Thermaltake Tai-Chi

Urlyin · 04-05-2006, 03:54 AM

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Rapier · 04-19-2006, 08:28 PM

I bought this case and built my own custom watercooling system. It was my first attempt at building a watercooled rig. I like the TT Tai Chi case and they hung most of the components on the door. I didn't want their POS stuff so I ordered the case and loaded it up with mostly Swiftech components. I still have to install the UV lighting.

Here is a shot when I was fitting it all up.

Here is the finished product

Interior shot

Here is a shot looking down the throat of the drive bays with the door shut. I've got about 3/8" clearence between the top edge of the 7800GT graphics card and fan grill on the radiator. A little tight,

Last shot with the door closed

Urlyin · 04-19-2006, 08:41 PM

Very nicely done Rapier ... it would seem with any rad on the door the space between it and the top of the video card will be very close ... thanks for the pics

wazzledoozle · 04-20-2006, 11:20 PM

For $429 you could get a nice watercooling kit AND a nice Lian-Li Case.

OOTay · 04-20-2006, 11:24 PM

man i like my armor case better then this case and its alot less, plus it has better airflow.. but this case still a nice case.

Rapier · 04-21-2006, 12:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wazzledoozle

For $429 you could get a nice watercooling kit AND a nice Lian-Li Case.

I ended up getting my Tai Chi for $289 which helped a bit on the cost pain. I wanted something a little different then my watercooling buddies boxes. Surprisingly, it cools better then their home-built rigs (they are all using heatercores from cars and different pump systems)

Urlyin · 04-21-2006, 02:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wazzledoozle

For $429 you could get a nice watercooling kit AND a nice Lian-Li Case.

I don't total agree with you on that Wazz ... depends on what you consider a nice watercooling kit and which Lian-Li case ... a nice water cooling kit like Rapier posted will run you $250 dollars and a Lian-Li comparable in size and features will run you at least another $200 ...

Vovna · 04-30-2006, 10:54 AM

Hi Rapier,

Do yoou get some issue to install your swiftech pump and swiftech rais on the tai chi. Do you need to make additional hole in the right side od the case ?
Does there is enough space between pump and graphic card ?

Thks

Rapier · 06-24-2006, 03:51 AM

I had to move the pump out the the end of the door to clear everything. It's still working great. Go for it.

04-05-2006, 03:54 AM	#1
Urlyin Senior Moderator Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,978 (1.03/day) Thanks: 36 Thanked 88 Times in 52 Posts	Thermaltake Tai-Chi To read this review go to: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Thermaltake/TaiChi/ Please Digg the review to help us promote it. Last edited by Urlyin; 04-19-2006 at 02:48 PM.

04-19-2006, 08:28 PM	#2
Rapier Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 3 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I bought this case and built my own custom watercooling system. It was my first attempt at building a watercooled rig. I like the TT Tai Chi case and they hung most of the components on the door. I didn't want their POS stuff so I ordered the case and loaded it up with mostly Swiftech components. I still have to install the UV lighting. Here is a shot when I was fitting it all up. Here is the finished product Interior shot Here is a shot looking down the throat of the drive bays with the door shut. I've got about 3/8" clearence between the top edge of the 7800GT graphics card and fan grill on the radiator. A little tight, Last shot with the door closed __________________ Opteron 146 @ 3.1ghz [CABYE 0540 FPBW] DFI Ultra-D (rev. AD0) 4x512mb Geil PC4400 Swiftech Storm WB eVGA 7800GT w/NV Silencer OCZ 520 SLI PSU TT Tai Chi case (custom watercooling] Last edited by Rapier; 04-19-2006 at 08:41 PM.

04-20-2006, 11:20 PM	#4
wazzledoozle Senior Moderator Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 4,318 (2.26/day) Thanks: 23 Thanked 156 Times in 81 Posts System Specs	For $429 you could get a nice watercooling kit AND a nice Lian-Li Case. __________________ *bellybuttons are great holes, their single purpose is to suck up pinkys* -DanTheBanjoman

Processor:	X2 3800+ @ 2.3 GHz
Motherboard:	DFI Lanparty SLI-DR
Cooling:	Zalman CNPS 9500 LED
Memory:	2x1 Gb OCZ Plat. @ 3-3-2-8-1t 460 MHz
Video Card:	HIS IceQ 4670 512Mb
Harddisk:	640Gb & 160Gb western digital sata drives
CD/DVD Drive:	NEC 16x DL DVD-RW
CRT/LCD Model:	Hanns G 19" widescreen LCD w/ DVI 5ms
Case:	Thermaltake Soprano
Sound Card:	Audigy 2 softmod@Audigy 4, Logitech X-530 5:1
PSU:	Coolermaster eXtreme Power Plus 500w
Software:	XP Pro

Processor:	Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Manchester HT 2000MHz @ 2.5ghz
Motherboard:	ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 Socket 939 ULi M1695
Cooling:	ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 64 Pro, GPU VF700CU-LED, 3 120mm Front, 1 120mm + 92mm Rear, 1 92mm Top.
Memory:	1gig pc3200 @ 208mhz 2,2,2,5
Video Card:	x850pro @ XT 256mb agp @ 535 core 591mem
Harddisk:	160gb Western Digital SATA 3.0gbs
CD/DVD Drive:	Sony DVD/CD reader/burner
CRT/LCD Model:	19in Hanns G widescreen 5ms LCD
Case:	Thermaltake Black Xaser Armor Series
Sound Card:	onboard 7.1 Realtek
PSU:	Thermaltake 420watt TT
Software:	Windows XP / Linux, Photoshop God.

04-19-2006, 08:41 PM	#3
Urlyin Senior Moderator Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,978 (1.03/day) Thanks: 36 Thanked 88 Times in 52 Posts	Very nicely done Rapier ... it would seem with any rad on the door the space between it and the top of the video card will be very close ... thanks for the pics

04-20-2006, 11:24 PM	#5
OOTay Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cali Posts: 394 (0.28/day) Thanks: 12 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts System Specs	man i like my armor case better then this case and its alot less, plus it has better airflow.. but this case still a nice case.

04-30-2006, 10:54 AM	#8
Vovna Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Swiftech WC in Tai chi Hi Rapier, Do yoou get some issue to install your swiftech pump and swiftech rais on the tai chi. Do you need to make additional hole in the right side od the case ? Does there is enough space between pump and graphic card ? Thks

06-24-2006, 03:51 AM	#9
Rapier Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 3 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I had to move the pump out the the end of the door to clear everything. It's still working great. Go for it. __________________ Opteron 146 @ 3.1ghz [CABYE 0540 FPBW] DFI Ultra-D (rev. AD0) 4x512mb Geil PC4400 Swiftech Storm WB eVGA 7800GT w/NV Silencer OCZ 520 SLI PSU TT Tai Chi case (custom watercooling]

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