- Thermaltake V1 CPU cooler
- Thermaltake 1000W Toughpower PSU
- 2 36GB WD Raptor SATA HDDs
- ATI HD 4870 X2 reference card
- 2 GB Corsair Dominator DDR2 memory
- Gigabyte EP45-DS3R motherboard
- Intel QX9770 CPU

Build components

motherboard

HDD installed

HDD in bracket
Building a system was a breeze with the Thermaltake Xaser VI case especially since everything is tool-less and the removable motherboard tray made working inside the case a matter of attaching cables and plugging in the power connectors. Working with the HDD cage was easy. To install a HDD simply flip open the latch, pull out the drawer, insert the HDD, push in the drawer and close the latch.

Motherboard tray

System put together

System rear

Cable management
Mounting expansion cards is easy as well. Simply lift up on the tab holding the expansion slot cover, remove the cover, insert the card into the expansion slot and push down on the tab. I love tool-less motherboards that make installation easy. The hole for cable management is easy to reach and makes for a neat system at the end of the day. One thing I noticed on installation is that the I/O cables may not reach some motherboard's I/O area due to length issues. Thrasher2 banged this system out in under three hours and it was a pretty simple affair for him to assemble this system and get it up and running as no major problems were found in the build.

Front of completed system

Door open

3/4 Front View

Side view