Thermaltake Core G3 ATX Slim Small Form Factor Tt LCS Certified Gaming Computer Case CA-1G6-00T1WN-00, Black

I was looking for a slim case than can take a dual cpu atx/e-atx motherboard. This is the only one that fits the bill. And yes the internal dimension is 13.3" which means you can squeeze in an e-atx motherboard (but you will need to loose the 2 fans). I am giving this 5 stars only because this is the only case that I found that can do this. There are some draw back and complains though. 1. This case is slim at 5.3" width only when compared to other cases. 2. That brings to issue 2, if the case is >5" why change the orientation of the GPU slot? I agree it will be a tight fit but it still can fit in the normal orientation. Which means I will need to mod (cut the back panel) the case to fit more SLI gpu or other pcie cards. 3. The side panel is not perforated. Given the width a side mounted air cooler would have been perfect to blow the air out/in from the sides. This will be one more mod to do (atleast the side panel is windowed so replacing the plastic with mesh should not be hard). 4. The weight, if you strip it down to the skeleton, this case is really light.but nearly the major weight of this case is the non-perforated side panels which seems to weight far more than the case itself. This will become one more mod to cut a large window in it for acrylic/ perforated aluminium sheet (found a good one in home depot), to drop a lot of the steel panels weights. That should cut the weight in more than half. UPDATE: Here is what I managed to fit into this case. Motherboard: EATX- ASUS Z10PE-D16 WS LGA2011-v3/ Intel C612 PCH/ DDR4/ Quad CrossFireX and 3-Way SLI/ SATA3&USB3.0/ M.2/ A&V&2GbE/ EEB Server Motherboard Powersupply: SilverStone Technology SX800-LTI 800W, SFX-L, 80 Plus Titanium, Modular Power Supply with Japanese Capacitors CPU coolers: Noctua NH-L12 Low-profile Quiet CPU Cooler with 120/90mm Dual PWM Fan GPU: GTX 1080 FE though returning this as this cards cooling design is inadequate for the GPU. The case mods 1. Need to drill 2 additional holes in the motherboard tray for the EATX motherboard and move the mounts to them. the front side of the mother board hangs freely (the tray does not extend far enough for the edge mounts). 2. I needed to do was remove both the front mount fans and move one to the top. 3. I need to replace the clear acrylic window with a black aluminium perforated sheet for air flow as dual 140 watt CPUs can get toasty without the front mounted fans.

Bought this case and a few things to cover. It is ideal for those ATX motherboards which needs to get squeezed in to a small case. When looking at the case it does appear large, but you can lay it down flat and then it fits in most small areas. It does come with two intake fans (non LED) in the front so no need to buy a rear one. You can invert your power supply and so the air gets sucked in through the side and exhausted to the rear. I have a small GT430 Asus Nvidia video card and using the special PCIe adapter was easy to use. I tried with my GTX 980 Ti from MSI and it still fit so this case while small has areas that you can fit almost anything. Remember, you can remove the rubber feet and lay this thing flat. On the downside it is a bit weak in areas as the case will flex once you remove the side panels, but not a deal breaker unless you like picking up your computer frequently then this will be an issue. But if you just leave it be and just turn on and off then it suits well. The front mesh allows you to see any lights inside the case, even from your motherboard so this may be a detractor. For me it is not as my lights turn on and then off, but just an FYI to those. Last but not least is the cable management. All the space for your hardware came at a price; cable management. There is not enough spacing anywhere to run most of the cables. My system has one SSD, no CD-rom, USB 3.0, the motherboard off/on cables, power cables to the SSD, SATA cables to the SSD and power cables to the motherboard and CPU power. The GT430 does not require a power cable thank God. So with those cables only I was still hard pressed to make room in the case to prevent any cable from obstructing airflow. In the end if I had more drives, a video card that needed power cables then this would have been a more challenging task. Overall though the case was a savior since my motherboard was a big ATX and most cases today handle micro-ATX or even smaller. The case is nice with the black interior and window which when laid down you can see the inards. The fans are quiet and I used the motherboard connectors and UEFI to control their speeds. Ample room and the PCIe special adapter works like a charm.

I want to like this case. I'ma big fan of the ides you can have a full size display card and a full size motherboard in a smaller case. Unfortunately, this case is cheap. Seriously cheap. The metal is so thin that the plastic seems stronger. My previous go-to case was the HAF-932, and I loved it. It was big, sturdy, and easy to work in, and it was so well-built I used it as a stool sometimes. I have two of them, and they've outlasted the components I put in them many times over. That said, a while back I offloaded a lot of my computing power and storage to servers that are not under my desk, so all I need at my desk is a great graphics card and a regular motherboard. The design of the G3 is perfect for that. Half the size of my normal 932, and I can still have full-size motherboards and graphics cards. Unfortunately, they chose a low price point, so the metal is super-flimsy and there's an awful lot of plastic. I feel like the side panels could double as origami paper, and if someone were to sit on this case, it would likely collapse. I'm on the fence about returning it, because it does match my size requirements, but I really doubt this case is going hold up to a decade of abuse like my Haf 932s. Tangential to this case, I'm also a little irritated at the price/quality of SFX power supplies. I never thought I'd be happy finding a quality 500w PS for "only" $120.

I purchased this case to get my media server out of the stand so I could try out some other components, therefore, I had a pretty minimalist install. MicroATX board with integrated graphics and a couple of hard drives. I did have a full sized card for ripping video so the sideways orientation was what I needed. I still don't understand why this isn't done more often. Does anyone really use low profile slots, much less four (Silverstone)? PSU also not an issue as I use an external one. In summary my build was pretty easy. A few odds and ends: Trouble arose when I had to add a second Ironwolf. The drive couldn't be installed because there is a little lip at the back of the drive cage that prevents the drive from being inserted fully. Most drives don't stay square all the way to the end like the Ironwolfs so they will fit. I suppose I will have to figure something out. The also wish this was all aluminum or even all steel. It is okay look wise with consumer grade equipment in the stand but sticks out badly if your stuff is brushed aluminum. The filters on the top and bottom are okay and the front grill is metal; at least as nice as an old Sansui component. The plastic frame to the front is not so nice. This sat off to the side in shadow so it wasn't an issue. The front removes quite easily and looks like it will be fairly durable. I'm not sure about the drive mounts. They require quite a bit of bending to get the drive on and off and I always worry they will break. I found the case fans to be quiet at my listening distance of about 8'. The case sides would appear to be switchable but they aren't. They could be, but there isn't enough clearance in the back for the window. That's about it.

Took two people to get it in with the best cable management (routing thin cables behind the mobo). Very nice case.

The TL;DR is that the case fit all my components well, but the included PCIe riser cable simply doesn't work, so make sure you factor in the cost of a good twinaxial shielded PCIe cable (a regular ribbon cable is not good enough). I chose this case for some very specific reasons: I was building a new PC that I could place horizontally in my TV stand, based around the newly released AMD components, namely the Ryzen 5 3600 and the Radeon RX 5700. Because of my CPU choice, I needed a motherboard that would support it, but the X570 boards are all too expensive. I decided on a B450 board, however these boards need a bios update to be compatible, and the only way to update the bios without a previous gen CPU, is with Bios Flashback. MSI has bios flashback on only their ATX sized boards, so therefore I needed an ATX board and a case that could accommodate it, while still being compact enough to fit the space. That's where the Core G3 comes in This case ticked all the right boxes: Support for a full size ATX board, reference size GPU (aka the RX 5700), and a 240mm radiator with fans for CPU cooling (I could have used the included cooler, but I got a deal on an RGB AIO, and it would have cost me to buy some extra case fans anyway - the two included fans work just fine as well) I made sure to check all the measurements to make sure everything would fit. It was at this time I read reviews about how unreliable the included PCIe riser cable was. Even with this in mind, it was the case I wanted and would work with what I had, so I made sure to factor in the cost of a new PCIe cable. I built the system with zero issues, and tried the included cable first. The system booted a few times, and I managed to install Windows, but as soon as I installed the drivers, the whole system came crashing down, requiring system restore. I repeated the process several times to be sure, and got the same results. I chucked the cable, and immediately ordered a new EZDIY one. This one seemed to work better, but I got some hard crashes and failed boots after the GPU drivers were installed. I changed the PCIe bus to 2.0 (from 3.0) and the system finally worked properly. PCIe 2.0 x16 is enough to run the RX 5700 without performance loss. I ran benchmarks, and everything seemed fine, but then one of my games started to experience some graphical bugs, and the video would freeze on occasion. Today, after much more research, I bit the bullet and ordered a new LINKUP PCIe 3.0 x16 twinaxial shielded cable. You can spot this type by the separately shielded cables, as opposed to a full width ribbon cable. These do cost more (about twice the price of a ribbon cable), so keep that in mind. This one is even rated at PCIe 4.0 ready. I installed the cable, reset it to PCIe 3.0 as it should be, and the system has been working perfectly ever since. Sorry for the long story, but suffice it to say, this IS a good case, and I can recommend it for a similar type build, as long as you are aware of what you are getting, and you factor in the price of the riser cable. Other things I like about the case: Can support performance parts, even water cooling with multiple rads A proper front panel with 2x USB 3.0 and 2x USB 2.0 4 separate dust filers (3 of them magnetic) See through panel (only plastic, but does the job) A decent price even with the added riser cable cost Downsides: You need to buy another riser cable Only supports small form factor (SFX) power supplies Few anchor points for cable management

I really like this case but be warned that the PCIe riser is junk! It sort of works but seems to make the computer/applications crash often... I ended up replacing the cable with another brand and it fixed everything. Aside from the PCIe riser cable, I really like this case. Based on the price the other shortcoming can be overlooked... However the riser cable is complete e-waste and Thermaltake should either send a better quality cable or just not send one at all. The form factor is really unique and interesting. The build quality is passable. The metal is on the thin side and the window is plastic (not glass). As for thermals, So far, so good with only the 2 stock fans. No problems watching Youtube, Netflix (40-45C CPU, ~50C GPU) and some light 720p/1080p gaming (~60C for both CPU and GPU). I am running a slightly overclocked i5 6600k which i paired with a Noctua NH-D9L cpu cooler. I chose this cooler because the fan helps to direct the airflow to exhaust out the back. I chose an older GTX780 for the GPU because of the "blower style" which blows the heat from the GPU directly outside the case (as opposed to exhausting in the case). I think my component choices may have helped with thermals. I purchased the case in order to hook up my old gaming PC to my TV. Visually, it does stand out a bit from the other components in the TV stand but it does not look completely out of place either. There are no real options for cable management. I ran some of the smaller cables under the fans and I crammed the excess cables in the drive cage and crammed whatever else in the corners where I could. I am happy with the case, I would have probably given it a 5 star review if it was not for the crappy and useless riser cable.

Great compact case for atx motherboard, the only downsides are the lack of space additional fan i had to remove the hard drive cage to put in a 4th fan and also the fact that not all graphics card fit inside if you add a 120mm watercooling in front like i did