hinges to avoid having it get in the way or, worse, damaged as you assemble your PC. The metal side panel is held in place by classic thumb screws, and you can clearly see the two magnetic dust filters on the inside of it.


Once both of the panels are removed, you can view all the internal elements easily. The layout in the main compartment is pretty traditional with the exception of the PSU bay on the backside of the motherboard. On top of that, the 3.5" storage is hidden there as well.


Taking a look at this compact compartment, the front with its ability to hold a radiator of up to 280 or 360 mm or the equivalent number of fans is meant for air or liquid-cooling elements. The offset to the rest of the area avoids any issues when placing a thin radiator with fans here while utilizing a long GPU. The floor has a round opening with no clear purpose, but it allows you to run cables or tubing to the exterior of the system.


The PSU bay comes with a support bracket that may be moved to accommodate different PSU sizes. Above that is the aforementioned cage with two 2.5" drive trays which are accessible through the rear of the case. It would have been awesome had Thermaltake made these hot-swappable, or at the very least offered an optional accessory to make it so.


Inside the case, you will also find a PCB to control the various LEDs built into the included fans. They employ the 6-pin layout we have seen in several other cases, which are sometimes labeled as "super fans." There is a single 3-pin fan header that is not meant to connect to the motherboard, but allows you to power standard fans instead, which could be useful when employing a large number of active cooling units because of an elaborate radiator layout, for example. Unfortunately, it runs all attached fans at 12 V and only offers a limited capacity of 2 A. Lastly, there is the MB in for motherboard control and an LED out, which allows you to connect additional Thermaltake ARGB fans, like the Pure ARGB series. It has a total capacity of 90 LEDs. So in the case of the Pure ARGB fans, which each come with 9 LEDs, you can add seven more before you have to look at different means of addressing them. As mentioned at the beginning of this review, the reset button comes wired to the PCB, so you can control the lighting by pressing it. However, if you opt for motherboard control, you may detach the cable and use that button as an actual reset button.


In the front of the main compartment is the same mounting bracket as in the top of the case, to which the two white 200 mm fans are attached. Looking towards the rear, Thermaltake has included the mounting bracket for vertical GPU mounting, which means you only have to buy the optional flex cable to employ that layout. Above that is the 120 mm fan.


On the floor of the Thermaltake View 51 TG Snow ARGB are two 2.5" trays for SSDs and a mounting bracket for a pump or reservoir. All of these may be removed if you feel like installing a radiator of up to 240 mm to the floor of the chassis.


While the LED controller PCB is powered via a classic SATA power cable, all other leads within the View 51 are pretty generic, which makes connecting them to any modern motherboard easy.