Cooler Master may have the best locking mechanisms when it comes to securing drives or accessories in your computer case, it is just a simple matter of pushing the blue button to allow the device to be placed into the opening and then by releasing the button the device will be locked into place.
Here we have the 120x120x25mm fan that is used to pull warm air out of your case, if you were to fill all the fan opening with fans you would have six - 120mm fans in the case which is more than enough to generate a hue amount of air through the case.
Looking upward you can see the single 120mm fan and the openings for the two additional fans. As we mentioned earlier we will be reviewing the Aquagate Max watercooling system next and we will be using this case to show you how well the case and water cooling system work together.
Finally we have a shot of the fan mounted in the front of bay drive cage as we have pulled the drive cage partially out of the case for better viewing. One problem we ran into was when you take the 4-in-1 drive cage out it has blue rubber cushions that help it stay tight in the opening in the case. The problem begins when you try to place the case back into the case. The blue cushion are approximately twice the size they need to be. I happen to have some other round drive cushions that fit in the openings and they were also about half the thickness so I used them on one side.
Testing and Result
Here you can see the setup with the water cooling system getting ready to be tested. You can read the review of the Cooler Master Aquamax water cooling kit late tomorrow.
Test Setup
Mainboard - Foxconn 975X7AB
Processor - Quad Core X6600 Extreme
Graphics Cards - HIS HD2400
Cooling: Cooler Master Aquamax Water Cooling Kit
Memory - 2048 MB (2x1024MB) DDR2 @ OCZ Reaper
Power Supply Unit - Tagan BZ 1000
Monitor - Acer AL2216W
OS related Software
Windows Vista Business Edition
DirectX 9.0c End User Runtime October update
ATI Catalyst 8.3
To see how well the Cosmos S cooled our system we used the French stress-testing program OCCT (Ocbase et OCCT - L'union des overclockers - OCCT Official Website) which works in conjunction with Speedfan to record the minimum and maximum temperature recorded over a 30-minute time period while continually subjecting the system to a constant 97% to 100% load. We also ran a copy of Ultra-X Winstress as well to but the maximum load possible on the systems.
Conclusion
The Cooler Master Cosmos S has a number of improvement over the original version of this enclosure and I am glad to see Cooler Master has gone to 100% aluminum construction which make the case far more manageable and easier to move from place to place.
