CM Storm Sniper
Conclusion
Published: 14th February 2009 | Source: Scan.co.uk | Price: £133.96 |
The desire to produce a 'gamer friendly' case by manufacturers has certainly pushed some interesting cases our way in the last couple of months. The Akasa Infiniti Zor is of particular note, as it aimed to cater to gamers on a budget, but seemed to cut too many corners. The Sniper then delivers on two very important factors when buying a case: build quality and cooling performance.Since the Sniper is made up largely of grills and fan blowholes, the appearance isn't anything particularly outstanding, but CM Storm have done a reasonable job on this. The I/O panel is particularly good on this model, and we hope CM Storm continue this with all their new cases. The built-in fan controller saves you a good £20 on buying one separate to the case, and it also controls the LED's in the fans, which is a nice touch.
Priced at £133.96 from Scan.co.uk, it is reasonably priced, but not outstanding. For example, Ebuyer have just listed the Antec 902 for just under £100, which has similar cooling power and comes with anodised black internals. This doesn't mean the Sniper is a bad buy, far from it, but there are plenty of other choices out there, so the case really needed to be an outstanding value, rather than just 'ok'.
The Good:
+ Fantastic cooling
+ Easy installation
+ Impressive fan controller and I/O bay
The Mediocre:
* The price
The Bad:
- Poor options for cable routing
Overclock3D would like to thank Cooler Master for supplying today's review sample. Discuss in our Forums.
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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.
I looked at the wire filled image and saw a couple more ways of making it more neater. |
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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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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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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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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