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August 2016
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The editors liked
Traditional Case Design
Clean Lines
Good Construction
Lots of Support for Watercooling
Ample Room for Cable Routing
Excellent build quality
Simple
Handsome styling
Lots of cable management options
Large window on the side
Good dust filtration
Fantastic value
Clean styling with a choice of two colors
Black or white/black
Available with or without a large side window
Supports EATX
ATX
MicroATX and MiniITX motherboards
Numerous cutouts in the mobo tray provides good flexibility
Very quiet with options for
Price
Mounting Options
Included Fans
Cable Management
Window
Low cost
Good cooling performance
Good acoustic performance
Room for oversized motherboards
Modular design
Can support 5.25″ drives (with cage purchase)
Budget friendly
Multiple SSD mounting locations
Multiple radiator support
Easy installation & extremely functional
Supports motherboards up to E-ATX
Supports graphics cards up to 410 mm and CPU cooler up to 167 mm
Lots of room behind the motherboard tray
The editors didn't like
Would like to see a full bottom completely covering the PSU
No top fan options
No sound deadening material
No option for an internal optical drive (this isn't necessarily a con)
Bracket required to mount SSDs and only one is included
No openings in top panel for mounting optional fans or a radiator
Bundled fans are very quiet but don't move a lot of air
Have to install stand offs for motherboard. (I managed to not strip any this go around!)
Final Thoughts
The MasterBox 5 is super affordable with tons of room on the inside. Your imagination and tools are really the limitations to this case. If you can
Well we spent quite a bit of time with the Cooler Master MasterBox Pro 5 RGB and it was a pleasure to build into and the ease of the build was just insanely easy. Now we did spend a couple of hours running wires and burning zip ties but you can expect tha...
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Published: 2016-10-25, Author: Gary , review by: overclock3d.net
The CoolerMaster MasterBox5 "You decide The Inside". Or so says the marketing Spiel on their website. So does it? Well yes it does actually, and in all honesty we're rather taken by it. When undertaking reviews we always try to get the hands on and photog...
Published: 2016-10-21, Author: Tomas , review by: hw4all.com
Cooler Master Masterbox 5 is an excellent choice if you are looking for a not too expensive wardrobe for a mid-range system, but very enthusiastic, we are also not. In appearance it is an uninspiring design, with a standard plastic faceplate that is attac...
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Published: 2016-09-30, Author: Jeff , review by: Techreport.com
Cooler Master's MasterBox 5 and Zalman's Z9 Neo each offer a unique riff on the budget ATX mid-tower. The MasterBox 5 adopts some of the modular DNA from Cooler Master's more expensive cases, while the Z9 Neo offers more of a brute-force cooling approach...
Published: 2016-08-23, Author: Gary , review by: overclock3d.net
The CoolerMaster MasterBox5 "You decide The Inside". Or so says the marketing Spiel on their website. So does it? Well yes it does actually, and in all honesty we're rather taken by it. When undertaking reviews we always try to get the hands on and ph...
Published: 2016-08-12, Author: Lee , review by: pcper.com
Clean styling with a choice of two colors: black or white/black, Available with or without a large side window, Supports EATX, ATX, MicroATX and MiniITX motherboards, Numerous cutouts in the mobo tray provides good flexibility, Very quiet with options for
Bracket required to mount SSDs and only one is included, No openings in top panel for mounting optional fans or a radiator, Bundled fans are very quiet but don't move a lot of air
We have enjoyed our time with the MasterBox 5 enclosure and it proved to be a worthy addition to Cooler Master's case line up. The MasterBox 5 forgoes some of the fancy features found in more expensive enclosures but provides all the basics. It supports f...
Published: 2016-08-02, Author: Ron , review by: modders-inc.com
Taking the American Motto E Pluribus Unum and flipping it upside down to Ex Uno Plures is essentially what Cooler Master has done with the MasterBox 5. They have their own motto for this design approach however, giving users the freedom to Decide the Insi...
So now that I have spent a little more time with the new Cooler Master Masterbox 5 I can finally put together a full opinion. First off, I think the whole Masterbox name is a little confusing once you remember that Cooler Master also has the Mastercase l...
Published: 2016-07-12, Author: Thomas , review by: tomshardware.com
Low cost, Good cooling performance, Good acoustic performance, Room for oversized motherboards
Few feature enhancements, Few drive bays, Lacks an eighth expansion slot
The MasterBox 5 from Cooler Master provides the best performance value we've seen in over a year. $69.99 Newegg MORE: Best Cases MORE: Cases in the News MORE: All Case Content MORE: Cases in the Forums Follow us on Facebook, Google+...
Easy installation & extremely functional, Supports motherboards up to E-ATX, Supports graphics cards up to 410 mm and CPU cooler up to 167 mm, Price, Lots of room behind the motherboard tray
No top cooling, No thumbscrews on the expansion slots
The MasterBox 5 just like the MasterCase 5 we took a look at last year is a very well thought out case. It is a case for builders, and that is really the important thing. As great as a case looks if it is not functional and easy to build in it is not goin...
