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Articles: Coolers

Thermaltake Tai-Chi System Case Review (page 6)

Category: Coolers

by Vasily Melnik

[ 01/17/2006 | 01:54 PM ]

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Thermaltake Tai-Chi VB5001SNA ATX Full Tower Case Products

Closer Look Inside

Tai-Chi has no removable side panels. There are three opening doors: two on the right-hand side and one on the left-hand side. They are fastened with long chromium-plated screws:

You should be very careful when removing the screws on the right-hand side, because once you unscrew them, the panels would jump open due to a spring mechanism inside.

The main peculiarity of the Thermaltake Tai-Chi case is the built-in water-cooling system, almost all the components of which are located on the side panel of the case:

The massive heatsink is cooled down by two silent 120mm fans. The pump is small but pretty efficient, as we will see later on in this article, and it is located in the lower left corner of the panel:

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