Cooler Master MasterCase H500M

Advantages: I was very pleased: - tempered glass wherever possible - the ability to choose the type of front panel - you can remove the mount for the upper fans (now I look at the insides from above through the glass and am happy as a child) - very beautiful and quiet fans (only the fan of the power supply is heard), which set the tone for the whole case and cool the system perfectly: the temperatures compared to the Cougar MX330-G (there were two 120 mm Noctua for blowing in and one for blowing out) dropped by 3-5 degrees on the processor, on the video card, too, about 5 (2x200 mm for blowing and 1x140 mm for blowing do their job) - equipped with all modern ports: USB 3.0 (four pieces) and USB 3.1 (type C) on the front panel - this is the heaviest and monolithic case that I have ever had - overlays for hiding wires behind the back panel and a casing of the power supply, which can be partially disassembled at will - the ability to install huge tower coolers - a huge possibility of customization and installation of LSS (SVO), you can install two 360 r adiator at the same time, where else can you find this in a Midi-Tower case ?!

Disadvantages: To the disadvantages at the moment, I would attribute: - the lack of proprietary software for people who have no connector on the motherboard for an addressable RSL tape 5V with 3 pins (not to be confused with a 12V tape with 4 pins), and which connect the control of the RGB backlighting of turntables through USB - if the RGB backlight is controlled through the Reset button, then there are not so many backlight options for me personally - there is little space for wires near the hard drive cage, it is difficult to lay thick cables - a splitter for front fans with a 3 pin connector is made with two pins (which does not make it possible to adjust their revolutions), which is not so important, since they are still quiet, but it is possible to solve by purchasing extension cords. - to install 3.5 hard drives, you must remove the front of the casing

Comment: To summarize, this is the best case I could find for my taste, cooling capabilities, and building a "clean" system without sticking out cables. Very quiet due to its solidity and built-in fans. The price (I bought at a discount for ~ 14.5 tr.) I did not include in the minuses, since you buy such a case not for one year, but for five years for sure, and certainly not for a weak system. Cons are not critical, but they must be taken into account when buying.

Advantages: Excellent implementation of air flows, especially in the front part of the case, the temperature of the iron compared to the previous cases, which I had dropped by 5-7 degrees, which is quite worthy. The case looks expensive and stylish. There is an adjustable latch to support the video card so that it doesn't sag.

Disadvantages: How many cases have I changed, but this case turned out to be the most hemorrhoid in terms of assembly and, in particular, competent cable management, in order to beautifully and competently lay the cables in the left wall and so that all panels could be easily closed, it took me about 3 days. The fans that come with the case are very sad, the front 200mm have only a 3-pin power plug for connecting, which means that mat. boards that regulate the speed of the turntables in the BIOS only through pwm will not be able to regulate the speed in any way, only through dc. Connecting the backlight of the front turntables is generally a mess, so that the addressable backlight works, you need to connect a ton of wires to the controller that comes with the kit, for me this is not an option, so instead of my native 200m turntables I installed 200mm 4 pin argb thermaltake turntables, drilling 8 holes for complete self-tapping screws, etc. to. the holes for the seats on the case are non-standard, apparently this was specially made only for fans from CM. The connection of the address illumination for the TT turntables is done smartly and connects directly to the MP without any idiotic controllers and additional. Software, also the TT turntables have a cable sheath, which the native CM turntables do not have. All stock turntables have very short power wires of about 20 cm, so I also had to buy an extension cord for the rear turntable. The walls of the case are rather thin, which is why there is a resonance from the work of hhd, the basket for hdd is made illiterately. touches the bottom of the case, which means that at full speed of fast hard drives (in my case, wd gold and wd ultrastar, both 2tb each) there will be a hum and vibration on the case, which I could not completely defeat, so that I did. In total, given the specificity of the case, I had to invest about 6k rubles in it and a lot of time spent to bring everything to mind.

Comment: In general, there is a double impression from the case, I do not want to say that it is bad, it is rather specific, this is especially evident during the assembly process, but this is the first case in my practice, which gave me certain inconveniences when assembling the system. Considering all the shortcomings, IMHO this case is not worth the 15k rubles that they ask for it, for this money it was possible to put at least a holder for vert. VK installation, but no. Of the obvious advantages, I can note the excellent cooling of iron, this case will cope with any iron with the highest tdp.

Advantages: Very chic, beautiful and roomy body. You can put almost anything in there.

Disadvantages: It is difficult to close the cover for the wires if there are many. This is how it worked out for me, although it is mostly thin from coolers for backlighting.

Comment: The cooler lights will only work if your motherboard has an ARGB connector.

Advantages: Modular design

Disadvantages: There was a problem installing zho nzxt Kraken x62. I had to remove the section that serves as support for the video card.

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Advantages: Fitting the body parts to each other. Simple and quick installation of glass walls, simple and quick routing of cables from the power supply. The walls that cover the cables are just super.

Disadvantages: For me personally, there are no wheels (it will be difficult to move, and there is no shutter on the power button.

Comment: At the moment, I want to warn those buyers, there are some nuances when connecting fans that are in front, they will work in different colors only when you connect the ARGB connector on the motherboard (but in reality it is not called that way on the motherboard), see the photo. rog strix z390-f gaming

Advantages: Handsome. Attracts attention. There are many inside! space, Great variety for installing cooling systems. Tempered glass top left right and front. There is additional support for "long" heavy video cards. Vertical installation of not thick video cards (3 slots or more). Heavy. There is a quick-cleaning filter on the bottom for the PSU. The side walls (glass) are not hinged, from above one half-turn screw loosens the entire wall quickly. The set includes a front panel of two options: glass and mesh. In general, everything is easy to assemble and disassemble.

Disadvantages: Connecting LEDs for fans on the front panel !, without dancing with tambourines, it will not do, there was a controller for these fans in the kit, connecting fans from it, (it requires additional power.) With a change of modes with the Reset button, no external fan speed control devices (knobs , buttons) no. The Asus Z370-A board did not manage to control LED backlighting via software, I tried a million versions of software, etc. The fan speed (they are not 4-wire) is regulated by steps (asus software for coolers). A vertical mount for a video card and an extension cable PCI-E cable must be purchased separately Collects dust inside the case.

Comment: I waited for it 9 months before going on sale in August 2018. Several times I almost took the 500p model, endured up to 500m;) I like the case, I clean the dust;)

Advantages: The case is good, it is very pleasant to assemble in it, I cannot say that it is difficult, but it is advisable to do everything without haste and carefully. The fans are beautiful, they blow well, they look very impressive live, I will also buy 2 pieces. 200 and 1 color 140 and there will be beauty)

Disadvantages: I would like a little more detailed instructions as in Fractal Design, but in general it's ok. The metal plays a little bit, but in general it does not affect anything.

Comment: Before buying, you need to check whether everything in the motherboard has connectors, especially pay attention: 1) You need 2 interfaces for USB 3, since ports 4 2) + a port for type C, it is flat (I have nowhere to connect on the motherboard) 3) ARGB connector There are reviews about the flimsy bolts on which the motherboard is held, I had a hexagon in the kit, which allows you to easily tighten everything and not peel anything off.