Thermaltake needs no introduction to the PC enthusiast community. The market is full of competing companies, offering hundreds of different mid tower cases to choose from. Thermaltake has risen to the challenge of this competitive market and has released many well designed cases, such as the Mambo, Tsunami, Soprano and the latest release, the Armor Jr.

Little brother to the Thermaltake Armor full tower case, reviewed by PCApex here, the Armor Jr. has a lot to live up to. Thermaltake offers the Armor Jr. in black and silver, each color available with or without a side window. The silver, windowed version is being reviewed here today.

Specifications

Let's take a look at the specifications as listed on the Armor Jr. page over at the Thermaltake web site:

Package

I returned home one day to find a Thermaltake Armor Jr. box had grown in my room. Unfortunately, no BMW M3 had grown in the driveway, but I did gain an Armor Jr. that day. The package was shipped from Thermaltake via Fed Ex. The package made its journey unscathed, with no dents or tears in the packaging.

The packaging is full retail. The box is a glossy black with color pictures and descriptions of the case. When you first open up the package and feast your eyes on this case you don't see a case. What you see is a well wrapped bundle. The case is bagged, but not before it is covered with cellophane. That wrapped up case is placed within inserts to keep things from shifting around.

When you open everything up you have a case, with all the accessories bundled inside, that are tied down to prevent them from shifting around and damaging anything during transit. Included with the case is the standard bag o' screws, drive rails, rear I/O bracket, cleaning cloth, manual and some other nick knacks. Make sure to read the insert in the manual which tells you how to install some plastic pieces that prevent shorting of the motherboard.