CM Storm Sniper Black Edition Case Review

Conclusions

CM Storm Sniper Black Edition amazed us: we couldn’t find any single weak point on it! Of course we would like it even more if it cost USD 10 or USD 20 less, but we think that for the user who is looking for a fully loaded and flawless mid-tower case, Sniper Black Edition is worth every cent.

Strong Points

• Meshed bay covers with air filters.
• Huge mesh on the left panel with air filter.
• Air filters also on the front and top panels.
• Vented slot covers.
• Three huge 200-mm fans.
• Speed control for the 200-mm fans with on/off switch for their LEDs.
• Supports the installation of radiators from certain liquid cooling solutions on the top panel.
• Hole in the motherboard tray for accessing the backplate of the CPU cooler.
• Holes for routing cables on the motherboard tray.
• Clips for fastening zip-lock ties.
• Panel with one eSATA port, four USB ports and one FireWire port.
• Screwless mechanism for fastening expansion cards.
• Screwless mechanisms for fastening drives.
• The number of hard drive bays (six) will please even the hardcore user.
• Adaptor for 2 1/2" or 1.8" SSD that fits inside a hard disk drive bay.
• Handles for carrying it around.
• Anti-theft mechanism for keyboard and mouse.
• No sharp edges where you could cut yourself while building your PC.

Weak Points

• Could be a little bit cheaper.