Coolermaster Storm Trooper Case Review

Posted by Gilgamesh on January 4th, 2012

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Specifications:

Available Colour All Black

Dimension (W / H / D) 250 x 605.6 x 578.5 mm (9.8 x 23.8 x 22.8 in)

Net Weight (g) 14.4 KG / 31.7 lbs

M/B Type Micro-ATX, ATX, XL-ATX

Material Steel body, Front Mesh / Plastic bezel

5.25″ Drive Bay 9

3.5″ Drive Bay 8 (converted from 5.25” bay by two 4-in 3 HDD modules)

Expansion Slots 9+1

Maximum CPU cooler height: 186 mm / 7.3 in

Compatibility GPU card length: 322 mm / 12.7 in

2.5″ Drive Bay 13 (converted from 5.25” bay by two 4-in 3 HDD modules)

I/O Panel USB 3.0 x 2 (internal), USB 2.0 x 2, e-SATA x 1, Audio In and Out ( Supports HD audio)

Cooling System Front : 120 mm LED fan x2, 1200 RPM, 17 dBA

Top: 200 mm fan x 1, 1000 RPM, 23 dBA(converted to 2 x 120 / 140 mm fan)

Rear: 140 mm fan x1, 1200 RPM, 19 dBA(converted to 120 mm fan)

Side: 120 mm fan x 2 (optional)

Bottom: 120 mm fan x 2 (optional)

EAN Code 4719512033951

UPC Code 884102013928

Features

The first full tower chassis with two 90 degrees rotatable 4-in-3 HDD modules
The first with an easy-to-carry handle, and hidden tool box for storing private goods
Removable dust filters on bottom and top intakes
A built in fan controller for cool or quiet operation
Supports up to 14 hard-drives for future upgrades
Convenient external 2.5” HDD/SSD X-dock
Supports high-end hardware, includes XL-ATX board, multiple GPUs in SLI or Crossfire
Can support up to two water cooling radiators

Some interesting features listed there, this includes paying close attention to the two water cooling radiators. Of course this does beg the question ‘does it mean 2x120mm radiators or larger?’

Let us move on and find out.

Packaging

The box arrived to us a little mangled (we never seem to have much luck with our delivery people) on the top panel. The front panel has a nice design and it is eye catching; whilst subtle images have been faded into the background; namely what looks to be a few American special forces (no friendly fire please) troops going on a rampage. The front panel also depicts a black chassis rather than white. This is a little strange as when anyone mouths the word ‘Storm Trooper’ they think of the colour white and the ‘Star Wars’ films. However, when we say Star Wars we mean the old films and not the dire and ham-acted new ones.

Finally we notice that unlike previous Coolermaster products, there is not even a hint of purple in the box design or logo. Instead they use a red and black theme, obviously to match up with the product itself.

Removing the outer packaging shows the standard foam protectors placed on either side of the product itself. Over the product and again as standard is the scratch protector. What would be nice to have from Coolermaster is to take a small leaf from Thermaltake’s book and have a nice fancy dust protector that can be used when the computer is powered off.