 Front filter gets dusty... |
| Review Date: September 5, 2010 |
| Reviewer: r moate, GREENVILLE, SC, US |
| Good value case. Cooling is good. The front dust filter does get pretty dusty after a few weeks running so keep a dust buster handy. |
Great Value
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| Review Date: August 9, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Mark J. Tierney, Durham, NC |
| If you are looking for a very reasonable case that shows nicely and everything fits as it should than this is perfect. The price is crazy good and everything fits well, the holes line up just fine. |
A Basic but Top of Its Class Kinda Case
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| Review Date: June 8, 2010 |
| Reviewer: PCKid777, |
Pros:
- Best in class cooling with room for 4x120mm fans
- Ability for near 100% filter coverage for an almost dust-free case (simply add filters to the side panel and seal the front filter - read 'Other Thoughts')
- Fits large graphics cards (using with an ATI Radeon 5870)
- Nice 'rugged' finish to it; not a glossy paint that catches lots of fingerprints but a matte like finish.
- Light but sturdy construction; almost ripped off the side panel (user error, not case's fault - look at Cons) while trying to open it and it doesn't show any damage
Cons:
- Didn't read about the security screw for the side panel. Kept me from opening the side panel for drive screws until I simply realized that little screw was holding it tight. Keep that in mind. =P
- Plastic front bezel has a gap at the bottom to help in pulling off the bezel. This reduces the effectiveness of the front filter (simple fix for this, just add some tape)
Other Thoughts:
I wanted a small case to house a powerful system while keeping dust out. Taping the bottom portion where the front bezel is makes the front fan utilize the filter better. Add 2 aluminum fan filters and fans to the side, and you can get over 120CFM of dust-free cool air for your system. Not bad.
Easily fits my setup:
- Core i5 750 (stock) with room temp idle temps
- 8GB (4x2GB) G. Skill ECO Series RAM @ 1.4V @ 7-7-7-21 @ 1333MHz
- Western Digital 500GB Caviar Black
- XFX 5870 1GB GPU |
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| Review Date: June 2, 2010 |
| Reviewer: J. Juan, Riverside, CA USA |
This case is exactly what I was looking for. I ordered 3 120mm red LED fans to go with this case and it looks pretty nice. With 4 fans in total, my computer runs relatively cool even while I'm gaming.
The only issue I had was that depending on what you are trying to fit into this tiny case, it may get a little cramped (especially if your power supply has a lot of wires). |
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| Review Date: May 21, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Cody Howland, |
This case was pretty good. It has a nice design and mostly everything fit well. The motherboard was sort of a tight squeeze. The screws are little too close together, even though the case is for a micro-atx motherboard. I had to exert quite a bit of force in order to hold the motherboard in place while I screwed it in; the motherboard was an micro-atx. Other than the slight tight fit, the case is excellent. The tool-free hardware snap-ins were easy to use. The fan on the case pushes enough air to keep the motherboard and processor cool and it is quiet.
Great case for the price! |
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| Review Date: May 14, 2010 |
| Reviewer: B. Haynes, Athens, GA USA |
| A good,cheap box for a MATX motherboard. Would be good for a first build. A little cramped, but it gets good air flow with 3 or 4 fans (I use 120mm). You may have a little trouble sliding the hard drive into the 3.5" slot for it because tall memory modules (with heat spreaders) block it. Solution: Install the memory after the HDD. I would not go any higher than a 450 Watt power supply - too many wires to cram in a small space. I have not tried a video card in it yet (I usually use a motherboard with a good video adapter.) Compact, so it fits on small desks. I have run a 3.0 GHz dual core AMD with 4 GB RAM and 3 fans and had no problems with overheating. It is easy to break the PCI card holders. They should be pressed down from inside the box and slid through the back of the case to release, then pushed back through once the card is in place. (I broke a couple.) I have used 5 of these cases and have been happy with all builds. |
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| Review Date: May 5, 2010 |
| Reviewer: bob, |
Two small mods. You have to cut out the side fan holes because fans don't clear them. [...] for some fan covers/filters...situation resolved. Now, on to the myth of both uATX and air cooling. I'm getting 4.2g out of i7 930 with air...in this case. Hasn't gone over 67 deg. Case fit elongated modular PSU. The trick is to plug the CD drives in while half installed, then slide them the rest of the way in. Plenty of clearance for an ATI 5850 vid card. No problems with 6 sticks of 'tall' ram either. Oh, yeah, the second mod...not really a mod. Put in a hot swap bay for 2cnd HDD. If I decide to cross fire, the lower HDD location would be in the way of the lower vid card (not a normal card though). Even with all of that stuff in the case I still have great airflow over the vid card, to the ram and CPU. A recommendation for air cooling: figure your intake cfm (3 fans in this case), you'll have to dig, but you can find the exhaust cfm of your PSU. The difference is what your rear exhaust fan's cfm should be, getting as close to equal as possible...(= perfect air flow). No one can seem to agree if +/- pressure in case is better. But the consensus is that a slightly positive amount of pressure will keep the case from sucking in dust. This is a perk for those who like to showcase their boxes.
All in all, this has to be one of the cleanest looking builds I've done in some time. Great Job by Cooler Master. |
Sent it Back
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| Review Date: April 24, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Jack F. Conrad, |
| I had to send the unit back. My error. It was to small for the motherboard I had, so I couldn't use it. |
Just what I asked for
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| Review Date: April 7, 2010 |
| Reviewer: J. T. Byrd, |
| Unfortunately not quite what I needed. The individual who sold me the card I tried to fit in her told me the card was a mini when it was an ATX. Still, this case is so sleek that I'm now looking for a card to put into it. |
Nice case with good ventilation
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| Review Date: March 30, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Boris Benyaminovich, New York, NY USA |
This is one of the better micro ATX cases out there. The reason being is that it has better ventilation then most other cases in its class. You can add up to four 120mm fans, which is important for cooling in a small confined space of a micro ATX case.
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