M9 is a 9-bay mid-tower case recently released by Thermaltake, available with an acrylic side panel (VI1000BWS, which is the model we reviewed) or with a solid side panel (VI1000BNS), coming with a rear 120-mm fan, a front 120-mm fan and a side duct. Let’s take a good look on this latest Thermaltake release.

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Figure 1: Thermaltake M9 VI1000BWS case.

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Figure 2: Thermaltake M9 VI1000BWS case.

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Figure 3: Front panel.

On Figure 4 you can see the jacks and buttons present on the case frontal panel: power and reset buttons, hard disk drive activity LED, two USB ports and mic in and headphones jacks. No eSATA port is provided.

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Figure 4: Buttons and connectors located on the front panel.

On Figure 5 you can see the rear panel, using the very traditional ATX design, but with the addition of one big 120-mm fan there. This case uses two thumbscrews to hold the left side panel (the one that must be removed for installing parts inside the case).

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Figure 5: Rear panel.