If you’re interested in purchasing this case, then consider two things before making your decision.
First, this computer case is essentially a display case. It’s a case designed for enthusiasts with money and as such it is assumed the buyer has enough spare cash to invest in a complete water cooling solution. The case has just enough (barely) airflow to help remove the ambient heat generated from the components that are not water cooled.
The second thing to consider is the fact that this case is entirely inadequate for hosting a system cooled only by air. The filters alone significantly reduce the volume of air needed to be pulled into the case in order to keep the system reasonably cool. If you must rely on air cooling, you would be better off removing all the filters and then periodically blow the dust out of the case with a can of air. I don’t recommend this option and instead I encourage you to install a liquid cooling solution.
Once you remove the filters, covers, and shrouds (very easy) working in this case is a walk in the park.
As already mentioned many times the case is very large in size, yet what might not be apparent, isn’t so much its size alone but rather its extraordinary weight. There are many large mid-size and full-size tower cases available in the marketplace which weigh only a fraction of the weight of this case. With a water cooling kit installed I’d wager the case would be too heavy for one person to carry.
The case I/O has a lot of cables and wires. Unfortunately, these wires come in a jumbled mess. To untangle these wires for better management, you’ll need to unplug the wires from the rgb/fan controller. It might look intimidating at first, but it’s really not that complicated. The right side of the case has plenty of room to hide cables so it’s possible to implement a clean wire scheme, but thanks to I/O wire mess expect it to take a lot of work.
The fan controller is very primitive and only allows for two fan speeds. It does not regulate fan speed based on temperature. If your motherboard has enough fan headers to support the number of fans you have in your case and your motherboard has sensors for temp and is capable of regulating fan speed based on temperature, especially if your motherboard supports a customizable temperature curve, I highly recommend using your motherboard to power your fans. Besides, if you want to know the current rpm of your fans, you’re not going to get that information from the case fan controller.
This case is well made, vastly superior to my Cosmos S case I purchased in 2008. The Cosmos S had a capacitive power switch that ended up failing and could not be replaced. So I’m happy to see that the C700P comes with a simple mechanical power switch (who’da thunk it). Like the Cosmos S, the weight of C700P is supported by skids, but unlike the Cosmos S, the skids of the C700P have rubber pads under them. Without the rubber pads, the paint on the skids of the Cosmos S, which were painted aluminum tubing, would rub off when the case (which was also a very heavy case) was moved across the surface it was resting on, leaving behind stains that proved permanent.
The rgb controller provides a very limited number of color presets. A good thing if you ask me, otherwise you'd have to push the button a ludicrous number of times to get back to the color of your choice. The LED are very bright and can thankfully be turned off and on. The rgb controller has a 4 pin plug for the rgb header on your motherboard which will allow you to change the LED strips as a group to whatever color you want but the rgb controller does not have an addressable rgb (argb) plug as the lights in the LED strips are not addressable so they cannot be assigned different colors (see the C700M model).
If you are an enthusiast with deep pockets and intend to cool your system with water and don’t need argb, then I highly recommend this case, after all it’s a fantastic looking case and has plenty of room to accommodate radiators and reservoirs and even has enough room behind the motherboard to run tubing if you’re willing to do a little (easy) modding.
| Brand | Cooler Master |
|---|---|
| Series | MCC-C700P-KG5N-S00 |
| Item model number | MCC-C700P-KG5N-S00 |
| Item Weight | 48.8 pounds |
| Product Dimensions | 12.05 x 25.16 x 25.63 inches |
| Item Dimensions LxWxH | 12.05 x 25.16 x 25.63 inches |
| Color | Black |
| Manufacturer | Cooler Master |
| ASIN | B07SCPVKFF |
| Country of Origin | China |
| Date First Available | June 6, 2019 |
