WEBVTT 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:07.440 so a question i find myself asking is do we really need more quiet pc case 00:00:05.520 --> 00:00:12.160 options and coolermaster's answer to that was uh yes we have the silencio 00:00:09.920 --> 00:00:16.880 652s and we will send it to you please do a review please and all i could 00:00:14.240 --> 00:00:20.000 really say to that is uh okay i guess so and while i'm randomly guessing at 00:00:18.240 --> 00:00:24.000 things i guess my review of the lgg watch r is going to be coming soon so 00:00:21.920 --> 00:00:31.679 stay tuned for that but first this video 00:00:31.679 --> 00:00:37.520 cooler master's case mod world series is your opportunity to show off your 00:00:35.520 --> 00:00:41.840 modding skills and win great prizes entries close february 7th 2015. click 00:00:40.079 --> 00:00:45.520 now to learn more we'll start with a look at the outside i 00:00:43.600 --> 00:00:49.520 quite like the aesthetic of this case the front door is hard to even see that 00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:54.079 it's a door it blends in with the front of the case really well and cooler 00:00:51.440 --> 00:00:59.039 master just overall hasn't attempted to reinvent the already fairly functional 00:00:56.239 --> 00:01:03.760 wheel of quiet cases with simple elegant looks but has managed their own unique 00:01:01.600 --> 00:01:07.200 spin that makes this more than a me too product the front door is lined with 00:01:05.519 --> 00:01:10.799 noise dampening materials and reveals three five and a quarter inch bays 00:01:08.720 --> 00:01:15.840 underneath and a removable cover for the two included 120 millimeter selencio 00:01:13.119 --> 00:01:21.280 series quiet fans and some rather curious design choices first i noticed 00:01:19.040 --> 00:01:25.360 that the bay covers and fan cover have a plastic patterned layer and another 00:01:23.520 --> 00:01:30.400 plastic mesh layer that gives them a very pleasing appearance but they both 00:01:27.920 --> 00:01:35.119 lack dust filters a bit of a given on mid-range to high-end cases these days 00:01:32.960 --> 00:01:40.240 next i noticed that they might not need to be filtered anyway since the front 00:01:37.680 --> 00:01:44.400 door includes no gaps to allow air to be drawn in through the front of the case 00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:49.759 which means that for any filtration scheme to work it would actually have to 00:01:46.079 --> 00:01:51.680 cover the side vents on the front bezel 00:01:49.759 --> 00:01:55.520 so the third oddity i noticed then was that these also don't include any 00:01:53.600 --> 00:02:00.640 filters so the overall impression of the front is that it looks really good but 00:01:58.560 --> 00:02:05.439 leaves the primary air intake for the case completely open to infiltration by 00:02:03.360 --> 00:02:10.080 dust a design oversight that is particularly confusing when cooler 00:02:07.680 --> 00:02:15.120 master went to the trouble to filter the bottom of the case where only the power 00:02:12.239 --> 00:02:19.520 supply takes in air by default let's move on though i o is well laid out with 00:02:17.680 --> 00:02:23.760 anything vulnerable to being stepped on by a cat like power and reset buttons on 00:02:21.760 --> 00:02:28.640 the front and everything else that is dual usb 2 dual usb 3.0 headphone and 00:02:26.800 --> 00:02:34.239 microphone and this is a really nice touch an sd card reader on the top also 00:02:31.599 --> 00:02:39.920 on the top is a vent exposure mechanism that feels a lot less like a bolted-on 00:02:37.599 --> 00:02:44.480 afterthought than most silent cases looking at you define r5 and from 00:02:42.400 --> 00:02:49.440 everywhere but the back appears to be just a stylized top panel very nice 00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:54.080 from the back though we can see that there are two sliding pieces that lock 00:02:51.360 --> 00:02:58.080 into place well yet are easy to remove if you know what to do the first one is 00:02:56.239 --> 00:03:02.640 a solid plastic layer that leaves the top looking stylishly well vented just 00:03:00.879 --> 00:03:06.879 like the front when you open the door and there's a second one that reveals 00:03:04.720 --> 00:03:13.360 easy mounting for top fan so that's up to two 140 millimeter fans or a dual 120 00:03:10.640 --> 00:03:17.360 millimeter radiator with fans the side panels use standard non-captive thumb 00:03:15.840 --> 00:03:20.800 screws so be careful with them when you remove them and other than that their 00:03:19.040 --> 00:03:24.879 only interesting features are the noise dampening lining on the insides and the 00:03:23.040 --> 00:03:28.800 removable panel on the left that you'll need to remove two screws from then pop 00:03:27.200 --> 00:03:34.080 off if you want to expose the vent that sits next to your GPU area moving to the 00:03:31.840 --> 00:03:37.599 inside we find very solid construction overall but i expect this from cooler 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:41.280 master so they don't get massive bonus points for it or anything sucks to be 00:03:39.200 --> 00:03:44.239 good at stuff hey guys so we'll continue the inside tour at the front the five 00:03:42.720 --> 00:03:48.400 and a quarter inch cage can accept a two and a half or three and a half inch 00:03:45.840 --> 00:03:52.560 drive in the bottom bay and is tool-less which is good but riveted in which means 00:03:50.799 --> 00:03:57.599 no front triple rad mounting like the define r5 with that said i suspect most 00:03:55.280 --> 00:04:02.080 people won't do that anyway so radiator support for the dual 120 millimeter 00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:06.080 front fans would have been enough for me and it has that but the implementation 00:04:04.640 --> 00:04:10.640 is really really bizarre kind of like they couldn't decide if and how they 00:04:08.400 --> 00:04:15.519 were gonna do it so like i saw that with the front drive cages removed the red 00:04:13.519 --> 00:04:19.600 could go on the inside here with the barbed side down only by the way which 00:04:17.359 --> 00:04:24.320 means that most aios won't reach the CPU socket or even a graphics card in the 00:04:21.600 --> 00:04:28.080 top slot at least that would have worked if cooler master didn't have the front 00:04:26.080 --> 00:04:32.320 fan screwed into these threaded stamped mounts that would require custom screws 00:04:30.560 --> 00:04:36.080 and very careful installation in order to do that then i noticed that it looked 00:04:34.560 --> 00:04:41.120 kind of like there'd be room to put the red inside the front bezel only what no 00:04:38.960 --> 00:04:44.479 wait not quite enough room so at this point i finally consulted the manual and 00:04:42.800 --> 00:04:50.400 realized they expect you to buy an optional adapter to put a rat in the 00:04:47.280 --> 00:04:52.880 front not a good solution but 00:04:50.400 --> 00:04:57.680 given that the top and rear dual and single rad mounts are fine and how few 00:04:55.360 --> 00:05:02.560 people need three radiators i'd have actually given this a pass still if the 00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:07.440 air cooling fan installation method was really good and that's why water cooling 00:05:04.960 --> 00:05:11.759 was difficult but it's not these front screws are partially threaded presumably 00:05:09.520 --> 00:05:15.840 to prevent over-tightening of the fans but unfortunately due to tolerances in 00:05:14.080 --> 00:05:20.479 manufacturing we end up with the opposite problem where my fans actually 00:05:18.479 --> 00:05:25.840 had some wiggle in them even when they were fully screwed in a big no-no for a 00:05:23.199 --> 00:05:29.759 silent case although in practice once we fired it up it didn't end up causing a 00:05:28.080 --> 00:05:34.800 lot of vibration really any that i noticed moving on towards the back we've got the 00:05:32.400 --> 00:05:39.039 drive bays that most normal people will leave in that i was initially going to 00:05:36.639 --> 00:05:42.560 call over engineered for no apparent reason until i figured out that they're 00:05:40.479 --> 00:05:46.800 actually surprisingly clever at the bottom there are three three and 00:05:44.560 --> 00:05:50.080 a half inch bays that are screwed in and non-adjustable although you can install 00:05:48.560 --> 00:05:54.880 two and a half inch drives in them if you want then the top four can actually 00:05:52.560 --> 00:05:59.199 be adjusted by relocating this piece right here which allows the plastic 00:05:56.800 --> 00:06:03.120 sleds to then also be resized these little wings to be lowered and ssds to 00:06:01.520 --> 00:06:06.880 be screwed in from the sides in such a way that the SATA power connector 00:06:04.880 --> 00:06:11.600 doesn't experience any unnecessary strain like most other solutions very 00:06:09.600 --> 00:06:16.240 nice cooler master next to the drive cage there's a spot for a filtered 120 00:06:13.919 --> 00:06:19.039 millimeter intake fan or another two and a half inch or three and a half inch 00:06:17.680 --> 00:06:22.319 drive to be screwed in from the bottom of the case then moving further toward 00:06:20.800 --> 00:06:26.319 the rear we've got anti-vibration rubber feet for the power supply an extra 00:06:24.240 --> 00:06:31.120 auxiliary pci slot to go with the standard atx-7 three water cooling 00:06:28.880 --> 00:06:35.520 grommets which i used to poke fun at but now use every day in one of their other 00:06:33.919 --> 00:06:41.039 cases in our whole room water cooling setup and finally the third included 00:06:37.919 --> 00:06:43.280 cilencio 120 millimeter fan at the top 00:06:41.039 --> 00:06:46.960 we've got an aio dual 120 millimeter liquid cooler that we were able to 00:06:44.800 --> 00:06:51.600 install facing either way thanks to the mounting slots rather than holes and 00:06:49.759 --> 00:06:55.440 without losing access to any of our three five and a quarter inch bays very 00:06:53.680 --> 00:06:59.840 nice the motherboard tray features a cutout for easy CPU cooler installation 00:06:57.759 --> 00:07:04.560 yet another two and a half inch drive sliding grommet mount ample cable 00:07:02.240 --> 00:07:10.800 management loops unexceptional but functional cable management holes with 00:07:07.120 --> 00:07:12.960 equally unexceptional and actually 00:07:10.800 --> 00:07:17.280 barely good enough spacing in the back of the tray to run 00:07:14.880 --> 00:07:20.479 cables between it and the side panel if it weren't for the noise dampening 00:07:18.560 --> 00:07:25.199 material on that panel they'd have been fine but as it was i had to do the push 00:07:22.800 --> 00:07:29.840 down and slide in order to get the case closed up 00:07:26.880 --> 00:07:34.160 so it's conclusion time the case accepts a ton of drives up to nine three and a 00:07:31.759 --> 00:07:38.240 half inch and a two and a half inch or ten two and a half inch or any 00:07:35.680 --> 00:07:43.360 combination thereof it looks great and is really well built but it loses some 00:07:41.199 --> 00:07:48.639 marks for its open mesh that's masquerading as a filtration system and 00:07:46.000 --> 00:07:54.160 poorly thought out front fan mounts so is that a recommendation for this 00:07:50.639 --> 00:07:56.400 case not directly but the 652s is also 00:07:54.160 --> 00:08:00.879 not a bad choice it just could have been a little bit better one change in 00:07:58.400 --> 00:08:04.800 particular that i'd like to see on a v2 of this would be the ability to 00:08:02.479 --> 00:08:09.520 completely remove the front door and stealth the hinge mounting points that 00:08:07.280 --> 00:08:13.440 combined with the already excellent silence to high airflow transformation 00:08:11.599 --> 00:08:19.599 that's possible on the top would turn this into possibly the best implemented 00:08:16.400 --> 00:08:20.800 versatile case on the market maybe at 00:08:19.599 --> 00:08:24.080 some point cooler master will start letting me look at this stuff before 00:08:22.800 --> 00:08:28.319 sending me a 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