Cooler Master MasterCase H500M ARGB Airflow ATX Mid-Tower with Quad Tempered Glass Panels, Dual 200mm Customizable ARGB Lighting Fans, Type-C I/O Panel, and Vertical GPU Slots (MCM-H500M-IHNN-S00)

Cons: - Incredibly expensive - Limited info available regarding exact interior dimensions and options for component placement - Motherboard is elevated to leave space under it but this critically limits clearance for radiators/fans mounted on top (max available depth is 100mm from interior top to the shelf for the motherboard) so my 200x400mm custom radiator can be mounted but I cant mount any fans or shrouds to it! The only place I can put this radiator is on the front of the case now. - Despite the ridiculous cost of this case, Cooler Master decided to be cheap, including 2x of their stripped down 200mm Sickleflow fans (no RGB, anti-vibration pads on 1 side of fan only) so the fans wont match the RGB Sickflow fans purchased separately and have limited placement options. Pros: - Great build quality (UPS lost mine for 11 days and it still showed up in one piece) - Interesting and dynamic design, allowing for placement of more standard radiators I have to completely redesign the custom loop I had designed for this build so Ill update this review with any other pros/cons I find. 3-stars for the ludicrous cost of this case combined with the critical clearance issue caused by the motherboard mounting shelf.

Love this case, added a 200mm Noctua chromax.Black for top exhaust, it was a little bit of a task getting it in, had to flex the top rim of the case to get it in. But the completed build is really good. Case has enough room for the Noctua NH-D15 chromax.Black cpu cooler which is 6.5 x 6 x 6.5 inches. its a 5 star case if your building a 100% air cooled system. Build note; do not use the power supply cover slots for the CPU wires, you wont be able to put the PCU cover back on.

Bought this to house an i7-9700k @ 5.1 GHz and a 3080 Ti - needed really good air throughput and this case is excellent for the job. Found this after Gamers Nexus reviewed it and gave it positive marks. The gigantic fans in the front provide a lot of air movement at a much lower noise level than a set of smaller fans. Me personally I turned the RGB of the fans off because I dont like flashing RGB on fans so I was more interested in the functionality of the air flow. Though the case comes with many different types of screws - you just need to figure out which screws you need and which ones you dont need. They make it pretty clear with a detailed manual that comes with the case. The two front fans are daisy chained via a y-splitter cable and both plug into a single fan header, while the rear exhaust fan goes into a separate chassis fan header. There is perfect room for a 240 mm AIO at the top, provided you have low profile RAM, and me personally I dont use HDDs so I entirely removed the HDD cages from the bottom to provide more air space. TLDR; this is a real nice case and can provide adequate cooling for even relatively extreme overclocking conditions and high power consumption gpus.

My core reason for purchasing the H500M was to improve my airflow situation. I was previously using a Deep Silence 3, a case that was focused more on reducing noise than cooling. I didnt add any additional fans or coolers to the H500M Happy to report that it was a success. My 3800x idle temp went from 45°C - 60°C down to 35°C to 45°C. Gaming temp dropped from 75°C - 85°C down to 55°C to 65°C. Thats just using the stock Wraith for cooling in both setups. I also saw a 7°C drop on my Sabrent NVMe drive when idle & a 10°C drop when gaming. The only thing that didnt change much was my 970 GPU. it does have a 5°C lower idle, likely due to lower overall case temps. At full load, its still hitting 75°C to 80°C, same as before. But the good news is that temps of the other parts are staying low when the GPU is at full load.. Overall, the build was pretty simple. The entire swap took about 45 minutes, much of which was cable management. I may end up adding an AIO or more fans at the top of the case, but Im pretty happy with the results thus far.

Got this for my son for his first gaming pc build. Compared to the build on my pc in a corsair x570 the cooler master H500 was quite a bit easier to build in. The PSU shroud is removable and reinstallable after its all wired and that helped make the PSU installation and wiring a little easier. There are also a couple of small openings underneath the motherboard (using an ATX mobo) that made running all the bottom row front panel and usb connections easy to install and easy to cable manage. The dual 200mm RGB front fans look awesome ! ! ! and quieter than i thought they would be. 4 usb inputs on the front panel (usb2.0x2 and usb3.1x2) is the kind of overkill i like. Definitely worth spending the extra bucks over going with a bargain bin $30-50 case unless you are really pinching pennies on your build. Looks way nicer than its price would suggest. The instructions that came with the case for wiring were pretty much non existent but if you cant tell the difference between a fan connector, rgb connector, or usb connector you just need your mobo manual, a little common sense, and maybe a google search or two. Overall Im very happy with this case.

This case i used to build a workstation strictly for work. The primary thing the case needed to accommodate was radiators and you guessed it more radiators. This case delivered on that as well as a digital display smack dab in the front so your hardware monitoring can be done with ease. The biggest surprise of all had to be the master plus software that controls the lighting and iris display (which I personally use to monitor hardware temps). This is the only lighting software that Ive come across that doesnt tax your CPU. Hats off to cooler master for this. Honestly all the other companies should come to them in this arena because it is damn near perfect software as far as I am concerned. The build quality and materials used to manufacture this case you will find are very high quality and justify its top tier pricing. There is not one area I can pick out and call flimsy or cheap. Now for the one major con I found with this case. There are absolutely zero knockouts for fill ports or drain ports. I dont know anyone who spends this much money on a case and doesnt plan on a water-cooled build. And I found even after stuffing 3-360mm radiators and 1-280mm radiator in this beast there was plenty of room at both ends of the case to implement this feature. So unfortunately for that reason I cant say this case is perfect. But if you dont mind drilling into a 650-dollar case then more power to you. But all in all, for throwing some scrap pumps I had laying around as well as some scrap pipe I am very happy with its ability to keep everything frosty and for that this case got 5 stars. if I could though I would have given it 4.5 due to the lack of knockouts for draining and filling ports.

Got my case after waiting almost a week and got it all put together. First the good. The case seems to be well built and much sturdier than my old Corsair 100r. This case does help keep things cool. A 31 degree difference on my rig. Cable management is not bad. Compared to a 100R, its superbly fantastic! Plenty of room to build in. Now the bad. Less than 24 hours after getting everything put together, the rgb on the front fans quit. Well 1 blue light on the top fan works but wont change in any way. The fans do still run but 1 had a wobble in it from the get go. Contacted Cooler Master and they say that Im trying to run too many fans. Im running the 2 front fans the case came with as well as the rear exhaust fan the case came with. Too many, I think not! They say they are sorry for any problems that I may be experiencing with their product. No offer to send me two more fans, which I sent pictures showing the issue, the dont seems to care and have stopped responding to me. With that kind of customer service they should be run out of business. A shame really. I like the case, but will be sending it back and looking into another manufacturer who has a better customer service. Secondly, for reasons I can explain I have had 3 blue screens and 2 random restarts after using this case. Ive checked for something shorting out, standoff in the wrong place, anything that could be causing this. Nothing. Even reseated the ram and cpu. No improvement. Put everything back in my 100R and it works flawlessly. Runs hotter but works perfect. Dont know if something in the front ports are wacky or what. I think the thing is cursed. Bye Bye Cooler Master and Thanks for nothing!!!

For 100 dollars, this case really is one of the best out there. You get a full fan layout (2 front fans, 1 rear fan). It comes with a PSU shroud as well. The tempered glass is very high quality. There is plenty of room in the back for cable management, and the back panel has a great mounting mechanism with two thumbscrews. This case also comes with some accessories like an RGB controller and zip-ties for cable managing. When it comes to airflow this case might be the best performing. The two massive 200mm fans on the front pull a tremendous amount of air through the case, while still being quiet. The design is quite nice as well, with a handle for moving it around. There are two dust filters, one for the PSU and one for any top mounted rads/fans. Overall very, very nice and worth every penny. The only con I can think of is how the tempered glass panel is held on by slotted screws instead of philips. Still pretty easy to tighten though, can be done by hand. But I think the fact that the panel has a resting ledge so it does not fall off when you unscrew it makes up for the odd screw type. 10/10 would buy again, and probably will for future builds.

In Summary, Good: - Looks great, better in person than in photos - Plenty of room for cable management & part clearance - Solid front IO selection with 2 USB 3.0, 2 USB 2.0, headphone 3.5mm in, mic 3.5mm in, power & reset buttons - Fantastic design for airflow, Im air-cooling a 3950x in this case, albeit with an absolute monster of an air-cooler Bad: - Case itself is a bit wobbly due to (relatively) low weight, poor weight distribution, and narrow feet - Half length PSU shroud feels a bit outdated at this point, though that only really affects aesthetics. This is a very solid case with some really nice spots, but I wouldnt call it perfect. For the price (being ~$120 for the H500 ARGB), its on the lower end of where you start getting into serious cases, and I think it delivers a fantastic amount of value at that price. First, if youre interested in this case but worried about aesthetics, dont be. This case looks so, so, SO much better in person than it does in photos, and it already looks pretty nice in the photos. The RGB fans look a bit cheap in the photos, but they look great in person. I think they look best if you just pick a solid color and set both the fans up to it, but they do support a variety of non-static lighting effects if youre into that. Next, talkin bout the build experience. It was mostly great, its a wide open case, both side panels come off and you have plenty of room for cable management. It comes with a removable drive cage, I went all M.2s so I removed it for some more cable room and cleaner airflow to my PSU. Really the only negative I experienced while building was trying to get the CPU power pins on the top left, and thats on me for not doing that before installing the motherboard into the case and also using a massive heatsink on my CPU that blocked most of the access. (That heatsink is the Scythe Ninja 5, its massive and I bought this case just to have enough clearance to fit it. It does fit it.) Finally, the biggest thing I dont like about this case is the weight. Not that its too heavy, rather if anything it is too light. This isnt too much of a concern, and Im sure its nice on the package handlers (thank you package handlers), but it is compounded by the cases feet. Its nice to have some airflow under the case, certainly, and they do include a bottom facing dust filter for your PSU, so you can mount it drawing in fresh air from under the case, but ultimately just look at the size of the feet. Youre resting an entire large case on really quite a small surface area, and theyre angled in such a way that this thing looks like it was built to roll along the ground. Combined with how light the case is, and how the weight of your components is distributed throughout the case, it brings the center of gravity up quite high. I think it actually sits above the center of the case in my build. This makes the tower wobbly! That doesnt feel good! I can just tap the tower with my finger and I can see the entire thing shake a little bit, its concerning. My heart skips a beat if I ever swivel in my chair and accidentally bump it. All-in-all, if youre looking for a huge case at this price point, this is a very strong contender. It wasnt my first choice, I was looking at an ASUS TUF Gaming GT501, but of course my first choice was out of stock. Even so, I am not at all disappointed with this as my second option, its even got a better front IO selection.

Let me start by saying that the normal price for this case is a hundred dollars. If significantly more is being asked for it, just be aware that you are paying more than MSRP. That said, this is an excellent case. It is better than the older Cooler Master case I was using before. The airflow is amazing, and the aesthetics are very much to my liking. The lighting isnt overdone or gaudy. The thick tempered glass side panel is really nice. The cable management is outstanding, with holes right where you want them, and covers to make everything look really clean. They give you a generous amount of space behind the back panel and spots for zip ties to keep all your cables where you want them. It has two trays that can take a HDD or an SSD, and two spots on the back to mount SSDs out of sight. The front fans look fantastic, and they move an insane amount of air while remaining super, super quiet. The included optional RGB switch works great if you dont have a motherboard that supports RGB control (I dont). Do be aware that the rear exhaust fan is not RGB. I had a fan from my old case that I used to replace it. I also added a 140mm fan from my old case to the top for extra exhaust, and that gave me almost perfect neutral pressure. Its just barely positive pressure now, which I consider to be ideal. I still have the mesh front panel on, and I think it looks great, but if maximum airflow isnt necessary for your build, the included acrylic front panel looks really nice as well. One of the main reasons I got this case is that is has a handle on top. I usually game in my living room, but I have a dedicated VR room as well, so I have to carry my tower across the house pretty often. The handle on this is great. They dont tell you this, but there is a second handle under the bottom front support, so you can carry it with both hands. Its heavy, but you can really get a secure hold on it. Its also very doable with just the top handle. I found this case to be a joy to build in. Every aspect of the build quality feels like a more expensive case. I honestly cant believe they are selling these for a bill. I would have felt I got my moneys worth even if I had paid half again as much. I would strongly recommend this case. I am super happy with it, and my PC buddies are jealous.