When the Cooler Master Cosmos 1000 arrived at my door I soon realized that
this was not some cheap run of the mill computer enclosure as I watched the
Fed-Ex delivery man carry it up my front porch steps and then to
carry it on to the porch itself. Since I receive so many items via
FedEx I know most of the drivers on a first name basis, so as I came to the
porch to sign-off on this enclosure, Mike from Fed-Ex commented that this had to be the
best wrapped case he had ever delivered to me.
It was not until I got ready to move the package into the house that I realized
that he had been spot on with regard to the packaging of the case. The package
was protected by L-shaped pieces of cardboard on the top, sides and bottom
and the case itself had a sleeve around it. Everything was held in
place by four sets of nylon bands that ran completely around the
shipping carton.
Looking at the front of the shipping carton you get a top-down view of the
Cosmos 1000 and the well laid-out accessory panel.
Moving to the rear of the carton we see the internal working of the enclosure,
which we will be covering in far greater detail later further on in
the review.
The first thing that caught my eye on the Cosmos 1000 were the 1" round "Grab-n-Snatch' bars.
Please excuse the name, this is the name I gave them, the top bars can be
used for moving or positioning the Cosmos. Whereas the lower bar are
used for the enclosure to rest upon and to add height to the enclosure so
that air can enter through two vent opening which are located on the
bottom of the enclosure.
The door used on the Cosmos 1000 is made from aluminum but has a very striking
black plastic inset in the middle of the door leaving an 1.25" wide band of
aluminum on each side of the door as accent pieces.
On the side of the Cosmo 1000 you will find that both side-panels are
removable by simply lifting a lever on the rear of the unit. When
the lever is lifted a slide is actuated that runs
horizontally inside the case and releases the door, which in turn can
be lifted completely out of the way and stored elsewhere while you work on
the inside of the chassis.
