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Category: Enclosures
Product: Thermaltake BachVx - VF4000BWS
Supplied by: Thermaltake
Reviewed by: Kevin Elliott
Price: $99.95

Looking at the rear of the BachVx we have a pretty standard layout, with power supply opening located at the top of the case.  Directory below that is a 120mm exhaust fan that will remove warm air that builds up inside the case.  Thermaltake also uses PCI slot covers that have small rectangular opening in then to allow a small amount of air to pass through them in the hopes of cooling the cards that are plugged in near by.  You can also see the key attached to the rear of the case, these keys will lock the door on the case as well as the latches on the side-panel.
 

The opposite side of the case is vacant of any features except for the lock that is visible on the side of the cases door. This side-panel can be taken off by removing a pair of Phillips headed screws, but there is not a great deal of space behind the motherboard tray to hide any wiring so the need to remove it will be minimal.

Here you can get a good look at the lock on the door to the BachVx, directly below it on both sides of the door are slots that have been cut into the side of the door that allow the 140mm fan located at the front of the case to pull fresh air into the case.

Across the mid portion of the door are the pair of 3.5" drive bays and located to the right of them are the Power and Reset buttons for the BachVx. You can tell by looking at the large size picture of these buttons that they have been turned out of aluminum and add a very nice touch to the front of the case.

With door swung open you can see that BachVx will hold a total of four - 5.25" optical drives and a pair of 3.50" drives.  One nice feature of the this particular case is the fact that no matter how many optical drives you install, none of them will be visible because of the use of stealth drives doors used .

The other thing we should mention is the fan filter that covers the front of the 140mm fan, this filter is washable and can then be replaced to do it work all over again.

Thermaltake has chosen to place their accessory panel on the upper-panel of the case which in my opinion is bad decision for a couple of reasons. The first problem you can run into as we did if you are using a modular power supply is the wires coming down from the accessory panel will more than likely be just a short distance from where you need to plug your cables in to your power supply.  The second thing is you have wires dangling down in the middle of your case from the accessory panel which create a wire management problem from the start.
 

What you have available in the accessory panel compartment is a pair of USB connectors, a microphone and headphone connector and finally a SATA connector.
 


 

 

 

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