ThermalTake A6000B Aluminum Case: Quiet Cooling

Construction

The selling point of the A6000B is, of course, the aluminum chassis.  ThermalTake takes pride in their cooling solutions; their Volcano series heatsinks are some of the most widely used heatsinks on the market today. It is no secret that aluminum has incredible heat transfer properties. No wonder we have been using aluminum heat sinks for years!  Some other more expensive materials have slightly better thermal conductivity (copper, silver, gold) but they would most likely make for a VERY expensive ATX Tower.

Detail Information

ThermalTake’s website declares the power supply in the 6000B as a “variable power supply selection,” meaning that the case does not come with one.  For those of you who absolutely must have the best in power supply technology, this gives you an opportunity to justify that new 420W supply you have been eying.  For those of you who are not as concerned with power supply selection, you are left finding a power supply on your own time. We had a spare TurboLink 420W PS around the lab so we went ahead and used that for our benchmarks.

One of the important things we look at when analyzing a case is whether or not the case edges are sharp.  Older cases, and even some OEM cases still produced today, have several sharp edges.  Consumer cases with sharp edges are simply unacceptable.  A consumer case that has no interest for the consumer is NOT a good investment.  Thankfully, the people at ThermalTake thought about smoothing as many of the edges as possible when designing this case.  We counted only one edge that was not quite smoothed down on the inside edge of the left panel.  Since the panel is designed to be removed while holding the handle, we are not too concerned about cutting ourselves on this edge.

The tower also included four swing-out feet.  The feet give the case a much needed boost in added stability.  At 21” inches tall, the case is not the tallest we have seen, but definitely one of the most top heavy. 

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