Thermaltake Spedo Advance Chassis
Introduction
Published: 17th September 2008 | Source: Thermaltake | Price: £130.39 |
Introduction 
At Computex 2008, Taipei based chassis and aftermarket cooling manufacturers' Thermaltake exhibited their latest chassis - Spedo, which promised to revolutionise the global PC chassis market. Thermaltake' design criterion for the Thermaltake Spedo appears to be based primarily on providing a chassis that provides excellent thermal management properties and better cable routing. Let's see what Thermaltake has to say about their Thermaltake Spedo chassis:
Thermaltake as the top choice brand of PC Chassis around the world, will be exhibiting their latest innovation of the new Chassis Superlative --- SPEDO! With many new features that are never seen on the market before, SPEDO has been predicted to be the next hit of the global PC Chassis Market.
Thermaltake has implemented two breakthrough designs into the new SPEDO Chassis; “A.T.C.” (Advanced Thermal Chamber) and “CRM” (Cable Routing Management). While “ATC” design provides excellent thermal-management by separating chambers for the CPU, GPUs and PSU, “CRM” offers users a neat and tidy interior with superior cable arrangement. Not to mention the excellent integration of advanced tool-free mechanism for HDD and PCI installation; bottom-placed PSU design and the adjustable fan bar; SPEDO will provide the minimized and the most enjoyable system installation experience! The hot swap design of side fan and the adjustable fan bar allow easier system maintenance, VGA/ CPU thermal management can also be easily solved by simple adjustments of the fan bar to fit with various system requirements.
Other than the structural perfection internally, the meshed exterior design of SPEDO allows the ambient air to enter unrestrictedly into the chassis. Ventilation can even be further upgraded with up to nine system fans. With the C-shaped unique styling, SPEDO will bring you the most pleasure as a true PC enthusiast both from the experiential and functional perspectives.
Thermaltake has implemented two breakthrough designs into the new SPEDO Chassis; “A.T.C.” (Advanced Thermal Chamber) and “CRM” (Cable Routing Management). While “ATC” design provides excellent thermal-management by separating chambers for the CPU, GPUs and PSU, “CRM” offers users a neat and tidy interior with superior cable arrangement. Not to mention the excellent integration of advanced tool-free mechanism for HDD and PCI installation; bottom-placed PSU design and the adjustable fan bar; SPEDO will provide the minimized and the most enjoyable system installation experience! The hot swap design of side fan and the adjustable fan bar allow easier system maintenance, VGA/ CPU thermal management can also be easily solved by simple adjustments of the fan bar to fit with various system requirements.
Other than the structural perfection internally, the meshed exterior design of SPEDO allows the ambient air to enter unrestrictedly into the chassis. Ventilation can even be further upgraded with up to nine system fans. With the C-shaped unique styling, SPEDO will bring you the most pleasure as a true PC enthusiast both from the experiential and functional perspectives.
View the press release here.
While Thermaltake uses two acronyms to describe the predominant features of the Spedo - Advanced Thermal Chamber (A.T.C) and Cable Routing management (CRM), these technologies are hardly new. A.T.C in its very essence is compartmentation, or breaking the chassis down and isolating the main thermal emitting components of your PC in order to reduce overall case temperatures. Fellow Taipei chassis manufacturers' Lian Li have been using this technology for some time now.
CRM has also been doing the rounds quite a bit recently, with many chassis manufacturers' opting for different approaches to the problem. Cable routing holes in motherboard trays seem to be favourite here, but Thermaltake have actually taken it one step further. And no I'm not going to spoil the surprise, you're going to have to wait a bit longer. Unless of course you'd like to check out the teaser video that Thermaltake released!
It's been quite a while since we had a Thermaltake chassis in at OC3D, and now that the Thermaltake Spedo is finally here let's begin the review by taking a look at the all important specifications.
Specifications
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Model Name: Spedo Advance Package
Case Type: Full Tower
Dimensions (HxWxD): 536mmx232mmx610mm
Net Weight: 13.0 kg/ 28.7lb
Windows Side Panel: Transparent Window
Cable Routing Management: Yes
Advanced Thermal Chamber: Yes
Material Front bezel: Matal Mesh/ Chassis: 0.8mm SECC
Colour Exterior and Interior: Black
Model Name: Spedo Advance Package
Case Type: Full Tower
Dimensions (HxWxD): 536mmx232mmx610mm
Net Weight: 13.0 kg/ 28.7lb
Windows Side Panel: Transparent Window
Cable Routing Management: Yes
Advanced Thermal Chamber: Yes
Material Front bezel: Matal Mesh/ Chassis: 0.8mm SECC
Colour Exterior and Interior: Black
Cooling:
Front Intake: 140 x 140 x 25mm red LED Fan 1000RPM, 16dBA
Rear (Exhaust): Two 120 x 120 x 25mm TurboFan 1300RPM, 17dBA
Top (Exhaust): 230 x 230 x 20mm fan 800RPM, 15dBA
Bottom (Intake): 120 x 120mm fan (optional)
CPU (Exhaust): 120 x 120mm fan (Optional)
Fanbar (Intake): 120 x 120 25mm TurboFan 1300RPM, 17dBA
Side (Intake): 230 x 230 x 20mm fan 800RPM, 15dBA
Motherboard: Micro ATX, Standard ATX
Drive Bays:
5.25" Drive Bay - 7 x 5.25"
3.5" Drive Bay - 1 x 3.5" (Converted from one 5.25" drive bay)
3.5" Drive Bay (hidden) - 6 x 3.5"
I/O Ports: USB2.0 x 2, e-SATA connector x 1, HD Audio
Expansion Slots: 7
PSU: Standard ATX PSII (Optional)
Interestingly, Thermaltake have two Spedo chassis' available - the Spedo Advance Package and the Spedo. The differences between the two are: a small weight reduction in favour of the Spedo because it doesn't come with CRM partitions; and the Spedo loses the large 230mm fans on the roof and side-panel for 120mm and 140mm variants.
Let's head over the page to check out the packaging and contents...
Most Recent Comments
Not a fan of Thermal Take Cases although the Soprano series are cool.
All cases are pretty subjective except really cheap and bad quality ones, and lian li!
nice review, and its nice to see thermaltake coming up with some good ideas...
but this case isnt all that nice imo
but this case isnt all that nice imo
Some of the features of that case are pretty damn nice, I LOVE the fan connection, wish more cases had that.
I actually quite like the look of the case :eek:
But come on Tt guys: spedo???
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I actually quite like the look of the case :eek:
But come on Tt guys: spedo???
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Yeah i wish mine had that fan connection...
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Thanks guys :) For those interested the official Spedo website is now live and can be found here
It's definately better looking than the Armor+ and Xaser (in my opinion), but when you can get an A70 for under Ł120 it's just not good enough.
Most modern cases now use the bottom PSU placement. THermaltake went a little further and put a hole for the PSU fan to suck air in instead of using the case air. +1 Also, you can take that plastic exspansion slot piece off and go old skool screws if you please. But another review said that a 4870X2 can be put in there and its solid. So i dont think it would cause a problem.I have concerns over the screwless expansion card connectors and the use of plastic. Another thing I dislike is the placement of the PSU and the use of louvres not of mesh.
I know right? This case itself is Epic especialy with that no side panel fan wire thing.I knew a "its thermaltake so it must be rubbish" comment was coming.
The only thing i DONT like about this case is its looks, and what Kemp said. Spedo? Wtf man come on. Epic case, with an epic fail name.
great review but i somehow find the case lacking something with all its cooling capabilities and all that. i guess i'm just not a big fan of the looks and the looks of the casing happen to be pretty important to me (quite superficial i know but meh). it's fairly cheaper than the TJ09 over here, but i think i might just go with the TJ09.
don't get me wrong though, it's an awesome case with an awesome cooling system. just not my thing. :)
don't get me wrong though, it's an awesome case with an awesome cooling system. just not my thing. :)
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I was a little bit surprised to see that the fan (the big one) is in the window side not the other side...seems an odd way to do it.