March 22, 2010
Cooler Master RC-600-KKN1-GP Gladiator 600 Mid Tower ATX Case with 140mm Fan
Posted by: kk : Category: Computer Components
- Excellent cooling with support for 140mm fans in front bezel and top exhaust.
- Engineered for easy hardware upgrades for enhanced cable management and CPU replacement holes.
- Elegant aluminum front panel including a 120mm blue LED fan with LED-off switch.
- Durable steel body with front mesh for strength and increased cooling
Product Description
Cooler Master has developed yet another top quality mid tower chassis, Gladiator 600. It has a pure elegant black exterior, exuding an understated but extraordinary mystery that delivers heroic style. The chassis has a fully meshed front panel with a 120mm blue LED fan for excellent airflow. Furthermore, Cooler Master uses a burnished material on the I/O panel, symbolizing the victory belt of a true gladiator.
Cooler Master RC-600-KKN1-GP Gladiator 600 Mid Tower ATX Case with 140mm Fan
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March 22nd, 2010 at 2:14 am
The case is well built and comes with 2 fans installed, one a 120mm and the other a 140mm. I found the click locks for the installation of HDD’s to work very well. The cables were easy to connect and had enough length. I know some reviewers said the cables needed to be longer but I didn’t have this issue. All in all, great value for the money. After seeing mine my son ordered a differant cooler master case for his server. Concluding and rightly so that if my case at this price point was so well built that buying a server case from them was a no brainer.
Rating: 5 / 5
March 22nd, 2010 at 4:36 am
This is a very well built case. Good size:weight ratio, tool-less design that works and not bad to look at.
I had initially intended this case for a water-cooled setup, but the fan positioning on the top, rear and a last ditch above the psu spot were all challenged. If I were to swap out my current cpu set up there would be no issue and water would roar through this box, but not for now. As it is, for an air-cooled setup, there is great control over the turbulence, and porting is less restrictive than other brands of similar design. I am very happy with this case, and foresee a lengthy life for it as upgrades evolve.
Conversely, this unit doesn’t have the exterior ports other CM models have for water setups. A graphics card over 10.5″ would be a gamble to fit, and a SLI/Crossfire for such impossible. In a single graphics application most boards’ first 16x slot will line up with the bottom of the 5.25″ bay and a longer card would work (maybe), but after that the positioning of the unchangeable hdd bay will stop you at 10.5 front/back. None of the “filtering” is removable except beneath the psu (just thin metal screening). The filter media (high porous foam) in the case’s front is pretty much fixed to the fascia parts, so cleaning is going to be a pain.
I don’t know what it is about items shipped from Amazon, but more often than not somewhere along the way someone gets angry with my packages. Luckily this product was packed properly (by CoolerMaster)
Rating: 5 / 5
March 22nd, 2010 at 7:22 am
PROS: Nice looking design! With places for two side fans and with the 140mm top fan and the option of adding a back fan, there is lots of cooling.
The case is sturdy with almost no sharp edges and lots of room to install your stuff. The mounts for both the hard drive and the DVD drive work well and provide solid retention.
With two side fans with mounting for fans up to 140mm, there is good airflow and cooling.
CONS: I wasn’t thrilled with both the HD LED and ON LED being white. Tradition, in my opinion would have been best — blue LED for the ON light and RED LED for the hard drive. Also, the viewing angle for these LEDs is narrow, i.e. you have to be looking at the front from in-front to see the light, off angle is cut off.
The front case fan is so filtered (filter is fine foam) that very little air passes thru. Removing the foam helps airflow, but still not much is getting thru. Maybe a higher RPM fan would help here. The one that comes with it is a 1200 RPM fan. The perferrated cover sheet in front of the front fan could also stand larger holes here.
The tool-less clips for retaining add-on cards are fragil. Mine for the video card broke easily, but you can install a screw in that situation, so all ends well. To be honest, I was pressing hard on it to try and make it latch, but not more pressure than I’ve used on other computer cases with this type of fixture. Examining the plastic part showed it to be weak, a poor design.
I’ve concentrated on what I felt were weaknesses, but I really do like the case and would buy it again. It was well and acqurately made, good paint job, nice front bezel, etc. The layout for the internal parts is good, easy to work with and one feature that I really appreciated was the cut-out behind the processor for installing the CPU cooler where a back plate is used for support. Other cases make you remove the MoBo if you are doing something that requires access to the bottom of the board.
My conclusion is I like the case, it’s not perfect, but there is no such thing as a perfect case!
Rating: 4 / 5
March 22nd, 2010 at 9:09 am
I am building a non-gamer fast machine and ordered the Cooler Master Full HAF AMD case (see review), but after receiving the Gladiator have decided to use this case instead for many reasons: I am using an AMD Phenom X4 chip, not an AMD Phenom II X4 which is on the Full cases badge, and this case is smaller and will go into my work space without moving anything around. This case uses tooless design as does the larger case; just not as fancy.
The potential air flow is more than enough for all but the fastest gamer and water cooled applications. (Water cooled. Never thought I would see that in a PC)
The Power supply goes on the bottom for better cooling. The case comes with one 5.25″ to 3.5″ drive converter slide so you don’t have to buy that.
I will probably add two extra 120mm fans (to back and side) to go with the standard 140mm top and 120mm front fans; that should cool it off!
The only big drawback for me was that the Gladiator has only two USB connectors in the front compared to four on the full HAF.
Just a side note: This mid tower case is the same size as my old full tower case of years gone by. So, if you think the new full tower cases are the same as the old ones, you had better check the dimensions because things have changed.
Go to the Cooler Master Web Site to get a much better idea of the units capabilities. They have videos for a lot of there cases.
Rating: 5 / 5
March 22nd, 2010 at 10:27 am
This case was easy to setup, no screws for the hard drives, cards or rom drives. The PSU being mounted on the bottom keeps it much cooler. The case is well constructed. I recommend a modular PSU for this case. Make sure you have enough room above the top of the case for the fan to push out the hot air.
Rating: 5 / 5