THE CORE V71 EXTERIOR

If you want an elegant tower the Core V71 may not fit the bill, however if you just want a good looking tower you will like it the moment you take it out of the box.

A very large clear window takes the largest area of the left side panel thus allowing the user to see almost everything inside.

The fascia is almost entirely perforated to allow air to slip inside.

Two 5.25" drive bays are present at the top end of the fascia. Unfortunately since these are not next to each other you can't use a dual 5.25" device.

Right beneath the drive bays and behind the fascia Thermaltake has placed two 200mm intake LED fans (600-800RPM/13-15dBA).

Moving at the top of the case we see the round on/off power button and the I/O.

he I/O consists from two USB 3.0 ports, two USB 2.0 ports, headphones and microphone 3.5mm connectors, reset button, HDD activity LED and a two speed fan controller for the top and front fans which also controls their LEDs.

As you can see the largest part of the top is also perforated to allow for the 200mm exhaust LED fan beneath (600-800RPM/13-15dBA) to push air out (you can add a 2nd 200mm exhaust fan there if you want).

The rear also has a nice black matte color and as you can see Thermaltake has already equipped the Core V71 with a 140mm exhaust fan (you can replace it with an 120mm one if you want).

From the rear you can also remove the top dust-filter.

Regular thumbscrews are used to secure both panels in place (these ones however don't leave the panels).

The Core V71 sits on 4 extensions of the chassis and has two more similar removable dust-filters at the bottom as the one used at the top (unfortunately to remove the front filter you need to remove the fascia first).

The right side panel is clearly designed to improve cable management/routing behind the mainboard tray.