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Cooler Master HAF 700 EVO PC Case - Full-Tower, E-ATX Compatible, 5 x Pre-Installed Fans, Rotatable Radiator Brackets, High-Airflow Cooling, LCD Real-Time Display, ARGB Edge-Lit Blades, TG Side Panel

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Not only is the HAF series about high airflow chassis design, but according to Cooler Master it also brings innovative new features that we may see implemented into more or all chassis in the future. So, what’s new in the HAF 700 EVO I hear you say? Well, the engineers have put a big emphasis on tool-free installation which is noticeable as soon as you remove the case panels in preparation to begin your installation. I appreciate how Cooler Master balanced modernizing the original HAF, without cutting out all the original design, and specifically its excellent performance. The stand-out feature of the Cooler Master HAF 700 is the pair of 200mm fans at the front of the case but perhaps the most noteworthy point is the pair of 120mm fans at the rear as that is truly unusual. The five supplied fans are connected to a PWM/ARGB control hub that helps you get the most from the cooling and attendant light show. Testing The largest standard hardware can fit in this chassis. You get up to 6.54 inches (166 mm) of height clearance for CPU coolers and 19.29 inches (490 mm) for GPU length. Cooler Master even says the case supports workstation motherboard form factors like SSR-CEB/EEB. Mini-ITX and Micro-ATX are also supported along with standard ATX. But installing anything less than a full-ATX motherboard in here would look pretty silly. With all the cable management holes in place, it was quite a “walk in the park” experience to route all power and data cables to the motherboard. The result was that we can achieve a clean and minimal build without exposing too many cables.

Cooler Master told us it tested the case with Intel’s i9-11900K, paired with a Hyper 212 Evo v2 air cooler, a Maximus XIII Extreme motherboard and an RTX 3080 GPU. Their reported results were 53.9 degrees Celcius over ambient for the CPU and 41.2 degrees C over ambient for the GPU. Intel Core i5-12600K Cinebench Air Cooler Results When the whole system gets powered on, you will now know that what you’ve went through building the whole system is all worth it. This means that the case should be great for installing a complex custom loop cooling system due to its size and radiator support, we expect to see plenty of exotic builds in the Cooler Master HAF 700 EVO. There has also been a big push on the front panel design with the HAF 700 EVO, tempered glass slats are illuminated by RGB lighting and an LCD Iris display is positioned centrally between the glass which gives the front of the case a very unique look. KitGuru says: If you are keen on the Cooler Master HAF 700 you may as well go all-in and instead opt for the HAF 700 EVO.As well as huge storage space, the HAF 700 EVO also has multiple radiator placement options too. The front of the chassis can accept up to a 420mm radiator or three 140mm fans, the same on the chassis floor. In the roof of the case, the user can install either up to two 360mm radiators/six 120mm fans or up to a 420mm radiator/three 140mm fans. There is an additional vertical radiator mount by the side of the motherboard tray which allows for up to a 480mm radiator. I bought this case. Looks great, but is seriously pissing me off right now - lots of serious problems with it.

Horrible resonance in the included main HD case. I have four drives installed in this and when they are on and spinning (not sleeping) there is horrible noise coming from resonant vibration from drives through cage and into main frame. It is not constant either, keeps changing tone/frequencies of noise - sounds like a hairdressers shaver going all the time! Cage should have been insulated or dampened better to prevent vibration resonance amplifying through entire metal of case. With a case this big, I expected support for large radiators, and Cooler Master did not disappoint. What I wasn’t expecting was support for up to a 240 mm radiator in the rear; that’s something I’ve only seen before on the Corsair 1000D. Along with that, you get a maximum of a 420 radiator at the top, front and bottom of the case, and a 480 rad on the side. Seriously, there are enough cooling options here for three normal cases, if not more. While we are happy to admire the clever touches you get in the HAF 700, such as the ability to install the power supply, storage drives and graphics card without touching a screwdriver, it doesn't change the fact that this is a very expensive case. To put this case through its cooling paces we will be using a test system consisting of an Intel Core i9-12900K, RTX 3080 and an SSD. This system allows us to produce a substantial amount of heat and effectively test the Cooler Master HAF 700‘s cooling capabilities. The Cooler Master HAF 700 flows air very nicely and can support almost any cooling hardware you may wish to throw in its direction. Having said that, if you ramp up the fan speeds it can get noisy so we suggest you run the 120mm case fans at 1,200rpm or slower. We were surprised to find the enormous 200mm fans at the front were happy to run at their maximum 1,000rpm without being too intrusive. Nonetheless we think Cooler Master is offering good advice when they suggest you take it easy and only run them at '11' once in a while. Closing ThoughtsTo simulate thermal demand we run the Cinebench R23 multi-thread benchmark and 3DMark Time Spy Extreme stress test simultaneously in a loop for 60 minutes to fully load the system. This should give the CPU and GPU enough time to reach constant steady-state temperature. With this data, we can compare how the system handles the thermal demand and measure peak noise levels.

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