Thermaltake Level 10 GT Battle Edition - Man Your Battle Stations!
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Internal Design
The side panel swings out to reveal an interior that has neat compartments in terms of its drive bays, with enough room to fit up to a EATX form factor motherboard. We also noticed the large cut-out at the motherboard panel to accommodate CPU cooling solutions that may require access to the backplates of the boards. There are also a number of rubber grommets for excellent cable management; some chassis manufacturers will provide only the cut-outs, but for casings of such high-end pedigrees, the implementation of rubber grommets will set them apart from those run-of-the-mill counterparts. There is also a bundled top 230mm cooling fan with LEDs and we showed earlier its dedicated control buttons that are located at the top of the casing. There is an identical fan that is housed in the side panel door that is also controlled by those buttons.
There is a 3-pin electrical contact point at the edge of the door. When the side panel door is closed, the electrical circuit is closed, allowing the 230mm side cooling fan to be operated by the fan control buttons. The huge side panel door can be lifted off its hinges for easier access to the interior during installation of components.
After removing the side panel door, we peered to the front of the chassis where the drive bays are located. From the top, there are four 5.25-inch drive bays followed by a lone external facing 3.5-inch drive bay. We also spotted five internal quick swap 3.5-inch drive bays that can be removed without having to open the chassis. Such drives are inserted from the front of the chassis after removing their drive covers. Their installations are not entirely tool-free as M3 screws are needed to provide additional fastening to these drives. These drive bay covers have dust filters behind the wire mesh covers and act as front air intake vents. The front fascia cover of the Level 10 GT Battle Edition is easy to remove; we had to pinch a pair of round clips with metal tips and removed the cover with a quick jerk at its bottom hand grip.
For the installation of our 3.5-inch HDD, we had to ensure that the 3.5-inch drive bay was unlocked before we could slide out one of the drive trays after depressing its release button that is located at the front of the chassis. Once removed from its drive bay, we installed our HDD into the tray and secured it without much fuss.
We removed the other side panel that was held in place by a pair of thumbscrews so that we can get a better look at the rear of the 3.5-inch drive bays. The drives in the drive bay share a single SATA power connector.
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