The Tower 300 Actually Rocks

Parts Used in Today's Build (affiliate links):
Case - Thermaltake Tower 300 - howl.me/clZoj5...
CPU - Ryzen 7 7800X3D - howl.me/clZokI...
Mombo - MSI B650M Project Zero - howl.me/clZolc...
Cooler - DeepCool Assassin IV White - howl.me/clZolP...
RAM - Crucial Pro 32GB DDR5-6000MHz - howl.me/clZomE...
SSD - Crucial T700 2TB: howl.me/ckPctl...
PSU - Thermaltake Toughpower Grand RGB 850W 80+ Gold - howl.me/clZomE...
GPU - RTX 4080 Super Founders Edition - howl.me/clZooG...
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Presenter: Kyler Himes
Videographer: Kyler Himes
Editor: Kyler Himes
Thumbnail Designer: Michael Pellow

[@phizix5023]

I'm using a Tower 300 as well. I have the black version. Swapped over from an Asus AP201. Had to have it once I saw it. I love the uniqueness of it. The verticality of it all with the components mounted sideways and the angled glass. It just looks so cool. I strongly recommend running both the side/AIO fans and the bottom fan as intakes with the top fans as the exhaust. I have tried multiple configurations and this has been the best for thermals. Only having the one bottom fan as an intake isn't very efficient because of the location. It's trying to pull air through a section with a warm power supply and bundled up cables. The side panel where the AIO goes (or just fans if you're air cooling) has a filter there so running intake shouldn't cause too much extra dust and it will more reliably pull in fresh air that will naturally be pulled across all the components as the exhausts at the top lifts it all back out.

[@Cali_Sense]

Do you have pictures up anywhere? I have the 300 too and I like seeing what other people's look like.

[@phizix5023]

@@Cali_Sense Yeah. I have it up on Part Picker. If you pull up completed builds for the black version. Mine is the all blacked out one with white lighting. It's the only one posted with a 7900 XTX. I tried replying with the link to it, but KZbin keeps deleting it.

[@etapollo13]

I have the 300 too (matcha green) and run the fans the same way. I absolutely love this case. Currently running it horizontal with the stand, but not sure if I'll do it forever or not

[@Patrick_Ang]

loving my Hydrangea Blue tower 300, also swap from an AP201 mesh, loved how much desk estate i have gotten back and loving the color and design,

[@MrBlueBrewer]

Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action. -Ian Flemming

[@LitlNickyScarfo]

I love how that broken glass made it into the footage

[@Savage_Assassin]

It does look like a popcorn machine though

[@ScientificZoom]

better off performance than looks😮

[@LiquidGas0]

Not necessarily a bad thing! I love that it doesn’t look like 99% off all the PCs out there. Rectangles. That’s enough to get my money.

[@flint857]

A freaking futuristic popcorn maker. The only downside is it doesn't make popcorn!

[@HELLOPATTAYA]

coffin!

[@ScientificZoom]

@@HELLOPATTAYA yep that also suits

[@TheSlickmicks]

Kyle channeling his inner Linus from LTT with all the breaking of things.

[@TimmyTimmyTimmyC]

THANKYOU for the information about the 25 logo being painted on. I had searched for this information for a few days and finally found it in your review!

[@garyrichards6079]

My god ... I've heard people having bad luck but you take the Cake !! ....

[@jGRite]

No luck just skill.

[@garyrichards6079]

@@jGRite I wouldn't call it skill , More like a Jonna !!

[@SoundFisher]

Finally, an Aircooled Tower 300 build. Been looking for this since I have the same CPU cooler that I want to see in this case.

[@dbwildcat20]

I'm glad Kyler is still around. He's my favorite.

[@Seph129]

The glass could not categorically survive Kyle's vibes.

[@NicolasChapadosGirard]

That's a good joke😂

[@AbdullahTech]

I love the way it looks though, It also is probably cool for smaller rooms.

[@thseed7]

Legitimately loved the review. Kyler is probably more representative of the majority of PC building in this particular video's "everything that can go wrong will go wrong" motif. Not editing out all of the frustrating stuff better prepares people for some of the potential issues or pitfalls, so we can avoid them (hopefully.) That makes PC building less scary.

[@waffle4469]

I have one of these and I really like it. It was a little hard to build it but it was worth it.

[@dandylion7028]

It’s buzz light years pod to infinity and beyond!!! Or it’s just Master chief in stasis

[@Fetrovsky]

I'm so happy to see Kyler find his groove. Well done, New Guy!

[@SudoJay]

Bro you make me feel like a pro building computers lol

[@rumblepuffgaming9415]

I build a system for a customer with the Tower 200 and I was surprised at how much I liked it. They asked for a Poison Ivey/Harley Quinn and it came out pretty nice. No thermal issues either.

[@Liatin1]

Instant buy if it actually makes popcorn

[@motheroats]

The amount of drama this build has been thru. Kyler is so wholesome 💅💅💅

[@toddmetzger]

Dude you are cursed!!! What did you do? Soo much went wrong with that build. I love that case though. I want to see how it does over a few months, if there are any more disasters. P.S. Are you sure Linus didn't pay you guys a secret visit, and he came South of the border for some real Pitts town culture?

[@2muchjpop]

Great! Sounds like the tower 400 is gonna be an amazing case to get when you can access the I/O easily without breaking the fan/possibly cutting yourself along with other stupid design choices like riveting the plate while having cutouts for project zero boards 😂

[@helldog3105]

My thought was that since they are all front panel connectors and fan headers, you would thread those cables through the hole, connect them to the motherboard, pull them back as you mount the motherboard into the case, making it easy to attach all of the headers, without having to deal with that solid riveted plate. I plan to get one of these myself in the coming months, I will have to try and that see how it works.

[@dandunn5760]

I have the 500 and we've been calling it the popcorn machine for a few months.

[@corymatthewmouser1543]

Kyle struggling this video with that case lol

[@jkteddy77]

Guys 11,500 MB/s drivers are available at $150 a terabyte. It's time to trash your HDD's, they're literally 40-70x times slower

[@abduktedtemplar]

Going to your discord just to share a pic of my “modded” tower 100. I promise you haven’t seen one setup like this before. Unless you saw my old post on reddit 😅

[@soiltek2015]

Great video Kyler

[@itsdeonlol]

Very cool unique case!

[@jkteddy77]

Entirely blocking the I/O is such a dealbreaker. Noiseiest Wifi signal from those antennas also. Krakens just HATE being moved. I've had to RMA them TWICE when moving to different builds. They aren't designed to be disturbed.

[@123456svp]

Please don’t let this guy approach a computer anymore thanks 😆

[@navidjamali4618]

Mad respect for putting in CGI to convince yourself that the case has good airflow /j

[@cracklingice]

Kyler has a Wigidash. I can't believe I'm jealous of Kyler.

[@ravijotsingh7831]

I like Asus Prime AP201 or something model, small size and no Tempered glass so that I can move here and there if needed without scratching and breaking the glass. I like The tower but it doesn't fit my purpose....

[@brandankankel5209]

I have the black 300 and I love it.

[@404-Error-Not-Found]

I think they look cool as hell. Very modern, that same old tower design just doesnt look great anymore.

[@zeemon9623]

Having SOME airflow vs none is often going to be enough to tame a gaming computer. The internal case temperature may end up somewhat higher but that just means the exhausted air is also hotter. Unless completely suffocated you won't need to overthink case airflow. If case airflow would make such a huge difference there wouldn't be so freaking many tempered glass cases out there. They'd bring back side panel fans to increase performance.

[@CodeCube-rv1rm]

I’m getting this. It’s mine. Gimme.

[@NicolasChapadosGirard]

3:55 check the comments 😂 I thought it was only he's one PC glass and now this one, and two cars! This is grimlin stuff going on! So I how everything goes better for young Kiler!

[@lloydsoriano478]

Downside is that the ports in the motherboard wont be acessible unless removing the top cover or fans.

[@funny36ful]

They should consider a large fan on the top and bottom to help with heat and have a selling point

[@christianyambao9337]

There are 2 140mm on the top, installed in the tower 300.

[@baguettegamer5313]

LETSGOO /!?! THIS SUPPORTS PROJECT ZERO??

[@fuzzylumpkins6034]

I think they look like cryo chamber display cases for my G1 transformers or Alien Queen toy. EDIT* I am not giving up my King 95 Pro for any case, regardless how cool it looks. I waited 3 years for something with function, style and was art- skipping the entire hyte/lian li builds that were okay but too much or ran too hot.

[@go5go]

Thanks for the review of the case! I have purchased one and will also be doing a 7800X3D build in it. I thought is was great form factor for me since my setup has my case on the left side of the desk and opposed to having one of those completely flipped cases, this was a cool option. Did you have to do any cable extensions since rear i/o runs from the top and down the back and out?

[@go5go]

I built the computer and I confirm the gripes: running cables to the "back" I/O and GPU is a pain as you have to pop the whole top off and flip the fan holder off to get there! The running a few of the MB connections on the left side and had to loosen a couple of the screws to get the connector through. Other things, the included case fans are noisy! I went with the LCD panel and was a bit disappointed on the functionality/customization as I had hoped to put multiple data points (multiple temp/load items) on the screen at the same time. Nope. Also would be nice to either have the "front panel" on the bottom as this is a desktop tower that sits quite high and even worse for me it sits on top of other equipment. I do like how basically all panels can be taken off fairly easily and I do like how it all looks with my desk arrangement!

[@arraybytes7214]

That was one cursed build. hope you managed to get all the bad spirits out of it. It is a beautiful build though.

[@FrancoAlcudia]

I don't know but, everything looks like you're cursed or something like that, how could you come up with all those "problems"? hahaha, nice video though, I like that tower a lot.

[@nyxetera]

Where do I find that CPU cooler, looks awesome

[@Superdazzu2]

for the modic cost of..too much for a case.

[@Sc1Z]

I love my tower 900

[@HugoRamirez-w1y]

Hi, were you able to get a replacement glass panel?

[@LtSheppardXxL]

25" is some sort of flower crap lol. Im so seeing red tho. Their supposed to have this in turqoise and im trying to play my next build over the next 6-12 months. So im trying to pick out what im gonna by at what point and the literal color i want is not sold.. but its advertised... wtf

[@jasunlg]

The tower 300 is awesome but not with an air-cooler.

[@cktommy]

But how do I get to the LAN connection

[@TheOMT]

Laying sideways, it looks kinda like a deathbox.

[@mrderpcream6496]

Dont worry for I am here

[@NINJA_INVESTORS]

Is the bumblebee version yellow or gold?

[@prototype1156]

Does it have HDMI? Or we have to install?

[@VictorRamirez-kd3wl]

I´m really interested in using the MSI Zero MoBo for this case but it looks kinda hard to plug in the cables at 05:33, would it be possible to plug them before installing the Motherboard?

[@Alvin_6048]

activate windows 😭

[@jGRite]

nah

[@spinkey4842]

take this as a lesson children....... aio's suk, use air coolers

[@jGRite]

Well... slow down next time? smh So much damage in one build.

[@spencerhurst4911]

Homeboy!!! I love u but like. Please blink. Like ur doing great my boy!!! But blink

[@serolog]

Could be a great video. A bit too many comic reliefs for me

[@steampunkstar_raisin]

This is the worst case scenario for the worst case ever. #justthwworstcase

[@Jarrik73]

I like the enthusiasm, but please stop trying to walk us through the puns. Either you'll get it, or you don't like puns. Punsplaining is just cringe.

[@Past_Reflection]

OMG this guys luck 🤣🤣

[@GPStuntMan]

Sorry but I never cared for this type of case.

[@Pseedholm]

I speak for the whole comment section when I say… thank you for sharing.

[@oz5150]

Bro just kept breaking things.. Brett for sure losing money.

[@hard2get81]

Activate Windows !! ^^

[@guiltygem2112]

FINALLY, the comment i was looking for

[@dimzan235]

Destroy so many components to built a micro atx pc... Lmao,Total disaster