Cooler Master ATCS 840 Case Review
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Contents & Packaging
The packaging too has reverted to a much more classical design featuring what appears to be just a large cardboard box with black and white styling. The centrepiece of the box is immediately eye-catching though looking more like a coat of arms than an image of a computer chassis. The beautifully ordained unicorns and spears, complete with a knight poking over the top, surround the case which is finished off with the caption ‘Full Tower Classic’.
By all means this is a classic already reminding oneself far more of a medieval fantasy than a technological computer component.
The back returns to the modern era, displaying a deconstructed view of the ATCS-840 and some highlighted features at the bottom. The classical theme is even emulated in the bullet-pointed features with use of language such as ‘noble’ to describe the appearance.
The ends of the monstrous box are a little plainer with just a sketch of the case along with a few other details.
Diverting our attention to the technical aspects, rather than the classical endeavour of the chassis, brings us to the accessories.
A huge array of bits and pieces are bundled with the ATCS-840 including mounting brackets for a radiator, a 120mm fan grill, sticky cable ties, an external air duct and an 8-pin CPU power cable extension.
The external air duct can be mounted at the back of the case behind the PCI expansion slot area in order to draw hot air from PCI devices, graphics cards, sound cards etc., and project it out sideways in order to prevent it from merely bouncing back into the case, as is the case (excuse the pun) when up against a wall.
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Will it fit the new XL-ATX boards? Given that a few holes can be drilled yourself.
An XL-ATX motherboard will not fit in this case.
Why give up those silicone gaskets and clamping system from Antec nsk6000?
I have a NineHundred as cooling system can not only say beautiful, but hate fixture of HDD
I think it IS possible to fit an XL-ATX mobo in this case. I have a HAF 932 myself and The XL-ATX are one and a half inches longer than the next smallest. If you remove the top fan( which is easy) and put your power supply at the top you might just do it. If by XL-ATX you are talking about the new 4-way classified mobo than width wise, that board is still the same as the 760, so you would be fine there, The inch and a half extra is on the length of the board. I havent had a really good look but Im pretty sure with a little bit of modding you could fit the extra in there.
Just to clarify for people. Even if you could fit an XL-ATX mobo in this case, it doesn’t have enough expansion slots in the back to make use of the new XL-ATX features. So it is pointless.