Cooler Master I-Tower 930 Case review - PAGE 1

Cooler Master has been designing and manufacturing cases for the better part of a decade now and has really shown a prowess for case engineering with their most recent outings (the Mystique being one of those). Although their brand name  isn't as noticeable as Antec or other larger brands, Cooler Master has been around long enough to acquire a reputable and credible status and have been known for consistently creating quality products over the years. Cooler Master has been producing cases for the mid range case market for awhile now (cases priced in and around $100) and decided to go at it again with their latest case, the Cooler Master I Tower 930.

There is a lot of upside to the I Tower 930 which will bring interest to different people as Cooler Master is trying to hit a number of the niche markets with this tower. Among the several unique features and acessories the I Tower comes with are extra fans and cooling housings, extra security protection and removable mass storage via a SATA II hot swappable interface. One thing that should be pointed out really quickly is that the case is a standard 18" and for its size, is quite heavy (at about 20 kg) since its chassis is made from SECC, a steel composite. So as long as this case is staying stationary and you aren't planning to lug this fatty to any remote LAN parties, the weight shouldn't be much of an issue.

With the I Tower 930 case, Cooler Master is looking to hit the enthusiast market with a relatively cheap offering that has high end users in mind. With the addition of a few handy physical case protection features and hot swappable functionality, this case seems to have more than what regular folk expect. There are plenty of reasons to want this case even without the SATA II rack but to overlook the hot swap component of this case would be a shame. Costing $114 at MSRP, this case should neither break a new PC builder's budget or limit what the user can afford to put inside it.