Cooler Master Centurion 5 II Case Review

The Front Panel

The front panel of the Cooler Master Centurion 5 II has five external 5.25” bays, all using meshed covers with air filters. One of the bays is used by the I/O connectors, so you actually have four available 5.25” bays. One interesting feature of this case is that you can move the I/O connectors to any other 5.25” bay. The sides of the front panel are made in aluminum, which is a finishing we wouldn’t expect on a USD 50 case.

Figure 5: Front panel

The Centurion 5 II comes with two USB 2.0 ports, one eSATA port, and the traditional audio jacks. We can clearly see that the panel where these ports are installed has a cut-out for a FireWire port, but this port isn’t included.

Figure 6: Connectors

At the bottom of the front panel there is a 140 mm fan (Cooler Master A14025-10CB-3BN-F1, 1,200 rpm, 19 dBA), which glows blue when turned on. There is an on/off switch for the LEDs of this fan, which is great. The case comes with an air filter in front of this fan, and the fan uses a three-pin power connector, allowing you to install it on your motherboard and monitor its speed. The fan comes with an adapter, in case you want to install it directly on your power supply.

Figure 7: Front fan