Thursday, March 5th 2009
Cooler Master Scout True Gaming Chassis Comes Forward
The Cooler Master Storm family has grown with one more member, the Scout gaming chassis. The CM Storm Scout is a mid-tower chassis that features a solid steel body with a sexy all-black interior and exterior. Measuring (D) 19.2" x (W) 8.6" x (H) 19.5", the case comes equipped with a 140mm front intake fan, single 140mm top fan and a 120mm rear exhaust fan. Two non-included 120mm fans can be attached to the side panel of the case if required. Inside the case, up to five 3.5-inch hard drives can be mounted, as well as up to five 5.25-inch optical drives. The case supports 1.8-inch or 2.5-inch solid-state drives too. At last, part of the chassis' design includes carrying handles, handy enough for gamers on the go, people that go to LAN parties or people that use to move their cases a lot. The CM Scout will be available to end users on the 21st of April with a MSRP of $109.99. Detailed preview of the case with a lot of pictures can be found here.
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42 Comments on Cooler Master Scout True Gaming Chassis Comes Forward
And, with only 3 HDDs in my system, I'm staggering them, so there's a ton of airflow.
The slide out tool-less HDD cages are some of the simplest and best I've worked with, albeit not terribly sturdy. The only tricky thing is you need to remove the back panel to unplug the drives if cables are short or stiff.
...I'm assuming this case has the same HDD cage dimensions of the HAF
One thing I didn't like was the case punchouts for the fan, so I took a jig-saw and went to town.
if fan filters and wire grills can add restriction i'm sure this hard drive cage will. but you are right if you want to change it so it brings cool air onto the motherboard you would have to turn the hard drive cage 90 degrees. of course most people will probably compromise and mount there hard drive at the very bottom of the cage and remove the unused hard drive brackets.I agree, I like the carrying handle and the led button but there is nothing special about this case.
Cooler Master Centurion 590 is only $69 and has more fan mounts, water cooling grommets (scout does not), radiator mount and a forward facing hard drive cage.
It is much smaller in person and that isn't so bad. When I go to a LAN party I take my 2nd computer. Why do I need to bring my watercooling stuff and lug it up steps and such, that's why the water cooling grommets aren't a big thing for me. It's not exactly a water cooling champion and to be honest I wouldn't have much use for WC on a system that passes through my front door often.
I may have received a factory reject case but its '5.25 inch' drive bays do NOT accept standard 146mm wide optical drives, even with the left hand side 'latch-pins' withdrawn.
A standard drive bay is 147mm wide, but metal 'dimple' protrusions on the bay's right hand side reduce the SCOUT case bays to just 144m in width, so be warned. :wtf:
In all other respects the case that I have been supplied with is really superb, but completely unusable because I cannot fit any optical drives :banghead:
Perhaps reviews and exhibitions used correctly made drives ? :respect: