![]() Hopefully Cooler Master considers a less-expensive variant as well, for all of us who can’t afford to spend over $500 on a box for their components, no matter how pretty or impressively performing it is. It has a lot of unique features that I can see inspiring other case companies, just like its older sibling did over a decade ago. But at over 50 pounds empty, you’ll want to have an extra friend (or plenty of muscle) if you need to move your finished system even to another room, let alone up or down a flight of stairs.īut price and weight considerations aside, there isn’t much negative to say about the Cooler Master HAF 700 Evo. The HAF 700 Evo is also very heavy, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Nixing those two features should allow for a much lower price while retaining the case’s stunning looks and excellent performance. Cooler Master could have offered this case without the three other fans (assuming the buyer already has fans), and possibly skipped the screen. And the reality is that the HAF 700 Evo is likely to cost substantially more than $500 in many countries. Seemingly everything is more expensive these days, but $500 is still a lot for a case, even if this case is packed with neat features. For starters, the price is through the roof. Of course, like everything, this case isn’t perfect. I appreciate how Cooler Master balanced modernizing the original HAF, without cutting out all the original design, and specifically its excellent performance. All this case needs now is a mini smoke machine and you could have a little funhouse inside of it. Also, there’s no other panel included with the case to cover the fan mounts if neither fans or the infinity mirror is installed here, so it looks kind of odd without it. ![]() Still, I ultimately reinstalled it over the side fan mounts because it was the most visible spot in the chassis. I fiddled around finding the proper position for the infinity mirror. I love this design it makes building in a case that's already a breeze to build in even easier. You need to turn the latches, and the entire tray comes out. Cooler Master has made the radiator trays removable via latches. Not in this case, though–no pun intended. However, this usually calls for lots of unscrewing first. The idea of removable radiator or fan trays isn’t a new thing, though it is very convenient. But installing anything less than a full-ATX motherboard in here would look pretty silly. Mini-ITX and Micro-ATX are also supported along with standard ATX. Cooler Master even says the case supports workstation motherboard form factors like SSR-CEB/EEB. You get up to 6.54 inches (166 mm) of height clearance for CPU coolers and 19.29 inches (490 mm) for GPU length. The largest standard hardware can fit in this chassis. ![]() It swings outward and when I reinstall it, it feels like I’m inserting a box magazine into some futuristic weapon. The drive cage behind the motherboard is really satisfying to operate. There are two main spots for storage drives: in a drive cage behind the motherboard tray or in front, behind the intake fans. This chassis allows for a total of 12 3.5- or 2.5-inch drives. Like the original HAF X, there is a ton of room for storage, which is refreshing because so many recent roomy cases haven’t bothered to build in support for lots of big drives. Seriously, there are enough cooling options here for three normal cases, if not more. Along with that, you get a maximum of a 420 radiator at the top, front and bottom of the case, and a 480 rad on the side. What I wasn’t expecting was support for up to a 240 mm radiator in the rear that’s something I’ve only seen before on the Corsair 1000D. With a case this big, I expected support for large radiators, and Cooler Master did not disappoint.
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