Cooler Master HAF X Review

👤by David Mitchelson Comments 📅06-09-11
Exterior

Let’s take a closer look at the exterior. First of all the front – being a full tower (and a rather large one at that!) the height of HAF X appears to go on and on. In total there are 6x 5.25” drive bays, the bottom 2 bays are actual cages and can host 2.5”/3.5” drives. All of the drive bay covers here can be removed from the outside of the case. Very handy indeed. At the bottom we have an area marked out for the large 230mm intake fan. This is LED ready and once powered up will emit a nice red glow. The Cooler Master badge is in the middle.

Turning our attention to the rear of HAF X we can see at the bottom there is an area for mounting the PSU at the very bottom whilst moving up we have a maximum of 9x PCI slot covers. Each having ventilation slots for better airflow within the case. Moving up there is a mesh area marked out for the pre-installed 140mm rear exhaust fan and above this 3x circular rubber grommets for accommodating water-cooling tubing or cables.


The front and back of HAF X


The front panel on HAF X is split into 2 sections. There are the actual ports for connectivity and then the power/reset/LED buttons above. In terms of ports and connectivity HAF X has:

• 2x USB3.0 ports (Via cable not header)
• E-SATA port
• Firewire
• 2x USB2.0 ports
• Headphone/Microphone jack

Above this we have the power/reset and LED buttons. To conceal these buttons here is a panel that slides across to prevent any accidental pressing of the power/reset – quite a nice touch, especially if you have annoying friends!


Front panel connectivity with USB3.0



Power/Reset and LED buttons have slider cover to prevent accidental pressing


Further back there are 2 rather large perforated mesh sections. Here we have placements for dual 200mm fans. One is already pre-installed.


Dual 200mm fan options


Finally on the underside there are 3 rubber pads and a honeycomb mesh section for the PSU fan. This section does have removable dust dilters.


The underside of HAF X


Now let’s take a look at the inside.

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