Despite the fact that there is very little on the case itself to note is, it is difficult for the F31 to blindly recommend. The mid-tower segment is very competitive and for the current price, there are similar enclosures to be found for the same price where you are, for example, the extras here miss.
Pros
- Such quality materials
- Modular design
- Easy installation
- Silent
Cons
- Duimschroefjes do not close well
- Relatively pricey
- Charges up quickly when you purchase “extra'”
Final conclusion
Score: 4Per criterion
Modbaarheid
Score: 4
Review: Thermaltake Suppressor F31
– Introduction
– Specifications
– The outside
– The inside
– Installation & Cable Management
Price & Alternatives
– Conclusion
Product Page @ Thermaltake
The Taiwanese Thermaltake has been long been known as a good brand in the field of cooling. A lot of enthusiasts of computer hardware will ever be a processor fan assembly or fan of the brand in the house. The company also enclosures will be little noticed, particularly in the area of design are the Thermaltake enclosures quite eye-catching and clearly aimed at the tweakers and gamers among us. In this review we take, however, a look at something completely against going: Thermaltake Suppressor F31.
The Suppressor series currently consists of three different formats that there’s actually almost boring to look at. The F1 is a cube-shaped model, while the F31 and F51 of the well-known mid tower models. Each slot in the Suppressor series fits without more at home in a living room or even business environment. The appearance is kept quite simple, while Thermaltake means of sound insulation and cooling try the competition in the competitive mid tower segment. At the time of writing, the F31 will be available in approximately lwa 100,-.
The specifications of the Thermaltake website:
The F31 comes in two versions, almost identical, with the exception of the sidebar which in rates. n the case is closed and in the other case a window has. In this review we look at the model without the window, which therefore has space for an additional fan on the side panel (up to 140mm).
The size of the F31 are modest but not on the small side. With 497x250x515mm is the cabinet is not very large and there must be enough space left over to allow a motherboard to lose can up to the ATX format. Also, there is in the cabinet taking into account any placement of a motherboard in micro-ATX or mini-ATX format. The space at the bottom should be sufficient for up to a PS2 power supply.
Thermaltake would be Thermaltake, there are not more than enough possibilities to cooling. Included are completed. n 120mm fan for and completed. n fan behind, while there is still space for a second 120/140mm in the front (or a single 200mm fan), three 120/140mm fans at the top (or twice 200mm) and two 120 or 140mm at the bottom. The included fans are of course from Thermaltake itself and run at 1000rpm at a specified 16dBa.
In terms of depth, it will be difficult to find a CPU cooler to find that don’t fit. With 180mm of space you have virtually any CPU cooler in the build. The length of your graphics card of course depends on the use of an (extra) HDD-cage. When the road comes to sit, and then there is 278mm space. If there is no HDD cage sitting on the place where you have the video card sitting on a card up to 420mm.
The packaging of the F31 will be no surprise. A grey box with a picture of the case and the specifications by the postman at my home delivered. When we open, then we find therein the housing in a plastic bag between two pieces of styrofoam.
When we the case from its packaging we find a distinctive black housing. Let’s say that this is not the first (or last) all black tight housing is. On the outside we find also very innovative, perhaps the most remarkable point that there is no form of branding. So there is no logo or text on the enclosure that might diminish the clean appearance, something the austerity stresses and what a good choice is when we talk about a housing to have the correct need to have of its simplicity. We meet at various locations (removable) dust filters, that using magnets in place. Here again, a well-known concept that is well executed is by Thermaltake.
The I/O panel we find on the top of the cabinet and has no further details. There is a dual USB 3.0 connector and the second old fashioned USB 2 connections. The on/off button is a simple square, and has a built-in Led to the current status of the computer. The reset button is also on top of the cupboard and are difficult to accidentally press, which is great when the I/O panel on top of the cabinet.
To the inside in first we need the side panels unscrewing. The cabinet is designed with a ‘toolless’ design in mind. This means that, in principle, a complete system must be able to build without a screwdriver (with the exception of the mounting of the PSU and the motherboard). This is evident in my copy, however, to be different. The thumbscrews used for the side panels to fasten close just not quite tasty, not allowing them to open (or close) without the help of a schroevendraaien. In further experimentation it appears the same problem is also present when the PCI card ports, which are secured by the same thumbscrews, which is also not easy come off. In a cabinet of lwa 100, -, you’d expect such problems with the tooling actually, not, already, we see this in practice with more enclosures occur because the screws are machined to be fastened. It can still be a coincidence, or the fact that this is a pre-release sample plays a role, but love for the assurance of your screwdriver at hand.
If we take the panels off to have it immediately that they were of such quality steel. Both panels are heavy and bend almost. On the inside of the panels is also a material made what sound should mute.
On the inside of the enclosure we find a well-organized and above all, very open layout with plenty of space to both the front and the back. Cable management should be no problem with the large number of ducts and more than enough ‘eyes’ to tie-wraps.
Both the HDD cage as the 5.25”bays are easily removed, if you prefer more space, for example for cooling, then remove them without any problems pane. In a time when optical media is becoming less and less used, this is a feature that is used by many people can, or will be, especially if you use it like a radiator or water pump insert.
The HDD cage is completely tooless and gives space for three 3.5” or 2.5” hard drives or ssd’s. There is still room in the back for modular elements to buy, which make it possible to have storage places, but this is not included. The toolless bays for the HDD cage are of good quality and easy to use.
In the field of cooling, we find a 120mm TT-1225 fan. The fans fit in the cabinet and are silent. It is also nice that the front fan is supplied to the disk drives be placed there to cool.
The used quality of materials is excellent and, for example, the rubber cable access hole are much better than average. No part feels cheap or doesn’t look good, and also the plastic front of the cabinet look good. Special mention is the freedom of choice that you have to make the relationship between cooling/noise. Standard are the openings above and in the sidebar neatly closed, but you can always and easily open to fans, or simply air to pass through, while this is, of course, the Noise attenuation is reduced.
We are going to an older system build-in in the cabinet, which is sometimes a bit awkward (think, for example, the USB 3.0 ports that are not directly on the system board can be connected). It is going to be a Asus P6T Deluxe v2 with an Intel i7 920 as the processor, 3x2GB memory from OCZ, EVGA GTX260 video card and a new modular Cooler Master V Series 750W PSU. Storage is a 3.5” Seagate HDD with a capacity of 500GB.
The installation of a system in the F31 is simple. With more than enough available space is the place of the motherboard and the power supply easily. The only problem I encountered was, as previously described, the thumb screws in the PCI-E openings. Despite the fact that this ordinary thumbscrews are I had a screwdriver to the screws both loose when put back. After placing the HDD in one of the trays can be connected to the back of the system. As the L-shaped cables, then this is a pretty narrow hole, so just straight SATA cables and, where possible, PSU-cables are preferred.
The space that is available is at the back of the case gives enough space to your cables, to dump and the way to work, causing the front of your enclosure ‘clean’ remains of cables. The fact that the cabinet is standard without PSU-cover (this is sold separately for lwa 20, – while the less would have cost if the standard had been) is very unfortunate because this is interfering with the simplicity of getting rid of a lot of the cables, especially for the version with window.
The F31 is about lwa 100,- to obtain. This competes Thermaltake with cases like the Fractal Design Define R5, the Cooler Master CM690 III and the Phanteks Enthoo Pro (M). Thermaltake are trying to distinguish in the field of modularity, but the buy of accessories ensures that the price quickly rises. Direct competitors ” out of the box’ a lot more space for storage and, for example, the Phanteks has been a PSU cover.
It is not easy for Thermaltake to the direct battle with the competition, but they have a few unique features that the F31 worth considering. In particular, the koelingsmogelijkheden and the space that there is to water cooling in building a certain target group to attract. And perhaps not entirely coincidentally, exactly the audience is where Thermaltake has always been focused on.
With the F31 brings Thermaltake is a more compact version of the F51 on the market that are targeted at the more serious gamers and overclockers. There are a few small areas for improvement, such as the thumb screws that are not quite connecting properly, or the fact that that PSU cover is not standard but sold, but as a whole, is the F31 is a solid case that is good use of the experience that Thermaltake has in the field of cooling and noise production.
Despite the fact that there is very little on the case itself to note is, it is difficult for the F31 to blindly recommend. The mid tower segment is very competitive and for the current price, there are similar enclosures to be found for the same price where you are, for example, by default, the additional HDD cage or PSU cover, or simply something cheap. However, the F31 also strengths that a factor might play: for example, the F31 than average, wide, the cabinet anywhere of dust filters and noise attenuation features, and the interior is modular, so you as a lover of water cooling is completely separate.
So if you are looking for a rather compact but sleek ATX cabinet to full water cooling in the build, are you looking for a cabinet from Thermaltake that in terms of looks a lot more subtle than most Thermaltake cabinets, or is this appearance and overall image you very to then the F31 given the good implementation is certainly worth considering.
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