CM Storm Scout 2 Case Review

Inside the CM Storm Scout 2 Case

Both side panels are attached to the chassis using black thumbscrews. The motherboard tray has a huge hole for you to access the backplate of the CPU cooler without having to remove the motherboard from the case, a few holes protected with rubber covers for you to route cables behind it, and several metallic clips for you to fasten cables behind the motherboard tray using cable ties.

Figure 10: Overall look

Figure 11: A view behind the motherboard tray

Figure 12 gives you another overall look inside the case. Expansion cards are fastened using black thumbscrews. On its default configuration, the CM Storm Scout 2 case supports video cards up to 11” (280 mm) long. By removing the top hard drive cage, you can fit video cards up to 15.4” (390 mm) long.

Figure 12: Overall look

As already explained, the power supply is installed at the bottom of the case. Note that it can be installed with either its bottom fan facing up or facing down, so you can decide if you want the fan of your power supply pulling air from inside the case or from outside of it. As already shown, there is an air filter for the power supply fan.

Figure 13: Power supply compartment

The case supports the installation of one 120 mm fan on its bottom panel. When no fan is installed, you can install a power supply up to 11.6” (295 mm) deep. When a 120 mm fan is installed, you can install a power supply up to 6.3” (160 mm) deep. Unfortunately, the case doesn’t come with an air filter for this optional fan.

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The CM Storm Scout 2 case has three 5.25” external bays, seven 3.5” internal bays, and two 2.5” internal bays converted from internal 3.5” bays. Devices using the 5.25” and the 3.5” bays can be installed without the use of tools or screws.

Figure 14: Disk drive bays

The case has two hard drive cages. The upper one has four 3.5” bays, and the bottom one has three 3.5” bays. You can remove the top hard drive bay to install video cards longer than 11” (280 mm) or to improve the airflow inside the case, provided you installed a fan on the front panel.

Figure 15: Case with the top hard drive cage removed

Devices using the 3.5” form factor are installed using rulers, which have rubber rings to absorb vibration and noise. Devices using the 2.5” form factor must be installed using adapters. The case comes with two of them.

Figure 16: One of the 3.5”-to-2.5” adapters and two of the rulers for installing 3.5” devices