HardwareCooler Master Cosmos S

It has been six years since Cooler Master first introduced their gigantic Stacker case. This was by no means the first full-tower case on the market, since companies like Chieftec (and plenty of others) have been selling them for ages, but it did spark the beginning of enthusiast hype for such cases. I lived in Taiwan at the time and provided a review of the...

It has been six years since Cooler Master first introduced their gigantic Stacker case. This was by no means the first full-tower case on the market, since companies like Chieftec (and plenty of others) have been selling them for ages, but it did spark the beginning of enthusiast hype for such cases. I lived in Taiwan at the time and provided a review of the case; from the professional perspective, there were some features and problems that needed additional tuning. A week later, I met with reps from Cooler Master at their Taipei headquarters to discuss the matter. One thing that became abundantly clear is that it takes more than just a bunch of engineers to build a high-quality, high-performance computer chassis. You can do all the calculations you want on paper, but it's not until your project is in the hands of enthusiasts pushing the limits that you can truly call it a finished product. Later, Cooler Master provided what we would almost call a "secret" update that tweaked the design. Flash forward to today, and it seems like forever since Cooler Master introduced the Cosmos S chassis. We wanted to provide a few pictures showing the details of this design and discuss the ever-evolving cooling systems manufacturers come up with. As you might expect with a modern in Tuesday's chassis, the Cosmos S has the ability to mount numerous 120mm fans -- up to six 120mm fans. The majority of these fans would blow air out of the chassis; only one front fan and the bottom fan serve as... [ Read more on www.anandtech.com ]

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