Thermaltake V250 Motherboard Sync ARGB ATX Mid-Tower Chassis with 3 120mm 5V Addressable RGB Fan + 1 Black 120mm Rear Fan Pre-Installed CA-1Q5-00M1WN-00

Beautiful and spacious case, but some serious RGB gotchas
This was my first attempt to make a really beautiful RGB PC and I’m thrilled with the result. My version was the V250 with 3 pre-installed ARGB fans in the front. I bought 3 additional matching Thermaltake ARGB fans and installed one in the rear and two on my top mounted radiator.The real gotcha is trying to figure out the pre-installed fans and how to integrate their hardwired fan control hub with motherboard control. The documentation is criminally poor, so it took a lot of guesswork to get everything flowing the way I wanted.To make a long story not quite as long, here’s what to do: The control hub comes connected to the case reset switch. You need to power up the PC and hit that reset switch for a few seconds, until the front fans flash. This confirms that the control hub is now set to motherboard control instead of case control. You can now safely remove the reset switch wire from the hub and plug it into the reset switch header on your motherboard. The case reset switch will now function as God intended. Now, the tricky part. You’ll need to (for a MSI JRAINBOW motherboard header anyway) connect the 3 prong 5V ARGB cord into both the motherboard and the case fan control hub. In my case, connecting to the motherboard header was no problem, but on the other end, the male plug would absolutely not fit into the receptacle on the hub. I took a risk and shaved off the plastic left and right edges of the cord plug and jammed what was left in the socket on the control hub. I plugged SATA power into the hub as well. Half expecting my rig to burst into flames when I powered on, I was pleasantly surprised that I could now see and control the front case fans in Windows via Mystic Light motherboard control. I have to admit, it’s some really bad quality control for the ARGB control socket on that fan hub to be so small as to be unusable. A user shouldn’t have to shave a plastic plug down to the bare metal wire for it to fit where it’s intended to go. Anyway… Next, I needed to add my additional 3 fans to the setup. I plugged their fan speed control wires into motherboard fan headers. I daisy chained their 3 ARGB wires together and plugged the end into the case fan control hub, also not clearly labeled and unexplained in the case documentation. Miracle of miracles, the motherboard now sees all 6 fans and can fully control and coordinate their RGB properties via the MSI software.I hope this experience helps someone. The final result of putting some time into this case was really rewarding for me.

Great case
I initially looked past this case when ordering the components for my new build. I’m not a big fan of all the RGB stuff. When my other case showed up in unusable condition, I ordered this one because it had overnight shipping on it. This case arrived and I was very happy with the quality. There are plenty of openings to pass cables and plenty of tie downs for cable management. As I said before, I dont like a lot of RGB, so I just turned it off. For those of you that like the flashy lights, this case has an RGB control module on it that will allow RGB control from your mobo. Mine came with the reset button cable hooked to the controller, so RGB is controlled with that button. The directions are good about telling you the different options for the ARGB.

Got this case for 130 dollars and it delivered quickly in only two days time. I was worried about temps on the case considering it doesn’t have a mesh front on it like some other models but those worries were a bit overblown. I get temps in the mid 60s running a 4070 super and a 5700G APU processor.What I dont like about this case is if you are playing with a controller the cable is prone to snagging on the right side of tower due to the way the USB ports are positioned. The front fans also cannot be controlled via the motherboard due to have proprietary pins for the fan controller so it spins at a constant 1000rpm. Case cools decently enough and these front fans aren’t loud so it isn’t much of an issue.If anyone is worried about the noise you can solve this issue by setting your fan curve in your BIOS settings for the exhaust fan, it will still cool decently and its still fairly quiet that way. As for temps, overall it runs at a decent temperature despite having no front mesh panel, if you aren’t running a super powerful CPU and GPU combo then you shouldn’t have any problems with heat, it does have a mesh top with a magnetic filter and the 120mm exhaust fan and back panel has plenty of ventilation too.I would recommend getting the V250 air over this one though if you are considering and if its available though, its the same case as this one but with a mesh front panel on it so it has better cooling even if its an extra 40 dollars.

Los fans del gabinete lucen mega cool. Trae varias piezas de sobra así que no sufrirás porque vas justo de tornillos o porque te faltó X o Y pieza. Tiene excelente espacio para el Power Supply. Tiene como dos “cajoncitos” para meter los discos duros normales. Lo recomiendo…

great little case for the money, wished it had some standoffs so could run the wires cleaner in the back , but once together looks real good. a bit small for the old power supply i wanted to install in it but that is just normal challenges . worth the money for sure