Thermaltake AH T200

When I reviewed the Thermaltake AH T600, this cases’ much bigger brother, I said, “I hate this PC case, I really do, and the reasons are many. Firstly, the size of it is just obnoxious. It’s like someone is playing a joke with the size of it. If I put it on my desk, it would break my desk and hang about 18 inches over the front edge. If I put it under my desk, my chair wouldn’t fit, and it would still stick out by 18 inches or so.” and it seems Thermaltake was listening. Now it’s only a bit too big to go on top of my desk, a bit too heavy, and while smaller, too oddly shaped to go under my desk; not to mention it would get too much dust there.

Alright, let's talk about price first: at $169, the Thermaltake AH T200 is not cheap for an mATX enclosure by any means. But for that kind of money, you get a beautiful-looking, extremely well built chassis that employs lots of thick panels and material bordering on the uncompromising. It is clear that for this and the larger AH T600, look and feel are the biggest selling points. Considering that, price becomes secondary—in other words, this is not your sensible mATX chassis purchase.