CTE C700 Air - PC Case THERMALTAKE - Free user manual and instructions

Product Type	PC Case
Brand	Thermaltake
Model	CTE C700 Air
Form Factor	Full Tower
Dimensions (HxWxD)	550 x 280 x 580 mm
Weight	12.5 kg
Material	Steel, Tempered Glass, Plastic
Side Panel	Tempered Glass Left Side
Color	Black
Motherboard Support	ATX, Micro-ATX, Mini-ITX
Expansion Slots	7
Drive Bays (3.5"/2.5")	3 x 3.5" or 2.5" Internal
Drive Bays (2.5")	2 x 2.5" Dedicated
Front I/O	2x USB 3.0, 1x USB 3.1 Type-C, HD Audio
Max GPU Length	400 mm
Max CPU Cooler Height	180 mm
PSU Support	Standard ATX PSU, Bottom Mount
Fan Support (Front)	3x 140mm or 3x 120mm
Fan Support (Top)	3x 140mm or 3x 120mm
Fan Support (Rear)	1x 140mm or 1x 120mm
Radiator Support (Front)	360/420mm
Radiator Support (Top)	360/420mm
Radiator Support (Rear)	140/120mm
Cleaning Instructions	Use a soft dry cloth. Do not use liquid cleaners.
Safety Warnings	Keep away from liquids, avoid sharp edges during installation.

Frequently Asked Questions - CTE C700 Air THERMALTAKE

How many fans come pre-installed with the CTE C700 Air?

The CTE C700 Air typically comes with 3 pre-installed 140mm fans (1 rear, 2 front) for optimal airflow.

Can I install a 420mm radiator in the front?

Yes, the case supports 420mm radiators in the front and top positions, providing excellent liquid cooling compatibility.

What is the maximum GPU length supported?

The maximum GPU length is 400mm, allowing installation of most high-end graphics cards.

Does it support vertical GPU mounting?

Yes, the case includes a vertical GPU bracket (sold separately or included depending on region) to showcase your graphics card.

How many 3.5" drives can I install?

The case has 3 dedicated 3.5" drive bays which are also compatible with 2.5" drives.

What type of side panel does it have?

It features a tempered glass left side panel for showcasing your components.

Is the case dust-filtered?

Yes, all major intakes (front, top, bottom) include removable dust filters for easy cleaning.

Can I mount a PSU with the fan facing up or down?

The PSU is mounted in a bottom shroud with a dust filter, allowing either orientation for optimal airflow.

How do I clean the tempered glass?

Use a soft microfiber cloth with mild glass cleaner. Avoid abrasive materials to prevent scratches.

What is the warranty period for this case?

Thermaltake offers a 2-year limited warranty for the CTE C700 Air case.

USER MANUAL CTE C700 Air THERMALTAKE

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System Thermal Test Report

Model: CTE C700 Air

Version: 20230621B

NO: RS202306210002

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Table of Contents

A. Introduction

B. Test Configuration

C. Conclusion

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A. Introduction

1. Objective
2. Equipment
3. Procedure

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1. Objective

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Our objective is to find out if the CTE C700 Air can efficiently extract the heat generated by the latest components, so we built a system with an Intel i9-13900K and a ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX® 4090 OC and put it to the test. The passing criteria we set was to keep the internal temperature under 41^ while the system is running at full load, with ten installed fans and a AIO 420 installed.

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2. Equipment

The equipment we used in the thermal testing includes:

1. Temperature & Humidity Chamber
2. Data Acquisition Device
3. Thermocouple

The Temp. & Humidity Chamber ensures consistency in the testing environment, particularly temperature and humidity. The temperature was set at 25^ C and the humidity at 50% in the chamber.

The Data Acquisition Device helps us to directly collect the data through thermocouples, which is the most important equipment for our testing. We set up the thermocouple inside the case at various points to measure the temperature.

We used AIDA64 Extreme and FurMark ROG Edition to push 100% load on the CPU and GPU and tested for 30 minutes.

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1. Procedure

Testing steps:

1. Ready the systems
2. Place the chassis into the Temp. & Humidity Chamber
3. Set the thermocouple at the specified places
4. Set up the Temp. & Humidity Chamber - temperature at 25 °C and the humidity at 50%
5. Turn on the Temp. & Humidity Chamber and start testing (for 30 minutes)
6. Check the data acquired from the Data Acquisition device
7. End testing

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B. Test Configuration

1. Laboratory Equipment
2. Chassis Hardware List
3. Chassis Fan Allocation
4. Chassis Thermal Airflow
5. Chassis Measured Points
6. Thermal Stress Test
7. AIDA64 & FurMark Test
8. Graphics Performance Testing
9. Acoustic Test

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1. Laboratory Equipment

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Thermocouple

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Sound Level Meter

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Thermal Imaging Camera

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Temperature & Humidity Chamber Temperature

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2. Chassis Hardware List

Component	Model
Chassis	CTE C700 Air Snow
Motherboard	ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z790 APEX
CPU	Intel® CoreTM i9-13900K Processor (TDP 253W)
GPU	ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX® 4090 OC 24GB GDDR6X
RAM	TOUGHRAM Z-ONE RGB D5(16G x 2)
SSD	Seagate SSD 120G
PSU	Toughpower GF3 1200W - TT Premium Edition
CPU Cooler	TOUGHLIQUID Ultra 420 AIO Liquid Cooler
Fans	AIO:TOUGHFAN 140mm x 3 (2000rpm)Chassis: CT 140mm x 7 (1500 rpm)(Top x 2 , Rear x 3, Bottom x 2 )
Software	1. AIDA64 Extreme2. FurMark ROG Edition V0.8.14.03. CPU-Z Ver.2.015 x644. Core Temp V1.18
Full load	30 minutes
Camera	Testo 885-2 Thermal Imaging Camera

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Interior view of a white server rack cabinet with ventilation grilles and internal compartments (no visible text or labels)

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3. Chassis Fan Allocation

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4. Chassis Thermal Airflow

Cool Airflow Inlets (Active)

Hot Airflow Exhausts

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5. Chassis Measured Points

Measure Point	Description	Airflow	Thermocouple Number
1	Chassis Front External	Intake	101
2	Chassis Front Internal	Intake	102
3	Chassis Rear External	Intake	104
4	Chassis Rear Internal	Intake	106
5	Chassis Bottom External	Intake	108
6	Chassis Bottom Internal	Intake	110
7	Chassis Top Internal	Exhaust	111
8	Chassis Top External	Exhaust	113
9	GPU Left	Intake	114
10	GPU Right	Exhaust	115
11	AIO Top Cover	-	116
12	PSU Right	Intake	117
13	PSU Rear	Exhaust	118
14	VGA Righ Slot	Exhaust	119

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1. Thermal Stress Test

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• Setting up the chamber temperature and humidity
  • Temperature: 25°C
• Humidity: 50%
• Recording Data

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6. Thermal Stress Test

Temperature Data Recoding

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6. Thermal Stress Test

System Thermal Stress Test CTE C700

CPU- Intel Core i9-13900K

GPU-ASUS ROG-STRIX-RTX4090

Ambient Temperature: 25°C

Humidity: 50%

Loading with AIDA64 & FurMark

We expected to see higher temperature at the exhaust points and relatively lower temperature at the intake positions. The highest temperature was found at the AIO exhaust, which is reasonable given the CPU was running at full load. Most of the intake positions recorded a temperature lower than 41°C since they were drawing Air from environment. Two critical positions we were looking at are NO. 115 GPU Right and NO. 116 AIO Top Cover, which were drawing internal Air to cool two of the most important components.

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7. AIDA64 & FurMark Test

We used AIDA64 Extreme (stress FPU) and FurMark ROG Edition (resolution: 3840 x 2160) to push 100% load on the CPU and GPU for 30 minutes.

AIDA64 Extreme

Date	6/20/2023
Time (HH:MM)	9:05 AM
CPU Clock	5501 MHz
Motherboard	Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Apex
BIOS Version	0904
Free Memory	26254 MB
GPU Clock	210 MHz
Motherboard	31°C
CPU	39°C
CPU Package	43°C
GPU Diode	42°C
GPU Hotspot	50°C
AIO Pump	3183 RPM
CPU	644 RPM
CPU OPT	724 RPM
GPU	0 RPM
GPU	0%
CPU Core	1.039 V
GPU Core	0.875 V
CPU Package	28.02 W
GPU	13.36 W
GPU TDP%	3%

Date	6/20/2023
Time (HH:MM)	9:43 AM
CPU Clock	5200 MHz
Motherboard	Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Apex
BIOS Version	0904
Free Memory	26173 MB
GPU Clock	2760 MHz
Motherboard	34°C
CPU	85°C
CPU Package	96°C
GPU Diode	81°C
GPU Hotspot	90°C
AIO Pump	3154 RPM
CPU	2051 RPM
CPU OPT	1419 RPM
GPU	2677 RPM
GPU	86%
CPU Core	1.190 V
GPU Core	1.050 V
CPU Package	252.41 W
GPU	495.03 W
GPU TDP%	90%

Full loadIdleFurMark

NO: RS202306210002

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7. AIDA64 & FurMark Test

We used AIDA64 Extreme (stress FPU) and FurMark ROG Edition (resolution: 3840 x 2160) to push 100% load on the CPU and GPU for 30 minutes.

Full loadIdle

CPU & GPU Thermal Stress Test CTE C700 Air

CPU- Intel Core i9-13900K
GPU-ASUS ROG-STRIX-RTX4090
Ambient Temperature: 25°C
Humidity: 50%
Loading with AIDA64 & FurMark
- T Load Temp. Idle Temp.
Temperature - Degree C
Lower is Better

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8. Graphics Performance Testing

3DMARK

NO: RS202306210002

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9. Acoustic Sound Pressure Level Test

Test Environment : Thermaltake Taipei Office

Test Model: CTE C700 Air

Test Ambience: 24.7 °C(Temperature) / 61% R.H.(Relative Humidity)

Microphone position: 50 cm / in front of PC system

Background Noise : 35.7 dBA.

Microphone position Test Ambience

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9. Acoustic Sound Pressure Level Test

Fan Speed 500rpm - 36.7dBA

Fan Speed 650rpm - 37.7dBA

Fan Speed 850rpm - 38.4dBA

Fan Speed 1500rpm - 57.4dBA

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Date	6/20/2023
Time (HH:MM)	5:16 PM
CPU Clock	$200 MHz
Motherboard	Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Apex
BIOS Version	0904
Free Memory	26539 MB
GPU Clock	210 MHz
Motherboard	31°C
CPU	37°C
CPU Package	43°C
GPU Diode	42°C
GPU Hotspot	50°C
AIO Pump	2360 RPM
CPU	472 RPM
CPU OPT	472 RPM
GPU	6 RPM
GPU	0%
CPU Core	1.217 V
GPU Core	0.875 V
CPU Package	34.25 W
GPU	13.69 W
GPU TDP%	3%

Date	6/20/2023
Time (HH:MM)	5:19 PM
CPU Clock	5500 MHz
Motherboard	Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Apex
BIOS Version	0904
Free Memory	26201 MB
GPU Clock	210 MHz
Motherboard	30°C
CPU	38°C
CPU Package	42°C
GPU Diode	41°C
GPU Hotspot	49°C
AIO Pump	2890 RPM
CPU	508 RPM
CPU OPT	644 RPM
GPU	6 RPM
GPU	0%
CPU Core	1.305 V
GPU Core	0.875 V
CPU Package	37.74 W
GPU	16.24 W
GPU TDP%	3%

Date	6/20/2023
Time (HH:MM)	5:19 PM
CPU Clock	5501 MHz
Motherboard	Aus ROG Maximus 2790 Apex
BIOS Version	0904
Free Memory	26201 MB
GPU Clock	210 MHz
Motherboard	30°C
CPU	39°C
CPU Package	46°C
GPU Diode	42°C
GPU Hotspot	50°C
AIO Pump	2667 RPM
CPU	886 RPM
CPU OPT	841 RPM
GPU	8 RPM
GPU	0%
CPU Core	1.305 V
GPU Core	0.875 V
CPU Package	44.28 W
GPU	17.34 W
GPU TDP%	3%

Date	6/20/2023
Time (HH:MM)	5:21 PM
CPU Clock	5501 MHz
Motherboard	Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Apex
BIOS Version	0904
Free Memory	26216 MB
GPU Clock	210 MHz
Motherboard	29°C
CPU	36°C
CPU Package	41°C
GPU Diode	41°C
GPU Hotspot	49°C
AIO Pump	3245 RPM
CPU	327.8 RPM
CPU OPT	1474 RPM
GPU	0 RPM
GPU	0%
CPU Core	1.039 V
GPU Core	0.875 V
CPU Package	36.76 W
GPU	16.88 W
GPU TDP%	3%

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9. Acoustic Sound Pressure Level Test

Acoustic Sound Pressure Level Test - CTE C700 Air

CPU- Intel Core i9-13900K
GPU-ASUS ROG-STRIX-RTX4090
Ambient Temperature: 25°C
Humidity: 50%
Loading with AIDA64 & FurMark

Diff Load dBA Idle dBA

Sound Pressure - dBA

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C. Conclusion

NO: RS202306210002

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Conclusion

Idle

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Left View

Full Load

AIDA64 Extreme (stress FPU) and FurMark ROG Edition (resolution: 3840 x 2160) to push 100% load on the CPU and GPU for 30 minutes.

-INTEL i9 13900K / CPU Temp. (Max) : 85°C (TDP 253W)

-ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX® 4090 OC / GPU Temp. (Max) : 76°C

Through the thermal image, we found that the internal heat was effectively directed to designated exhaustion vents, keeping the system operating at a cooler temperature. This finding validates how efficient The CTE C700 Air is regarding cooling performance.

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Thank you!