Installation
When it comes to installation Cooler Master has included all of your mounting hardware as well as a easy to follow installation guide.
The first thing we are going to be installing is our motherboard. There is quite a lot of room inside the main compartment of the case so our motherboard goes in no problem.
Next is our solid state drive, which I opted to install on the backside of the motherboard tray. First install the pegs in the bottom of the drive. Then go ahead and install the rubber grommets in the holes on the back of the motherboard tray. Then simply affix the drive to the backside of the motherboard tray by pushing the pegs into the rubber grommets.
For our power supply Cooler Master was nice enough to send over their V850 Gold I unit. This 850W unit is ATX 3.0 compliant so it has the 12VHPWR connector, is 80PLUS Gold Certified, has 100% Japanese capacitors, and has a 10 year warranty.
Another thing that is cool about this unit is that you can connect it to your motherboard and it works with the MasterPLUS software so you can monitor temperatures and voltages, set fan curves, and more!
Your power supply will slide in from the back side of the case. You can remove the bottom hard drive cage to make this process easier.
Our graphics card is next and it goes in no problem. We use a smaller graphics card for our case reviews, but this case does support cards as long as 410 mm.
With everything installed it is time to wire everything up and organize our cables. With the bottom hard drive cage removed since we weren’t using it I was easily able to hide most of my cables down there. After connecting everything you can see we have a very clean build.
I decided to remove the cover on the power supply window so we could show off our power supply. I was a bit disappointed that we couldn’t cover up the cut-out in the power supply cover towards the front of the case. If you are hiding wires down here they are going to be visible.
When you power your system on you’ll notice the three fans on the front of the case light up. These are definitely bright, but if you really wanted to light up the inside of the case I would suggest getting an RGB strip.
If you don’t connect the controller to your motherboard you can control the fans via the button on the top of the case. It is very easy to cycle through colors and effects. There are a handful of different effects including the favorite Rainbow Wave.
