Cooler Master HAF-XB Chassis Detailed

eidairaman1 · Nov 14, 2012

trickson said:
I like it I wished I had one. Would be perfect for me.

keep the battle hardened case dude

Nordic · Nov 14, 2012

I certainly like the form factor. Imagine if they made space for dual 240mm rads in the top. Something like the phobya extreme 480.

t77snapshot · Nov 14, 2012

james888 said:
I certainly like the form factor. Imagine if they made space for dual 240mm rads in the top. Something like the phobya extreme 480.
https://www.thewatercoolingshop.co.uk/images/D/35179_0.jpg

Excellent find james :rockout:

I could defenitily mod this to the top panel.

Nordic · Nov 14, 2012

t77snapshot said:
Excellent find james I could defenitily mod this to the top panel.

Nice find? I knew it existed. They also have a 1080 rad. I absolutelly love my 550d but I will be moving around a lot the next few years and want something a bit easier to cary yet able to be just as powerful. This particular case has caught my eye.

t77snapshot · Nov 14, 2012

james888 said:
Nice find? I knew it existed. They also have a 1080 rad. I absolutelly love my 550d but I will be moving around a lot the next few years and want something a bit easier to cary yet able to be just as powerful. This particular case has caught my eye.

I meant nice find for me lol :eek:

I was just thinking of a full square rad mounted at the top when your post popped up! sorry for my confusing choice of words, I just got excited in that moment.

TRWOV · Nov 14, 2012

t77snapshot said:
The HAF XB has arrived at the Egg !!!! COOLER MASTER HAF XB RC-902XB-KKN1 Black Steel bod...

Cooler Master will be featuring "windowed side panels" to purchase separately. I think it would look nice to also mod a solid windowed top panel as well, overall it would cut the acoustics down and show off your stunning hardware nicely.

It would need more than side window panels to put it alongside my receiver. If they offered an HTPC version with a plain frontal panel and more drive cages you could have a powerful gaming HTPC with lots of storage capacity.

damm, I'm drooling...

Nordic · Nov 14, 2012

TRWOV said:
It would need more than side window panels to put it alongside my receiver. If they offered an HTPC version with a plain frontal panel and more drive cages you could have a powerful gaming HTPC with lots of storage capacity.

damm, I'm drooling...

Exactly. THe form factor is a great idea. I like it. Now we just need more versions for our individual uses.

ViperXTR · Nov 14, 2012

yeah, a matx to itx version would be nice

t77snapshot · Nov 14, 2012

TRWOV said:
If they offered an HTPC version with a plain frontal panel and more drive cages

Your right about more drive bays, that is one thing I noticed about the bottom level of this case. There is plenty of room for both the psu's cables and extra hdd bays, CM could have easily utilized the space for a couple removable bays. (see pic) Instead of having a single 2.5" bay in the middle, they could have done two 3.5" bays side by side and include a 2.5" adapter.

ViperXTR said:
yeah, a matx to itx version would be nice

Oooooo an ITX version would be so sick. :pimp:

sneekypeet · Nov 14, 2012

that 2.5" bays rack unscrews too! leaves room for a lot of things

t77snapshot · Nov 14, 2012

sneekypeet said:
that 2.5" bays rack unscrews too! leaves room for a lot of things

Like a FAT radiator!!!! or pump!!!! OR... Oh, oh, oooooohhh... :eek:

time for a new pair of britches

PopcornMachine · Nov 14, 2012

I would like to put a 2x80mm rad down there just do see how it worked.

t77snapshot · Nov 15, 2012

PopcornMachine said:
I would like to put a 2x80mm rad down there just do see how it worked.

You know, I thought about that too, but I don't know if the price to performance ratio would be worth it. I haven't seen dual 80mm rads in yeeears!

Black Ice Micro Dual 80mm Radiator: click here

PopcornMachine · Nov 15, 2012

t77snapshot said:
You know, I thought about that too, but I don't know if the price to performance ratio would be worth it. I haven't seen dual 80mm rads in yeeears!

Black Ice Micro Dual 80mm Radiator: click here

I think that's the only one made. Trick is getting little fans that are not too loud.

But that's the real attraction to this case. Multiple water cooling options. :cool:

2x120 up front, 120 in the back, the 2x80 in bottom rear, and maybe a 200 on the top. :eek:

eidairaman1 · Nov 15, 2012

PopcornMachine said:
I think that's the only one made. Trick is getting little fans that are not too loud.

Hell might aswell get Delta Fans

t77snapshot · Nov 17, 2012

PopcornMachine said:
I think that's the only one made. Trick is getting little fans that are not too loud.

But that's the real attraction to this case. Multiple water cooling options.

2x120 up front, 120 in the back, the 2x80 in bottom rear, and maybe a 200 on the top.

If there were multiple radiators in a single loop, you could run it was a passive rad maybe. Or run voltage resister to lower the rpm rate of the 80mm fans? Noctua recently released an 80mil know was the NF-R8, which can run as low as 800rpm's. They are kinda pricey but would probably get the job done quitely and more efficiently then most conventional 80mm fans.

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Cooler Master HAF-XB Chassis Detailed

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The Exiled Airman

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The Exiled Airman

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