I’ve had the privilege of watching the PC industry change over the years, especially from an aesthetic standpoint. I’ve seen PC cases go from the beige and boring to the neon and gaudy to the sleek and subtle and back again. Personally I prefer the sleek and subtle, adding in “large” whenever possible. I recently got my hands on an excellent example with the Urban T81 full-tower case from Thermaltake.
Conclusion -While this is a single-GPU setup, it’s still a lot of hardware to fit into a case, and I’m happy to say that the Urban T-81 was more than up to the task. The work space was roomy and accessible and the many options available really made the whole job a lot easier.
Another negative I have to mention in the build section of this review is the lack of cable management anchors on the rear side of the motherboard tray. There are some well thought-out clips for larger cables and those are very helpful, but the complete absence of anchors for cable ties made the job harder than it had to be.
After putting together this complex water-cooled machine in the Urban T-81 I have to say that it is an excellent case. It’s roomy, easy to access, extremely flexible and on top of all that it’s beautiful. If Thermaltake can add some simple cable tie anchors to the rear and fix the paint issue this case would be nearly perfect. At the current retail price it would be an excellent home to any PC.
