Customer Reviews:
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 Good stuff September 6, 2010
Nik Uryupin
I love this case! It looks great! Thanks AMAZON for good shipping, no damages, just awesome.
The Best Case I Have Ever Owned August 20, 2010
Naomi Laughinghouse (Anaheim, CA USA)
I purchased this case for my Hackintosh build, which I finished early last month.
I wanted a case with good airflow, and a lot of space so that all of my cables wouldn't mangle up.
I also purchased the Corsair 850AX modular PSU, which also cuts down on the cable mess as well.
The only thing that I don't like about this case is the screws the include for the motherboard.
When I installed my Gigabyte EX58-UD5 ATX motherboard, it seemed to fit, but the screws were not
the right size for the included motherboard standoffs. This was an easy fix, I just wen't to the hardware store
and purchased bigger screws, but it was annoying that they didn't include them.
I love the HDD racks in this case, it's very easy to install a hard drive, and very easy to take one, or all of them
out. The 230mm fans included are crap. For me, they don't push enough air, and I strongly recommend going with
the three 120mm fan option. I did this, and the tempature is just perfect for my Core i7 at 3.5GHz. I recommend Noctua fans,
Noctua NF-P12 120 mm Nine Blade SSO Bearing Fan with VCN - Retail
they push the most air, and are super quiet, if you're building a powerful system, you can eat the price tag of $20.00 per fan.
The Cooler Master V8 CPU cooler fits nicely in this case, there is about an inch of room between it, and the left door.
All in all, besides the screws I had to go buy, and the two crappy 230mm top fans, this is the best case I have ever bought, and I
will defiantly be coming back to Cooler Master for more future purchases.
If you're building a seriously PC you will want this Seriously good case June 19, 2010
Rodney Jones (Maine)
Great Case, I do not think you will find anything better and the price is very reasonable.
Features are excellent and it is definitely well thought out. It is Big - but for me that is a plus. It I so easy to work with/in and the options are endless. The fans are good quality and big enough to move a bunch of air - so if your air cooling it is the bees knees and there is ample room to mount any kind of water system you can come up with. Should you have the wallet for it. :)
This is my first Cooler Master case and I am not disappointed. Aluminum makes it light compared to steel and will possibly assist with heat dissipation as well. The 3 x 230mm STD fans and the 120mm rear case fan will do it for you. You have options to mount more if you wish and the brackets/screws come with it.
I can't think of an air cooler that will not fit in this case, if your MB can mount it. Mother board tray easily slides out. You can get to the other side of the MB without removing it as well. So many great features. Did I mention that it is tool-less. Mostly thumb screws or push to lock - push to unlock. MB Tray is held in with 4 screws but that will not need to come out often :) only other screws are the card slot plated at the rear.
You will find plenty of great reviews about this case on the internet and I urge you to go look at a few.
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this one is informative and well presented.
If you have the room for a full tower case. This is absolutely the one. Comes very well packed and I absolutely recommend it to you. You will not be disappointed. Did I say it was BIG :) (W)9.57" x (H) 22.83" x (D) 24.80" Just love this box...
Rod
Monster May 8, 2010
M. Lane (Houston, TX)
Is it a fridge, is it an oven? Does pull off ladies knickers? No to all three. Yes, this thing is a beast, it is massive for a full tower and a touch on the heavy side fully loaded with equipment. Is it, however, the best case I've ever worked with? Yes. It. Is. Removable mother board tray, 3 200mm fans, 1 120mm fans, room for 3 more 120mm fans. All intakes covered with dust filters, plenty of room to work on the inside, thick all aluminum construction, excellent layout for premium cable management. A pleasure to work with start to finish. It works, it is boss, it is silent and it is king. You won't be disappointing.
As another thought, I highly suggest getting a dual ball bearing intake fan for the bottom at least to balance noise harmonics and air flow through the case. The two exhaust fans at the top pull a tremendous amount of air through out and could in rare cases cause the side panel to hum or vibrate. I of course, bought all 3 extra 120mm fan slots and filled her up and have no such issue.
 Decent Full Tower, just need a little tweak for it to work properly May 5, 2010
Li Fan (Chicago, IL)
My ATCS 840 arrived without bag of screw required to assemble all the parts, and even 3 out of the 9 stand-off screws needed to mount the motherboard. I contacted customer service through their online support. They responded quickly and is sending me the replacement screws right-away, despite the fact that I got this case from someone else and not a retail/online store without a receipt.
The case is beautiful, side panel is a bit thin and easily bended, so use caution when moving the case around. It is also huge with no handles to grab, so its hard to lift it. I put 4 extra felt feet on the bottom so at least it is much easier to slide it around.
The case's default air flow configuration is with 2 top 230mm fans been exhaust fans blowing air out of the case, this creates serious problems: as the case only have one 230mm intake fan and it is hardly drawing any air into the case because of the way the hard drives are mounted in front of it. So the exhaust fans including the fans on my PSU and graphic card are working really hard to draw air out of the case, but with no success. To test this, simply put your hand in front of any exhaust and you will not feel much air is coming out of there. Open one side of the case and do it again the air would flow strong and freely. The exhaust works so hard that it created some air sucking vibration, because the fans are sucking air from little creeks and holes on the case instead of the front intake fan.
To fix this problem, I flipped the top 2 fans from exhaust to intake, thus crating a positive air flow inside the case. This solved all the previous problem with negative air pressure and made cpu idle temp lowed by almost 7 C. Degree, and graphic card idle temp lowed by as much as 8 C. Degree. Now all the exhaust is blowing the air out of the case as they should. I then proceed to add an air filter for the top fans since they are now blowing air into the case.
Now the case runs cool and quite, I love it.
By the way, the optional air duct is useless and uber ugly.
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