Cooler Master CM Storm Stryker review

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Product Showcase - Exterior

 

CM Storm Stryker

At the bottom to the left we see a lot of space for even the biggest ATX power supplies. No problem, even 20 CM in length sized PSUs will fit fine here. Once seated the PSU will sit on two rubber strips that will absorb vibrations created by the PSU when powered on.

To the right you can see another drive cage, that one is intended for 2.5" HDD and SSDs. The cage is removable as well to help out with drive installation, or to give you more room for liquid cooling gear or additional fans. At the bottom another removable dust filter has been fitted.

CM Storm Stryker

And here the backside of the chassis, behind the motherboard. There is a good amount of space for cable routing, the Stryker might only have three routing points but they are all large and located at every key location on a ATX / ATX-XL motherboard. Also we see a huge mainboard tray cutout, that's for replacing fan brackets that need to be mounted at the backside of the motherboard. Easy access. That cutout is huge alright, yet does not make the mainboard tray any less sturdy.

All three cable routing ports have rubber inserts, again for that clean look.

CM Storm Stryker

At the backside here we can spot the two 3.5" drive cages that can house up-to eight 3.5" HDDs. Being positioned this way you do not have a messy slurry of cable spaghetti at the other side of the chassis. Simple yet so clever really and aesthetically is cleans up the overall looks at the motherboards side as well. So these modular units can be rotated, front to back, side to side or removed altogether.

You'll find plenty of tool-less drive trays that will support 3.5 drives to be inserted in the chassis. Installation of the HDDs is really easy.

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