WHAT THEY DIDN'T TELL YOU.
Watch the video for the more familiar parts of CM Storm Trooper. After watching it, read on to know what they didn't tell you.
Video is by Bjorn3D.
What i'm gonna do is tell you what all the other review have not told you. Every review is about the same but i'm gonna tell you what they missed out.
First of all the side panel. There is a potential for a mod, Lets say you don't like those grills and as you can see by the picture i took it has no see through window. But most of us want it. But did you know you CAN REMOVE IT?
This shows how the grills can be remove, all you need to do is bend the piece holding onto the case and you'll be able to remove and maybe stick on some Arcylic for side panel windows. Maybe a bit of modding to make it look nicer.
The FANS
As you have seen in the videos the fans are capable of moving or adjusted to your liking. What they didn't tell you is that your gonna have to remove a small bar to make it so. It looks something like this. Its Minor and you'll figure it out.
Rads (Water cooling Radiator) can i fit into the storm trooper??
From my observation as i look through the case. My conclusion is YES and there is a BUT
Bottom / Front end of the case you can fit a huge 240 Rad (You can't fit in a 360 Rad unfortunately)
BUT your gonna have to remove the toolbox and NOT use one of the Harddisk cage. Look at the following image.
See a lot of space IF you remove the Cage. And now the top of the case? You can fit another Rad but it has to be one of the stealth/slim rads. And if your thinking push & pull setup, your gonna need a little modding skill.
As you can see in the image above, even with the 200mm fan its quite close to the brass piece used to hold on to the motherboard. And that means very little space. However you can try to install it outside the case if you stubborn enough to do that, there are WC hose holes behind the case or just place a smaller 120 rad.
So far that's all i got to say about the things they didn't tell you. But there is a rumor saying that the trooper flicker with fans of other brands. I will find this out as soon as my motherboard is back from warranty.
Update
It doesn't flick but you you can make it flicker. The case has a button on top that make the lights brighter but for my Aerocool fans it actually makes them flicker but it adjust the brightness if its a coolermaster fan. Not sure how this will work for fans of another brand thou.
See a lot of space IF you remove the Cage. And now the top of the case? You can fit another Rad but it has to be one of the stealth/slim rads. And if your thinking push & pull setup, your gonna need a little modding skill.
As you can see in the image above, even with the 200mm fan its quite close to the brass piece used to hold on to the motherboard. And that means very little space. However you can try to install it outside the case if you stubborn enough to do that, there are WC hose holes behind the case or just place a smaller 120 rad. 