Cooler Master rethinks chassis, announces lower-cost line up

by Parm Mann on 3 March 2009, 22:20

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Is it a chopper?

We're not officially allowed to talk about this one, but let's just say this is a high-end gamer-specific chassis that's helicopter inspired. Oh, and it's equipped with a big ol' Start button.

Expect to see more of this one at COMPUTEX later this year.


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Posted by jackvdbuk - Wed 04 Mar 2009 02:18
i honestly dont mind spending over £100 on a GOOD HIGH QUALITY case… that not only looks good but has functionality.

most cases today look fugly.. and its a real shame. or look good but have some right annoying bits.
Posted by scaryjim - Wed 04 Mar 2009 11:52
jackvdbuk
most cases today look fugly.. and its a real shame. or look good but have some right annoying bits.
I know what you mean. I bought a lovely extra-value case this week - mATX tower, surprisingly well built for £20, nice easy tool-free access, well designed inners: but the front fan power cable was trapped inside the fascia, forcing me to take it off and feed the connector through a fairly tight hole, and now it appears that the power switch is sticky - sometimes it works OK, but often you hear the “click” of the switch releasing as much as 2 seconds after you've pressed it. Grrrr.
Posted by format - Wed 04 Mar 2009 14:55
The Elite 331 is the best of the bunch there!
Posted by Brewster0101 - Thu 05 Mar 2009 07:20
format
The Elite 331 is the best of the bunch there!

The 3 series is a very good value series, and I think Coolermaster need to note that the Lian Li / Sivlerstone buyers aren't interested in silly designs, they want simple, quality and functional.

The high end cases from coolermaster are over the top. The HAF is brilliant but way over priced…

Just brought my new full tower Lian Li and the only Coolermaster case I looked at was the HAF but was not spending £200 on a cooler master case…
Posted by Pob255 - Thu 05 Mar 2009 15:41
The cm case have always been good quality, not the best but still good.
I do find I often like there quasi military styling, I still like the looks of the old lan Ammo case
However that HAF 922 really doesn't look nice even to my eyes, cooling looks good case ugly.

Storm Scout looks quite good, even if it's just a cm 590 with a new side panel and handles on top.

The windowed side panel on that new Elite 331 is nice looking, however the front . . . can you say Akasa Zen?

And then you tantalize us with a hint about another case.

Personally I think the real problems in the case market atm, is a combination of the credit crunch and the fall of the Pound.
So prices have been pushed up while people are less willing to spend/looking for areas to cut costs on (the case becomes a big target for cost cutting)

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