CM Storm Sniper
Packaging & Up-Close
Published: 14th February 2009 | Source: Scan.co.uk | Price: £133.96 |
Although packaging may not seem an obvious one when reviewing a case, due to their large size, packaging plays an important role in getting the case to your door in one piece.
As you can see, the front of the box has an image of the case, which is in the crosshairs of a sniper rifle. Round the back there is a CGI man with a sniper rifle, along with a list of case features. It has four images, which show the key selling points of the case and a cooling diagram. The whole box is coloured in a dark blue/black night effect gradient.
The case came wedged between two pieces of foam, holding it nice and secure within the box. Around the case is a thick plastic bag, which will help to prevent scratches. Once out of the bag, you can see the case in all its glory. It's fairly symmetrical, with a large grill up top for expelling hot air and the side is almost entirely grilling.
The front of the casing is also dominated by massive grills; you get the impression that airflow probably won't be a problem with this case. At the bottom, the big grill is for the mammoth 200mm fan, which should certainly keep things circulating inside.
Up top we have CM Storm's revolutionary control panel. The big dial controls the speed of all the internal fans, and you push it in to activate/deactivate the LED's on the fans. To the right we have the usual array of ports; 4x USB, Firewire, E-Sata, Headphone + Mic, HDD and Power LED's.
Up top we have CM Storm's revolutionary control panel. The big dial controls the speed of all the internal fans, and you push it in to activate/deactivate the LED's on the fans. To the right we have the usual array of ports; 4x USB, Firewire, E-Sata, Headphone + Mic, HDD and Power LED's.
Surprsingly, the rear side of the case doesn't feature any grills, but is sculptured in the same way as the front side of the case. The side panel is thick steel and has a solid, weighty feel to it. Round the back, the case follows a fairly standard layout. The PSU is mounted at the bottom, while there are two tubing holes up top for watercooling and a 120mm fan mount. Unusually, there is an eighth expansion slot cover. We can only assume this is so that you don't waste precious motherboard slots when using back panel USB etc.
The case has 4 fairly large feet, each coated in thick rubber. This gives the case excellent stability and grip on the surface it is put upon. Like many others, they also twist around so you can get optimise them for your desk setup.
Most Recent Comments
People with modular PSUs will have a nightmare. lol.
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Originally Posted by name='zak4994'
People with modular PSUs will have a nightmare. lol.
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Originally Posted by name='Luigi'
its the same if not worse for non-modular? apart from the one I tested with :S
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I looked at the wire filled image and saw a couple more ways of making it more neater.
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Originally Posted by name='zak4994'
Modular cables will be shorter so they will need to be in view while non-modular will have lots of spare cables but can easily be hidden around.
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im not even going to look at any other cases until they come out with a pre powdercoated one with every cable braided. So far the Asaka Eclipse is the closest to being perfect...
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Originally Posted by name='sock58'
im not even going to look at any other cases until they come out with a pre powdercoated one with every cable braided. So far the Asaka Eclipse is the closest to being perfect...
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Thats a dog of a case though...
btw, tom, post office monday morning, they WILL be open and i WILL be there. XD
btw, tom, post office monday morning, they WILL be open and i WILL be there. XD
One lil thing I'd mention is when you say:
You miss out mentioning the fact it has an esata port on the front panel which is 10 times more noteworthy than a firewire in my opinion
Up top we have CM Storm's revolutionary control panel. The big dial controls the speed of all the internal fans, and you push it in to activate/deactivate the LED's on the fans. To the right we have the usual array of ports; 4x USB, Firewire, Headphone + Mic, HDD and Power LED's.
You miss out mentioning the fact it has an esata port on the front panel which is 10 times more noteworthy than a firewire in my opinion
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Originally Posted by name='Bungral'
One lil thing I'd mention is when you say:
You miss out mentioning the fact it has an esata port on the front panel which is 10 times more noteworthy than a firewire in my opinion |
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Originally Posted by name='zak4994'
HDD stands for eSATA.
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Also when he says: HDD and Power LED's... I'm sure he means the LED's.
One last thing, the link on the first post is dead for me.. Don't know about anyone else though.
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Originally Posted by name='Bungral'
Stands for Hard Disk Drive...
Also when he says: HDD and Power LED's... I'm sure he means the LED's. One last thing, the link on the first post is dead for me.. Don't know about anyone else though. |
lol
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Originally Posted by name='Bungral'
You miss out mentioning the fact it has an esata port on the front panel which is 10 times more noteworthy than a firewire in my opinion |
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Thanks for that
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Nice case but I prefer my HAF
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