Cooler Master iTower 930
JC 11.10.2006 - 07:38 1538 0
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Review @ bit-tech.netPotential: There is some room in the case if you take out the various extras, which means you could possibly squeeze in in a watercooling loop if you wanted to. However, unlike many cases where there are plenty of obvious places to put a radiator, the mounting system for the PSU means that there isn't much room at the top of the case and there is only room for a single 120mm radiator on the rear panel - you'd have to think about running something externally.
I do like the hard drive cage - it's a very handy thing if you need to swap drives very often, and it's clearly an elegant solution. However, most people really don't swap drives that often, so whether or not this interests you will depend on the number of drives you have.
I would like Cooler Master to have made this case a trifle bigger. As it is, it just feels a little too cramped, even for a mid-tower. There's very little opportunity for hiding PSU cables and the lack of room at the front of the case means that hard drive cables and the ATX cable can interfere with the drive bays.
The iTower 930 is fairly plain base case with some added features that aim to take it above the standard steel monstrosities on the market. Unfortunately, aside from the hard drive rack, the features don't really add to the case, and in some ways make usage more awkward. For the money, we'd go with a more proven case like the WaveMaster or even, for the same money, a Lian Li PC60.
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