Gadgetory

Wow I have been waiting for this case for four months and it's finally time let's unbox it is the new H 500 P very excited about it because it's the continuation of the half series or the high airflow so let's see if this thing is any good accessory box I like that they come in bags now it's good Wow so this thing is absolutely beautiful despite having so much plastic they made it feel and look premium and that's an awesome thing but you know what I'm a little bit disappointed that the half series is no longer revived now we're stuck with H series so let's see how they did shall we right after this what inside the view 31 you should put a ring on it yes time to make it hard to be official there will take ring high static pressure fans because your case deserves a ring full details in description below alright so this is the beautiful new airflow focused case the H 500 P priced at 149 it's available in only one color the metal gray that I absolutely love we have a couple of 200 millimeter RGB fans at the front they do all the heavy airflow lifting and there's a tempered glass side panel as well with an elegant mount that you can open would just you nail a coin or some other slim object now I think there are many features on this one that will see spread through the case industry so really glad to see Coolermaster setting examples once again now I want to start with the exterior that like I said earlier feels and looks awesome the front and top panels are fully plastic so they reduced the weight but the color uniformity is fantastic between the metal and the plastic and unless you're touching the surface you can't even tell that that's transparent plastic and not glass it looks like clear glass both at the front and the top although while convenient neither are secured by anything so removing the top is super simple you simply pull it off and we can't ignore that unpleasant sound the plastic is flexible it scratches easily and I'm not sure why the top is fully transparent also here the fan bracket is awesome with flexible mounting strips so you'll definitely want to utilize this area for radiator or fans so my 360 rad fits the stick 280 millimeter EK radiator fits as well and even triple 140 mm lot of fans will fit into this bracket which by the way is symmetrical so you can rotate it after mounting your hardware on it if needed and we have about 70 millimeters until the rear fan so clearance is plenty both panels are pretty deep to allow airflow to enter or exit with mesh built in to catch the dust but just be prepared for routine maintenance to keep that plastic clear I was surprised to find a gap on the front panel on both sides that will surely contribute to interior dust buildup the front panel has a two-step mount that is also easily removable and here we find those giant 200 number of fans that intake air from the sides and I'm curious to see how the interior of that plastic window will look like after a few weeks but it is this way so the fans act as the lighting centerpiece and I wish that the assembly line took stur care with those center black stickers because they are misaligned on both fans and that makes them look like they're wobbling it's really distracting and takes away from that gorgeous RGB illumination that by the way is not controlled through the i/o like I was expecting as you can see we only have USB no type-c and fortunately audio jacks and power reset buttons with the main power button feeling slightly wobbly but we'll tasteful outer glow so instead to control the fan lighting we have a four pin RGB connector that's quite common the motherboards so the user has the full control of the lighting and you can also link other LED strips or potentially other fans since we have an additional four pin plug as part of that cable bundle so faint illumination is quite nice they are bright in the middle would spill into the blades and this way you can color match to other Hardware set whatever lighting effects and not really worry about pre-loaded color presets or effects that might not match your hardware and I think this is the way forward for built-in illumination since most recent motherboards and include the 4 pin RGB connector and if you don't know fan lighting for you and there's also a 141 that exhaust fan included also the front fans are a little bit loud obviously you can lower the RPM through the motherboard but this way the airflow is pretty weak and it doesn't help they're installed outside of the frame so half of that ventilation area on the sides is behind the fan both side panels have a two step removal process when they anger off the bottom rail and can be lifted off after with capital thumb screws included on the right side panel as you can see the interior is a bit different from the master case series and that the module rail to the right of the motherboard is no longer there so you cannot install drive gauges or other accessories like we see on this mastercase 5 t instead this area is now occupied by this metal shroud cover that is supposed to cover up the cables exiting from behind it but it's only used for ei TX motherboards as otherwise you'll obviously just use the rubber grommets and round the cables through that I find it odd that this bracket has no reservoir mounting holes in case you decide to work cool so perhaps they are targeting this for air cooling systems only I do like that we have vertical PCI slots that can be used with optional GPU bracket to show off your graphics card through that one now the power supply shroud is a dual piece design with two SSD caddies on top and notice there are no cutout openings anywhere aside from underneath the motherboard and behind those SSD caddies removing the first shroud gets us access to the drive cage with dual caddies underneath it that can be moved away from the front to make room for a radiator and we have additional 60 millimetres of clearance in that case but then installing back the shroud it doesn't fit unless you remove the closest SSD caddy I don't like this compromise at all even though we have an additional SSD mounts behind the motherboard tray for relocation furthermore it appears that we have three mounting locations for the drive cage but only to secure points at the front so this entire basement feels rushed and not exactly refined especially since we need to remove the second shroud piece and that's an additional five screws to install the power supply which has a dust filter and so that's good on the other side notice there are two more covers a plastic plate that sits over the CPU cutout that I find a little bit pointless since the side of the case is closed anyway but you can stuff cables inside of it so that's good but the larger front metal cover in theory needs to hide all those cables entering into the other side but notice the spacing and how close it is to the actual frame this means that we can only route cables from underneath and this makes cable work a bit more difficult and then it needs to be now I do appreciate all the modular panels where everything is kind of removed we get this bare-bones frame but they need to do something about the mounting as a screwdriver is definitely needed but at least it's all the same screw for everything now I haven't talked about the front airflow options because if you swap out those fans then what's the point really but you can install a 360 rat at the front without removing the 200 millimeter fans so we have plenty of clearance from the top but notice this frame has a top section cut out for fighting the quarter inch drive base and therefore this bracket is included for front top fan installation on my unit the mounting holes are misaligned so I wouldn't be able to secure the top portion of the fan if I went that route and this is clearly the cause of reusing the frame that has not gone through this strict refinement process and that's unfortunate I keep using the lack of refinement with cooler master cases but you know that's the way it is for some reason so now all right so this is the interior it's super clean that's expected with all the paneling is installed the cutout on the power supply shroud could be expanded slightly it's already a little bit crowded and I haven't even routed the SSDs and this front cover is a little bit bare since nothing can be installed on it so I'm thinking this case doesn't really need to be this long on the other side getting that large panel in place took some force I really wish that it was more open to make routing easier but this is one of those things that I hope to see on more cases to me this looks better than even installing that solid side panel and depending maybe on your color scheme you can highlight some sleeved cables here and everything is already flat and really adds to the character of the H 500p the only thing missing is some form of cover near the power supply area so you can have that full industrial exposed look and finally putting the glass on the H 500 P is bring back airflow focus trends with some excellent paneling direction that needs some refinement but let's leave that to the competition because this open frame concept is pretty unique and I can't wait to see more venue coarser avoid pro gaming headset is comfortable stylish in different colors delivers fantastic wireless performance even for competitive gaming with an all-new microphone for clear communications check out the void Pro Wireless or wired in the description below so coolermaster here again demonstrated forward-thinking with four pin RGB connectors for those fans rear paneling is awesome the visuals are fantastic but you know what that lacks refinement in the shroud design stickers on the fans are misaligned interior panels need more function front fan bracket on my unit is misaligned and the plastic exterior panels need to be more rigid and so that's all I have to say about the new half I'm both excited about this new feature roll out but I'm a bit disappointed their implementation and their refinement hopefully we'll see more similar things from cluemaster really soon and maybe something from the competition as well but let me know what you think about the New Age 500 T the comments below check out these other relevant video signals see you in the next one and don't forget to subscribe