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February 2009
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Cooling Performance
Supports Water cooling
High Quality Build
Innovative Design
Speed/LED Control Knob
Number Of Front Panel Connectors
Looks great
Solid Build
Lots of room to work in
Great cooling
Good air flow
Easy to carry
LEDs can be turned on and off
Built in fan controller
Two sets of holes for water cooling
Easy to find 200mm fans for installation
Looks good
Fan controller
Front ports/plugins
Rounded corners
Cable holder in the case
Good airflow
Security features
Handles
Tool free
Tool free installation
Build quality
Effective yet quiet cooling
Great looks
Air flow like nowhere else
Two included 200mm and one 120mm fan with space for lots more if needed
Ability to put 140 or 1200 fan on case floor
Dust filters over intake fan areas
Reasonably quiet operation with rheo set to low
240 x 12...
Excellent cooling performance
Roomy
Convenient interior
Fan speed and lighting control knob
Numerous
Wellorganized front I/O
Numerous configuration options
Unobtrusive handle feature
Watercoolingfriendly features
Great value
Great for either air or liquid cooling
Modularity
Excellent air flow
Toolless design
Easy to take apart and clean
Lots of great cooling abilities
Very roomy on the inside for about any kind of hardware
Cable management system at it's best
Handles on the top that are worth while
The ability to tune your cooling system with knob on top
Great potential for wate...
Stylish and sturdy
Neat fan controller
Hardy top handle for easy transport.
Phenomenal cooling performance
Visually appealing design
Illuminated
Variable speed fans w/ integrated controller
Pre-drilled
Customizable fan locations
Built in support for water cooling
Steel-reinforced carrying handle
Two year warranty
Watercooling ready
Excellent built and design
Fan speed controllers
Spacious for even the largest components
Excellent cable management options
Plenty of front panel connectors
Solid build quality
Full-featured design
Built-in FAN/LED controllers
Tool-less design
"Storm Guard" safety
Tremendous airflow
Well made
Lots of room inside
Loooks great
Excellent features
Appearance
Cooling
Size
Screwless design
Quality
Easy to use tool-free mechanisms
Good cooling
Quiet fans (at low speed)
Easy to use fan controller
Fan LEDs can be turned off
Lots of cable management features
CPU replacement hole makes it easier to swap CPU coolers
Overall build quality is very g...
Great overall design
Incredible
Rugged paint job
Up to 5 fans controllable
Silent when fans are turned down
Plenty of space
Handles to carry the case around
Pushes lots of air 2x 200 mm units included
Large top fan can be replaced by 120 mm units...
The editors didn't like
Somewhat Loud At High RPM
A little heavy for a case (approx 24 pounds alone)
Might be out of some peoples budgets
Loud fans at stock speed
No dust filters
Larger PSUs may pose issue
No removable motherboard tray (VERY minimal issue)
Uhhh….it's not free
Fan not preinstalled at bottom
StormGuard PCI slot made of very flexible aluminum
Bends easily
Hard to really work out a good mod game plan with so much already done
Fan mount on the bottom is a real pain to deal with
Removing the top and bottom panel is not an easy task with risk of breaking tabs
Dust filters not easily removable
Strange connector choices on case fans.
Toolless expansion slots felt insecure
Some fan vibration audible at high setting
Fan noise at high setting is loud
Price
No front panel cover
May have issue with large PSUs
No side panel fans are included
2-pin plugs on the fan controller
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Bottom fan mount broke very easily
Fans can be very loud
Price ($179.99)
Open design may lead to a lot of dust
Some of the smaller plastic parts are rather flimsy
Rather expensive
Side panel fan not included
Very tiny reset button
Clips to hold expansion cards in placed wont manage large and heavy cards
Fans are quite loud on fastest setting
Screwless system for optical drives does not hold perfectly
Many openings in the case do not have dust filters
build quality, Lots of space, Quiet and oversize 200mm fans, Watercooling potential, Thoughtful cable management features, Sturdy handles and security features for LAN events, Lots of I/O connectors on the top panel
Flimsy expansion slot clips, Lots of header and fan connectors to hide away, Packaging a bit inadequate
So there you have it! If we had to sum up the Storm Sniper in one sentence, weÂd do that by saying that it is an extremely practical and easy to work with case. Cooler Master claims to have spent countless days at Lan Parties to gauge the ins and outs...
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Once again Coolermaster have produced a very functional, good looking case with some nice toolless innovations. While I usually like to come up with some negative points on a case, as no product is perfect, there's very little wrong with this one. The...
The CM Storm Sniper is a fantastic addition to Cooler Master’s portfolio of creations and is a promising first product for the new CM Storm gaming brand.It is a perfect system for the target market combining looks, performance, durability and build...
200mm fans, solid construction, fan control knob, tool less design, roomy interior
Inefficient GPU cooling, price
We spend a whole lot of money upgrading our gaming rigs every year simply because in order to get the best frame rate you need the latest hardware, which as you know changes exponentially every year. Of course Im talking about one particular component...
Given its branding, the Cooler Master Storm Sniper has great expectations to live up to and while it was far from perfect, it certainly didn't fail. It is very similar to the Cooler Master HAF 932 in terms of its rather excessive use of fans and meshes...
CM Storm, entrando en el mercado con una excelente caja, nos viene a recalcar cual es su objetivo principal, brindar los mejores accesorios y partes para nuestros PCs de medio y alto desempeño, manteniendo siempre la funcionalidad y la estetica de la...
Contundente propuesta para el lanzamiento y puesta de largo de la nueva línea orientada a la comunidad gaming de Coolermaster, CM Storm. La Sniper nos ha impresionado gratamente tanto por diseño como por prestaciones y con ella se abre una nuev...
