Thermaltake Element T Case Review

The Disk Drive Bays

This case has three external 5.25” bays, one external 3.5” bay, six internal 3.5” bays and one internal 2.5” bay. Only the first 5.25” and the first internal 3.5” bays use a screwless mechanism, so you need to use screws to install drives on the other bays. At least Element T comes with thumbscrews, so no tool is needed to install the drives (it comes with both thin and thick thumbscrews, so you can use thumbscrews on 5.25” and 3.5” drives).

Figure 15: Disk drive bays.

The 2.5” bay may not be noticed by most users. It is simply a bunch of four holes located on the bottom of the case. Even though it is located below the hard disk drive bays, you can install a hard disk drive or an SSD there and have a hard drive installed on the bottom bay at the same time without any problem.

Figure 16: 2.5” bay.