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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 Jason Masango

Revainrating 2 out of 5

Where to start reading if you are thinking of buying as there are pros and cons

1st off worthy letter good price but there are questions. The power button is sticky. So if the motherboard has direct bios input function, if you press and hold the button more than 4 seconds, you need to turn it off. Also, the instructions are very misleading, as if the guy who did the illustration never assembled the case. Case in point, if you install SSDs on the back panel, they need to be installed before the motherboard, not 3 steps later, because you spend 50 minutes connecting the switches on the front panel once, because the bottom of the motherboard needs to be in the Close to the power supply, you will never want to remove the motherboard. ALWAYS as far as installing an offset motherboard screw ignore the thread if the threads are really bad the tool they gave you and get up and go behind the head with 3/16 qtr inch, as the tool provided is for indoor use only and poorly made. I'm only deducting 1 star because it does what it needs to do, it cools the system with plenty of airflow, but the last thing you need to do is here's a pack of 4 cheap 120mm CoolerMaster fans for 16 $.99 and throw away the switched on one because it hasn't been quiet at all in the past 15% louder than other cooler main fans 15% then they are 100% I know this because I have a fan controller that attaches with handles on the back . Also order at least 3 fan extensions or be ready to expand yours. If you set your case fans to 100% silent, you'll almost never hear the graphics card fans overclock under heavy loads while gaming. Quiet machine with healthy overclocking of the CPU and GPU thanks to the case design, hence only deducting 1 star because of the power button. The second cooler master case is never bought anywhere else for the occasion. I've been giving or taking the case maybe 2 months and I'm updating my review. 2 stars removed because my computer shuts down when I remove the USB hard drive from the top USB 3.0 ports. does not happen when using the rear ports, only those on the case, so an internal short circuit in the ports near the power button. The only reason I got this case was because the old case had USB 2.0 ports, but they "WORKED" with lesser craftsmanship and cheap Chinese parts, the only thing I can think of. Note I said the motherboard connectors are OK as this is NOT a problem with the USB driver and not the software.

Pros
  • Absolutely amazing!
Cons
  • Not bad but...