Thermaltake Divider 300 TG Snow ARGB Mid Tower Review

Thermaltake’s Divider 300 series cases put a new angle on a classic ATX mid-tower platform. Not sure if you want a traditional case with good airflow or a tempered glass beauty? The Divider 300’s side panel splits it right down the middle… quite literally… diagonally from corner to corner. Half glass, half solid panel with ventilation makes for a cool choice. A semi-modular design gives you choices for your build. Displaying your GPU vertically is possible, as is traditional. A side-mounted radiator or fans for additional cooling, or additional storage? The choice is yours. With two glass panels, seeing your internals is wonderful, but seeing dust isn’t. Thermaltake has your covered with removable and washable dust filters on everything. Is there anything missing? Let’s find out! We would like to thank Thermaltake for sending the Divider 300 TG Snow ARGB over for us to check out. Thermaltake’s description of the Divider 300: Thermaltake designed a brand-new case series that contains a mixture of open frame style elements and customizable options blending all the functionalities into the Divider Series. The most exceptional feature of the Divider 300 TG Snow ARGB Mid Tower Chassis is the two symmetrical triangular pieces comprised of a steel panel and tempered glass window. These panels are tool-free and easy to remove, offering a clear view of the components inside. Moreover, the Divider 300 TG Snow ARGB comes with three preinstalled 120mm 5V ARGB front fans and one standard rear fan. The front fans can sync with RGB motherboard software from ASUS, GIGABYTE, MSI, and ASRock. They are addressable and deliver 16.8 million-color RGB illumination and unparalleled ventilation. The Divider 300 TG Snow ARGB Mid Tower Chassis is the next-gen gaming PC case for regular users, enthusiasts, and gamers, giving them unprecedented satisfaction. Key Features: Sleek Design with Avant-Grade Style Side Panels The Divider 300 TG Snow ARGB features two 3mm tempered glass windows at the front and on the left side. The exceptional feature of the Divider 300 TG ARGB Mid Tower Chassis is the two symmetrical triangular pieces comprised of steel panels and tempered glass. These panels are tool-free and easy to remove, offering a clear view of the components inside. Tempered Glass Panels The two 3mm tempered glass windows at the front and on the left side of the Divider 300 TG Snow ARGB are thicker and more scratch resistant when compared to standard acrylic. The triangular tempered glass window can be removed individually, giving you an additional option to show your components and system. Display It Your Way Patented rotational PCI-E slots give you the option to display your graphics card either horizontally or vertically, creating plenty of flexible space for your system. PSU Cover & Riser GPU Support Bracket The built-in PSU cover contains an overall ventilated design. Optimizing airflow, as well as hiding those unsightly cables. The included riser GPU support bracket not only prevents the graphics card from sagging but also helps to reduce the weight on the motherboard’s PCI-E slots. Excellent Dust Filtration The Divider 300 TG Snow ARGB has well-designed removal magnetic fan filters on the top and inner right side. At the base, the removable filters provide excellent dust protection and dirt reduction, ensuring a dust-free environment. Air Intake and Exhaust The cooling performance of the Divider 300 TG Snow ARGB is admirable. The venting gaps on two sides of the front tempered glass allow an optimal air intake and additional cooling for exhaust is located at the top and rear of the case. Handy I/O Ports Two 3.0 USB and one USB 3.1 (Gen 2) Type C ports are placed on the top panel to grant direct access when needed. DMD: Dismantlable Modular Design Strip your case down to the bones and install elements when and as you need them with our modular design. The Divider 300 TG Snow ARGB features modular panels, racks, brackets, and pre-designed mounting arrays. No more unreachable screw corners or gaps, installation can be a breeze with our Dismantlable Modular Design. Quick Specs: Motherboard compatibility ITX Micro-ATX ATX Power supply type ATX Cooling Support Air Top – 1x 120/140mm Side – 2x 120mm Rear – 1x 120mm Front – 3x 120 or 2x 140mm Water Top – 120mm radiator Rear – 120mm Radiator Side – 120/240mm radiator Front – 120/140/240/280/360mm radiator GPU max length 360mm with a front radiator or 390mm without CPU cooler max-height 145mm PSU max Length 180mm with HDD bracket installed 220mm without Case dimensions (L x W x H) 475 x 220 x 461 mm Expansion Slots 7 with rotatable design 5” Drive Support Up to 2 5” Drive Support Up to 7 25” Drive Support Not Supported Cooling Support: A Closer Look at the Outside Packaging on the Divider 300 is as top-notch as we have come to expect from Thermaltake. A full-color exterior shows a simulated build while the sides and rear of the box cover features and specs. Inside, the Divider 300 comes protected inside two large blocks of Styrofoam. Inside there are just two things, the Divider 300 case, and a manual. After peeling some scratch protective film off of the glass panels, we get our first good look at the Divider 300. If you are looking at the picture here and wondering about the color, your eyes don’t deceive you. The masking around the edges of the glass panels does have a slight minty green undertone to it. It appears to come from the glass itself rather than the masking. It’s not quite as noticeable in person as the camera makes it out to be, but it’s certainly there. The rest of the case is a clean, crisp white with no undertones. The business side of the case is where the case gets its namesake from. The top right half is tempered glass and the lower left is a slightly concave metal panel. The rear looks pretty traditional for a mid-tower with 7 expansion slots, a 120mm rear fan grill, and an ATX Power supply mount. The right-hand side is mostly smooth with only a grilled area towards the front. The front is entirely glass with 3 fans visible. On top, I/O consists of a reset or RGB control button (More on that later), 3.5mm audio jacks, a lighted power button, two USB 3.0, and a single USB Type-C port. Further back is a 120/140mm fan grill. On the bottom, a massive removable and washable fan filter covers most of the bottom. The filter slides out the rear and reveals four mounting screws through the bottom of the case. A Closer Look at the Inside Opening Thermaltake’s Divider 300 is somewhat similar to most other cases in that two thumbscrews loosened to let the lower half of the side slide back a bit to pop off. After the solid panel is out of the way, you grab the glass panel and pull it off. Four ball and socket mounts hold the glass panel in place securely but allow easy removal with a tug. Remember when we said the side panel what slightly concave? Well, here you go. The panel bends inward to provide a vent between the panels. Inside the Divider 300 is a mostly standard mid-tower layout with a slight step in the motherboard panel that has become popular in dual-chamber cases. A window in the PSU shroud shows off your PSU without revealing the wiring. Inside, we find a magnetic fan filter taped in place for transport. A single non-LED 120mm fan occupies the rear vent. Upon closer inspection, the front panel is held out from the chassis about 1cm which allows a vent along the entire height on both sides. Just like the side, the front panel of the Divider 300 comes free with a tug thanks to the same round studs. Under the front cover, another magnetic washable filter protects the massive front intake area. The right-hand panel is held on with two thumbscrews and also comes with a magnetic fan filter taped in place for transport. The rear area of the case looks somewhat typical except for the slight offset that brings a dual 120mm mounting area close to the vented portion of the side panel. Behind the motherboard are two 2.5” drive trays. Partially hidden behind the bundle of front panel cables the fan control board that handles the three front-mounted ARGB fans. The front panel reset button is connected to the controller to switch RGB profiles, or you can connect an included cable to your motherboard to control the lighting from your desktop through your favorite RGB software. Front panel headers include a UB 3.0, USB Type-C, HD Audio, and front panel indicators and power button. In the bottom is a removable 3.5” drive cage with two sleds. One is occupied with a box. Inside the box are a vertical PCIe cable holder, bag of screws, PSU vibration absorbers, motherboard RGB control cable, and some zip ties. Inside a baggie is something we haven’t seen in a while, a diagnostic speaker. The PSU vibration absorbers have doubled-sided tape and stick into two specific places in the basement for the PSU to sit on. In the offset area front of the motherboard is a drive sled that holds up to three 2.5” drives. With the drive bracket removed, you can install two additional 120mm fans or a 240mm radiator for a custom loop or AiO cooler. The front fan bracket is held in place with a couple of screws and pops out easily to allow up to three fans (included) to be installed, or up to a 360mm slim radiator. Three Thermaltake TT-1225 ARGB fans are included. One of the tricks the Divider 300 has under the hood is the rotatable rear I/O panel. A few screws hold the bracket in place. With the bracket rotated, you can use the included riser mounting bracket to attach a flexible PCIe riser (not included) for displaying your GPU in a vertical mounting layout. Since all 7 slots rotate and the bracket can mount in three different locations, pretty much any GPU can be used including the latest monster 3+ slot cards, pending you can get your hands on one of course. System Build Internals will be as follows: Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Formula AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 128GB of Viper Steel 3600MHz Nvidia RTX 3090 FE Sabernt Rocket 4 Plus 4TB EVGA Supernova 850 T2 Power Supply. Since Thermaltake's Divider 300 comes set up for ATX boards out of the box, we’ll start our build with prepping hardware before install. We’ll start with installing our CPU, Ram, and M.2 SSD before putting the board in the case. We’ll take the front cooling bracket out while we are here and then installing the motherboard. Our board has a pre-installed rear I/O cover so we didn’t have to do anything, but don’t forget to put your shield in first if applicable. We’ll be using an AiO cooler so we’ll remove the fan mounting screws from the 3 fans and use the longer screws included with our cooler to sandwich everything together. While the Divider 300 cant handle thick radiators, but slim 360mm radiators aren’t a problem. You get a maximum of about 32mm for radiator thickness with the fans on the outside. There is plenty of height for a radiator without interfering with the top I/O. From here we’ll finish installing our cooler and AiO wiring. Be sure to go ahead and install your front panel cables here as well before we stick the GPU and power supply in. Our EVGA power supply doesn’t leave a ton of room for wiring with the 3.5” drive cage installed, so we’ll plug in our cables before we fully install it. Since the case glass has a slight green tint, and we just happen to have a set of green cables for our power supply, let’s have a little color, shall we? Running the cables and keeping everything tidy with the included zip ties. All that is left is to install our GPU, the massive Nvidia RTX 3090 Founder Edition. This card does best installed traditionally thanks to its cooler design so we rotate the rear I/O bracket back to normal. That’s pretty much it. Put the side panels back on and enjoy! This is probably one of the easiest cases to get a clean, elegant build we’ve check out in a while. Final Thoughts & Conclusion Thermaltake’s Divider 300 case looks pretty simple at first glance but the Divider 300 is quite well refined and elegant. A lot of flexibility comes from the side cooling and the rotatable rear I/O. Vertical mounting your GPU might work better for cooling but the unique Divider 300 side panel visually hides most of all but the largest graphics cards. The design does provide a really sweet ‘peak’ into your interior though that does so in a really elegant way. Our only real complaint is with cooling. It’s not the airflow, the Divider 300 does great with that, it’s with radiator support. We’d really like to have seen Thermaltake tweak the PSU shroud just a bit to support slightly thicker radiators. Another 10-12mm of depth in the cut-out would be enough to fit standard 40-45mm thick 360mm radiators for a more powerful cooling solution. Great Job Thermaltake!

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