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Hey everyone.
Just upgraded the core components to my rig (case, MOBO, CPU, RAM), and I can't help but express my satisfaction with the Cooler Master HAF XM case I bought. Anybody else here using a HAF? Since I started building my own systems, I only owned one other case before this, so it would be weird to say "it's the best case I ever owned," but I think I definitely like it better than my first one (although it wasn't bad).
Just love the look, the room, the ease with which I was able to install everything in it.
You know what's funny, I never really routed my cables behind the motherboard tray before, so this concept was a bit new to me. It didn't dawn on me until very late in the whole assembly process that the cables to the hard drives go in the back of the case ... otherwise they would stick out the side, and I couldn't put the side panel on.
Always learning.
Just upgraded the core components to my rig (case, MOBO, CPU, RAM), and I can't help but express my satisfaction with the Cooler Master HAF XM case I bought. Anybody else here using a HAF? Since I started building my own systems, I only owned one other case before this, so it would be weird to say "it's the best case I ever owned," but I think I definitely like it better than my first one (although it wasn't bad).
Just love the look, the room, the ease with which I was able to install everything in it.
You know what's funny, I never really routed my cables behind the motherboard tray before, so this concept was a bit new to me. It didn't dawn on me until very late in the whole assembly process that the cables to the hard drives go in the back of the case ... otherwise they would stick out the side, and I couldn't put the side panel on.
Always learning.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1 Pro x64
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Custom built/assembled myself
- CPU
- AMD FX-8350 Black Edition
- Motherboard
- ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0
- Memory
- 16 GB Crucial Ballistix DDR3 1866
- Graphics Card(s)
- Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X Windforce
- Sound Card
- On-board audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Dell UltraSharp U2713HM 27" LCD
- Screen Resolution
- 2560 x 1440
- Hard Drives
- Samsung 840 EVO 250 GB SSD
Western Digital Caviar Black 2.0 TB SATA-3
- PSU
- Corsair HX850W
- Case
- Cooler Master HAF XM
- Cooling
- Stock
- Keyboard
- Logitech MK520 wireless
- Mouse
- Logitech MK520 wireless
- Internet Speed
- 22 Mbps
- Browser
- IE/Chrome/Firefox
- Antivirus
- Windows Defender, Malwarebytes