opinions on Coolermaster Mystique 631 Black Aluminum Case??'

nick_lerwill · 11 Aug 2006 at 21:09

what u all think of it?
if u own it plz put pics up?

nick_lerwill · 11 Aug 2006 at 23:57

looks good, any1 own it? does it have blow hole?

Hades · 12 Aug 2006 at 01:34

It looks a reasonable case with plenty of room. I'm not keen on the styling myself but that's subjective. A quick google threw up some reviews and I couldn't see any blow hole on the pics.

nick_lerwill · 12 Aug 2006 at 13:47

yes that is one problem but i have found a side window for it and it looks to have space for a fan, plus blow holes could always be done at a later date i suppose

nick_lerwill · 12 Aug 2006 at 14:24

or are the older coolermasters betteR?

cypriobrit · 12 Aug 2006 at 16:58

Review here: http://www.bit-tech.net/modding/2006/08/11/coolermaster_mystique_632/1.html

Dont see the point of the doors personally and that orange plastic just looks so 'cheap'.

PinkFloyd · 12 Aug 2006 at 17:48

cypriobrit said:
Review here: http://www.bit-tech.net/modding/200...ique_632/1.html

Wrong case mate

Thats a picture of the Mystique 632 not the 631.
This is the 631

cypriobrit · 12 Aug 2006 at 18:01

Well pointed out.

The 631 looks better....

nick_lerwill · 12 Aug 2006 at 19:23

so views on it??

lozza · 13 Aug 2006 at 13:59

nick_lerwill said:
or are the older coolermasters betteR?

Better in what sense and when you say old how old?

The ATCS cases are definately better in terms of build quality, cooling is not better at they are limited to 80mm fans (athought they still cool well , modern cases feature 120mm fans) and in my opinion they look much better.

The newer but now old Praetorian (201 style) and the wavemaster are also of good build quality.

Personally i'd go for an old ATCS cooler master case every time

goreblast · 13 Aug 2006 at 14:30

Spot on Harib0

Eliot · 13 Aug 2006 at 14:39

Harib0 said:
Better in what sense and when you say old how old?

The ATCS cases are definately better in terms of build quality, cooling is not better at they are limited to 80mm fans (athought they still cool well , modern cases feature 120mm fans) and in my opinion they look much better.

The newer but now old Praetorian (201 style) and the wavemaster are also of good build quality.

Personally i'd go for an old ATCS cooler master case every time

thing is my wavemaster doesnt do cooling. its got 1 effective fan out of the 3

lozza · 13 Aug 2006 at 16:36

Eliot said:
thing is my wavemaster doesnt do cooling. its got 1 effective fan out of the 3

Care to explaine more, what do you mean it only has one effective fan?

cypriobrit · 15 Aug 2006 at 18:33

Saw this and thought of this thread.

http://modders-inc.com/reviews-story--57.html

Eliot · 15 Aug 2006 at 20:47

Harib0 said:
Care to explaine more, what do you mean it only has one effective fan?

Right basically theres 2 intakes and 1 outake the holes in the case that 'feed' the fans with air are really small therefore the 2 fans dont do the job anywhere, the case will cool any cpu or single gfx card fine, but dont put quad sli in it

lozza · 15 Aug 2006 at 21:01

Eliot said:
thing is my wavemaster doesnt do cooling. its got 1 effective fan out of the 3

Eliot said:
Right basically theres 2 intakes and 1 outake the holes in the case that 'feed' the fans with air are really small therefore the 2 fans dont do the job anywhere, the case will cool any cpu or single gfx card fine, but dont put quad sli in it[/QUOTE

Ahh thats better, so it does cool an average joe blogs system but not your high end quad sli system.

I've not had the opportunity to inspect a wavemaster in real life, so i can't really comment but there must be somethign you can do to help the air flow on the 2 intakes

Hades · 15 Aug 2006 at 21:27

I have a ATC 111. The fan placement is just about identical to the Wavemaster (I think it uses the same chassis), with the exception of an additional blowhole on the top. I'm sitting quite cool in undervolted fans with an overclocked dual core Opteron system and 7800 GTX 512 (single not SLI).

I know if I really had to I'd be able to cool pretty much anything in there. It's just a matter of putting the right fans in, probably at the expense of noise though. At a real push then just cut a blowhole in the side and put a 120mm in there.

But a new case is always fun of course

Eliot · 15 Aug 2006 at 21:32

Hades said:
I have a ATC 111. The fan placement is just about identical to the Wavemaster (I think it uses the same chassis), with the exception of an additional blowhole on the top. I'm sitting quite cool in undervolted fans with an overclocked dual core Opteron system and 7800 GTX 512 (single not SLI).

I know if I really had to I'd be able to cool pretty much anything in there. It's just a matter of putting the right fans in, probably at the expense of noise though. At a real push then just cut a blowhole in the side and put a 120mm in there.

But a new case is always fun of course

no no no, the holes are different, u could put a delta in it and it still would be held back. But with a meaty drill u could make a gap in the holes for better airflow, or u could dremel it all out

lozza · 15 Aug 2006 at 21:36

double post

lozza · 15 Aug 2006 at 21:36

Eliot said:
no no no, the holes are different, u could put a delta in it and it still would be held back. But with a meaty drill u could make a gap in the holes for better airflow, or u could dremel it all out

I understand now, the 201, 111 has a mesh grill on the front - the wavemaster does not it has a series of holes behind the front raised bit that lights up, this prevents good airflow into the case. Hence a drill being they only way to make the holes bigger