Cooler Master Cosmos C700M E-ATX Full-Tower with Curved Tempered Glass Panel, Riser Cable, Flexible Interior Layout, Diverse Liquid Cooling Layout, Type-C Port & ARGB Lighting Control

The media could not be loaded. Amazing Build Quality.I have had the flagship Cooler Master HAF-X case since the day it was released in 2010. It is now 2019 and after upgrading my first gen i7 990x to the new i9 9900k, new motherboard, ram, and gpu I figured it was time to upgrade the case as well.I loved the original cosmos 2 when it came out in 2012-2013 but I felt the $350 for the case with no side window in 2013 was too much. Now a lot more cases are around the $300 mark due to inflation and what not. Plus cases have better features nowadays.I was stuck between the c700m and c700p. I hated the silver on both, and hated the fact that the c700m was $500 although I love the front rgb lights on the c700m. So when I saw this black edition c700p was coming out it was a no brainer as it was only $50 more than the original c700p.They addressed every single complaint with the original c700p.The power supply and hard drive cage shroud on the original c700p looked terrible, it covered most of the pc. I like how they changed it in the black. They made it just a full one piece power supply shroud that covers the whole bottom so you can hide your cables. I also hide my dual bay pump/reservoir since I didn't have enough room to fit it in the dual bay slot because of my reservoir.They fixed the tint on the side panel. The original c700p had a dark green tinted side panel that was hard to see through. With this side panel it's so clear that it doesn't look like there's even a side panel on.They give you 4 hard drive cages, as well as 4 ssd cages that are already installed. Whereas the original only had the few ssd cages and 2 hard drive cages.My only complaint is that I have a 360mm rad in the front that was intaking air and it would case the fans to be much louder because there is almost no ventilation to the front fans because of the front cover plus the dust cover. I took the dust cover out and the fans were still much louder. I just ended up swapping the fans the opposite direction so they blow air out of the front of the case.I have fit 4 radiators in here. 360mm radiator up top, 360mm radiator up front, 240mm next to the motherboard, and a 120mm radiator towards the rear.If you are running push/pull with a radiator up top you will need to use slim 120x15mm fans for the top of the radiator otherwise the top dust filter wont close. I learned that the hard way because all of my fans are 120x25mm.So I'm going to order some noctua 120mmx15mm slim fans to add push/pull to the top radiator.The stock rgb wave sequence of the case is nice however I decided to keep the rgb to a minimum after seeing how good everything looked in all blue. So I plugged the included rgb header to my motherboard and now I have the case lights doing a pulsing blue which matches the build much better. You are able to set static colors from the case light button as well.The included fan controller was a bonus as you can plug in six 3 or 4 pin fans. The only issue is there are only two speed options on the case, high and low which will either run the fans at 12v(100%) or 7v which is about 60%. You can get better control by plugging your fans into your motherboard fan headers and adjusting it through software if your motherboard supports that. Plus I have to stand up every time to reach the fan speed button on top of the case.The side panels on this case are a dream, they are magnetic and you can take them off the case in a matter of seconds, you just open the side panel all the way and slide it up and it comes right off. No tools required.All in all this case is absolutely amazing. I thought my haf x case was big, being an e atx case. But this case is definitely a few inches taller and longer. It's great because it gives you a ton of room for watercooling or even air cooling if you're into that lmao. You could honestly mount another radiator where I have my reservoir in the pics and then just mount the reservoir on any of the radiators. So you can fit another 240mm radiator if you wanted, or maybe even a 360mm.So many options with this case. I had a porsche hood crest from a spare hood from my car so I decided why not put it on lmao. Although I think the colors ruin the blacked out look of this case, maybe I'll by a blacked out porsche hood crest :^)Specs:CPU: Intel i9-9900k @ 5.2ghzMotherboard: Gigabyte Z390 Aorus MasterGPU: Evga RTX 2080 Ti @ 2040mhz Core, 7900mhz MemRAM: Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO 32GB 3000mhz @ CL13Cooling: 2x XSPC 360mm Radiators, XSPC 240mm Radiator, EK 120mm Radiator10x 120mm FansStorage: 1TB Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVME, 250gb Samsung 950 Pro NVMESilicon Power 480GB SSD, 2x Intel 530 180GB SSD, 4TB Seagate 7200rpm HDD2x 2TB Seagate 7200rpm HDD, 1TB Seagate 7200rpm HDDAudio: Asus Xonar Essence STX Sound CardLittle dot 1+ Hybrid tube amp with upgraded burson V5 op-amps and Russian Voskod 1940s tubesGrado RS2e HeadphonesMonitor: LG 32'' IPS 4K HDR (32ud99-w)Keyboard: Razer Cynosa Chroma ProMouse: Razer Deatheradder Elite SKT T1 EditionMousepad: Razer Goliathus ChromaCase: Cooler Master C700P Black Edition

If you’re interested in purchasing this case, then consider two things before making your decision.First, this computer case is essentially a display case. It’s a case designed for enthusiasts with money and as such it is assumed the buyer has enough spare cash to invest in a complete water cooling solution. The case has just enough (barely) airflow to help remove the ambient heat generated from the components that are not water cooled.The second thing to consider is the fact that this case is entirely inadequate for hosting a system cooled only by air. The filters alone significantly reduce the volume of air needed to be pulled into the case in order to keep the system reasonably cool. If you must rely on air cooling, you would be better off removing all the filters and then periodically blow the dust out of the case with a can of air. I don’t recommend this option and instead I encourage you to install a liquid cooling solution.Once you remove the filters, covers, and shrouds (very easy) working in this case is a walk in the park.As already mentioned many times the case is very large in size, yet what might not be apparent, isn’t so much its size alone but rather its extraordinary weight. There are many large mid-size and full-size tower cases available in the marketplace which weigh only a fraction of the weight of this case. With a water cooling kit installed I’d wager the case would be too heavy for one person to carry.The case I/O has a lot of cables and wires. Unfortunately, these wires come in a jumbled mess. To untangle these wires for better management, you’ll need to unplug the wires from the rgb/fan controller. It might look intimidating at first, but it’s really not that complicated. The right side of the case has plenty of room to hide cables so it’s possible to implement a clean wire scheme, but thanks to I/O wire mess expect it to take a lot of work.The fan controller is very primitive and only allows for two fan speeds. It does not regulate fan speed based on temperature. If your motherboard has enough fan headers to support the number of fans you have in your case and your motherboard has sensors for temp and is capable of regulating fan speed based on temperature, especially if your motherboard supports a customizable temperature curve, I highly recommend using your motherboard to power your fans. Besides, if you want to know the current rpm of your fans, you’re not going to get that information from the case fan controller.This case is well made, vastly superior to my Cosmos S case I purchased in 2008. The Cosmos S had a capacitive power switch that ended up failing and could not be replaced. So I’m happy to see that the C700P comes with a simple mechanical power switch (who’da thunk it). Like the Cosmos S, the weight of C700P is supported by skids, but unlike the Cosmos S, the skids of the C700P have rubber pads under them. Without the rubber pads, the paint on the skids of the Cosmos S, which were painted aluminum tubing, would rub off when the case (which was also a very heavy case) was moved across the surface it was resting on, leaving behind stains that proved permanent.The rgb controller provides a very limited number of color presets. A good thing if you ask me, otherwise you'd have to push the button a ludicrous number of times to get back to the color of your choice. The LED are very bright and can thankfully be turned off and on. The rgb controller has a 4 pin plug for the rgb header on your motherboard which will allow you to change the LED strips as a group to whatever color you want but the rgb controller does not have an addressable rgb (argb) plug as the lights in the LED strips are not addressable so they cannot be assigned different colors (see the C700M model).If you are an enthusiast with deep pockets and intend to cool your system with water and don’t need argb, then I highly recommend this case, after all it’s a fantastic looking case and has plenty of room to accommodate radiators and reservoirs and even has enough room behind the motherboard to run tubing if you’re willing to do a little (easy) modding.