Cooler Master Cosmos II 25th Anniversary Edition Review

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Product Showcase - Exterior

 

 

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The front panel features a rather rich utility / IO panel on the top that includes two USB 3.0 ports with standard motherboard headerslike USB 2.0 x 4, Audio In and Out. the older eSATA port has been removed. The top cover "covers" it up. But you can push that top cover backwards, have a peek at the next photo.

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So the top latch can be pushed backwards after which you'll notice a variety of feather-touch buttons and LEDs. This actually is a fully fledged fan controller or, as Cooler Master call it, an Advanced Control Panel.
 

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It comes with 4 channel fan speed control, power and a fan LED on/off switches. This little panel can be used for up to 10 fans and their respective LED lights in three zones. The panel is powered by a SATA power connector and then feeds the fans from the fan controller. For a fan controller, it really is a gorgeous one. Also, Coolermaster is including a LED strip which you can connect. We'll show you that in the final build photos though.
 

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We quickly move back to the top, as the upper side can be removed. You loosen a thumbscrew, pull it out and you can access the dust filter or the fans / radiator or whatever you'd like to do there. Very handy.
 

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Okay, back to the front side of the Cosmos II. If we move downwards a notch then we can see a sliding door covering some of the external drive bays, push it gently at the top and it will slide down slowly all by itself. Quite cool to see actually.
 

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Once the door has been moved in the downwards position three 5.25" and two 3.5" bays are exposed, the bays have tool-free covers and dust filters. That might look a little on the skinny side, but on the inside you can house another massive eleven 3.5" devices !! Storage wise you may mount:

  • 5.25" Drive Bay x 3
  • 3.5" Drive Bay - 13 
  • and/or 2.5" Drive Bay - 11 (these will be converted and inserted in the lower 3.5" cages)

Each of the bays takes 3.5" drives, the tool-free drive trays can accommodate 2.5" drives such as SSDs too. The lower group of bays is compartmentalized with a lid that can hold two 120 mm fans, while the upper group relies on the front-intake fans.

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Included in the package are the standards like stand-off screws, cable-ties, extension CPU power connector (not in all black though?!) but as you can see, also a nice LED strip. We'll look at that in the system build though.

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