Thermaltake's Core P5 will challenge your ability to build a PC with minimal instruction, but it rewards your effort with a geeky showpiece that you can hang on the wall.

Maximum visibility for components; Modular design gives you several build options; Ample space to hide cables; Allows graphics card to be mounted with artwork facing outward; Nice price

Instructions lack detail; complicating matters for first-time builders; Geared toward liquid-cooled PC builds; No support for mounting optical drives; Some cable-routing cutaways are ill-placed

Creating something so unique in such a flooded market is no easy task and yet there were many examples last year. Lian Li's wall-mountable PC-O5S was practically a piece of art, being constructed from aluminum and a large tempered glass panel to show off the hardware inside.

The Core P5's flexible modular design allows for horizontal and vertical builds; Its open air design and broad liquid cooling support will give you a handle on heat, and it costs less than half the Lian Li PC-O7S

Liquid cooling seems necessary for the aesthetics alone and that's not cheap; Hard to reach the rear CPU cutout; Made of steel instead of aluminum with a plastic window instead of glass, but at least it's thick

Almost all PC cases have the same overall design. They are in the shape of a tower and our

– Extremely unique case; – Can be used to display your hardware; – Can be wallmounted; – Can fit a lot of hardware and watercooling

– Installation instructions could be a lot better; – Does not support most AiO coolers

For at least a decade now I've always wanted to mod a metal desk to build one of my test rigs in it since I've always thought it would look great but on one hand i never had the time while on the other i felt it wouldn't be as convenient when swapping components as a regular tower.

- Build Quality; - Design; - Wall Mount; Vertical & Horizontal Placement; - Open-Air Chassis; - Supports 240/280/360/420/480mm Radiator; - Reservoir/Pump Mounting Spot; - Room For Up To 6 Drives; - Space For 180mm Tall CPU Coolers & 320mm Long Graphics Cards; - Price (Compared To Its Competition

- Transparent Acrylic Panel (Tampered Glass Would Look Better; - Open-Air Chassis (Dust Magnet; - Wall Mount Brackets Not Included (Sold Separately

This chassis is completely bonkers, and I can't help but love it despite it numerous flaws and rather over the top design. I've absolutely nowhere in my house to put it, at least nowhere suitable as the only supporting wall that's got room for a desk near it would be the master bedroom, and I don't...

Great build quality; Fantastic way to show off your hardware; Impressive water cooling support; Rock solid build quality; Room for huge graphics cards

Cable routing holes are tricky to use due to hard drive bays; Super long PSU cables ideally needed; Can be tricky to wall mount or find room for display in general; Open design is prone to dust and debris

When the Core P5 first appeared, you could draw a conclusion that the new chassis shared some similarities with the Lian Li PC-O series of chassis. But even if that were the case – the Core P5 differs too much from the Lian Li models.

Flashy show-case at a moderate sales price; Can be used standing; lying or hanging; Optimized for the use of a powerful water cooling; Enough space for a high-end system; Cable can be hidden at sufficient length behind the tray; I/O panel with four USB ports

Open construction unfavorable questionable for dust protection; sound insulation and EMC; Less suitable for air cooling; no optical drive available

There's no doubt that the Core P5 is one of the most fun builds we have had the pleasure to do. This chassis comes in at $139.99USD ($186.37CDN) at the time of this review, making it a little pricey but it does have the features and allure to back up that price.

If you're wondering about our scores, as this is an open air case with little of any airflow design, testing it and applying a cooling score is rather pointless in the same way applying a cooling score to a test bench would be.

The main element that Thermaltake wants you to be able to accomplish with it new Core P5 Chassis, is for you to be able to show off your awesome PC system configuration that you have spent weeks working on so that it is near-perfect.

It is very hard to deny the awesomeness of the Core P5 from Thermaltake! With a bit of assembly and hardware installation, this wall hangable open air chassis is a real stunner that anyone can appreciate.