Specification and Test Methodology
Cooler Master MasterCase Maker 5t Specification |
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| Product Number | MCZ-C5M2T-RW5N | |
| Product Name | MasterCase Maker 5t | |
| Available Colour | Metallic red-black | |
| Materials | Steel body, plastic mesh bezel, tempered glass panels | |
| Dimensions (LxWxH) | 544 x 242 x 574 mm | |
| Motherboard Support | ATX, Micro-ATX, Mini-ITX | |
| Expansion Slots | 7 | |
| Drive Bays | 5.25in | 2 |
| 3.5in | 2 | |
| 2.5in | 2+2 | |
| I/O Panel | USB 3.0 x 4 | |
| Audio In & Out (supports HD Audio) | ||
| Fan Speed Control H/L | ||
| LED control button (light on, breathing light, light off) | ||
| Pre-installed Fan(s) | Front | 140mm x 2 (1200RPM) |
| Rear | 140mm x 1 (1200RPM) | |
| Fan Support | Top | 120/140mm x 2 |
| Front | 120/140mm x 3 | |
| Rear | 120/140mm x 1 | |
| Liquid Cooling Support | Top | 120mm / 140mm / 240mm / 280mm (maximum 297mm radiator length) |
| Front | 120mm / 140mm / 240mm / 280mm | |
| Rear | 120mm / 140mm | |
| Clearance | CPU Cooler | 190mm / 7.48in |
| PSU | 200mm / 7.87in | |
| Graphics Card | 296mm / 11.7in (with 3.5in HDD cage) 412mm / 16.2in (w/o 3.5in HDD cage) |
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| Cable Routing | Behind Tray | 35mm |
| Dust Filters | Top, front, bottom | |
| Power Supply Support | Bottom mount, ATX | |
| Lighting Support | Red LED strip x 1 (pre-installed) 4 LED connections in total available |
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| Extra features | MasterCase M-Port Graphics Card Holder | |
Comparison Chassis |
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| Chassis | Form Factor | HEXUS Review | Reviewed Price | Product Page |
| Antec P380 | Full-tower | May 2015 | £160 | antec.com |
| be quiet! Dark Base Pro 900 | Full-tower | June 2016 | £200 | bequiet.com |
| be quiet! Silent Base 600 | Mid-tower | October 2015 | £94 | bequiet.com |
| Cooler Master MasterBox 5t | Mid-tower | December 2016 | £75 | coolermaster.com |
| Cooler Master MasterCase 5 | Mid-tower | August 2015 | £90 | coolermaster.com |
| Cooler Master MasterCase Maker 5 | Mid-tower | June 2016 | £180 | coolermaster.com |
| Cooler Master MasterCase Maker 5t | Mid-tower | December 2016 | £230 | coolermaster.com |
| Cooler Master Silencio 652S | Mid-tower | May 2015 | £75 | coolermaster.com |
| Corsair Carbide Series 100R SE | Mid-tower | June 2015 | £50 | corsair.com |
| Corsair Carbide Series 400C | Mid-tower | January 2016 | £80 | corsair.com |
| Corsair Carbide Series 600C | Mid-tower | December 2015 | £120 | corsair.com |
| Corsair Carbide Series Air 740 | Cube | September 2016 | £135 | corsair.com |
| Corsair Crystal Series 460X RGB | Mid-tower | November 2016 | £150 | corsair.com |
| Corsair Crystal Series 570X RGB | Mid-tower | November 2016 | £190 | corsair.com |
| EVGA DG-87 | Full-tower | August 2016 | £220 | evga.com |
| Fractal Design Define C | Mid-tower | November 2016 | £84 | fractal-design.com |
| Fractal Design Define S | Mid-tower | April 2015 | £70 | fractal-design.com |
| Nanoxia Deep Silence 5 | Full-tower | September 2015 | £115 | nanoxia-world.com |
| NZXT H440 New Edition | Mid-tower | January 2016 | £90 | nzxt.com |
| NZXT S340 Elite | Mid-tower | October 2016 | £90 | nzxt.com |
| SilverStone Raven RVX01 | Mid-tower | February 2016 | £65 | silverstonetek.com |
| SilverStone Redline Series RL05 | Mid-tower | October 2016 | £50 | silverstonetek.com |
HEXUS Chassis Test Bench |
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| Hardware Components | HEXUS Review | Product Page | |
| Processor | Intel Core i5-3570K (quad-core, overclocked up to 4.40GHz) | April 2012 | intel.com |
| CPU Cooler | be quiet! Dark Rock 3 | - | bequiet.com |
| Motherboard | Asus Sabertooth Z77 | - | asus.com |
| Memory | 8GB G.Skill Ripjaws-X (2x4GB) DDR3 @ 1,600MHz | - | gskill.com |
| Graphics Card | 2x EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SSC in SLI (2x 4GB) | April 2015 | evga.com |
| Power Supply | be quiet! Dark Power Pro 10 (750W) | July 2012 | bequiet.com |
| Storage Device | 120GB SanDisk Extreme SSD | March 2012 | sandisk.co.uk |
| Monitor | Philips Brilliance 4K Ultra HD LED (288P6LJEB/00) | - | philips.co.uk |
| Operating system | Windows 8.1 (64-bit) | October 2012 | microsoft.com |
Notes
Our Z77 test platform consists of an ASUS Sabertooth motherboard, an Intel Core i5-3570K processor overclocked to 4.4GHz, a be quiet! Dark Rock 3 CPU cooler, 8GB of G.Skill Ripjaws-X memory and two factory-overclocked EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SSC graphics cards in an SLI configuration.
To find out how well the chassis can cool this particular setup, we log CPU temperature while encoding a large 4K video clip. This task puts full load on all available CPU cores and we extend the stress test by carrying out multiple passes. In order to provide a stabilised reading we then calculate an average temperature across all cores from the last five minutes of encoding.
To get an idea of graphics-card cooling performance, we log GPU temperature while playing Tomb Raider at a 4K resolution with ultra quality settings and SLI enabled. Last but not least, we also measure chassis noise by using a PCE-318 noise meter to take readings when idle and while gaming.
All chassis are tested only with the standard manufacturer-supplied fans (any/all of which are set to 'silent' in the Asus BIOS or low-speed using a fan controller if present), and to take into account the fluctuating ambient temperature, our graphs depict both actual and delta temperature - the latter is the actual CPU/GPU temperature minus the ambient. For the record, the ambient temperature while testing the Cooler Master MasterCase Maker 5t was recorded as 20.1ºC.