Cooler Master MasterCase H500P review

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Product Showcase - Exterior

 

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Here you can spot the left side tempered glass side-panel. It has a nice dark matte coating that looks lovely. A little unfortunate is that the top and front side see-through panels are plexi though. But that's no biggy. The size is roughly 544 x 242 x 542mm / 21.4 x 9.5 x 21.3 inch. The chassis is made out of several elements like plastic, some steel and, sure, the tempered glass side panel. It offers a nice amount of space for even the bigger sized motherboards. Motherboard form factors supported are: Micro-ATX, ATX and E--ATX form-factor. The chassis is priced at 149 EURO/USD by the way.

 

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The left side panel is made out of tempered glass and it is mounted in a bit of an unusual (but good) way. At the top of the panel there is a screw, right? Well, before you start unscrewing it beware that it merely functions as a lock, as on the other side there is a hatch. So be careful with that, you rotate the screw like 90 to 180 degrees, and then it is unlocked, you can easily lift out the tempered glass panel now. Take note of this, as your (and my) first reaction was to grab a screwdriver and unscrew that thing out of there as logic would dictate.
 

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The backside shows us, on the top, a 140 mm fan; 1,200 RPM, 19 dBA. Then we spot a good 7 expansion slots. To the far right you'll see meshes for extra exhaust ventilation. All the way below we see the PSU section which is covered up with shielding. PSU wise, you name it... it'll fit. Do you see the two vertical slots? You could mount, well 'hang' a graphics card there. These enable you to show one graphics card in the vertical position. Two notes here: the required riser cable is not included. You'll want to seek some extra additional support for the graphics card as in our experience that is a little, well, let's call it wobbly.

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