DH Review: Cooler Master itower 930

Zardon · Nov 29, 2006, 12:48 PM

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Imagine yourself a PC enclosure designer, charged with the responsibility of distinguishing your company’s product from a crowded field of competitors. Tough job, eh? Admittedly, cases have come a long way from the beige box days (for those of you who were alive back then), but they generally must adhere to a set formula…mount a motherboard, power supply, drives & peripherals.

Aside from purely aesthetic changes, one thing a case designer can do is take advantage of new technology to add features, an opportunity that presents itself rarely. There one is very ripe opportunity for case designers at the moment, though, and that opportunity comes from hot-swappable SATA technology. As we pointed out in a recent article here at DH, SATA drives are fighting their way out of internal, permanent drive bays and into the open, where one of their coolest features can be readily used.

So, without further ado, allow me to introduce to you the new Coolermaster iTower 930, featuring FOUR, count ‘em, FOUR hot swappable SATA bays built into the front of the chassis!

Erroneus · Nov 29, 2006, 01:20 PM

Thats a damn nice tower, to bad the hdd cooler wasn't a 120mm and there should indeed be some filter to catch dust aso.

Also some anti-vibration on the HDD mounting system would have been nice.

**temeteus82** · Nov 29, 2006, 02:08 PM

Nice looking case there!
Like Erroneus said bigger fan for hdd cooling and anti-vibration system would bee nice. Anyways good review Rasta!

Nov 29, 2006, 12:48 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 177	DH Review: Cooler Master itower 930 Read the review here _____________________ Imagine yourself a PC enclosure designer, charged with the responsibility of distinguishing your company’s product from a crowded field of competitors. Tough job, eh? Admittedly, cases have come a long way from the beige box days (for those of you who were alive back then), but they generally must adhere to a set formula…mount a motherboard, power supply, drives & peripherals. Aside from purely aesthetic changes, one thing a case designer can do is take advantage of new technology to add features, an opportunity that presents itself rarely. There one is very ripe opportunity for case designers at the moment, though, and that opportunity comes from hot-swappable SATA technology. As we pointed out in a recent article here at DH, SATA drives are fighting their way out of internal, permanent drive bays and into the open, where one of their coolest features can be readily used. So, without further ado, allow me to introduce to you the new Coolermaster iTower 930, featuring FOUR, count ‘em, FOUR hot swappable SATA bays built into the front of the chassis!

Nov 29, 2006, 01:20 PM	#2
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,342 Rep Power: 114 System Specs	Thats a damn nice tower, to bad the hdd cooler wasn't a 120mm and there should indeed be some filter to catch dust aso. Also some anti-vibration on the HDD mounting system would have been nice. __________________