Internal Overview
Upon removing the two thumbscrews from the side panel it reveals the acoustic foam sound insulation material covering the entire inside of the side panel.
The insulation is soft and squishy, not hard and scratchy like some other cases. Cooler Master took the effort to cover every inch of the inside of the case possible which includes the bottom, top and other side.
Starting on the bottom right side of the case is the internal three 3.5″ bay drive cage. Right above the cage are the two 3.5″ external bays and five 5.25″ external bays. I’m not sure why Cooler Master chose three internal 3.5″ drives instead of four or five like most other cases. I think most people could do without the external 3.5″ bays and a few less 5.25″ bays.
Attached to the external drive bays are the tool-free designs which fasten the drives to the case. A simple slide locks them into place.
The rear of the case houses a silent 120mm fan above the tool-free design set on the seven expansion slots.
The power supply is found nicely tucked in the upper rear of the case, with cables bundled together. Inside the box you’ll also find the hardware, power cable and user’s manual.
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Cooler Master sucks!
I really don't see the point why the supposably well-respected companies have to cheat their customer like this!
I recently bought the PC chassis Sileo 500 by Cooler Master. In all the official pictures the case was presented with metallic silver pads at the base. Instead you get some cheap regular plastic feet not even rubberized in the tone of producing a silent vibration free product and look totally unappealing. Thank God you cannot even see them instead of the glorious demonstration of the fancy ones over the official site (and otherwise). At least the company can judge what is ugly and makes the choice to cleverly hide it. Prise to that Cooler Master!
You can of course argue that this is a minor detail but always just always on those situations you get less to what you see. I can understand the cheap technique of having plastic mimic brushed aluminium but not the so striking changes where you get something totally different and always of lower quality both in terms of material and looks. I really don't see the point why companies act like that. While they succeeded in making me buy this product (by making a fool out of myself) they totally failed earning more money since I was planning to get more products from them. And of course the even bigger damage to their profit is that I do not find a reason which I should suggest Cooler Master to friends. So they loose even more money with those kind of cheap advertisement techniques.
Bye bye Cooler Master (Cooler Sucker rather). I was planning of getting a PSU and CPU fun also from the same company with triple the price tag of the chassis itself but never gonna happen.
Stay away if you have some self respect and want to be treated as a proud honer of a decent product. Never gonna make the same mistake twice.
Cooler Master sucks!
I really don't see the point why the supposably well-respected companies have to cheat their customer like this!
I recently bought the PC chassis Sileo 500 by Cooler Master. In all the official pictures the case was presented with metallic silver pads at the base. Instead you get some cheap regular plastic feet not even rubberized in the tone of producing a silent vibration free product and look totally unappealing. Thank God you cannot even see them instead of the glorious demonstration of the fancy ones over the official site (and otherwise). At least the company can judge what is ugly and makes the choice to cleverly hide it. Prise to that Cooler Master!
You can of course argue that this is a minor detail but always just always on those situations you get less to what you see. I can understand the cheap technique of having plastic mimic brushed aluminium but not the so striking changes where you get something totally different and always of lower quality both in terms of material and looks. I really don't see the point why companies act like that. While they succeeded in making me buy this product (by making a fool out of myself) they totally failed earning more money since I was planning to get more products from them. And of course the even bigger damage to their profit is that I do not find a reason which I should suggest Cooler Master to friends. So they loose even more money with those kind of cheap advertisement techniques.
Bye bye Cooler Master (Cooler Sucker rather). I was planning of getting a PSU and CPU fun also from the same company with triple the price tag of the chassis itself but never gonna happen.
Stay away if you have some self respect and want to be treated as a proud honer of a decent product. Never gonna make the same mistake twice.