Inside the chassis, there’s quite a bit of space because of the side (not front) fans, which give you an extra couple of inches to play with up front. Montech decided to use the extra space at the bottom, between the PSU shroud and the front glass panel, as a stage for you to put something there to show off. Perhaps a Gundam figure, your waifu, or any other cool model or trophy to personalize the space. Otherwise, it’s just space that could have been better utilized, maybe as a sloped shroud directing cooled air up towards the GPU.
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The motherboard panel supports up to ATX boards, with mounting points for Mini-ITX and MicroATX form factors. The best fit is for sure ATX and MicroATX, as that’s where all the cable management holes line up. It also supports rear-connect motherboards (BTF, Project Zero, Stealth) for that ultra-clean, wire-free aesthetic. There’s plenty of room to route the cables through the grommets. Speaking of grommets, I like when cases use these as it further hides the wires. However, they almost always come out of their spaces easily, including on the TG3. I wish they were glued in so you didn’t have to push them back in after you’re doing cable routing.
As you can see, the chassis comes with a total of four 120mm fans, with three on the side as intake and one rear exhaust. The fans hail from Montech's GF U line, specifically the unibody GF360 U Rev, and a GF120 U for the rear. Both 25mm-thick fans have ARGB blades and spin at 800-1,600 RPM on Hydrodynamic bearings. Montech lists airflow up to 73.1 CFM and static pressure around 1.71 mmH2O. That's not a lot of static pressure, but it doesn’t need to be, since they are case fans with relatively low resistance. Montech says it does so at a whisper-quiet 25.3 dBA. And while we can’t fully verify the fan's specs, the case was quiet out of the box during our full-load tests. The top of the case pops off from below, by more of those ball-and-socket capture mechanisms. From the inside, you can mount three 120 or 140mm fans/radiators, with plenty of room for a standard-thickness radiator and fans. Outside of that, there’s nothing special in this area.
The next internal feature worth calling out is the PSU shroud. While it might sound boring, there’s actually a lot going on here. First, in the black chassis, the shroud is gray and doesn’t match. This was an intentional design choice to make it stand out in the black colorway, but personally, I’m not sold on it and would like to see it all in black. That said, the white TG3 does have it matching in white. Running along the edge is a frosted RGB strip that adds a bit more ‘native’ bling to the case. Finally, on top of the chamber there is room for two additional 120mm fans to cool the graphics card directly, but using those removes at least one PCIe expansion slot.
Flipping the case around to the back side and opening it up, we get a better shot of the unibody GF360 U fan mounting. Note that you have some vertical flexibility in mounting location (what you see is how it arrived). There isn’t a ton of space for stashing cables behind the motherboard panel, but enough, and Montech includes two Velcro ties for a cleaner look. When installing our test system inside, I stashed what I could in with the power supply, which worked fine, even if it was a bit tight.
Surprising for a sub-$60 case, the TG3 also includes an ARGB hub mounted to the back of the motherboard tray. The hub supports up to three 3-pin ARGB devices. The GF360/120 U fans already take two, but there’s still one available in case you want to control the PSU shroud (or whatever you attach to it) by the button on the front of the case, too. Many would prefer the motherboard to control all their devices, but this is still a great value-add.
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My takeaways from this case are the great internal views and the unique RGB lighting strip that runs along the power supply chamber. There’s plenty of room for large air coolers (up to 180mm) and graphics cards up to 430mm and 3.5 slots thick with standard mounting. I also liked the strong out-of-the-box CPU performance with only the included fans, and how quiet it was with all fans running at full speed. Read on for details.
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