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Tim S · 13th Jun 2007, 17:05

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/06...nearly_ready/1

COMPUTEX 2007: Cooler Master's Cosmos chassis is almost ready to ship to customers.

Hiren · 13th Jun 2007, 17:23

Wow, that's fudgy. For £120 there way nicer looking cases about.

Bluephoenix · 13th Jun 2007, 17:53

I'll await the bit review before thinking about buying.

good to see they kept the HDD enclosure concept

Fod · 13th Jun 2007, 18:01

looks hideous tbh

Krikkit · 13th Jun 2007, 18:09

First thoughts: hideous.
Second thoughts: better.

It's starting to grow on me tbh, alright it's not really plain, but it's enough imho, and the cooling looks awesome. I'll wait for the BiT review, then make a final judgement.

XeroNXS · 13th Jun 2007, 18:40

Looking quite good imho.

But for 177€ I can probably buy a better looking aluminum case.

What I don't get is why Cooler Master wasn't able to build a proper rig.
It looks really messy inside.

Tile · 13th Jun 2007, 19:08

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cool_dude · 13th Jun 2007, 19:10

Discusting.

//Wishes ATCS would come back to them....

...

./^\.Ace./^\. · 13th Jun 2007, 19:13

It needs some work. Maybe a hamer could fix it

stevehp · 13th Jun 2007, 21:23

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However, the bar that sits across the middle of the chassis isn't just another useless piece of plastic because...

What bar? The images on this site are always too small and not expandable if you're going to point something out zoom in on the image or whatever to get your point across.

I know what bar(duct) you are speaking of Antec had them in the older P180s horrible solution made way too much noise.

DXR_13KE · 13th Jun 2007, 22:03

put the fans closer and make it a little cheaper and you have a deal.... after i read the review.....

Tim S · 13th Jun 2007, 22:14

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Originally Posted by stevehp

What bar? The images on this site are always too small and not expandable if you're going to point something out zoom in on the image or whatever to get your point across.

I know what bar(duct) you are speaking of Antec had them in the older P180s horrible solution made way too much noise.

My apologies - hectic first day back in the office...

Check here: http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/03..._case_design/1

I'm referring to the bar that runs across from the rear I/O to the drive cage. I know a lot of manufacturers have used similar "bars" for "extra support" but this isn't about that load of rubbish, it's more of an air duct than a bar, I guess - I'm in bad habits from times of old

Cupboard · 13th Jun 2007, 22:24

Are the things that look like handles actually handles, or will they fall off if you try and lift the system with them?

Tim S · 13th Jun 2007, 22:32

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Originally Posted by Cupboard

Are the things that look like handles actually handles, or will they fall off if you try and lift the system with them?

I believe that the current cases are handmade, so it's not recommended. But on the retail cases, these should be "handles", afaik.

Duste · 14th Jun 2007, 00:26

Are those bars on the top and bottom fully functional handles, or are they just there for show?

CollinstheClown · 14th Jun 2007, 00:56

Read about... one post up...

-CollinstheClown

zr_ox · 14th Jun 2007, 07:04

Now that's just hiddeous.

I like that they have moved the PSU to the bottom though,
is there a vent under there so that there is cooler air for the PSU? All cases should place the PSU at the rear base of the case.

It looks like cable routing will be the toughest part of making that case look good. I cant believe they chose to showcase that with such terrible cable management, if they had spent 3 minutes more on that, added watercooling it would really help make the rig look better.

Shame that the plastic they have used makes it look so cheap. I know it's £120 but they could have pulled of something a little mory classy...it looks like something from the set of a very bad F Class Sci-Fi movie.

wharrad · 14th Jun 2007, 12:49

Ach Coolermaster went wrong when the guys that now form Silverstone left. ATCS cases were great with the understated design and all brushed ali. It just seems to me that now they use their good name to put high prices on lower quality steel/plastic cases.

Silverstone or Lian-Li is the only way forward at the moment.

Delphium · 14th Jun 2007, 13:25

The hard drives looks like there stack sideways at the bottom, which concerns me with regards to keeping them cool due to restricted air flow across them

Atomic · 14th Jun 2007, 13:58

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Originally Posted by cool_dude

//Wishes ATCS would come back to them....

...

Those were indeed nice cases.

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