It looks like you can do almost everything but you miss the accessories like the extra drive bays or another fan bracket for the bottom, the accessory to rotate the motherboard 90 degrees...
Just bought my case today for £219 and for those who complain about the tall cover inside the case, I'm going to cut out as much as I can and place the acrylic or glass there so I can keep original cover but add additional transparency for the water cooling reservoir that will be behind it. *IT WILL LOOK LIKE SOMETHING FROM THE DEADSPACE GAME :D*
At this price point, things should nearly be perfect. You should have at least 5 HDD bays because those things are so cheap for a company to supply. Would rather have too many bays than not enough bays. Also the flimsy psu shroud? wtf
havent seen a review on that case so i dont have an opinion on it. from what i have seen, the exterior looks nice but my guess here is that the inside will be the same, un refined one we see in the new Cosmos.
They had the right ideas, just very sloppy implementation, the whole case is just very sloppy, hopefully they do it right on the next iteration of the case.
I have always loved the Cosmos series. Personally, I was expecting so, so, much more. But, we can never get a case that is so perfect it will meet all our needs. Thank you Dmitri.
I bet your sponsors love you. Your advertisements for them take quite a bit more planning and effort than the run-of-the-mill plug that you see on other channels.
I feel like they spend a month on the design the outside and most of the modular stuff, and having a weekend party all the way to late Sunday. Then found out forgot to do the power supply shroud and the user manual. So get up at 6am on Monday morning quickly done it and handing them in.
Thank you Dmitri and HardwareCanucks for all the amazing case reviews. They helped me choose my case for my first build a few months ago. Keep it up guys.
I got the Phanteks P400 Tempered Glass Silent Edition Black/Red after watching your review video for it (ruclips.net/video/AaVmbStgW8E/видео.html) and the extremely helpful S340 Elite vs P400s TG vs Define C vs Pure Base 600 TG video! (ruclips.net/video/Y07zXt8Pqzg/видео.html) I did also consider the Phanteks Enthoo Evolv, but I am very happy with my decision! Thanks again! -K
Well then... ! I was going to buy this case for my 3rd build... but the points you've made are good. There are some issues with the C700P that I think would cause me some tricky troubleshooting. Took me ages to decide on a case too! Back to the drawing board! lol! Thanks for the video. Fantastically put together.
very good step from CM, but not quite there still. this has alot of dead space like the Be Quiet Dark base Pro 900. which btw, offers better build quality and value at a lower cost. why is CM using so many plastic parts on this? still including those crap fans with a $300 case too. they still have a mismatched front panel/bay cover to the frame? Cosmos SE stuff come on. needing to remove the only optical bay to mount a top 360 rad? my case had a 60mm thick 360 rad in the top and I have one of the three optical bays occupied. this type of compromise is something you find in mid towers. Cooler Master proves one thing, they are not a premium case company. they should stay focused on budget friendly enclosures. I can't even recommend this for the price. this was done first by be Quiet and their case has less compromises. at 10:51 you said what I've been calling them out on for years. they design from the outside-in, when cases function from the inside-out. they just don't get it.
Why do you mean exactly when you say the DP 900 has better build quality? I have the DB700 next to me and i find the interrior quite cheap. The modularity of the Cosmos looks a lot more sophisticated while beeing more flexiable ( The entire case within is symmetrical on 2 axes). You can acually do anything you want, PSU up/down, 10+ different heights for the mobo tray, 4 direction in which the mobo can face, while also inversting. The DP900 doesnt seem to be able to do that, just the inversion, and 3 heights. At the least the DP700 cant do more. The roof of the DP900 as well as the DP700 is not appropiate for blowout radiators. The forums are full of complains about that. Im not even sure it can fit any AIO without excluding the DvD Bay or blocking the mobo (e.g. Eisbaer Extreme). The Cosmos can rearrange the HDD/SDD brackets by centimeters, and get 70mm clearance from top to the mobotray. So until now the CM looks superior, except for the mediocre fans. Im really curious what you mean, because im about to buy a case that has enough space to let me use different setups. Im happy about any Information i can get.
I think Base 900 are a better choice for CLC. Bit of correction there is that, according to CM site, the top can only house 360 rad max, not 420 which Base 900 were able to house. Also the interior design are more weird, if not as weird as Base 900 imho.
I know that not many people still use a bvb/blue ray drive, but I do. I would love to see the ability to have this on the bottom front along with the mounting point for the mass storage. I have my pc on a dresser and am not all that tall, reaching the dvd drive is not easy.
The weak point of this case for me is the drive bays. I believe anyone who wants a case this large would want at least 3-4 3.5 drives. And like he said the other one had 11. I think 4 woulda been the bare minimum. Make the brackets "Double" HDD brackets and include 2 of them. Also, how do you even buy additional ones ?
Love your production, Team HC! As for the case, being a Cosmos II owner since 2012 and having faced the issues for custom liquid cooling solutions in past I do not think that this case is the one for me. Search for a good case continues...
Loved the case.. with this much space one can build monstrous setup under the cabinet. Great quality build, good looking and i have very good solution for those handles for both on top and bottom to make them more cool.
It really should have glass panels on both sides, then that cover on the back would make more sense. Really curious omissions and strange things with it, like 2 5.25" covers but only one bay, and so little included storage caddies. However, I love the Cosmos line and am happy to see it back. The Cosmos series has always been some of the best looking cases on the market. It was such a bummer that the Cosmos SE was so restrictive inside or I would have bought that.If they could refine the interior shrink this to mid-tower and price it at around $150-$175 I'd buy it tomorrow.
I completely agree with you Dmitry. Seems like lot of thought has gone in to some areas and other rushed. For the price I would expect more. They seem to be forcing people to pay for extra bits if they want to build an even moderately big setup. Are there any pump Res Mounts with in? As always an awesome video.
The concept of this case is good but they sadly didn't execute it as well as Cooler Master is known for. I have been thinking of upgrading my 760T but still trying to find a case I'll be happy with next.
Nice video. Not a case for me since I’m currently using the Cosmo ll, but I like where Cooler Master is heading. Is there anyway you could get your hands on the Genesis case from Origin for a review. They sell the case without the system now and would love to see your thoughts on it. Plus there are no specs online so not sure if a coffee cup will fit in the HDD bay. Later.
a $3 usb drive with the manual would be great for all these higher dollar cases. could even make the drive look like the case, and include some cool wallpapers on it.
This design has much potential...I would tell Cooler Master to make the corrections ASAP and make those side panels of tempered smoked glass with hinges that are removable by lifting them once opened.
Why it isn't? Is a really premium and good quality case u also pay 1000 dollars for a gpu or 500 dollars for a cpu. Why not pay 300 dollars for a case what u can re-use your whole life or atleast for the next 15-30 years.
I'm still running an original Cosmos S case and it's brilliant. I'm just doing another build, and I'm thinking of simply using it again. They seem to have progressed in styling, but regressed in practicality and features, not to mention the thermo dynamics of this case. Why the hell cover the front filters? Probably why it rates so poorly on that front. Mine however is very cool inside, staying at just under 50 at heavy load.
still have my old cosmos 2 collecting dust in closet along with my nzxt phantom. Glad to see cooler master refreshing the cosmos line after so many years but I'm not totally digging this new modular approach. It doesn't look like they implemented it properly to have a balance of form and function.I hope they release a revised version with better internal layout, but I haven't wanted to build a full tower in years. Most of my builds nowadays are sff.
Wow, two 5¼ inch covers for a single 5¼ inch slot is just soooo sloppy of Cooler Master. Oh well, I don't like the design, so I guess I shouldn't even care.
It's for reservoir bay, you can buy alternate parts like shorter fan mounts if u want to use both I think. At this price more of these things should have been included I think
I know it looks good, but if that angled sidepanel is so difficult to make, I don't understand why they didn't just put the panel into a metal frame with the metal being the part that bends
PureBlackFire Cosmos 2 was great for its time back in 2012 though, you could not get big cases back then for 350$ even today, Thermalfake are of bad quality and cheap materials, Caselabs too expensive, Phanteks Elit 900$? In Win too expensive, Antec is no more a big competitor in the case market, Corsair maybe one of the only manufacturers who did great with the 900D and 800D before it waiting for their response to the new Cosmos, Nzxt don't make big cases anymore, remember i'm only talking about super tower cases here not full towers, Phanteks and Fractal do make great full towers though
I liked the Cosmos 2 very much in its own time :D C700P does not seem quite thought through however. Sad stuff. Looking forward to your H500P review, though, Dmitry, this one's got potential, too! Scratch test on the acrylic parts, please! ;D
I have a cosmos 2 case, albeit with a modded window. When I saw this video I was like; "A CHALLENGER APPROACHES!" After the video; I'm like "Meh. Not a worthy successor." I'll be sticking with my cosmos 2 for a long while yet it seems, really wish it had more drive bays and 3, 5.25" bays like the original. Plus I would miss that incredibly satisfying front panel that slides down slowly on its own. I love that even now. Hot swap bays are another welcome feature and the completely compartmentalised design of the c2 looked good imo. The new cosmos is EXTREMELY well engineered, but badly designed. Non-engineers likely won't appreciate the skill that's gone into it, and computer enthusiasts will be frustrated by the design choices. So who is this for? Modders are the only people I can think of. If you spend more time in the garage than at your desk, then this is for you. A very well made case capable of housing a high end system, but will require a LOT of custom work to make it perfect. If you really need an updated cosmos 2, get the anniversary edition
I agree with you on the shroud, they tried for a cool shape, but it not pleasing to the eye and needs to extend further. Acrylic shroud DIY LOL. Any news on a white version? Is that glass panel as dark as it looks?
How does Chimney layout work on this case? I use this layout on my current case but it has a shroud that hides the cables connecting to the IO. Overall its a nice case but at that price point it shouldn't have refinement issues.
This case looks promising as per specs. Sturdy and heavy build, contemporary USB 3.1 typ-C connector , nice lighting. But after seeing a few rewievs and opinions I dropped the idea of buying it. Price is very high (still lower than Cosmos II 25th Anniversary) but: - build quality is subprime (not in line with price tag), the only aluminium parts are the handles (front panel is cheap plastic), the only glass part is single door. Plastic parts looking cheap. So they're basically charging you extra for a piece of glass and aluminium handles. - glass door is attached to hinges via dual-sided adhesive tape, I read about cases where glass detached from hinges and fell down destroying front latch - there is space for 8 or 9 2.5/3.5 inch hard drives but only two cages are included in the set even though high price tag is already set; here in Europe they're asking like 5 euro for each additional cage plus 20 euro for shipping (it's like DLCs for Battlefront II...) - chimney installation requires additional optional extra-paid components - RGB controller uses non-standard connectors so third-party RGB strips won't fit (assuming you need to use third party ones) - fan controller supports 3-pin fans only (no support for PWM fans) - included fans are Cooler Master's basic models with no lighting etc.; I prefer not paying for something I have to throw away in the very beginning. Take away the fans and give us more HDD cages ! - only two cages for 2.5 inch SSDs available while one already occupied by RGB/fan controller (but I guess one additional SSD can be mounted and exposed on the lower cover/shroud - assuming you installed this cover) - the shrouds cover too much - fancy PSU and water cooling unit will be completely hidden if covers are installed, you can then only see mainboard via a giantic piece of glass which looks strange. Without shrouds too much is exposed on the other hand (all cabling etc). It has nice ideas behind but design not deeply thought and asking price way to high for what it offers, especially considering optional paid components and build not so high quality. I believe better choice from Coolermaster is Cosmos II 25th Anniversary Edition but has issues too (e.g. fixed blue lighting), even more expensive and doesn't have USB .3.1 type-C connector. Cheaper alternative is BeQuiet Dark Base 900 Pro - cheaper, not so bulky, without USB 3.1 but without any 'DLCs'. Cosmos II has no glass door so in a bit different league.
For me was a pain in the sss building in this case. The handles should´ve be made in metal material and the brakeds for the additional fans was hard to find on the market. Perhaps the M version is a bit better than this one. Nice review.✌🏼
Looks amazing! Needs a facelift to refine it, but it just looks so damn good! And the modularity + watercooling support is great too. So please Cooler Master, fix those few tiny things. I don't really mind the shroud and the big cover - I'm fine with not showing off everything as it is another design approach - more of an Aston Martin/Bentley opposed to screaming italian exotic style if we use cars for comparison. :D I haven't had a Cosmos since my Cosmos S a decade ago...
I like this case. It does have a few small problems as you pointed out, but that only gives me more ideas for modding them to my liking. $300 is a bit rich for my blood, I've never spent more $150 for a case. However I might make an exception for this case.
So what I am hearing is "For fully modular case get the Be Quiet Dark Base Pro 900, and for excelent non-modular high end case get the Phanteks EVOLV ATX Tempered Glass."
Good to see 5.25" drive bays are available. Wish more case manufacturers offered them.
299$ for a Case with this many bad design choices? No thanks. Looks like you HAVE to do modding to make it a decent case...
or you have to wait 1.5 years for the inevitable accessory line to make it good. lol.
It looks like you can do almost everything but you miss the accessories like the extra drive bays or another fan bracket for the bottom, the accessory to rotate the motherboard 90 degrees...
I'd rather go for the Dark Base 900 pro
Just bought my case today for £219 and for those who complain about the tall cover inside the case, I'm going to cut out as much as I can and place the acrylic or glass there so I can keep original cover but add additional transparency for the water cooling reservoir that will be behind it. *IT WILL LOOK LIKE SOMETHING FROM THE DEADSPACE GAME :D*
Congratulations! Both are beautiful Cages!
I wouldn't object to paying $300 for a case, but not this case.
A Dent plastic shit
At this price point, things should nearly be perfect. You should have at least 5 HDD bays because those things are so cheap for a company to supply. Would rather have too many bays than not enough bays. Also the flimsy psu shroud? wtf
love the plant placement
its not worth $300 in any way to me, its just not especially refined. it feels like a bunch of ideas that nobody botherd to properly implement
Spot on and sloppy. Will stick to my previous Cosmos that has not skipped a beat. :) When in doubt, ain't broke why fix it :)
axel boström what would u say about the haf case?
havent seen a review on that case so i dont have an opinion on it. from what i have seen, the exterior looks nice but my guess here is that the inside will be the same, un refined one we see in the new Cosmos.
They had the right ideas, just very sloppy implementation, the whole case is just very sloppy, hopefully they do it right on the next iteration of the case.
Ultimate Gattai haf case will be better
I have always loved the Cosmos series. Personally, I was expecting so, so, much more. But, we can never get a case that is so perfect it will meet all our needs. Thank you Dmitri.
I bet your sponsors love you. Your advertisements for them take quite a bit more planning and effort than the run-of-the-mill plug that you see on other channels.
more like we love our advertisers :D
Looks nice, but seems like they have a bunch of small issues to fix.
I feel like they spend a month on the design the outside and most of the modular stuff, and having a weekend party all the way to late Sunday.
Then found out forgot to do the power supply shroud and the user manual.
So get up at 6am on Monday morning quickly done it and handing them in.
Awesome case! I agree that they should have had more hard drive bays. It really is a beauty to look at.
Waiting for the HAF.....
Slender Men Never been more hyped for a case.
+1
Hope the hype is real and isnt a meh like the Vegas
NDA for the H500P ends on 10/10/2017. Watch that date for the reviews to drop.
Oh yeah waiting inline. Soo hype
Thank you Dmitri and HardwareCanucks for all the amazing case reviews. They helped me choose my case for my first build a few months ago. Keep it up guys.
You are most welcome :D What did you end up getting?
-D
I got the Phanteks P400 Tempered Glass Silent Edition Black/Red after watching your review video for it (ruclips.net/video/AaVmbStgW8E/видео.html) and the extremely helpful S340 Elite vs P400s TG vs Define C vs Pure Base 600 TG video! (ruclips.net/video/Y07zXt8Pqzg/видео.html) I did also consider the Phanteks Enthoo Evolv, but I am very happy with my decision! Thanks again! -K
+Kenny Wong-Potter Hope you're not frustated with P300 joined the market.
Fakhri Mub not at all! I would be missing out on some features that are worth the extra $30 for the P400TG SE 😊
+Kenny Wong-Potter Good for you then! 😁
I can't wait for thr H500P review. I'm determining whether or not I want to get that as a whole new case or if I want to mod my current case.
i havet been so exited for a pc case in years
Well then... ! I was going to buy this case for my 3rd build... but the points you've made are good. There are some issues with the C700P that I think would cause me some tricky troubleshooting. Took me ages to decide on a case too! Back to the drawing board! lol! Thanks for the video. Fantastically put together.
very good step from CM, but not quite there still. this has alot of dead space like the Be Quiet Dark base Pro 900. which btw, offers better build quality and value at a lower cost. why is CM using so many plastic parts on this? still including those crap fans with a $300 case too. they still have a mismatched front panel/bay cover to the frame? Cosmos SE stuff come on. needing to remove the only optical bay to mount a top 360 rad? my case had a 60mm thick 360 rad in the top and I have one of the three optical bays occupied. this type of compromise is something you find in mid towers. Cooler Master proves one thing, they are not a premium case company. they should stay focused on budget friendly enclosures. I can't even recommend this for the price. this was done first by be Quiet and their case has less compromises. at 10:51 you said what I've been calling them out on for years. they design from the outside-in, when cases function from the inside-out. they just don't get it.
Why do you mean exactly when you say the DP 900 has better build quality? I have the DB700 next to me and i find the interrior quite cheap. The modularity of the Cosmos looks a lot more sophisticated while beeing more flexiable ( The entire case within is symmetrical on 2 axes). You can acually do anything you want, PSU up/down, 10+ different heights for the mobo tray, 4 direction in which the mobo can face, while also inversting. The DP900 doesnt seem to be able to do that, just the inversion, and 3 heights. At the least the DP700 cant do more. The roof of the DP900 as well as the DP700 is not appropiate for blowout radiators. The forums are full of complains about that. Im not even sure it can fit any AIO without excluding the DvD Bay or blocking the mobo (e.g. Eisbaer Extreme). The Cosmos can rearrange the HDD/SDD brackets by centimeters, and get 70mm clearance from top to the mobotray. So until now the CM looks superior, except for the mediocre fans.
Im really curious what you mean, because im about to buy a case that has enough space to let me use different setups. Im happy about any Information i can get.
I think Base 900 are a better choice for CLC. Bit of correction there is that, according to CM site, the top can only house 360 rad max, not 420 which Base 900 were able to house. Also the interior design are more weird, if not as weird as Base 900 imho.
exceptional production quality
That B roll man, always good but this time was phenomenal.
Thank you for helping me buy the case.
HOLY SHIT! This video is gorgeous.
agreed
I know that not many people still use a bvb/blue ray drive, but I do. I would love to see the ability to have this on the bottom front along with the mounting point for the mass storage. I have my pc on a dresser and am not all that tall, reaching the dvd drive is not easy.
Can't wait for your H500P review!!!
One of the nicest looking cases I have seen in a long time, but with that price tag its really disappointing they didn't go with glass on both sides.
The weak point of this case for me is the drive bays. I believe anyone who wants a case this large would want at least 3-4 3.5 drives. And like he said the other one had 11. I think 4 woulda been the bare minimum. Make the brackets "Double" HDD brackets and include 2 of them.
Also, how do you even buy additional ones ?
Nvme m.2 drives solves that problem
When you don't know the price but still think that the case is pretty cool
I've been waiting so long for the H500P. Most definitely on the video you would make about it!
Love your production, Team HC!
As for the case, being a Cosmos II owner since 2012 and having faced the issues for custom liquid cooling solutions in past I do not think that this case is the one for me.
Search for a good case continues...
Ready for that h500p review, Dmitry.
Waiting so much for that H500P review!
I hope your doing the other case tomorrow, been waiting for reviews on it for a while! :)
sloppy case, they weren't using their heads
Sic Semper Beats yeah. it's like it was designed in a vacuum. would be a cool case... if no other cases existed
Sadly no different from the original
Sic Semper Beats yeah last years Dark Base Pro 900 destroys this in every category except portability.
they were using their other heads
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Loved the case.. with this much space one can build monstrous setup under the cabinet. Great quality build, good looking and i have very good solution for those handles for both on top and bottom to make them more cool.
I like these big cases, but I LOVE my little iTX powerhouse.
best b-roll in town. And they don't even have a 'RED' Camera. Props to you.
Brilliant review as always mate
You are the best reviewer of all. Thanks bro.
It really should have glass panels on both sides, then that cover on the back would make more sense. Really curious omissions and strange things with it, like 2 5.25" covers but only one bay, and so little included storage caddies. However, I love the Cosmos line and am happy to see it back. The Cosmos series has always been some of the best looking cases on the market. It was such a bummer that the Cosmos SE was so restrictive inside or I would have bought that.If they could refine the interior shrink this to mid-tower and price it at around $150-$175 I'd buy it tomorrow.
I completely agree with you Dmitry. Seems like lot of thought has gone in to some areas and other rushed. For the price I would expect more. They seem to be forcing people to pay for extra bits if they want to build an even moderately big setup.
Are there any pump Res Mounts with in?
As always an awesome video.
If I was ever to volunteer time to help out a RUclipsr, it would definitely be you guys.
Is there a forum or pateon or something I can do?
The concept of this case is good but they sadly didn't execute it as well as Cooler Master is known for.
I have been thinking of upgrading my 760T but still trying to find a case I'll be happy with next.
Nice video. Not a case for me since I’m currently using the Cosmo ll, but I like where Cooler Master is heading. Is there anyway you could get your hands on the Genesis case from Origin for a review. They sell the case without the system now and would love to see your thoughts on it. Plus there are no specs online so not sure if a coffee cup will fit in the HDD bay. Later.
THE MOST BETTER CASE I HAVE SEE IN MY LIFE BEAUTIFUL ,COOL AND FUNCIONALITY !
this is a spaceship part wow!
As always an amazing review can't wait for the H500P!
Please Dimitri! Include a side-by-side comparison between the H500P and the C700P and also some other more known cases in your H500P review
a $3 usb drive with the manual would be great for all these higher dollar cases. could even make the drive look like the case, and include some cool wallpapers on it.
i waited so LONG for this!!
Such a sleek design!
This design has much potential...I would tell Cooler Master to make the corrections ASAP and make those side panels of tempered smoked glass with hinges that are removable by lifting them once opened.
I was planning on getting this case for my new rig. Good thing I went this the Dark Base pro 900 instead !
Way too many compromises for this price point
the one thing i loved about all cosmos cases were the ability to install a ton of drives. now i don't even have that option.
This Case isn't worth its 299$.
And yet it is now selling on Amazon for $725....
Why it isn't? Is a really premium and good quality case u also pay 1000 dollars for a gpu or 500 dollars for a cpu. Why not pay 300 dollars for a case what u can re-use your whole life or atleast for the next 15-30 years.
@@strohhuttv8848 absolutely correct
I'm still running an original Cosmos S case and it's brilliant. I'm just doing another build, and I'm thinking of simply using it again. They seem to have progressed in styling, but regressed in practicality and features, not to mention the thermo dynamics of this case. Why the hell cover the front filters? Probably why it rates so poorly on that front. Mine however is very cool inside, staying at just under 50 at heavy load.
I love the top handles. I have a Cosmos SE, and am looking for a new case.
There is something so cathartic about watching a sticker be peeled off in one go.
that is how you do a review, good job!
I can't wait for CM's new HAF case.
Im happy with my enthoo luxe tempered edition, best case purchase. My only complaint is the bottom PSU cover doesnt look to flush.
I think someone who really likes skiing will really dig this case.
If price was not necessarily a factor, should I buy?
still have my old cosmos 2 collecting dust in closet along with my nzxt phantom. Glad to see cooler master refreshing the cosmos line after so many years but I'm not totally digging this new modular approach. It doesn't look like they implemented it properly to have a balance of form and function.I hope they release a revised version with better internal layout, but I haven't wanted to build a full tower in years. Most of my builds nowadays are sff.
Thank you for such a great review! Very Insightful! You must be an engineer.
cant wait for the h500p review
Wow, two 5¼ inch covers for a single 5¼ inch slot is just soooo sloppy of Cooler Master. Oh well, I don't like the design, so I guess I shouldn't even care.
maybe for a 5,25 BayRes
It's for reservoir bay, you can buy alternate parts like shorter fan mounts if u want to use both I think. At this price more of these things should have been included I think
You can also remove them too. This case has a nutty amount of modularity.
I think that 2nd 5.25 cover will be for Coolermaster accessories and parts they will offer for their new cases.
BeQuiet or Fractal all the way!
HOW DARE YOU review the Cosmos before the H500P! You know that's the better one way back Computex! :D
NDA for the H500P still :(
HardwareCanucks when this NDA ceases?
Anvil october
KLUTch G4M3R first day of october? Im really impatient to see a review for the h500p
Anvil not sure their aiming for mid to late October so probably towards the middle of the month
Is it really that hard to make a fully modular case???
I hope you guys get to review the H500. I love the appearance and hope it's worth it.
I know it looks good, but if that angled sidepanel is so difficult to make, I don't understand why they didn't just put the panel into a metal frame with the metal being the part that bends
EXCELLENT CASE DESIGN
On with the HAF already :D
And Dimitri, enough with the "closets", consider making a video about the best Micro ATX cases out there.
Cheers mate.
If the side panels can be switched on either side, I wonder if you can just order another TG side panel so both sides could be glass?
Such a gorgeous case! Glad to see my favorite case reviewer got one :)
It feels like you're making too many sacrifices for a $300 case
Removable rad brackets are really a really smart and innovative design choice.
That's about where the innovation ends with the C700P.
Dimitri, what's that jacket you're wearing at 4:18? Not a PC question but that jacket just looks dope XD
H500P where are you?.....
10/10/2017
Still in the warehouse collecting dust where it should be, don't buy one or you will seriously regret it. Check the gamers nexus review.
fourtysix4646 i agree, this time CM screw it big time, even the C700P is somehow a deception, i loved the Mastercase Maker5T and the Cosmos2 though
Maker 5T and Cosmos 2 are both overpriced shite as well. that's apparently all CM makes anymore.
PureBlackFire Cosmos 2 was great for its time back in 2012 though, you could not get big cases back then for 350$ even today, Thermalfake are of bad quality and cheap materials, Caselabs too expensive, Phanteks Elit 900$? In Win too expensive, Antec is no more a big competitor in the case market, Corsair maybe one of the only manufacturers who did great with the 900D and 800D before it waiting for their response to the new Cosmos, Nzxt don't make big cases anymore, remember i'm only talking about super tower cases here not full towers, Phanteks and Fractal do make great full towers though
I liked the Cosmos 2 very much in its own time :D C700P does not seem quite thought through however. Sad stuff.
Looking forward to your H500P review, though, Dmitry, this one's got potential, too! Scratch test on the acrylic parts, please! ;D
I feel like Dimitri never leaves the house and consumes way to much coffee.
ONLY one cup a day and i leave the house at least 5 times a day ha :p
Going out to buy more coffee doesn't count. :)
So you have to pull the front off in order to use the dvd drive bay? it doesnt just swing or have a hinge?
I have a cosmos 2 case, albeit with a modded window. When I saw this video I was like;
"A CHALLENGER APPROACHES!" After the video; I'm like "Meh. Not a worthy successor." I'll be sticking with my cosmos 2 for a long while yet it seems, really wish it had more drive bays and 3, 5.25" bays like the original. Plus I would miss that incredibly satisfying front panel that slides down slowly on its own. I love that even now. Hot swap bays are another welcome feature and the completely compartmentalised design of the c2 looked good imo. The new cosmos is EXTREMELY well engineered, but badly designed. Non-engineers likely won't appreciate the skill that's gone into it, and computer enthusiasts will be frustrated by the design choices. So who is this for? Modders are the only people I can think of. If you spend more time in the garage than at your desk, then this is for you. A very well made case capable of housing a high end system, but will require a LOT of custom work to make it perfect. If you really need an updated cosmos 2, get the anniversary edition
I'm using a HAF_X bought 3 years ago and I prefer the look of the HAF-X to this because it looks like a brutal machine.
I agree with you on the shroud, they tried for a cool shape, but it not pleasing to the eye and needs to extend further. Acrylic shroud DIY LOL. Any news on a white version? Is that glass panel as dark as it looks?
How does Chimney layout work on this case? I use this layout on my current case but it has a shroud that hides the cables connecting to the IO. Overall its a nice case but at that price point it shouldn't have refinement issues.
DESTROYED :D Nice one mate! Iam waiting for the H500P :)
Waiting for the H500P review
Which is definitely my next case
This case looks promising as per specs. Sturdy and heavy build, contemporary USB 3.1 typ-C connector , nice lighting. But after seeing a few rewievs and opinions I dropped the idea of buying it. Price is very high (still lower than Cosmos II 25th Anniversary) but:
- build quality is subprime (not in line with price tag), the only aluminium parts are the handles (front panel is cheap plastic), the only glass part is single door. Plastic parts looking cheap. So they're basically charging you extra for a piece of glass and aluminium handles.
- glass door is attached to hinges via dual-sided adhesive tape, I read about cases where glass detached from hinges and fell down destroying front latch
- there is space for 8 or 9 2.5/3.5 inch hard drives but only two cages are included in the set even though high price tag is already set; here in Europe they're asking like 5 euro for each additional cage plus 20 euro for shipping (it's like DLCs for Battlefront II...)
- chimney installation requires additional optional extra-paid components
- RGB controller uses non-standard connectors so third-party RGB strips won't fit (assuming you need to use third party ones)
- fan controller supports 3-pin fans only (no support for PWM fans)
- included fans are Cooler Master's basic models with no lighting etc.; I prefer not paying for something I have to throw away in the very beginning. Take away the fans and give us more HDD cages !
- only two cages for 2.5 inch SSDs available while one already occupied by RGB/fan controller (but I guess one additional SSD can be mounted and exposed on the lower cover/shroud - assuming you installed this cover)
- the shrouds cover too much - fancy PSU and water cooling unit will be completely hidden if covers are installed, you can then only see mainboard via a giantic piece of glass which looks strange. Without shrouds too much is exposed on the other hand (all cabling etc).
It has nice ideas behind but design not deeply thought and asking price way to high for what it offers, especially considering optional paid components and build not so high quality.
I believe better choice from Coolermaster is Cosmos II 25th Anniversary Edition but has issues too (e.g. fixed blue lighting), even more expensive and doesn't have USB .3.1 type-C connector. Cheaper alternative is BeQuiet Dark Base 900 Pro - cheaper, not so bulky, without USB 3.1 but without any 'DLCs'. Cosmos II has no glass door so in a bit different league.
For me was a pain in the sss building in this case. The handles should´ve be made in metal material and the brakeds for the additional fans was hard to find on the market. Perhaps the M version is a bit better than this one. Nice review.✌🏼
Will the optical drive bays fit with a 360mm aio installed up top
Great Review. Thinking of getting H500P or the Pro M TG.
Looks amazing! Needs a facelift to refine it, but it just looks so damn good! And the modularity + watercooling support is great too. So please Cooler Master, fix those few tiny things. I don't really mind the shroud and the big cover - I'm fine with not showing off everything as it is another design approach - more of an Aston Martin/Bentley opposed to screaming italian exotic style if we use cars for comparison. :D
I haven't had a Cosmos since my Cosmos S a decade ago...
I like this case. It does have a few small problems as you pointed out, but that only gives me more ideas for modding them to my liking. $300 is a bit rich for my blood, I've never spent more $150 for a case. However I might make an exception for this case.
I hope you guys review the Quadstellar at the end of this year.
So what I am hearing is "For fully modular case get the Be Quiet Dark Base Pro 900, and for excelent non-modular high end case get the Phanteks EVOLV ATX Tempered Glass."
When do you guys plan to upload the review for H500P?
Hello to all with only one thing,,,,is enough the air from the front ? its look like very small for good air flow