For clarity, the HDD is cabled with the grey SATA cable and the SSD’s are red. We also used a four SATA power connector to connect up all the power to the three drives. The caddies put the drives very close together and we had some difficulty in arranging the connectors, hence the adapter used. Also, the SATA connectors need to be straight and not angled for better cable management.
As you would expect from a small form factor chassis, it all gets very tight inside as our GTX 770 shows. However, the Core V1 has a large gap between the motherboard and the front of the chassis, allowing for such components as a water pump or radiator as examples.
You may even attempt an All in One cooler either in the front or top panel if you want to start modding.
We used the vented panel in a higher positioning than the drives position, however we could have vent switched this to vent the drives directly. The HDD is only just within the boundaries of the chassis, so moving the venting panels should be a consideration.
If HDD performed as a well as SSD’s we would happily have two in RAID 0, they would make an excellent visual boundary for the inside of the chassis. If you have a couple of Raptors, this would look awesome.
Thermaltake Core V1 mITX Chassis Review
Package - 8.5
Features - 9.3
Build - 9.2
Consumer Experience - 9.2
9.1
LAN rig, SteamBox or just pushed for space in your game room, there are a lot of chassis that do it well enough, this little chassis beats some of the more expensive competition in a lot of areas, and compared to its price range, not much can touch it.
