Sunday, January 20th 2008
CoolerMaster Centurion 590 Arrives in March
Cooler Master Centurion 590 Arrives in March
Cooler Master is going to launch a new model, Centurion 590 for the mainstream market in March of this year. This 8.5kg steel case measures (B) 213 x (H) 440 x (D) 510 mm and is designed for ATX and micro ATX motherboards. There are nine 5.25" drive bays and one of these can be converted to a 3.5" floppy drive bay. The case features a removable module that supports four HDDs, but it takes up three 5.25" drive bays. You can mount up to six 120mm fans, but unfortunately the case ships with only two: one 120mm blue LED front fan and a 120mm rear fan. Two more 120mm fans can be installed in the front to up the total amount of fans to eight, but doing so will also prevent you from installing any optical drives. The case features tool-free installation for the hard disk drives, optical drives and add-on cards. The PSU is mounted in the bottom of the case and the rear features retaining holes for liquid cooling. The Centurion 590 has a fully meshed front for improved ventilation and has cable management holes to make cable routing easier. Finally, the Cooler Master Centurion 590 should be yours for less than $85 when it's released.
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Cooler Master is going to launch a new model, Centurion 590 for the mainstream market in March of this year. This 8.5kg steel case measures (B) 213 x (H) 440 x (D) 510 mm and is designed for ATX and micro ATX motherboards. There are nine 5.25" drive bays and one of these can be converted to a 3.5" floppy drive bay. The case features a removable module that supports four HDDs, but it takes up three 5.25" drive bays. You can mount up to six 120mm fans, but unfortunately the case ships with only two: one 120mm blue LED front fan and a 120mm rear fan. Two more 120mm fans can be installed in the front to up the total amount of fans to eight, but doing so will also prevent you from installing any optical drives. The case features tool-free installation for the hard disk drives, optical drives and add-on cards. The PSU is mounted in the bottom of the case and the rear features retaining holes for liquid cooling. The Centurion 590 has a fully meshed front for improved ventilation and has cable management holes to make cable routing easier. Finally, the Cooler Master Centurion 590 should be yours for less than $85 when it's released.
13 Comments on CoolerMaster Centurion 590 Arrives in March
Thanks mk_ln.
Wouldn't mind owning one, but seems it's coming too late and I might have to give in to get a CM-690. If someone doesn't know a cheaper case with bottom mounted PSU, HDD silencers and 12cm fans (more than 2).
EDIT: Here is the vr-zone original page that has been taken out from google cache. Seems there's some HDD rubber dampening after all. I'd order it right away, if only it was available already.
64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:M-nLlNbioVUJ:www.vr-zone.com/print/5508
PSU on bottom it gets cooler air, runs cooler and should not give extra heat to GPU. If it does, it's not efficient one (like my previous PSU that run super hot) and even if it did give some heat GPU's already run so hot that it won't affect the load temps.
Only motherboard connector that is really on top is the 4/8pin CPU power connector and most above avarage PSUs already have long enough cables to reach. If not, there are motherboard that have 4/8pin and 24pin connectors more to the middle of the motherboard.
And with the PSU out of the way, case roof has plenty of room for fans to move the hot air out. There are also those upside down ATX designs (door/window on right side) that have PSU on bottom, but they don't have fans on top, so the hot air get's trapped inside and GPU screams for mercy :)