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Cooler Master MasterBox Q500L review
Posted by: on: 06/25/2019 01:30 PM [
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It’s time to check out the new Cooler Master Masterbox Q500L mid-tower PC chassis. It’s another fresh product from this manufacturer, after the MasterBox NR600, but this time it’s something more compact.
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Robbo9999
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Posted on: 06/26/2019 09:02 PM
My reasoning for base fans pushing air down was that I don't want dust from table top being pulled inside. Of course there is dust filter below, but I don't clean it often. And of course aesthetics matter too.
About cutting holes. First I considered this option, but then I watched GN do it, and changed my mind. Hairy dude created an abomination from such a beautiful case:
Oh right, cool, I didn't know they already did some testing with drilling the holes out larger - yes it does look a bit rubbish, but I was actually talking about cutting massive free spaces in front of each fan, so like a 10cm gaping hole in front of each fan or something, not talking about drilling slightly larger holes. But yeah, using tin snips I cut a massive hole in front of my intake fans, and a massive hole behind each exhaust fan - so there's not any resistance to the air. I covered the intake hole I created with a magnetic dust filter. My case does look like I've done it myself, it's not a really polished affair, but I prefer function over form, and my case doesn't look like a complete abomination, at least not to me (I was able to cover over the worst of somewhat shoddy hole cutting by sticking a black magnetic dust filter over the holes, so you can't see that it's not perfectly cut).
About your base fans acting as exhaust rather than intake because you don't want to suck in dust from the table top - that doesn't make much sense to me, because you're filtering it anyway, and I wouldn't compromise my case fan config for something that wasn't a problem. Fair enough on your choice, but doesn't make sense to me.
My reasoning for base fans pushing air down was that I don't want dust from table top being pulled inside. Of course there is dust filter below, but I don't clean it often. And of course aesthetics matter too.
About cutting holes. First I considered this option, but then I watched GN do it, and changed my mind. Hairy dude created an abomination from such a beautiful case:
Oh right, cool, I didn't know they already did some testing with drilling the holes out larger - yes it does look a bit rubbish, but I was actually talking about cutting massive free spaces in front of each fan, so like a 10cm gaping hole in front of each fan or something, not talking about drilling slightly larger holes. But yeah, using tin snips I cut a massive hole in front of my intake fans, and a massive hole behind each exhaust fan - so there's not any resistance to the air. I covered the intake hole I created with a magnetic dust filter. My case does look like I've done it myself, it's not a really polished affair, but I prefer function over form, and my case doesn't look like a complete abomination, at least not to me (I was able to cover over the worst of somewhat shoddy hole cutting by sticking a black magnetic dust filter over the holes, so you can't see that it's not perfectly cut).
About your base fans acting as exhaust rather than intake because you don't want to suck in dust from the table top - that doesn't make much sense to me, because you're filtering it anyway, and I wouldn't compromise my case fan config for something that wasn't a problem. Fair enough on your choice, but doesn't make sense to me.
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Posted on: 06/30/2019 05:46 PM
3,5" HDD drives placed behind VRM with no any cooling will die pretty quick.
3,5" HDD drives placed behind VRM with no any cooling will die pretty quick.
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My reasoning for base fans pushing air down was that I don't want dust from table top being pulled inside. Of course there is dust filter below, but I don't clean it often. And of course aesthetics matter too.
About cutting holes. First I considered this option, but then I watched GN do it, and changed my mind. Hairy dude created an abomination from such a beautiful case. It's on youtube, but it's horrible.