Thermaltake VI1000BWS M9 ATX MidTower Case

User Review #3 Source: TigerDirect.com by  dm000001  on April 2nd, 2009

I just finished tranfering my hardware to this amazing tower, I added a 120mm fan on the side to cool my SLI video cards, i recommand to remove the hard drive cage provided with the case because the hard drives will take more room and it will be impossible to plug the 12v connector for the video card, so i ordered 2x thermaltake icages witch save about a inch, just enought to plug the 12v connectors, the case is pretty quiet for the number of 120mm fans i use and yes i removed all the plastic things to fix pci/cd-rom/HD to use good old screws, the front panel is covered with a cheap filter, witch is better than nothing and iam happy to have an extra 5,25 panel with a hole for my floppy, beside that i recommand to paint in black the inside of the tower before add hardware because the gray color is ugly, for the price its great to hold my 5 hard drives and dont forget to fix the cables with some zip-ties ;)

I just finished tranfering my hardware to this amazing tower, I added a 120mm fan on the side to cool my SLI video cards, i recommand to remove the hard drive cage provided with the case because the hard drives will take more room and it will be impossible to plug the 12v connector for the video card, so i ordered 2x thermaltake icages witch save about a inch, just enought to plug the 12v connectors, the case is pretty quiet for the number of 120mm fans i use and yes i removed all the plastic things to fix pci/cd-rom/HD to use good old screws, the front panel is covered with a cheap filter, witch is better than nothing and iam happy to have an extra 5,25 panel with a hole for my floppy, beside that i recommand to paint in black the inside of the tower before add hardware because the gray color is ugly, for the price its great to hold my 5 hard drives and dont forget to fix the cables with some zip-ties ;)

User Review #2 Source: TigerDirect.com by  Mehrdad  on November 30th, 2008

I just bought this from my local PC shop and after rebate it was only $40. Nice overall but one major issue is the tool-less drive connection. It did not work for any of my hard drives since the latching mechanism has a tab that conflics with the drive body. No big deal since you can just use an old fashioned screw

I just bought this from my local PC shop and after rebate it was only $40. Nice overall but one major issue is the tool-less drive connection. It did not work for any of my hard drives since the latching mechanism has a tab that conflics with the drive body. No big deal since you can just use an old fashioned screw

User Review #1 Source: TigerDirect.com by  Anonymous  on August 7th, 2008

I have to say this is by far one of the best cases I have seen and purchased. It is a shame Tiger is not carrying it anymore. I found installation of all hardware to be precise and my only complaint is ditch the crappy plastic card mounting piece and just use a screw. 4 thumbs up if I had them =)

I have to say this is by far one of the best cases I have seen and purchased. It is a shame Tiger is not carrying it anymore. I found installation of all hardware to be precise and my only complaint is ditch the crappy plastic card mounting piece and just use a screw. 4 thumbs up if I had them =)