The bar you see running across the top portion of the opening is where the
side panel attaches and latches securely in place.
The second bar which is located at about the mid-point is for securing
extra-long video cards, but it also acts as a duct for "The Negative
Pressure Effect." that we mentioned earlier. The two pictures
below
show part of cooling paths used by the Cooler Master Cosmos 1000.
In the second picture you see where the air enters the rear of the
chassis and it follows the center channel where the air in turn is directed
into the hard drive cages.
With the left side-panel removed you can see that Cooler Master has once
again given us a case that is as beautiful on the inside as it is on the
outside.
On right-side of chassis are six removable hard drive caddies
held in place by a single thumb-screws. Once the thumb-screw is removed it is
a simple matter to fold out the handle and slide the drive tray out so that
it can have a hard drive added to it. You might wonder how you attach
an IDE cable or perhaps a eSATA cable to the hard drives once they are
mounted inside the drive cages. All that is required is to remove the
side-panel on the opposite side and all the necessary power and data cables
can be attached.
When Cooler Master was building the Cosmos 1000 they were thinking of people that like a well organized case. You may not see it very well in the first picture but in the second photo which shows the rear of the chassis you can see two long slits that will allow you to do a tremendous job of cable management. Not only that but they also provide an extra cable ties and cable stand-offs that should allow even the novice to come away with a case that offers the best airflow possible then combine that with the fact that the Cosmos has superb cooling thanks to numerous 120mm fans, you are left with just one question. "What more do I need in Case!!!"
Here you can see the hard drive caddies that we mentioned earlier, it's the little things like the lock in place handles on these caddies that will make this case far outshine anything else on the market.
Mounted on the bottom of the enclosure is an encased 120mm fan that draws
fresh outside air into the case via the bottom openings. These ducts also serve as a means for the
power supply to obtain air once it is mounted inside the case.
