| With optimized air flow, thermal management, and maximum flexibility, the Thermaltake Kandalf LCD VD4000BWS ATX/MicroATX/ExtendATX/BTX Full Tower PC Case is ideal for water-cooling your hardcore gaming, workstation, or server rigs. This black PC case boasts 11 flexible drive bays and seven expansion slots. The power and reset switch can be relocated into any drive bay to suit your preference. The case offers a massive fan and high efficiency ventilation system to keep the air running through your system cool and dense. The integrated water-cooling system features a powerful yet silent P500 pump to keep the coolant flowing. Using the thermal concept of the automobile radiator in front of the computer chassis, the 360-by-120-millimeter radiator features triple 120-millimeter cooling fans to boost the air flow to maximum power. This ATX and BTX compatible case supports future graphic card liquid cooling upgrades, including Northbridge, nVIDIA SLI, and ATi Crossfire. The Kandalf LCD comes with a 3-year limited warranty. Among many included features, this PC case offers:
- Transparent front and side panels
- All aluminum front door
- Solid copper acrylic capped CPU water block
- Front-accessible drive bays and seven expansion slots
- Standard I/O, USB 2.0, IEEE 1394 FireWire, and audio and speaker ports
- P500 liquid pump
- 3/8-inch transparent UV tube and industrial-grade rubber tube
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- USB 2.0, IEEE 1394 FireWire full tower PC case ideal for water-cooling gaming workstations and server rigs
- Compatible with ATX, Micro ATX, Extend ATX, and BTX; 11 flexible drive bays and 7 expansion slots
- Radiator features triple 120-millimeter cooling fans to boost air flow; silent liquid pump
- Copper acrylic capped CPU waterblock, 3/8-inch transparent UV tube & industrial-grade rubber tube, front-accessible drive bay, & aluminum front panel
- 3-year limited warranty
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 Hardcore gamers and enthusiasts only |
| Review Date: July 13, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Coldblood, |
This case has a lot of nice features, in actuality it's a stroke of genius. First off, it's a TANK, made primarily of 3mm rolled steel with aluminum doors on the front chassis. The doors are held closed with small magnets and both of them open, making the installation of drives a breeze. The radiator being mounted on the doors both cools the water loop and increases airflow inside the case itself.
The size makes working inside this case very easy and it has enough room and expansion slots to handle all your upgrading needs for years to come. The seven expansion bays have removable honeycomb-grilled covers with foam inserts to keep dust out; if you've ever had to clean a computer once a month you can definitely appreciate this feature. The side panel is easily removed by depressing the two latches (lockable to keep little hands out, w/ 2 keys included) and swinging the panel outward. No more having to muscle and pull side panels off from the rear. The two removable HDD cages (one forward, one rear) are a nice touch, just load 'em up and slide it in. Inside there are also pre-drilled screw holes on the bottom panel, enabling the installation of almost anything you can conceive.
The watercooling components appear to be well made, if somewhat 'average'. This isn't bad mind you, but if you're a hardcore enthusiast or overclocker you'll want a more high-end water block and pump, such as the D-TEK Fuzion and Swiftech MCP655 respectively. On that note, the tubing is 3/8", adapters will be required for 1/2" loops. For a LC novice however, this setup will be more than sufficient.
Now for the not-so-good: This case is heavy, clocking in at a whopping 51 pounds. Even its all-aluminum twin, the VD4000SWA, comes in at 32 pounds. Plus with the feet installed it's 20 1/2" tall, so it may not fit under all desks. With that, the main USB and Firewire ports are mounted on top, so they will be inaccessible if your desk (or keyboard tray) barely clears the top of the case. The fastening tabs for the PCI expansion slots are nonstandard, possessing opposable prongs instead of straight tabs, so intelligent use of screws is necessary to secure most graphic and sound cards, USB cards, etc. Finally, due I suspect to precision machining, the installation of larger power supplies is trying to say the least, I had to lubricate the rails with isopropyl alcohol to get my 750W Thermaltake Toughpower in.
With the exception of the size and weight, these are mostly minor annoyances which are simple enough to overcome, but those possessing less brawn and smaller desks will definitely want to look elsewhere. |
TONS of room and HEAVY...but if you
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| Review Date: September 5, 2008 |
| Reviewer: A. Mandeville, Connecticut |
don't mind that then this is the case for you. Its a monster...the pump works well...actually have an extra bottle left over they give you two. I have a water block on the north bridge (modded), a vidio card water block, and an aquos on my drive too...plus the chipset block it came with. This thing has lots of room, is quite...easily modded, I cut in 3 more fans and added a fan controller as well...
The radiator sytem works excellent and you can't put togehter a water based cooler and system cheaper...so as you might be I was worried it was going to be average or just junk....boy was I surprised...love the unit and highly recommend it for home based systems...but if your lanning...go to they gym before you even consider this thing.
Specs on mine: asus MB, 8 gigs G Skil 2x4 800ddr2, g-force 8800gts, 6 samsung 500gig 7200 sats, 150gig raptor, 2 samsung dvd sats lots of water cooling and some other modds for fun |
AWESOME CHASSIS
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| Review Date: July 30, 2007 |
| Reviewer: E. Huang, Costa Rica |
| This is an excellent chassis with cool features and easy to install. The cooling system is very good and very nice. I strongly recommend this chassis for gamers. |
Best LCS Case on the market
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| Review Date: April 14, 2008 |
| Reviewer: David R. Kozikowski, Cincinnati, OH |
| This case rocks! With the radiator at the front of the case the heat from the computer is not passing over it like the cases with the radiator mounted on the top. Nice clean system. |
Bertha!
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| Review Date: March 11, 2008 |
| Reviewer: William A. Martin, Virginia Beach, Va |
| That's what I had to name this colossus. She wasn't necessarily easy to work with though. For one thing, the Ultra X3 1000 watt power supply would not fit initially. I had to remove the 3 1/2" cage from the rear of the case and do some additional minor mods to get the PS in. But overall, this case was very easy to work with. Another minor note if your planning on building a screamer, which is what I would expect if your buying a water cooler equiped case. I would highly recommend using the water cooling for an SLI arrangement (or whatever flavor of dual VGA) and use a TEC (Thermal Electric Cooling) for the CPU. The built in water cooling equipment will do the job either way but a little much for just the CPU. And even though they do hint that the system could handle both the CPU and Dual VGA, I wouldn't recommend it if you plan on OC'ing. The TEC cooler will give you sub room temps, and the H2O system will keep the twins in check. Good Luck! |
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