Inside and Cooling
Inside the Cooler Master Centurion is rather like a standard budget case. The case lacks a few features such as a removable motherboard tray. I was quite disappointed to find that the case also didn’t come with any cooling fans. The case only has 2 spaces for 80mm fans, 1 at the front blowing air across the hard drive bays and 1 at the rear. The user manual has instructions showing you how to install fans into this case. On first appearance it seems quite easy to install fans in the case but to install a front intake fan you have to remove the front panel of the case. This is rather annoying especially when you think of how cheap some case fans are. I’ve seen some on Ebuyer for as low as 80p each. I’m sure Cooler Master could have pre-installed some cheap fans when assembling this case. With the fan’s being as low as 80p each this isn’t going to cut into there profits or bump the price up of the case.
Some budget cases have a reputation to be extremely sharp inside and you normally end up cutting yourself when installing your hardware. The Centurion has folded edges to prevent injury. These folded edges also add strength to the internal structure of the case.
Installing a CD or hard drive into the case is extremely easy. It’s just a matter of removing the blank drive bay from the case which is held in place by 2 screws and then sliding the device into the bay.
The case comes with a large pack of various screws, washers and motherboard standoffs. Also included is a Cooler Master case badge.
On the front panel of the case we have the external front expansion ports. If these ports aren’t used you can unplug the cabling from the inside to keep the insides of the case tidy. An internal speaker is also located on the bottom of the case that can be plugged onto the motherboard headers.
