Thermaltake goes retro at CES 2026, shows off liquid cooler with CRT-themed display and 80s-style PC cases

Thermaltake is taking a trip back to the 80s and 90s with its latest portfolio of products announced at CES 2026. The company unveiled two new PC cases with an 80s-style aesthetic, as well as a new AIO liquid cooler series featuring an LCD display fitted into a CRT-shaped cover that sits above the pump housing.

The 80s-themed cases Thermaltake showed off come in two variants: the Retro 260 TG and the Retro 360 TG. Both have modernly-designed layouts on the inside, but feature the classic off-white color scheme computers in the 80s were known for. The cases also have front panels that mimic systems of the 80s — stamped with a (fake) floppy disk reader and two 5.25" bays, one of which has a (fake) CD_ROM reader. (To clarify: neither case has any real 5.25" bays.)

As the names suggest, the 260 variant is smaller and supports micro-ATX motherboards and up to 240mm AIO liquid coolers on the top and front of the case. The 360 model has a larger interior that can accommodate standard ATX motherboards and up to 360mm AIO liquid coolers on the top and right side of the case. Thermaltake is also offering an optional 6-inch LCD screen for these cases, which sits where the fake 5.25" bays are on the front panel.

Thermaltake also showed off a pair of new AIO liquid coolers with the same retro theme as its new cases. The Retro 240 and 360 AIOs are new 240mm and 360mm liquid coolers, which each sport a 4-inch 720p LCD display on the front that's shaped like a CRT display. Both models come with a single fan frame, which is illuminated with aRGB lighting.

Thermaltake also showed off a keyboard and a mouse with the same theme. The keyboard has a compact 75-percent layout, Gateron G-Pro 3.0 mechanical switches, double-shot PBT keycaps, and 2.4GHz wireless, Bluetooth, and wired connectivity. The mouse is geared toward gamers, and has a PixArt PAW3395 26,000 DPI sensor, Huano transparent blue shell switches, and a 400mAh battery, as well as 2.4GHz wireless, Bluetooth, and wired connectivity. It offers up to a 1,000 Hz polling rate and weighs just 1.83 ounces (52g).

Nostalgia is always in — component-maker SilverStone has found success with its retro-style PC cases (it announced several throughout 2025), and even OEMs such as Maingear have retro-styled product lines of pre-built machines. That said, ThermalTake's products are just for show, while SilverStone's products are more functional — for example, the FLP03 has three functional external 5.25" drive bays.

Aaron Klotz is a contributing writer for Tom’s Hardware, covering news related to computer hardware such as CPUs, and graphics cards.