Thermaltake Armor A30 Case Review

Inside the Thermaltake Armor A30

The side panels of the Armor A30 are permanently attached to the chassis; you open this case by removing its top panel. The top panel is easily removed by unscrewing three black thumbscrews available at the rear panel.

Figure 9: Top panel removed from the case

Figure 10:  Case with the top panel removed

With the top panel removed, you will see two metallic parts. The one located at the rear end of the case is the power supply bracket, while the one located at the front end of the case hosts the external drive bays and the two internal 2.5” bays. Removing this bracket for the drive bays, which is fastened to the case using two black thumbscrews, you have access to the hard drive cage, which has two bays for 3.5” hard drives.

One great option of the Armor A30 is that its motherboard tray is removable, making it easier to install and add components. You will need to remove six black thumbscrews located at the rear panel in order to remove the motherboard tray.

Figure 11: Removing the motherboard tray

Figure 12: Motherboard tray removed from the case

Amazingly, the A30 supports video cards up to 13” (330 mm) in length. You can use a power supply to 8.7” (220 mm) deep (or longer if you remove the metallic bracket that hosts the disk drive bays).