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Review: Cooler Master MasterCase H500M
Join us for a review of the new MasterCase H500M from Cooler Master. The new chassis has that familiar in-house CM feel, yet was brought into the year 2018 with some nice modern features and the ability to go all stealth with the stuff you do not want to show. Intrigued? Sure you are, let's have a look, shall we?
Read the full review here.
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#5551622 Posted on: 05/30/2018 12:36 PM
Thanks for this fantastic review!
I was looking for a case with a dual 200 mm front and top fan option to replace my aging HAF-XM.
Probably the search has ended.
Only 200mm fan that is worth buying is the Noctua NF-A20
That fan doesn't fit in the H500P/M as the mounting holes don't align up so I ended up "modding" the Noctua fans.
That is the whole problem with 200mm fans imho, there's no standard mounting for those fans unlike the 80/90/120/140 which you know will just fit in any case. About every vendor has his own take on how 200mm fans should be mounted.
Thanks for this fantastic review!
I was looking for a case with a dual 200 mm front and top fan option to replace my aging HAF-XM.
Probably the search has ended.
Only 200mm fan that is worth buying is the Noctua NF-A20
That fan doesn't fit in the H500P/M as the mounting holes don't align up so I ended up "modding" the Noctua fans.
That is the whole problem with 200mm fans imho, there's no standard mounting for those fans unlike the 80/90/120/140 which you know will just fit in any case. About every vendor has his own take on how 200mm fans should be mounted.
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#5551767 Posted on: 05/30/2018 07:35 PM
That may be true, but there are still some people who do need lots of drives, for many reasons. Ask any video editor how much 1 hour of their 200-400mbps 4K video from the professional camera occupies...
Luckily, for those people there are still cases like the Define R6 which come natively with 6 movable drive bays.
But of course, this particular CoolerMaster case if for the "gamer" crowd so... eh.
I would say most people dont have 6 HDDs in RAID.
That may be true, but there are still some people who do need lots of drives, for many reasons. Ask any video editor how much 1 hour of their 200-400mbps 4K video from the professional camera occupies...
Luckily, for those people there are still cases like the Define R6 which come natively with 6 movable drive bays.
But of course, this particular CoolerMaster case if for the "gamer" crowd so... eh.
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#5555065 Posted on: 06/09/2018 10:13 AM
Nice review. I am still rocking a 690 Advanced II usb 3 version. I don't see myself caring to change much, but I do like a lot of these newer cases. I just replaced the power supply. The 690 II is a classic everyman build IMO, and coolermaster has some great cases.
To be honest it's just too much damn work to change it all right now, and the 690 is entirely not offensive. It still looks good to me.
Nice review. I am still rocking a 690 Advanced II usb 3 version. I don't see myself caring to change much, but I do like a lot of these newer cases. I just replaced the power supply. The 690 II is a classic everyman build IMO, and coolermaster has some great cases.
To be honest it's just too much damn work to change it all right now, and the 690 is entirely not offensive. It still looks good to me.
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#5621639 Posted on: 12/28/2018 05:44 PM
I see a quick reference in this review about filtration throughout the case, are we talking dust filters as I've searched through various sites about this case and I'm getting conflicting info as some say the front mesh has a dust filter and others say it doesn't.
This case looks an ideal replacement for the Haf 932 advanced that I'm still using but as I like rgb lighting and having received a soundblaster ae-5 pure sound card with 4 rgb strips for Christmas, one strip I have installed in the haf 932 as the side panel has a small ish window lol.
I purchased the demciflex dust filler kit when I brought the haf 932 and I literally only open it up to clean twice a year, every 6 months and even then there's hardly any dust buildup up anywhere apart from at the bottom of the case so if this H500M has a filleted front mesh then I'll certainly get one, I know the psu has a filter you just pull out to clean just need confirmation that the front mesh is filleted as well.
I see a quick reference in this review about filtration throughout the case, are we talking dust filters as I've searched through various sites about this case and I'm getting conflicting info as some say the front mesh has a dust filter and others say it doesn't.
This case looks an ideal replacement for the Haf 932 advanced that I'm still using but as I like rgb lighting and having received a soundblaster ae-5 pure sound card with 4 rgb strips for Christmas, one strip I have installed in the haf 932 as the side panel has a small ish window lol.
I purchased the demciflex dust filler kit when I brought the haf 932 and I literally only open it up to clean twice a year, every 6 months and even then there's hardly any dust buildup up anywhere apart from at the bottom of the case so if this H500M has a filleted front mesh then I'll certainly get one, I know the psu has a filter you just pull out to clean just need confirmation that the front mesh is filleted as well.
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Pfftt, hard drives/shmhard drives! Stick a couple of SSD's behind the motherboard! :-D