'Tres' Cool Offerings from Cooler Master
Cooler Master showcased its wares at Computex 2012 that underscored their commitment to quality engineering for discerning rig builders and overclockers. They even have pretty cool accessories for iPad owners. Read on to find out more!
Practical Casings for a New Era
To complement the slew of mini-ITX motherboards on offer, Cooler Master offers its Elite 120, a high-end ITX casing. It made its first appearance in CeBIT 2012 and it does remind us of the Cubitek Mini-Tank somewhat; however, Cooler Master has opted for a cleaner look for the Elite 120.
The Elite 120 can be fitted with a dual-slot graphics card like the AMD Radeon HD 6970 graphics card.
With its top removed, we see an ATX PSU installed that is the Cooler Master Elite Pro Platinum 550W (rated 80 Plus Platinum).
Cooler Master also showcased its new Silencio 650, an updated and high-end answer to its earlier Silencio 550 chassis.
The Cooler Master Silencio 650, a high-end chassis with silence in mind due to its sound-dampening features.
The internal features of the Silencio 650 look similar to the 550, noticed that the detached side panel with the sound-dampening sponge.
On the left, there is a fan control switch to control the fan speeds while the switch to the right is one to toggle between HDDs. It also features two pairs of USB 2.0 and 3.0 ports.
There is a cover that slides back to review a vent for an additional rear fan.
With the dust filter panel removed, we can see the pair of cooling fans. There is also sound dampening material on its front cover.
More Cool Casings @ Cooler Master's Booth
This is the Cooler Master Stryker, showing off its snow white brilliance. The LED lights of the cooling fans glowed white, adding pristine to this chassis.
Big and Blue
The Cosmos II Ultra Tower casing commanded a presence at the display booth due to its size and blue glossy finish. It is inspired by the design of a racing car with its streamlined profile.
The Cosmos II Ultra casing supports up to XL-ATX motherboards and can accommodate 4-way SLI or CrossFire setups.
The cable management system is ample, with rubber grommets to bunch the cables, wires and ribbons properly. This casing has advanced controls that enable fan speed control. It can support up to ten fans and a maximum of thirteen HDDs.
Like four black birds sitting in a row, we have the Scout II, Raider, K350 and K380.
The Scout II and Raider are chassis targeted at gamers and rig builders who need to move their machines for LAN parties with their carrying handles built for hefty lifting. The K350 and K380 are budget casings; however, Cooler Master has not skimped on their efforts to make them look professional. The K380 has a slot in front that may be fitted with a dock for your smartphones when the specifications of the casings are finalized.
Power Supply Units that Pack a Punch
Cooler Master also showcased two of its top brass PSUs with 80 Plus Platinum certification.
The Silent Pro Platinium 1000W with 80 Plus Platinium award. Cooler Master also released a 550W version as well.
Cooler Master has up the ante with its Silent Pro M2 1500W, with higher power ratings but not forgetting the importance of sound dampening.
Closed Liquid Cooling Systems
The Eisberg (spells like a phonetically-mangled word for 'iceberg') 240 is a closed liquid cooling system.
The Eisberg 240 features a dual-120mm fan-cooled radiator; hence, its 240-moniker that reflects this fact. The fitting over the CPU features a transparent window.
The specifications of Eisberg 240.
The Eisberg 120 is supposed to feature a single 120mm fan; however, the folks at Cooler Master have attached another 120mm fan on top of the original one. We may see penny pinching folks opting for the cheaper Eisberg 120 and slapping another of their own 120mm fan.
Laptop Cooler and Device Accessories
With the Choiix sub-brand of lifestyle accessories merged back into the parent Cooler Master brand, you're soon going to see Cooler Master populating a whole different range of retail shops. First off, the company gave us a sneak peek on a yet-to-be-named laptop cooler meant for large desk-bound laptops.
This white laptop cooler measures almost 30cm by 30cm, with a thickness of 5cm. It is able to keep a 17.3-inch gaming laptop running cool. It has a retractable iPhone dock with a USB port.
Accessories for Portable Devices
Cooler Master has also branched out into accessories for portable computing devices. Seen here is the Afrino Folio that looks like an attache case for the new iPad and iPad 2.
The Afrino Folio has a front cover that folds back to reveal the iPad.
The front cover of the Afrino Folio folds behind to act as a stand for the iPad while propping it to a slight angle for comfortable viewing.
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