INTRODUCTION

   Although in the past we didn't focus much in doing PC case reviews since quite frankly they weren't really as popular with most of our readers as some other product lines (storage and gaming peripherals usually take the lead) things have changed a bit lately largely thanks to many requests by some of you asking for more midi and full tower reviews and others asking for mATX and mITX case reviews. A few days ago we took a look at the very good XPredator X3 Devil Red Edition Midi Tower by AeroCool so today we decided to move to the other side and bring all of you a review about one of the latest mITX cases to hit the market and more specifically the Core V1 by Thermaltake.

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   We've already covered most of the Core line of PC cases by Thermaltake so we know that they don't use that name for no reason so the V1 must be a special little case. Well just by reading the features list it becomes clear that it is since despite its size Thermaltake has managed to equip it with a interchangeable panels (one of which is windowed), space for up to 4 3.5/2.5" drives, mounting spots for up to two 120/140mm radiators (even 240mm ones depending on the model), two PCI expansion slots for graphics cards up to 260mm long, room for CPU coolers up to 140mm in height and PSUs up to 200mm long and finally the ability to reposition the entire mainboard tray and the PCI expansion slots either horizontally or vertically. Of course it can't really match its larger brothers in features or interior space but the Core V1 does look promising so let's check it out.