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Review on Cooler Master MasterCase Reduction Technology by Jeff Robeson

Revainrating 5 out of 5

A huge upgrade over the original C700P with all complaints addressed

Amazing build quality I've had the flagship Cooler Master HAF-X case since its release in 2010. It's 2019 now and after I After upgrading my first gen i7 990x to the new i9 9900k, new motherboard, RAM and GPU, I decided it was time to upgrade the case as well. -2013, but $350 for a suitcase with no side windows in 2013 seemed like too much to me. Now many more cases are falling to the $300 mark due to inflation and so on. In addition, the cases currently have the best properties. I am stuck between c700m and c700p. I hated the silver on both and hated the fact that the c700m was $500, although I like the c700m's front RGB lights. So when I saw this black version of the c700p coming out it was a no brainer as it was only $50 more expensive than the original c700p. They addressed all complaints with the original c700p. terrible, it covered most of the pc. Love how they changed it to black. They just made it a one-piece PSU cover that covers the entire bottom so you can hide your cables. I also hid my 2 bay pump/reservoir as I didn't have enough room to fit it in the 2 bay slot due to my tank. They fixed the tint in the sidebar. The original c700p had a dark green tinted side panel that was difficult to see through. Everything is so clear with this sidebar that it doesn't seem like it has a sidebar at all. You will receive 4 hard drive cages as well as 4 SSD cages already installed. While the original only had a few SSD bays and 2 HDD bays. My only complaint is that I have a 360mm wheel up front that sucked air in and that would have made the fans a lot louder because there is almost no ventilation. Front fan through front cover plus dust cover. I removed the dust cover and the fans were still much louder. I just swapped the fans in the opposite direction so they blow air out the front of the case. Here I installed 4 radiators. 360mm radiator on top, 360mm radiator on front, 240mm radiator near motherboard and 120mm radiator on rear. Otherwise the upper dust filter will not close. I learned this the hard way because all my fans are 120x25mm. So I'm going to order some slim 120x15mm Noctua fans to add a push-pull drive to the top heatsink. Keep RGB to a minimum after seeing how good everything looks in blue. So I plugged the included RGB header into the motherboard and now I have the case lighting, which emits a vibrant blue that suits the build much better. You can also set static colors with the body light button. The included fan controller was a bonus as you can connect six 3 or 4 pin fans. The only problem is that there are only two speed options on the case, high and low, which will run the fans at either 12V (100%) or 7V, which is about 60%. You can get better control by connecting fans to your motherboard's fan headers and configuring them via software if your motherboard supports it. Also, I have to stand up every time to reach the fan speed knob on the top of the case. The side panels of this case are just magical, they are magnetic and can be removed from the case in seconds by simply opening the side panel all the way and sliding upwards and it is removed instantly. No tools required. Everything about it is just amazing. I thought my haf x case would be big since it's an E-ATX case. But this case is definitely a few inches taller and longer. This is great because you have loads of room for water or even air cooling if you like it. Honestly you can put another cooler where I have the reservoir in the photos and then just install the reservoir on one of the radiators. So if you want you can mount another 240mm radiator or maybe even a 360mm radiator. So many options with this case. I had the crest on the Porsche hood from my car's replacement hood so I figured why not put it on the lmao. While I think the colors ruin the darkened look of this case, I might opt for the darkened Porsche hood crest :^) Specs: CPU: Intel i9-9900k @ 5.2GHz Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 Aorus MasterGPU: Evga RTX 2080 Ti 440MHz, Cores, 7900MHz: Corsair RGB Pro 32GB 3000MHz Memory @ CL13COLING: 2x XSPC 360mm Radiator, XSPC 240mm Radiator, EK 120mm Radiator10x 120mm Fanshop: 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVME, 250GGBS SAMBS 450 , 450, 450, 2,450, 2,450, 2,450 2, 40 450, 2, 450, 450, 2, 450, 450, 2, 450, 450, 2, 450, 450, 2, 450, 450mm. SSD, 4TB Seagate 7200RPM HDD2x 2TB Seagate 7200RPM HDD, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM HDD w) Keyboard: Razer Cynosa Chroma Pro Mouse: Razer Deatheradder Elite SKT T1 Edition Mouse Pad: Razer Goliathus Chroma Case: Cool Master C700P Black Edition

Pros
  • Easy to read control panel
Cons
  • Hard to tell