Cooler Master Centurion 590 Review 11

Cooler Master Centurion 590 Review

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Value and Conclusion

  • The Cooler Centurion 590 costs $69.99 US Dollars or 69.90€. This makes this case a great buy, considering its features
  • Great price
  • Removable hard drive cage
  • Great engineering inside the case
  • Large enough, even for the biggest graphic cards
  • Very quiet operation
  • Total expandabiltiy - 9 drive bays
  • Easy cable routing possible
  • Vibration dampening where possible.
  • Absolutely no vibrations
  • Mainboard headers with Molex adapters on all fans
  • Side panels can be removed easily
  • All front I/O possibilties included
  • Well placed PSU
  • A whooping four additional fans can be installed
  • More then enough screws included
  • Very informative packaging
  • No reset button
  • Power supply on bottom has no dust filter
  • Large fan grills permit dust to enter case easily
  • Screw-less design does not hold as well as it should
  • No removable mainboard tray
Cooler Master is really trying to push features into the mainstream market, usually reserved for high-end cases. The Centurion brand, always aimed at the gamer with a budget, is perfect for such unique features. The fact that the entire case front is made up of drive bays is nothing new. The same goes for the hard drive cage, but these are still not features seen on a lot of mainstream cases.
The construction quality of the chassis is above average and any plastic parts are nicely reinforced by steel. That said, there are a few drawbacks, the most noticable being the lack of a reset button. Cooler Master has decided to give you the option to install four additional fans within the case, which is great, but as these openings are very large, it would have been nice to see some sort of dust guard as well. This goes for the hole on the case bottom as well, as the power supply is bound to eat up any dust accumulating under the PC over time. The fact that the screw-less system does not hold well can be overlooked, as there are very few such locks in place that do a better job than traditional screws. Overall a great case for the price.
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