External Examination:

The top half of the Armor 30's front panel has two 5.25" drive bays and one 3.5" hard drive bay, and each of these drive bays has a mesh cover with a lightweight filter. To the right side there is a power and reset button. The bottom of the front panel has a portion that is mesh covered, behind which is a 90mm intake fan. On the left edge a the front I/O panel which contains a USB 2.0 port, headphone/microphone jacks, a USB 3.0 port, and finally an eSATA connection.



The Armor A60 and A90 have a portion of the bottom front bezel that protrudes from the rest of the bezel, and the Armor A30 continues this trend. The above right picture shows the section of the A30 that is angled from the rest of the bezel.

Both sides of the A30 are identical, and each has a window that Thermaltake protects from scratches with a piece of plastic film. Towards the front of the case there is a section with honeycomb shaped holes to provide additional airflow. The picture on the right shows the protective plastic removed, however Thermaltake has put a piece of plastic on the inside of the window which was still in place at this point.



The back of the Armor A30 has features similar to other cases, however they have been condensed for this style of case. The top left has the opening for the power supply, which is above the rear exhaust fans and the motherboard I/O ports. Next to the power supply is a honeycomb section that has a little hole for the USB 3.0 pass-through cable. In the lower right section we seee four expansion slot covers.



Looking at the top of the case there is a little area on the front (left side in this picture) that you can place small items. Towards the back of the case (the right side in the picture) is the large blue LED 230mm exhaust fan.