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so today we get to take a look at a completely revamp product by Coolermaster a company who is producing some of the hottest cases on the market right now what we have is the cooler master storm sniper which we've seen before but now it's coming with a bit of a twist the case is now a black edition which means a black paint job inside it out as well as sort of a few other treats the case is the replacement to the original so it comes in at roughly the same price and it can be found on store shelves now the body is constructed of solid steel and there's plastic accents on the top bottom and front with steel to reinforce the handles the one thing that's very unique is that Coolermaster has managed to get away with putting a lot of plastic on the case without hurting the aesthetics or really diving into the cheap and flimsy category and because of all the extra molding on the outside it does increase the physical dimensions of the case it's 22 inches long 10 inches wide and just under 22 inches high it also weighs in at 23 and a half pounds so it isn't especially light but it is very solid at the top of the case we have our rather large power button a dial to adjust the 200 millimeter fans throughout the case and then an LED on/off button there's four USB ports and firewire then eSATA audio and activity LEDs there's five external drive bays on the front with filters and an LED 200 millimeter fan at the bottom the case comes in two varieties the one has a mesh side panel as seen here with another giant 200 millimeter LED fan however there is a windowed version but it comes without the fan at the back we have our tube holes 120 millimeter exhaust fan io area on the side a vertical PCI slot along with seven expansion slots a second section for tubing and then your bottom mounted power supply the case stands on raised feet which can be rotated on a 90 degree angle now there's also a ton of venting on the bottom in order to reduce the dust intake inside the case the dust filter for the front 200 millimeter fan easily snaps in and out making cleaning very simple and taking side panel off the major change to the case is the interior is black now this has been something that many hire in cases and even if you arranged cases have quickly adopted in the past year so Kula master is sort of playing a little bit of catch-up but it looks really good at the bottom back of the case we have the spot for a power supply which will sit and raised there's also space for a hundred and twenty millimeter intake fan with a dust filter so it's easy to clean and it snaps in so it's screwless there's also the front hard drive bays which use the cooler master screwless system and then above that the traditional cooler master screwless cd-rom drive base at the back there's a horizontal PCI Express slot which actually has clips in order to run wires others 820 millimeter exhaust fan and then the CPU backplate opening at the top there's a two hundred millimeter LED exhaust fan as you can see they have included spacing for wiring as well as a CPU cooler backplate opening the drive bays are all inset as well to allow for more cable storage and as you'll see with the back panel it isn't flat most of it has been pushed out and this is what gives you so much room to run wires for accessories there's a few unknowns we have labeled bag of screws an SSD bracket and three point five to five and a quarter inch rails as well as optional rubber feet if you want to replace the rotating ones at the bottom and then tubing rubber grommets and one thing we noticed when we first opened up the unit is that Coolermaster has included one of their new sniper mouse pads and this thing is very nice it's got a rubber base bottom and cloth top and something you'd normally pay a pretty penny for they've included it for free and it hasn't altered the price of the case they've used the typical Coolermaster harddrive mounting system which takes a plastic bracket where you put the hard drive in and it fits in and clamps tight it's very solid and it holds the drives in well the other great thing about this case is that it will fit the new ATI 5870 video cards which are 11 inches long and there's room to spare the one thing we were a little concerned about is that the case uses plastic retention clips for the video card but unlike some other poorly manufactured cases these clips are very secure and they're gonna hold the video card in without the need for screws found that wiring the case was incredibly easy mainly due to the enormous space in behind the motherboard tray where you can store all the wires it can keep everything clean you can have great airflow and you can make it look really nice I'm putting the back panel on it fits over top of all the wires in the back without a lot of fuss or hassle you won't be able to have a clump like we have here but if you spread it out a bit it's really hassle free now as you can imagine airflow in the case is not a problem you have the front 200 millimeter fan as well as on the side as the intake points and then you have the 200 millimeter and 120 at the back end top as the exhaust points there's also the optional 120 millimeter down at the bottom now with all this air being moved around the big question is what are the temperatures like so we took a look and here are the numbers now given that the sniper has a little bit of a different design it does make it a difficult task to find where you can put a radiator however Coolermaster has included a space inside to mount a dual 120 millimeter rad you'll have to take up the top 200 millimeter fan to fit it but if you replace the fans you shouldn't lose too much air flow and so that wraps up our look at the cooler master storm sniper now as far as positives go for the case there really is a whole slew of things that we like and keep in mind you're paying about a hundred and fifty dollars for this case so it's very reasonably priced for what you get first and foremost is the excellent air flow you have the three two hundred millimeter fans and you have the adjustable fan dial so if you're more of a person that likes a quieter system and you still want that great airflow you can have it and then if you're somebody who's willing to trade off noise for better airflow and better temperatures you can have that as well and along with that it also has excellent cable management you're able to tuck the wires up in behind and make a really clean looking system blue masters made this a very very solid build they've used a lot of plastic on it but it's very solid plastic it's not flimsy and bendy and all the metal is very rigid the motherboard tray is very sturdy and everything just feels well built and the only thing that could really be seen as a negative for this case is the way it looks for those that like more of these box style standard square cases on the rounded edges and funky design may not be for you however personally I really like the look of this case they went with a sniper theme and I think they really captured that so that's it for the hardware connect product showcase on the cooler master storm sniper now if you liked what you saw or you want to comment leave feedback etc just do that in the YouTube comments also don't forget to hit that little yellow subscribe button in order to receive future video updates and check out triple W Hardware canucks comm for all the latest technology news and reviews thanks for watching