Introduction
We dropped in to see Thermaltake at CES 2024 this year who happens to be celebrating their 25th year of producing PC enthusiast parts. As part of the 25th year celebration, Thermaltake has introduced a hydrangea blue color and a “25” logo. For this year only (presumably, 2024), you should be able to get your hands on hydrangea blue kit with the “25” logo – however, once 2024 is done, the “25” logo will disappear and you’ll only be able to enjoy the hydrangea blue. The last time Thermaltake trotted out a time sensitive logo was for its 20th anniversary, so if you miss out on the 25th branded gear, you’ll need to wait another 5 years for the “30” branded gear.
Cases
CTE E600 MX Series
Starting the bidding with the E600 Series, we found that it is targeted to sit between the CTE 500 and 700 series chassises in terms of size and features. It should be available now in black, white and hydrangea blue colors for about $179.99.
Ceres 330 TG ARGB Series
We’ve already told you a bit about the Ceres 300 TG ARGG series cases which support both ASUS’s BTF form factor and MSI’s Project Zero form factor. We believe the success of the back of motherboard connections will hinge completely on the case availability for those units. With Thermaltake entering the chat with some compatibility for two of the three standards, we’re hopefully it’ll get moving in the right direction.
CTE C200 Series
The CTE 200 series cases were on display asa dual chamber ITX case using the CTE form factor that we first saw at CES 2023. This case supports up to 6x 120mm fans or a single 280mm AIO. This is expected to land in the market at $99.99, but does not appear to have a solid release date at this time.
The Tower 300
The Tower 300 sports a $149.99 MSRP and is a micro-ATX version of the Tower Series but still has room for a 420mm AIO radiator. It includes a pair of CT140 fans and will come in Black, Snow, Turquoise, Racing Green, Matchta Green (Pictured above), Bumblebee (like the transformer) and Hydrangea Blue.
It also has a couple of options you can add to it – an LCD screen (pictured – MSRP of $89.99) and a stand that will allow you to lay it on its side like a capsule for the low price of $29.99. These are all supposed to be out in etail at this point, but we could not locate any at the time of publication.
Power Supplies
Thermaltake is bumping their power supplies to be compatible with the ATX 3.1 specification across the board. The TF3 Titanium series will sport the Titanium level of 80 Plus certification, a 10 year warranty and range in price from $190 to $370, depending on how much power you need (your choices are 850W, 1000W, 1300W and 1600W). These are expected to land in May of this year.
Thermaltake is also bumping their SFX PSU units to be compatible with ATX 3.1. These should be available in March in 750W, 850W and 1000W flavors ranging from $170 to $200. They will carry 80 Plus Platinum credentials.
Memory
Thermaltake was showing off their new DDR 5 memory kits that will run up to 8000 MT/s for 16GB modules and 5600 MT/s for 24GB modules. As you can see, they are also rolling out a Hydrangea Blue flavor to keep with this year’s color motif. We do not have an expected time on market or pricing at this time.
ASTRIA ARGB Air Coolers
On the air cooler front, Thermaltake is relaunching the Volcano 7 launching the Astria series of coolers that sport ARGB bling and come in model numbers divisible by 200. The 200, 400 and 600 will sport MSRPs of $34.99, $44.99 and $69.99 respectively. They’re expected to land in late February, and presumably, the higher the number the better it’ll cool your chips.
Gaming Products
Thermaltake is getting into the racing sim setup game as well by introducing the GR500 Racing Simulator Cockpit (basically, the chair and frame you see there) as well as a triple monitor stand so you can take up enough space with your racing sim to make the wife complain about it. The Cockpit will debut at $799.99 at an undetermined time, though, the monitor mount may arrive next month for $169.99.
Special note on the Cockpit – Thermaltake Mike who checks in at 6’5″ demonstrated that he fits in it. This was far superior to my attempt at getting in the Cooler Master Dyn X last year at a full six inches shorter than he is.