Thermaltake Urban T81 is catered to enthusiast system builders

Thermaltake Urban T81 is catered to enthusiast system builders
The Urban T81 is a full-tower modular chassis that features excellent airflow and the ability to accommodate the largest of radiators or custom liquid-cooled solutions.

Thermaltake’s Urban S71 was one of the best enclosures the manufacturer has produced. Its successor, the Urban T81, was unveiled earlier today, and it looks just as good. From the outset, it is clear that the T81 is based off the S71. There’s the same brushed aluminium front, but Thermaltake has tweaked the design for the better. The USB and HD audio ports have been moved to the top, which gives the front of the chassis a more minimalistic look.

The windowed side panel is broken into two and comes with a dual-swing design. The smaller panel is constructed out of brushed aluminium and covers the section that houses the HDD bays. The larger panel is windowed. The overall effect behind this design is to mask visibility of hard drives. The side panel is also lockable.

One of the best features offered by the Urban T81 is its modularity. Users can add or remove the 3.5-inch and 5.25-inch drive bays as they see fit. The drive bays can also be entirely removed to accommodate larger radiators and custom liquid-cooled solutions. The modular nature of the Urban T81 allows users to add radiators as large as 420mm. Three 200 mm fans can installed behind the front shroud (two are included as standard) and the case has a 120 mm fan at the rear. There is another 200 mm fan at the top.

This being a full-tower chassis, users can accommodate E-ATX motherboards comfortably. In addition, there are mounting holes for M-ATX and ATX boards as well. Video cards as long as 360 mm can fit in without removing the HDD rack, and with the HDD bays removed, users can install cards as long as 400 mm. The Urban T81 measures 585 x 235 x 602 mm and weighs 13.8 kilos.