Conclusion
Thermaltake’s Aguila is a solid chassis, providing plenty of space inside and an optional extras list a BMW dealer (or should that be Vauxhall?) would be proud of. The kit that came with our sample was comprehensive enough and the window was a welcome extra.Given the price of the Aguila seems to have settled around £75 including window, it’s not the cheapest chassis, but considering what it has, it does well.
Much like its bigger brother, the recently reviewed Armor LCS, the Aguila has the capability to swallow a good number of hard drives, six without using adapter plates for the 5.25” bays. Based on 750GB Seagate drives, that’s a whopping 4.5 terabytes of storage space.
With the two pre-fitted 120mm fans working hard the acoustics of the chassis were still reasonable, with very little vibration thanks to the close-fitting side panels and overall build quality.
Thermally, some people may raise an eyebrow or two at the height of our readings, but in all honesty the equipment we fit is the hottest ever produced. Designed to push the system to the max of both thermal and acoustic performance the Aguila coped with it well considering.
If we had one suggestion for the Aguila it would be water-cooling preparation. The 120mm fan on the back features an empty space below it which could have been used to route water-cooling pipes through when using an ATX configuration. In all honesty though, this is nit-picking.
Considering the flexibility of the design and its ability to consume what it does in such a small space it’s very hard not to recommend the Aguila. It’s a quality, well finished chassis that does its job very well.
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