Installation
We didn’t experience any problems during our installation, although you need to double check your size of your CPU cooler and VGA card. Because of the Mini-ATX size, the CPU cooler height is limited to 90mm high, while the VGA length is limited to 350mm in length. The motherboard slide out tray is a great added bonus, which you won’t find on many Mini-ATX cases.
Sadly, there’s no “tool-free” or “screwless” feature. Everything has to be screwed on properly using a screwdriver and the included screws … from installing the optical and hard drives to mounting the PSU and PCI-E expansion cards.
Test Setup
| Processor | Intel Core i5 – 650 @ 3.2Ghz (LGA 1156) |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte H55N-USB3 Mini-ITX |
| Ram | Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR3-1600 4Gb kits |
| Graphics Card | Onboard Intel HD graphics |
| Hard Drive | Seagate Barracuda 250Gb (8Mb Cache) 7,200rpm SATA-II |
| Optical Drive | LG x24 DVD-RW Re-writer SATA |
| CPU Cooler | Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 |
| Power Supply | Thermaltake ToughPower XT 875W |
| Chassis | Thermaltake Armor A30 Mini-ATX |
| Network | Netgear WG111v2 |
| Monitor | 23″ Samsung (1920×1080) – HD 1080p |
| OS | Windows 7 Ultimate |
To test the Thermaltake Armor A30 Mini-ATX Chassis, we used the above components. These are the same components we’ve been using in all of our tests. These include the Intel Core i5 – 650 processor @ 3.2Ghz, Gigabyte H55N-USB Mini-ITX motherboard, 4Gb Crucial Ballistix Tracer and a Thermaltake ToughPower XT 875W power supply, and our massive Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 CPU cooler.
