INTRODUCTION

   In this year’s somewhat crowded CES we may have witnessed the unveiling of a very large number of new electronic and electrical devices by an equally large number of companies but at the end of the day it didn’t really take long for anyone to realize that this year most manufacturers brought forward mobile accessories such as tablets, smartphones and smart bands rather than new PC hardware and peripherals something that i for once didn't see coming so soon (although i do realize that such products sell like cupcakes lately). Still many manufacturers introduced new PC hardware and peripherals not long ago and amongst those was the latest Core V31 Midi Tower by Thermaltake which ended up on our photo bench a few days ago.

   The beginning of every myth and legend is about dreams and desire: the challenging, creative and combative features of Thermaltake Group create an exciting and fascinating user experience to share with everyone, while allowing users to enter a selfless state in terms of function and potential. Thermaltake Group's 3 main brands: Thermaltake, Tt eSPORTS and LUXA2 have been merchandising throughout the world, and have successfully established 6 business footholds in areas such as Europe, America, Oceania, Japan and China, with 95 regional distributors and over 4000 premium retailers. All product planning is orientated by observation of global PC peripheral market and understanding of consumer demands. Thermaltake creates direct contact opportunities with resellers and consumers by participating major global ICT exhibitions and trade shows every year, and develop innovative marketing strategies for the promotions of new products. Meanwhile, Thermaltake incorporates the composite marketing system by making branch offices and regional distributors both the distribution channel and technical support or service center to provide instant support; by maintaining close contact with end users, we manage to strengthen corporate competitiveness and create the momentum for the growth of accomplishments. With its outstanding wisdom and strength Thermaltake Group is recruiting creative talents to build a cultural brand for the enjoyment of entertainment, e-Sports, technology and lifestyle!

   Just like with the very good Core V51 and the excellent Core V71 tower before that the new Core V31 is a feature-rich midi tower that sports a similar perforated design which helps increase airflow, can fit graphics cards up to 420mm in length and CPU coolers up to 155mm tall, is completely tool-free, features a modular internal drive cage and has room for up to 8 fans and/or 3 radiators. Of course as the name clearly states the V31 is a cut-down version of the V51/71 models so we don't expect it to rival its larger brothers in features and interior space but at least after reading the specifications list it does seem quite interesting and we're going to take a closer look to see if that's really the case.