Cooler Master HAF X Case Review

Inside HAF X (Cont’d)

The reviewed case comes with a cooling duct for video cards where you can install a 120 mm fan. This duct is attached to the case using two thumbscrews and it can moved up or down to match the exact place your video cards are installed.

Figure 13: Video card cooling duct.

HAF X also comes with a bracket for holding video cards under SLI and CrossFireX modes (see Figure 13). This bracket is the same one that comes with CM 690 II Advanced case from the same manufacturer, and ensures that heavy video cards will have an additional support inside the computer. You can install an 80 mm fan on this bracket if you want to provide extra airflow to your video cards.

Figure 14: Video card bracket.

In Figure 15, you can see the power supply compartment, which comes with a cover to separate the power supply compartment from the rest of the case. This cover is fastened to the case using thumbscrews and can be moved back and forth to better match the power supply you have.

Figure 15: Power supply compartment.

With this cover removed, you can see the huge mesh available on the bottom part of the case for the power supply fan. Here we saw what is probably the only “flaw” of this case: this mesh doesn’t come with an air filter. The power supply sits on top of rubber supports, which is nice.

Figure 16: Power supply compartment.