Thermaltake Level 10 GT Full Tower Case Review

Installation and Case Cooling

For the installation portion of the review, I chose to move my existing gaming system into the Level 10 GT. My LGA 1156 gaming rig includes an i7-860 processor, Corsair H50 watercooler, ECS P55H-AK motherboard, Antec 650W power supply, MSI 460GTX 1GB graphics card, and 4GBs of Patriot Memory DDR3-2000. The first item to install was the motherboard and watercooler. I removed the back panel’s 140mm fan to install the Corsair H50.

After mounting the watercooler, I secured the motherboard to the chassis using nine screws.

To install our graphics card, I had to remove the PCI slot plate they used to secure all the PCIe and PCI devices. I find this piece a bit redundant considering the large thumbscrews should do an adequate job of securing our PCI devices.

After removing the plate covering the PCI slots, I installed our 460GTX graphics card and secured it with two thumbscrews.

Next, I moved on to the bottom of the case and installed the power supply with four screws.

One of my favorite additions to this case is the headset hanger, but I wasn’t too impressed at how well this hanger functions on this case. While the shape of the hanger is good, the actual way you secure it to the case isn’t good enough in my opinion. It seems very flimsy and won’t stay in place after extended use. 

We moved to the front of the case and installed one DVD burner in the front optical bay. This was a simple process because they have a tool-less clip to secure the DVD burner to the chassis. Very quick and easy.

We installed two hard drives in our gaming rig, one solid state drive for the operating system and games and another 3.5″ hard drive for additional storage space. We secured both drives to the removable hard drive cages using four special screws that came as accessories with the case. After securing the drives, we slid them into the case and locked them into place. Overall, they worked very well, but I would have liked to see better sound and vibration dampening material around the hard drives.

Here’s a quick shot of our solid state drive we used for this case.

After about 40 minutes, we finished routing all the power and data cables and completed the build. I was highly impressed with how all the fans are configured to work through the top panel’s LCD and fan speed controller. The cable management properties also worked well, even though it may not look like it by the photo above. Using a modular power supply helps reduce cable clutter and increase the case’s airflow significantly. 

Here’s a quick look at the front panel with the DVD burner installed.

Here is the cable management around the back of the case. I absolutely love the consolidated power cables Thermaltake included for the removable hard drive cages.