Gadgetory

when I'm looking at a value product it's easy to find things to criticize and it's easy to say no way man it's totally worth the extra 20 bucks to get that other one but some people will have seventy-five dollars shipped in their budget for a case period and they want to know about products that cost that amount does it have competitive features how well-constructed is it is it packaged well enough to survive a trip across the state or country or whatever by courier and is it simple to build in but also with room to expand so what's with those things in mind that I'll be reviewing the Coolermaster n 600 kW and one version an enthusiast friendly case that can be obtained for as little as seventy five bucks including shipping after mail-in rebate the jazz mini phone and tablet stand from Coolermaster is now available in a variety of cool colors from these great retailers click now to learn more packaging wise I'd prefer to see as much of the budget as possible allocated to foam rather than a full-color box but in this case the middle-of-the-road stuff that they're using here is probably fine even with a system integrated into it so it's not a huge issue the front of the chassis holds three five and a quarter inch drives and it's probably best described as unoffensive it won't turn any heads with its practical mostly mesh with a faux brushed metal stripe front bezel thing but I still think performance minded customers will be happy because the dual 120 millimeter fan outs behind it will have basically unimpeded access to fresh air front i/o is pretty comprehensive with reset power for an audio USB 2 and USB 3 ports as well as an LED switch for the included illuminated front fan then moving on to the right hand side we find more enthusiast friendly intake vents this one has a 120 millimeter bracket behind it that can actually be used to mount a single cooling fan for the drive cages or a dual 120 millimeter radiator giving this case a total of 3 radiator mounts that can be used at the same time while still retaining full usability of one SSD mount on the back of the motherboard tray and the three three and a half inch drive mounts in the front bottom but not the adaptable two and a half or three and a half inch drive bays above those ones speaking of drive cages the one on the back of the motherboard tray is a bit tricky to screw in but doesn't put unnecessary strain on the connectors the resizable and removable ones in the front are super handy but perhaps a little bit unsightly with the extra mounting points just kind of hanging there but these on the bottom permanent ones are extremely solid better than cases I've seen that cost twice as much it's just too bad I can't say the same about the tooless plastic drives LEDs some of which arrived bent just from being tied together with a rubber band the good news is that they work great if you screw them in the rest of the outside of this case is pretty straight forward the left side panel has a medium sized window that shows off mostly just the good parts of the hardware but also the SATA cables coming out of the back of your hard drives although the pragmatic part of me acknowledges that there's a nearby cable management hole and appreciates the extra radiator mount that this cable visibility enables the bottom has plastic feed and a removable fan filter that covers the power supply intake as well as an optional 120 millimeter fan mount the top has a filter for its dual 120 or 140 millimeter fan mounts and finally at the back we've got seven PCI slots a final pre-populated 120 millimeter fan mount and an integrated fan controller with two simple settings low and high it plugs in via molex and handles up to two fans without splitters nothing special but still a nice to have around the back let's see what else we've got there isn't a lot of space between the motherboard tray and the side panel so unless you're going to obsessive-compulsive ly manage your cables you might end up doing the old push down and slide technique to close up the panel but the good news is that there is a little cubby in the bottom left there for stashing extras if you're not using a rad there and there are lots of zip tie loops so if you really want to do a good job at least coolermaster provides the right tools speaking of cable management the front i/o cables are all black or sleeved and they're all adequately or even amusingly long this USB 3 cable for example looks like it's designed to plug into the system next to yours rather than inside your own system still I'd rather they're too long to short the last note back here is that the CPU cut out is only average size but will work with almost any motherboard and the motherboard tray due to its anchor points on all sides is surprisingly strong this is a sure sign that a case designer has done this kind of work before the motherboard tray is actually quite important back around to the front to the windowed side the cable management grommets are made of the most unexceptional rubber ever but I was impressed to see them included at all in a case of this price the extra auxiliary PCI slot is a nice touch and I think everything else here I've sort of accidentally covered as I made my way through the rest of the case so the conclusion for this case actually surprised me there's some stupid obvious cost-saving measure stuff like the non resealable bag for the included screws and the fact that not all the motherboard standoffs were pre-installed but all in all it's actually a bit of a wolf in sheep's clothing aside from the side panel window an optional feature and the obviously enthusiast oriented ventilation holes on the top of the case from the outside the an 600 looks like it belongs sitting next to Joe in accounting but based on the kind of hardware you can cram inside such a small enclosure I'll be it at the expense of some cable management convenience and other creature comforts like noise isolating hard drive mounts Joe from accounting could just as easily be a hardcore enthusiast gamer freak I mean you could easily pull out the top removable drive bays chuck a pump and a reservoir on that space fill up the radiator spots and with all the filtered intakes on this bad boy you could easily pay me even a liquid-cooled CPU and dual high-end graphics card setup in here so the only thing left to say then is this cooler master please stop putting glossy plastic on things it's not a good accent strategy sure it looks nice and photos and for three seconds when I take it out of the box but other than that it sucks but the good news is that other than that obviously very petty complaint I don't think there are many criticisms I can come up with for this case at full price it's got some pretty stiff competition but when it's on promo it's actually pretty killer thanks for watching guys like or dislike the video accordingly check out the link in the video description for pricing and availability of this 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