CONCLUSION

   The View 31 TG was a pleasant surprise by Thermaltake especially since I had no idea it was even available when they send it over (would had preferred the RGB version but it wasn’t available). The addition of a left side panel made out of tempered glass may not seem important considering there’s not much to see on the other side of the mainboard tray (aside cables and drives if you use the trays on the vertical mounts) but this opens other possibilities including better lighting effects for people who may also decide to use LED strips. We also liked the vertical dual-slot mount for graphics cards (aside the fact that you can mount graphics cards up to 420mm in length) but it does come with two tiny drawbacks. The first is that a three slot mount could be a better (that of course could make the case thicker) choice since most high-end graphics cards feature very large coolers (still if you decide to water cool your card that shouldn’t be a problem) and the second is the extra cost of the riser cable. Now I’m certain that these two tiny issues will not be enough to sway people from picking the View 31 TG but I’m also certain some may not like them. The View 31 TG has room for just three drives but I’m certain that people who will need more will probably find/purchase extra trays to boost that number to six with the help of the rear vertical mounts. The most impressive feature of the View 31 TG is its available interior space for fans and radiators and since you can either mount up to 9 fans or three 240/280/360mm radiators I’m sure it will cover all your water cooling needs (however for anything more the much larger Core X71 and TheTower 900 models are obviously far more suitable).

   Since the View 31 TG mid tower was released a short while ago it’s still not widely available so we were only able to locate it inside the EU for a price tag of 116.90Euros (Amazon.de). If we take into account the two tempered glass side panels this price tag actually puts the View 31 TG at the bottom of cases with tempered glass side panels and that’s a very good thing. Unfortunately although the case itself has a good number of interesting features and a quite spacious interior right now availability is its main drawback even though it does get our Golden Award.

PROS

- Good Build Quality - Design (Tempered Glass Panels With Front Acrylic Fascia)
- Spacious Interior (420mm Long Graphics Cards / 180mm Tall CPU Coolers / 220mm Long PSUs)
- Vertical Graphics Card Mount
- Room For Up To 9 Fans And/or Three 240/280/360mm Radiators
- Bottom/Top Air Filters
- Two Preinstalled 140mm Riing Fans
- Price (For Some)

CONS

- Current Availability
- Riser Cable Is Extra
- Only Room For 3 Drives (Right From The Box)