Thermaltake Tsunami: A Complete Visual Overhaul
by Purav Sanghani on September 10, 2004 12:00 PM EST- Posted in
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Thermaltake has always been known for its inclusion of case fans in all of their cases. Each case comes standard with at least four 80mm fans, which are more than enough to cool an Athlon 64 3200+ system. The Tsunami comes with dual 120mm fans located at the front (12025) and back (LED fan), and a 90mm fan (9025) located on the left side panel.The 120mm fan at the front is located directly in front of the removable HDD carriage to serve as an intake fan. It blows air directly at and in between the HDDs, no matter how many are installed.
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The second 120mm fan is located at the back of the case below the power supply mounting. This fan is a blue colored LED fan, which matches the lights on the door that we talked about earlier.
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Though these two fans alone combined with a good quality heatsink could keep temperatures of the highest end desktop system stable, Thermaltake has decided to add a third 90mm fan in the mix on the left side panel. This fan serves as an intake and is positioned over the CPU area of the motherboard. Thermaltake should have placed this fan lower to accommodate the area around the VGA card instead of where it is now, since it only works against the heatsink fan.
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Spectatohead - Friday, March 25, 2005 - link
I have the original Audigy. I think the Audigy drive is the same. The front cover closes fine. The knobs don't seem to even touch the back of it. Of course the door has to be open to plug headphones, or anything else, into it. I have looked to see if the Audigy has a connector for an external headphone jack so I could use the top connector, but I can't find one. This is a great case. I got the plain silver version. The floppy bay is a bit funky but other than that everything else installs easily.bigdane - Friday, December 31, 2004 - link
#29, Did you have any luck any finding an answer to your question? I am considering the same case with the same issue.yomper - Wednesday, December 22, 2004 - link
Does anybody know if there is any problem closing the front cover of the Tsunami with a SB Audigy 2 front panel installed? I haven't seen this case in the flesh yet, and am wondering if the curved bezel provides enough clearance for the volume knobs on the Audigy line's 5.25" connector panel. (I'd rather not clutter up my desk further with the external connector box of the Pro model of the Audigy 2.)alzheimer - Wednesday, November 24, 2004 - link
I had no problem with instaling PSU after mobo. I have one question. Is ist possible to regulate rpm of 2 12cm fans with multifunction panel?drunknasasin - Sunday, October 3, 2004 - link
This case is nice, I've worked with a couple of them. The only problem that will arrise is mounting a larger Power Supply. It soon becomes a puzzle, and frustrating. Once the Power supply is mounted, the rest is easy.flyboy84 - Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - link
Just got the case, it's beautiful!Can't wait to build the system over the weekend :-D
Ringthane - Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - link
I have the case... did not install PSU until after mobo was in place. This required the top mounted USB/firewire/audio jack ports to be removed (4 screws). Probably would have needed to remove the usb ports even if I hadn't installed the mobo first (600w PSU). It was a biatch getting the PSU in, plus I broke one of the small plastic hinges on the usb cover (Thermaltake replaced FOC). It's all in now and looks great, but it is not a quiet ride.Front door is fine of you're not rough with it, but heh, it's a computer case not a football.
treadhed - Saturday, September 11, 2004 - link
I'm done with thermaltake. The designers of this company have got to be smoking crack, because the Xaser was the most regressive design I have ever seen as far as usability and installation is concerned. Now it is eating power supplies. Number two just went out, and I'm going to go get another case, one I can put my hands on and look at before I buy it. I will never buy a case over the internet again. I do not expect the Tsunami to be any more friendly or innovative in design. Expect the worst.deathwalker - Saturday, September 11, 2004 - link
I have a real problem with cases like this...with front doors that open. I see these doors as just one more problem area....something else you can break too easily.GhandiInstinct - Friday, September 10, 2004 - link
Purav, could you answer my question please?