Thermaltake V200 RGB Tempered Glass Chassis Review

Peter Donnell / 6 years ago

Final Thoughts

How Much Does it Cost?

The Thermaltake V200 Mid-Tower chassis is available now for just £47.99 on Scan. That’s an absolute bargain for such a neat and tidy looking chassis. However, if you want the RGB model, it’s just £69.98. That’s still very affordable and pretty great value considering how much it would cost to add those fans separately. At the time of writing, a special Black Friday promotion is in place to also get the V200 RGB with a 550W PSU for just £69.98, down from £99.99. However, even the full MSRP on that represents excellent value for money.

Overview

Thermaltake have made a lot of interesting chassis over the years, and it seems this year they’ve released their best high-end chassis series with the latest Level 20 models; albeit they’re quite expensive. However, they’ve also come at us with their best budget chassis too. The V200 ticks all the right boxes for an affordable chassis, but still delivers a premium quality look and feel that was quite surprising. There are compromises, but they’re justifiable given the price and the finished build.

Tweaks

I can’t stand snap-off PCI covers, they’re just awful. However, I can appreciate that if you’re building a PC once, it’s not really a big deal, and Thermaltake has to count the beans somewhere to make a profit and keep retail prices down. The same with the HDD bays, as tool-free trays are much better in my opinion than screw-rails. Then there are no cable routing grommets on the cut-outs, and the front panel is plastic, not glass. There has to compromises, as with curved glass on the front panel, rubber grommets on the cut-outs, reusable PCI covers and other tweaks, this would quickly become a £150+ chassis and not really look much different for it either.

Easy to Use

First-time system builders, or even experienced ones, will find a lot to like about this chassis. There’s good cable routing space behind the motherboard, and loads of cable routing holes too. The inclusion of a PSU shroud is becoming more common too, which is awesome, and you can cram more cables under that if required. It comes with support for a 280mm radiator (front panel), large air coolers, large PSUs, massive GPUs, and in my case, I even crammed an eATX motherboard (not officially supported).

Should I Buy One?

I can’t think of any reason not to, as it’s a very capable and stylish chassis. If you can get the bundle with the RGB fans, it’s pretty great value for money with or without RGB. However, their bundles with the PSU for £99 MSRP (maybe cheaper on sales), is too good to pass up. This may turn out to be the best selling chassis TT have had this year.