@@angrysocialjusticewarrior Absolutely it is, I have the V1, and now will have to get this one just because how easy it is to remove the top! lol Mine are rivited in. I could just drill em out... Still a great case, Paid 150CAD for it.
I applaud your dedication to spending time reviewing a box with holes in it. Designed to fit so many fans you could make a couple of drones out of them.
it's a great idea to do a build as part of a case review: the proof of the pudding of a case is how good it is to build in. And the beer hanger? Genius!
I have the "V1" and i have to say, its a pretty good case for cooling. The cable management possibilities are limited. The case does have limited space at the top due to how high the motherboard mounts.
Probably up to 200. But that should be something incredible and fit my requirements perfectly. Considering I prefer mATX and ITX, this is huge. Not a fan of front panel design. Although I do realize unique and special front panel design is hard. To create something timeless in a cost oriented mass market after 30 years of "everything" is no easy task. In general I kind of like Cooler Master cases. They have decent price/build quality. Many brands make all the same for worse prices. BTW making rear fan exhaust made it compete for air with top rad. Not the best idea. You could make it intake (+add dust filter there), but it wouldn't help much anyway here.
As always, an instructive video and the build was a pleasure to watch. A very astute observation about Nvidia 40 series cards. I'm not so sure about your comments about the top dust filter: it may be useless when the PC is on, but what about when the PC is off? Shame about the fans being 3 pin and not PWM. Anyway, did my eyes deceive me or are the front panel cables socketed (and thus removable) at the front panel? That would be very useful. When you added the rear fan, was it an intake fan or an exhaust fan?
There is one good reason for the dust filter if I'm being completely honest. It would stop anything from being accidentally dropped into the case. The top vent holes are quite large, a screw or something similar could easily drop in. Problem is they are quite restrictive for airflow compared with that open top vent. I think some of the front panel cables are socketed, they are on a lot of modern cases. Rear fan was installed as an exhaust.
@@KitGuruJames Thanks. Having built umpteen PCs socketed front panel cables will make installing motherboards much easier as the cables can be fitted when the motherboard is outside the case, then routed. I have large hands and those jumpers at the bottom (power, reset, etc) can be particularly fiddly. I wonder if setting the rear fan as an intake might have improved temperatures? Keep up the great work.
I am trying to connect my Quest 3 with the USB C types. In the front panel, it is detecting as a USB 2 and in the back panel the quest doesn't recognize the drive. The cabinet's front panel USB C is supposed to be 3.2 Gen 2 right? Where is the problem?
One thing that the pop out window on the power supply shroud allows for is if you want to install the Asus ROG Thor psu models. They show the wattage on a oled screen. This is nice if you are into that type of thing although its a niche segment of customers. CM was probably thinking of that when they made the pop out option. As a Thor user myself I like cases that offer this option. Again its a niche segment. Not many will agree with me its a good feature.
This looked incredibly neat and tidy. Very nice with a radiator on top and 3 gorgeous fans in the front in addition to the invisible dark fan at the back A very nice PC build Thank you very much for a great presentation and film quality :)
Very nice video! Very clean and professional installation....absolutely perfect! All in all good components with a nicely decent and classy look. A good and clean installation in this great and fairly priced case! Thank you for this presentation and best greatings from Germany to the UK.
The front might look a little dated, with you on that. The good thing about that front panel is that you can install fans between it and the chassis frame which saves space inside the case creating more room for radiators and longer graphics cards.
If Cooler Master were to put a small screen on the side of some future power supply unit the side pop out might have a use??? Displaying power used by computer while running or over a time period ??
@@harleylover9446 The Cooler Master case has a small cut out window in the bottom on the glass side of the case to allow a view of the power supply. Power supplies are not "aesthetically Pleasing" they are generic boxes which sit in the bottom of the case and are generally ignored once you have built the PC and only looked at when adding a component or when cleaning the PC. That space on the side could be utilised to fit a small screen (Jays 2 cents did it ) on which data like temps of components or power draw could be viewed. They are putting them on the pump housings of AIO's now as well. Other case manufacturers are doing it ie Thermaltake Ceres 500 Snow
The V1's specs don't say that it can accept either a 280mm or 360mm radiator, yet this case does claim to. Considering it's only 6mm longer, why is that? Should the original also be able to accept these; I don't see enough difference to justify why the V2 can accept the larger radiators but this cannot.
Officially the V1 supported up to 360mm front radiator and up to 240mm top. The V2 can support 360 at the front and top because of the extra height of the case. V2 is approximately 30mm taller than the V1.
@@determination9296I was able to get mine at only 102 dollars in my country (Mexico) in a chain of PC component stores, I ordered it by shipment, I invite you to search well in nearby stores for the same price, and do not buy it for more
