Time to start Christmas real early!

Even the box itself is sexy and rich feeling,  has a smooth, slick texture to it! The case is well protected by the stiff cardboard box and plenty of styrofoam padding all around, UPS/FedEX would have to try hard to damage the case




Oooh very nice! First thing I noticed is that the cases paint texure has a very durable feeling to it, almost like a spray on truck liner, you will have to try to scratch it!  The unit feels incredibly solid when I took it out, gotta freaking love cold rolled steel, aluminum can never beat the tight, strong and firm built of a quality steel case!


 
 
The handles feel GREAT and makes moving the XB is so SMOOTH and easy! They are supported by the steel chassis behind the panel, so even fully loaded, this sucker aint gonna fall apart on you transporting it around, LAN partying with this thing in the future is gonna rock!
 



I didnt' realize exactly HOW big this XB was until I put it next to "Night Fire" my Antec mini-P180. The pictures speak for themselves!  Thats a 20'' Viewsonic monitor for comparison sake to give you an idea of this bad boys size.













Ok, time to take it apart and see the inside of this ultimate bady boy cube!

With the side panels removed, the front comes off with 7 tabs fairly easily. The plastic feels durable enough the front benzel doesn't flex much, but be mindful, it feels like it could be easily scratched. The front panel Power and reset buttons ARE NOT spring loaded, they are more modern "tap" style button which you find on todays tablets and smartphones and frankly, I like this as a nice change from decades of spring loaded buttons on computer cases, time for a change.




Weird, how they have enough room for a PCB to have 4 USB jacks, but only went with 2 *shrug* Owell, I never use more then one at a time in my usage.

Moving on, the typical part bags, screws andzip ties are here, but a rare thing, an optional speaker for those who really want to hear the troubleshooting mobo BIOS beeps.  You can see the insulation foam to keep PSU vibration down into the case, a simple but nice touch, stuff like this helps case makers and their products stand out from the competition and we, the case consumers really look for this kinda stuff.





The case panels like the rest of the case chassis have a tough powder coating all over. They slide on and off with a nice smooth feeling and attach with a nice solid "thud" and are hard to flex, meaning the chances of vibration and reverberation in the case are low.  Again, quality steel just flat out beats aluminum in this department, especially in the cost department and Cooler Master does a great job in this. Corsair, are you taking notes?




Outa curiosity, I wanted to see if recycling my Antec Big Boy was possible with the top panel mesh. Sadly, it was a no go. I looked into why the mesh panel didn't have mounts for 120/140mm fans for radiator setups and the CM rep stated because the weight of using radiators would cause the mesh panel to dislodge because its only using push down based tabs to hold it in place. So that basically means it would require installing nuts and bolts if you really wanted to use the top mesh panel for a radiator and modding the mesh as well.




And of course, I can't overlook something this rare in most cases nowadays, the removalable mobo tray. Some people truly desire/live for this *cough, 3DGAMERMAN* I personally have never cared or had use for them as I always chose cases over the years that makes it easy to install mobo's in and out. Last case I had with a removable mobo was a Lian Li PC-68 way back in 2002 and I think I used it "once" just cause I was bored.  

Anyway, with 4 simple thumbscrews, the tray comes right out. Like the side panel, it feels very rigid and hardly flexes at all. Again, you can only get this very nice firm feeling with quality steel cases, aluminum just can't touch it. The tray fits in nice and snug with the thumb screws, so its not possibly for it to vibrate into the chassis itself at all.

That's a sweet case!!!  I will take that case into serious consideration on my next build...  It's like a bench test version of the HAF X...  Congrats...  post some pics after your finished puttin' it together.

Great overview on the case man and nice review
 
Very impressive case but I ended up with a Prodigy.

Well after over two hours of moving equipment, rewiring and tinkering, I got my guts moved over to this beast. Man, it swallows up my mATX setup with no issues, now I wish I was running a ATX board just to help fill up the case.



Working with the case was a real joy, the fact that the try was removable made it very easy to get the parts installed into the lower level. The power supply installation couldn't be easier and there is lots of nocks and crannies to put wiring in and the amount of wiring tie does makes cable management simply childs play



The 5.25" drive bay works decently albiet its a bit loose for my standards but because I rarely use my DVD drive, I'm not real concerned, it mostly stays put.  The tray adapters for my SSD slid on easily enough, they don't "snap" on, so they can fall of really easily, but once you slide it into the 2.5'' tray, it fits firm and snug.


The LED's looks great in this case!


I tried out the stock intake fans. They do move a good amount of air but are pretty noisey and for someone who is used to a case with noise filtering panels all over including a front door, it was pretty loud to me. I'll be taking out the stock CM fans and putting in lower RPM Gentle Typhoons instead. USB ports work with no issues. I haven't tried out the X-dock so I can't comment on it at this time.

 
All in all, this was a fun case to play with and try out! I've got tons of modding ideas that I'm thinking over on what I wanna do with the case. I'm really pleased overall with what CoolerMaster has put out and with some modding and new toys, I think I found my favorite new case to play with!