Gigabyte Triton 180

Review: Gigabyte Triton 180

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Overall, the Triton 180 put up a pretty good showing, although thermal performance was hampered by the CPU duct.

That duct looks good on paper and adds to the bullet-points on the features-list but turned out to be a hindrance, rather than a help.

But the Triton does still offer an awful lot for the small sum that it costs - though savings have clearly been made by Gigabyte's choice of materials.

However, while there are other cases in and around the Triton's price that do use more expensive materials, they don't necessarily match it in terms of the quality of overall design.

Our view is that the Gigabyte Triton 180 is a capable chassis. It manages to tick most of the right boxes - including support for water-cooling systems - and is a good all-rounder at the price. Definitely worth considering if you're trying to save a bit of cash on your next major build or if putting together a system that doesn't require a top-end case.

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Is this case big enough to take an 8800gts or gtx? I do like the look of this case but size these days is everything. Maybe give that information when reviewing in the future?

We are currently refreshing out test kit to take account of both the hottest and the biggest cards available.

We will obviously include this in future reviews.

Looking at the 8800 I have here in my own machine, its unlikely to fit in this chassis if its in GTX flavour, GTS on the other hand should be fine….I think.

Would need to have a spare to check it against, I can measure the space though, ill be back shortly with that info for you.

Matt.

270mm from the edge of the PCI expansion plate to the very edge of the 3.5" bays at the front of the chassis.

So the GTX is out at 267mm, but the GTS should be fine.

Matt.

Cheers for that, saves some stress later on when trying to squeeze a card in that just won`t fit :)

no worries, glad I could help.

matt.