Cooler Master MasterBox TD500 Mesh White Airflow ATX Mid-Tower with Polygonal Mesh Front Panel, Crystalline Tempered Glass, E-ATX up to 10.5", Three 120mm ARGB Lighting Fans
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Up top, it can fit a 360mm. It's a little tight, but it works. A massive CPU cooler or a very tall, unusually shaped computer Interference will occur when using shaped RAM (such as Warhawk or Super Luce). As a result, I had to replace my rear exhaust fan. A thinner one or one with a smaller diameter than 120mm would suffice, but I didn't have one that would fit with a 360mm up top in the house.
No, the fans on the front of the case provide ample airflow for the psu and video card heatsinks. The shroud, on the other hand, has mounting for two SSDs as well as excellent cable management.
It has a magnetic top filter and a slotted bottom filter, but the mesh in the front eliminates the need for a filter.
It is impossible to remove the shroud.
Selected User Reviews For Cooler Master MasterBox TD500 Mesh White Airflow ATX Mid-Tower with Polygonal Mesh Front Panel, Crystalline Tempered Glass, E-ATX up to 10.5", Three 120mm ARGB Lighting Fans
The only thing I would have liked was the ability to move the hard drive bay to a more convenient location. br>br>I'm giving this case a one-star rating because after I finished building a computer with it, I discovered that one of the two USB 3. 0 ports was broken. I'd ask for a refund if the front jacks were bent on the inside, but after 4 hours of building a PC, I'm not going to move everything to another case. You'll understand if you've ever built a PC, and I'd like to add that before I purchased the case, I read a review where someone had the same issue. I'm not likely to purchase another cooler master case, but things could be much worse.
This case was purchased from Amazon brand new. And there I was, patiently waiting for all of the parts to arrive, and once they did, I was ecstatic to put my gaming desktop together on a weekend night (Friday). What's more, guess what? When I open the casing box, I find the casing but no screws or standoffs, and nothing with which to mount the motherboard. The paper that came with the box stated that it should include hardware, but it did not. The emotional roller coaster is easy to imagine. And it was after 7 p. m. , so any local computer stores that might have had the screw kit were likely closed. To put it another way, I was 'amazon balled,' if you know what I mean. Plus, when I saw the case, I thought to myself, "This is not a $100 case. " The material is flimsy, and the cable routing is terrible, so this is more like a 55-dollar case.
Both the side panel and the front panel are stunning. If you want more lights, there's room for RGB strips on the front. br>I wish the shroud went all the way to the front of the case. br>If you want to add 140mm to the front, I recommend drilling new mounting holes because the existing ones are at the bottom and halfway up the middle openings. Because the top fans are so close to the edge, they don't leave much room for RGB strips, but the bottom fans can be lit. Overall, a great value for money case.
P. If possible, avoid using a large heatsink. The noctua nh nh nh nh nh nh nh With the panel on, the u14s 140mm heatsink just about fits.
Today, May 30, 2020, I received this case for a build for my grandson. br>The cardboard outer box has a dent in one corner, but the shipping Styrofoam kept the case in perfect condition. br>The case is essentially complete as delivered. The direction pamphlet, about two dozen sketches of various device installations, and no written words were all contained in a separate box. I also discovered the magnetic filter for the case top and the small filter for the case bottom airway in the box. I'm guessing they were in place at the time of shipping but became dislodged during transit. They aren't held in place by a fastener. br>There was a plastic bag in the case. There are a few black zip ties in there, as well as the ARGB controller. A few smaller bags of standoffs, screws, and dowels, among other standard issue hardware extras, are also included in the bag. br>There are a couple of notes in the reviews that are a little confusing. The clear side panel is acrylic, according to the information provided. It was advertised as crystalline glass by the manufacturer. That's exactly what's going on. The TD500 has a polymer panel on earlier/other versions, but this one is etched tempered glass. The hard drive tray is not removable, according to one review. True to a degree. The PSU is housed in the same enclosure as the hard drive. It's affixed to the wall with rivets. Rivets could be removed if a builder had a strong desire to do so, but they appear to be a structural component of the case design. It's not something I'd tamper with. The riser that supports the trays opposite the enclosure tray support, on the other hand, can be removed using four screws. With that out of the way, the trays can be removed, and the enclosure can be used for cable management or a strange PSU setup. You have three points deducted. There are five HDD trays, but there is also space for SSDs. br>The case has yet to be populated. My plan is to bring all of my fans with me. Three were included; I purchased one for exhaust on the case back and two for placement on the top; there is, of course, a fan on the PSU; the GPU will provide three, and the CPU will provide two in push pull configuration. The enclosure's eleven fans should be arranged in a way that maximizes airflow. br>If noise is an issue, or if my grandson decides to go with liquid cooling, this case has plenty of space. br>I'll make an effort to remember to update the build for the review post.
***Update 2/8/2019*** I recently had to sell this case and move on to a new one. The acrylic is extremely delicate, and the included cloth has left a lot of scratches on it. For about $10 more, I got a Corsair Carabide 275R with tempered glass side panels. br>br>I purchased this for my first full build. Overall, I think this is an excellent case. The fans are nice, and there's a good amount of airflow coming in. The colors are also nice, and you can add effects if you want. Back-end cable management is good, with plenty of tie-down points, and mounting the SSD is unusual but cool. It was also very simple to incorporate. br>br>Other Considerations:
- The side panel is not made of tempered glass (which I don't mind because I like the design).
- The colors of the fans aren't the same. This isn't a huge deal, but I'd like to stick with a white/black/orange color scheme. (See photo), but the case's front fans, which are set to white, do not match the white of the case fans I bought. To see if it makes a difference, I'll probably invest in cooler master brand case fans. Again, this isn't a major issue, but it may bother some people. Overall: br>br> I think the design is great, and it was a fun case to work on.
I recently purchased this lovely case, and I contacted Cooler Master to see if it was compatible with the Corsair H100i Platinum Pro, which they confirmed. Now that I've installed the radiator and fans, I'm running out of room to install the memory ram in the memory slot. Keeping in mind that the H100i platinum has a 240mm radiator and 120mm fans, I have two options if I want to keep using this case. Alternatively, I could leave the radiator on the top and move the fans outside, or I could remove the frontal fans and the three pre-installed fans. As I previously stated, the case is lovely, but the problem was a letdown for me.
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