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Review on Cooler Master MasterBox Lite 3.1 Micro-ATX Tower - Front Dark Mirror Panel, 3 Customizable Color Trims & Transparent Acrylic Side Panel (MCW-L3B3-KANN-01) by Dru Labrado

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Budget build monsters are friendly!

Sorry for the somewhat "good" cable routing in the photos. For starters, I bought this with the intention of putting together a cheap 1080p build, and that's absolutely right. confusing until you fiddle around and take things apart and dig into this thing's many hidden functions. He hides a lot. The SSD slot at the top of the hard drive bay makes it really useful for any new PC builder, you don't need to spend more money to get something for your SSD if you don't find it necessary to have an option to have a front fan on the front open front panel with cable slots. There are just a lot of offers for such a budget case. Cable management is awfully easy in this case unless you're using an older power supply like I am now. as a standard configuration without lighting, it is crisp and a real eye-catcher. I don't understand where the "gamer aesthetic" people are talking about comes from. It's just a sharper body, the corners, minimalist and "tall" look are the only things I can really see from it. Cool Master, something we need to address right away is the airflow, what the heck?! While this case has its own views; while playing this case is HOT! I'd recommend getting a tape drill and drilling some small airflow holes in the acrylic to at least give it a little breather if you want to run a hotter build. with an i5 4590 with an EVGA GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0 and a stock Intel cooler and this thing still surprises me with its heat sometimes. To sum up a rambling but easy to understand review I would definitely recommend it. It has enough space to put all your hard drives etc, I was able to fit two standard hard drives and one SSD although they are on the bed due to the SATA length but the case fits them. If you're familiar with the airflow issue, that's the only real issue to worry about, although I'm sure it can be changed. It has my full approval, contains multiple lights and takes up all your space and I'm sure you'll love it, thanks for reading.

Pros
  • practical
Cons
  • not the best