Thermaltake Core P3 TG Pro Case Review

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Putting hardware into this case is easy enough, as it’s absolutely enormous and open, so you can really get your arms and embows in there to route cables, deal with clips and such. This will also make it much easier to maintain your hardware too.

Obviously, airflow isn’t really much of an issue. However, being so open is a blessing and curse. For an air cooled build, the CPU cooler is pulling all its own air, it’s not being fed by front fans. I could, of course, add fans in the front of the case if I wanted to though, but they wouldn’t be as effective to a CPU air cooler as they would in a case, which would have higher internal air pressure.

The front panel, much like the back panel, are fully intended for radiators. If you have two 360mm or 420mm radiators, you can really take this case to the next level. When Thermaltake AIOs can be picked up for like £100, it’s easily done.

The PSU mount is really cool, I love that it has an equal air gap on the top and on the bottom, as it means you can choose to mount normal or inverted for aesthetic reasons and it will be fine either way.

There’s a good amount of cable routing holes too, but keep in mind you have a long set of PSU cables, as some of the runs are quite far on this case.

I had to take the CPU cable this way, but again, a modular PSU with longer cables, such as one suitable for a full tower, should be absolutely fine.

I love that you can easily move these brackets too, it ensures the PSU looks like it fits perfectly, rather than looking too big or too small; it’s a small detail, but it helps with aesthetics.

The expansion slots can be mounted vertically, but why would you, when you can rep such a cool look? The horizontal mounts mean you can really show off your GPU. Albeit, I think it’s time I upgrade my case review hardware, the 1080 Ti looks hilariously small when once, it looked like a god, but I digress.

Plus with the entire tray horizontal, you can easily fit multiple cards in here, or something like the monstrous RTX 4090 with ease.

The angles work well too, and the GPU hides the bulk of its own power cables, keeping things looking tidy.

Not that the 1080 Ti is that heavy, but it still sags at the back a little here. Thankfully, there’s a height-adjustable support arm added to the Pro version, so as you can see, it’s holding the back of the GPU, and keeping things straight and true.

I like that there is a larger groomer here, it smartens things up, however, it looks a little out of place with so many routing holes that do not have a grommet. Perhaps TT should add more to keep things uniform, but I dunno, it’s hardly a deal breaker as the case looks great.

CPU cooler clearance is excellent, you could easily fit a Noctua D15S in here, so obviously, my U12 fits just fine. However, if you really wanted something even bigger!?! You don’t have to have the glass on, you could use it like a big test bench.

I would suggest you use a motherboard that has a built-in backplate though, this one does not, and there’s no brack to hold one in place. So yeah, have a pre-fitted one, it’ll look smarter.

The case is big, the case is heavy, and slapping that huge window on there, it’s only bigger and heavier. This is by far the biggest piece of glass I’ve seen on a PC case, and what a statement it makes!

It comes with one strange scenario though, where dust and debris can easily work its way into your system, but with it being so open, it’s so easy to clean out dust and debris. I likely wouldn’t have this case if I had a cat either, as you know the little buggers will nap behind the GPU to keep warm.

As you can see, this case is too big for my desk, it’s too long to go under my desk, as it would stick out at the front, and turned 90-degree it wouldn’t fit on my desk. It’s certainly not for everyone, but if you want a giant display piece, there’s really nothing quite like it.