MasterCase Pro 5 from Cooler Master – A very moddable case?
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2016-05-06
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1,401 words · ~7 min read
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The Cooler Master master case Pro 5 not as cool as a master sword but pretty
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cool regardless this cases cooler Masters attempt to glom onto the maker
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of movement and feed into that mentality and they do this through their four uh
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free four modular system what the heck does that mean stay tuned to find out
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more so what the heck is the free form modular system well at its base level
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what Cooler Master is trying to do is make a case that is largely constructed
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using screws and other modular connections so that you will be able to
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swap things out easily say you'll be able to swap out the top IO for
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something like USBC compatibility throw redundant power supplies in the bottom
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mount a Reservoir in your hard drive Bay Area put tempered glass on the sides or
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even on the front hook up a graphics card Mount support so you don't have
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heavy cards droop and much much more
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they're also planning on somewhat leaning on the community here so if you
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have any suggestions for anything be sure to let them know on Twitter at
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coolermaster now let's get to the base System case we have here today the
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unmodded cooler master master case Pro 5
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this case is quite sturdy as you can see I don't actually recommend standing on
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this case but it's an impressive site nonetheless moving on we have the front
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of the case there's two 5 and A4 inch Bay covers and a large filtered front
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panel below that up above we have the io on an angled part of the top of the case
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up here you have two USB 3.0 ports a hard drive activity light power and
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reset buttons and a headphone and microphone Jack on the left side panel
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there's a very large Square cutout with a slightly tinted window and in the
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bottom there's an option for a b black panel that will cover your power supply
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and some hard drive cages this is easily removed by removing two screws if you do
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want to show off that sweet sweet juice machine the right side panel is fairly
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plain but both of them feature hanging thumb screws and when you remove the
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panel it won't fall off right away the bottom of it will hinge on the case
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until you lift it out a nice touch moving to the top there is a removable
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bracket which hes a filter and covers up another removable bracket uh which you
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can install to 120 or4 40 mm fans and
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their respective radiators this is nice because you can do the annoying set of
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screwing in your rad and fans outside of the case instead of fighting with it on
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the inside last of all there are handles up here possibly not immediately
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apparent but they're there and they seem pretty sturdy as well on the bottom of
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the case you have the power supply filter and two bottom supports which
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have two rubber feet each these support legs are removable as well which is
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great to see even though the majority of you will probably be leaving them on the
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the back of the case supports one 140 mm
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and 120 mm fan in the same spot which can be placed slightly higher or
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slightly lower in order to line up with your air cooler of your choice and the
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power supply is mounted using a Nifty little external bracket so now for a
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look at the inside of the case starting with the front we see mounts for three
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140 mm fans two of which are included you can also choose to mount a 280 mm
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radiator here but because of the case's top shroud you can't install triple rad
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just behind these fan mounts is a modular Drive based system the master
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case comes with a total of three Drive cages two for hard drives and ssds and a
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third for your two uh 5 and a/4 inch Bays if you're still into those kind of
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things the position of the hard drive cages can be adjusted vertically for
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better air flow or cable management or just removed completely if you're not
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really using any mechanical drives and they can be easily adjusted or taken out
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with thumb screws one thing that I liked is how the cages didn't just fall down
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after I took out the thumb screws you have to pull on them just a little bit
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so that they don't go crashing down into the floor of your case each cage has
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toolless slide in mounts with anti- vibration rubber pads nothing we haven't
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seen before but still nice one of these cages is in the basement area that's
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becoming more common on cases these days it contains both the power supply and a
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mount for the hard drive cage that we mentioned before or some maker stuff if
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you want to go that way which can be moved from the front of the case if you
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need extra clearance or something like that radiator that drops down on top of
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the basement are a pair of SSD brackets that are to install with just a single
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thumb screw but keep in mind that these brackets do hide your ssds which you may
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or may not like depending on how you want your build to look you'll also find
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a power supply Mount down here which includes anti vibration rails and
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removable dust filter which we mentioned earlier and when it's time to do
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something with all those cords coming out of your power supply the master case
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offers some pretty good Cable Management options you get three large rubber lined
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grommets along the right hand side of the motherboard tray two holes on top
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and two more holes on top of the basement for SSD cables as well as
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anything that you might need to plug into the bottom of your motherboard the
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back of the motherboard tray inside the back side of the case uh has velcro
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straps for all of your front panel cables which are neatly pre-managed as
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well as a couple cable Loops for your eight pin connector and while these
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things are nice I would have liked maybe some more stock Cable Management
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features but in the accessories bin there are two stickable cable Loop
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things which you can utilize and speaking of the motherboard tray the
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accessories kit includes a little standoff socket that you can place on
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the end of your screwdriver enabling you to screw them in with just a screwdriver
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instead of struggling with your fingers very cool so in conclusion it's a pretty
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standard case a good standard case but standard nonetheless for the moment at
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least it has the chance of evolving in the future that chance relies on the
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community giving Cooler Master feedback and input on what they would like to see
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this case grow into and it relies on Cooler Master following up on those
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suggestions and unlocking the various possibilities that they have thought of
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and that the community has thought of as well I'm sure they're listening so give
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them your suggestions in the comments down below or again on Twitter at Cooler
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