Written by
Milos Jeftic
Monday, 19 December 2011 11:59
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From a manufacturer that made cooling systems exclusively, especially fans, Cooler Master has developed into a company that provides all sorts of devices, ranging from PSUs, over peripherals, to enclosures. The latest instalment in the company’s portfolio is the special Storm enclosure series, which is supposed to represent a brand instantly associated with gaming. Today, we are presented with the latest in the aforementioned series, which instantly gives the impression of the best member of the family so far. Is it just marketing and effective packaging, or is there really a product to fully recommend? |
Written by
Milos Jevtic
Wednesday, 20 July 2011 19:11
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 Is it even necessary to mention the packaging of yet another Cooler Master product, especially from the Storm family? Inside the box, we meet a well-packed enclosure, and inside it all the necessary rails, screws, ties, knots and similar things more important than may seem at first. The enclosure’s design continues where the external box left off - the dominant colour is black, on the outside as well as on the inside, while the red colour is represented by a large frontal 20 cm fan, which is very, very quiet, lest we say completely silent. The front is also adorned by the door covering four 5.25” slots, while one can see openings below, covered by nets, serving as filters for the air intake of the aforementioned fan. This entire section is made of high-quality plastic, and the impression is somewhat ruined by the door that really could have been a bit thicker.
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Written by
Milos Jevtic
Sunday, 22 May 2011 19:35
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  Consumers, users, buyers, or whichever term you want to use, are getting ever pickier about their PC components (those of us that still prefer hardware retailers to supermarkets, at least). They’re much better informed than they used to be, and that means that they often reach for the impossible, trying to switch to a higher price range all the time, which consequently gives them a feel of a lacking PC. Among other things, enclosures evolved over time, trying to benefit from this phenomenon, so that the enclosures of today are far from just a piece of tin used to house the components. More and more users are looking for silence and soundproof designs, and if you offer them some bonuses to top that off, you can count on major interest in your product.
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Written by
Nikola Brankovic
Saturday, 27 November 2010 22:37
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 When buying a new PC, or more precisely, planning to buy one, there's usually a maximum budget that may be spent in mind. Most systems are assembled and components carefully weighed against each other based primarily on that parameter. Of course that it's best to take components of similar quality across the entire system, but the heart of the PC is nevertheless usually the one to profit, while the enclosure and the belonging PSU are disregarded. However, most users overlook a major contradiction that lies there. The enclosure is more than just a tin can for shielding components and potentially looking good; it has a very important role in cooling. If you have a PC worth several hundred euros, not to mention a desire to toy around with overclocking, buying a “kung fu” enclosure is indeed a great risk (especially those coming with PSUs preinstalled).
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Written by
Zeljko Djuric
Wednesday, 08 September 2010 00:13
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 Few years ago, Cooler Master presented a new enclosure family with the HAF 932 model - High Air Flow. Although very successful, this model has deserved its retirement, now replaced with a restyled and modernised model X. The heir is even larger, with an exterior combining matted black steel and ABS plastic, clearly reminiscent of the HAF line.
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Written by
Ivan Vujic
Sunday, 22 August 2010 13:22
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  What do you get when you mix two popular enclosure models by Silverstone, namely Temijin TJ07 and Raven RV01? A new series called “Fortress”. All enclosures in the family have taken the very best out of their predecessors. The Temijin model provided the multi-part construction, while the Raven part would be radically different motherboard installation solution, when the motherboard is rotated by 90 degrees. These engineering solutions are intended to provide more efficient cooling and noise reduction, which is of grave importance to anyone interested in this sort of enclosures. The Fortress FT02 series consists of four model combinations: black and grey variants with or without a transparent side panel.
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Written by
Milos Jevtic
Saturday, 08 May 2010 01:55
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 Cooler Master is definitely on an offensive lately, they’ve even expanded to new market segments. But today, we’re sticking to what is traditionally their territory - a new revision of one of their most successful enclosure models. We’re talking about 690 II Advanced, the successor of the extremely popular 690. Just like its predecessor, the tested model remained within the confines of the Midi Tower standard, and the entire construction is made of steel, bar the upper and lower sides, which are made of high-quality “netty” plastic. The front panel is a tad different this time around, with the “netty” part stretching all the way down to the bottom and the upper part of the panel being a bit more curved.
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Written by
Ivan Vujic
Tuesday, 04 May 2010 19:43
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  The market has obviously turned interesting for NZXT, since we’ve received another two enclosure models from this company, apart from the two we’ve already reviewed, belonging to different price ranges. The first tested model belongs to a somewhat more expensive Crafted series and goes under the Lexa S name, while the other model comes from the Classic series and is simply named Gamma.
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Written by
Vladimir Dimitrijevic
Tuesday, 08 September 2009 23:27
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  Cooler Master Storm product series is intended for gamers and Scout is new addition to that gaming family. After Sniper case, in our test labs arrived Scout: younger and smaller brother of Sniper. It main characteristics are: military stealthy design paired with traditional Cooler Master build quality. Since it shares a lot of features with previously reviewed Sniper we won’t waste your time on describing all of its features.
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Written by
Djordje Kovacevic
Wednesday, 26 August 2009 00:03
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  NZXT is relatively new company (founded in 2004) but their products are always designed in an non-orthodox way. Their cases always look like a fusion between standard and modded chassis. We got their Apollo model that belongs to Crafted series and NZXT describes it as “the perfect combination of cooling, value and design”. Lot of water has gone under the bridge since this chassis was introduced but it still looks modern and has very reasonable price tag. Model that had arrived in our test lab was black version although gray, blue and orange versions are available also.
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