Cooler Master HAF XM

Darksaber · Apr 19, 2012

Cooler Master aims to shrink the HAF X, offering a mid-tower sized variant by the name of HAF XM. Still featuring that rugged, wide and military look, we take the chassis apart to see if it still manages to offer the guts of a war machine, just like the original, or if its looks hide nothing but a bland interior.

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douglatins · Apr 25, 2012

At least the mobo tray cutout is not ABSOLUTELY USELESS like the HAFX one

Th3pwn3r · Apr 26, 2012

Great review. What would you say would be a better case in that price range? It really seems like it would be impossible to beat, I own the first series of the HAF and this seems like they've improved by a lot in just about every way.

stupido · Apr 27, 2012

This will be for sure my next case! but I don't see it in the shop(s) yet...
and mostly because it accepts tall tower coolers (I have Thermalright Archon)
I was eyeing the Fractal Design Arc or CM Enforcer due to the above requirement, but I kind a like this one more...

WarEagleAU · Apr 28, 2012

Wow love the price and I love the HAF series. I have since traded to the NZXT Phantom (want to go to the switch of course) but I finished a build in my old HAF 932 for my brother and I Forgot what a joy it was to build in. This is a great price with great room for hiding cables and lots of air flow.

System Name	Meshlicious Monster
Processor	Intel Core i5-10600T
Motherboard	MSI Z490I Unify
Cooling	NZXT Kraken Z53 with 2x Noctua Redux 1300 RPM PWM fans
Memory	ADATA 16 GB 3200 Mhz DDR4
Video Card(s)	MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio
Storage	TeamGroup 1TB NVMe SSD
Display(s)	Asus ProArt 27" 1440P, 75Hz
Case	ssupd Meshlicious with mesh side panels
Power Supply	Fractal Design Ion 660 W Platinum ATX
Mouse	Corsair Dark Core RGB Pro Wireless
Keyboard	Microsoft Sidewinder X4 Keyboard
Software	Windows 10 Home

System Name	Sovereign // HTPC
Processor	i7 3770k 4.2 // i7 3770k 4.2
Motherboard	Maximus V Gene // Sabertooth Z77
Cooling	Noctua D14 // Intel HSF
Memory	16GB Samsung // 16GB VengeanceLP
Video Card(s)	Deciding // 660 DC2
Storage	OS (X25-M), Data (Seagate 1TB) // Samsung 840 120GB & bunch of drives
Display(s)	Samsung T240HD // LG TV
Case	TJ08e // Grandia GD08
Audio Device(s)	DT880 Pro 250 ohm // TV speakers
Power Supply	Seasonic Plat 1000 // Seasonic Gold 760
Software	Windows 8 Pro x64 // Windows 7 Pro x64

System Name	Orange_box
Processor	i5-3570K (@ 4.4 Jiggahurtz ;)
Motherboard	P8Z77-I DELUXE
Cooling	Thermalright Archon with 2 TY-140
Memory	16GB Corsair Vengence LP (1600)
Video Card(s)	Asus GTX 1060 6G
Storage	Samsung 850 EVO + Samsung 840 EVO + 4TB WD
Display(s)	Samsung 24''
Case	Bitfenix Prodigy (orange)
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar U3
Power Supply	Corsair 750 W
Mouse	Roccat Kone
Keyboard	Logitech (el cheapo)
Software	W10pro x64 / Manjaro XFCE x64
Benchmark Scores	who cares...

System Name	Pandemic 2020
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 "Gen 2" 2600X
Motherboard	AsRock X470 Killer Promontory
Cooling	CoolerMaster 240 RGB Master Cooler (Newegg Eggxpert)
Memory	32 GB Geil EVO Portenza DDR4 3200 MHz
Video Card(s)	ASUS Radeon RX 580 DirectX 12 DUAL-RX580-O8G 8GB 256-Bit GDDR5 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video C
Storage	WD 250 M.2, Corsair P500 M.2, OCZ Trion 500, WD Black 1TB, Assorted others.
Display(s)	ASUS MG24UQ Gaming Monitor - 23.6" 4K UHD (3840x2160) , IPS, Adaptive Sync, DisplayWidget
Case	Fractal Define R6 C
Audio Device(s)	Realtek 5.1 Onboard
Power Supply	Corsair RMX 850 Platinum PSU (Newegg Eggxpert)
Mouse	Razer Death Adder
Keyboard	Corsair K95 Mechanical & Corsair K65 Wired, Wireless, Bluetooth)
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

Cooler Master HAF XM

Darksaber

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Th3pwn3r

stupido

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