Thank you for the review. It's amazing how much higher the standards for chassis are today than they were 5 years ago. It is a little strange that Cooler Master didn't incorporate some of the lessons of very similar cases that have come out recently. Lian Li had the same issue with the 200mm front fans.

Will always listen to the last syllable, because this is the only channel where we always get clear and up close views with proper lighting. Thanks, Tom

I just bought this case. I moved the front fans to the top and my AIO to the front. I have 5 fans in front. I swapped out the gpu fan with an EK AIO fan. I also wired both 200mm fans to mobo so they won’t mess with other fans. Pretty solid when you swap things around but your review was what saved me from using the hub with fans. Thanks.

Great review. Had me scratching my head at all the miss-steps. Good on ya Tom.

YAY! The HAF is back! I have one sat here and it is one of the best cases I have owned

A HAF branded product from Cooler Master, where half the airflow is being blocked by the chassis, that's disappointing! I still have an old school HAF 912, which now functions as my PLEX server, and it still just works. It really seems that Cooler Master should kill the HAF branding if they miss the mark this badly. Like putting glass in front of the fans, putting huge slabs of metal behind limits airflow, making a mockery of the HIGH AIR FLOW branding.

Thanks Tom. I was not going to buy this as I have an old case lying around for my whatever in the future build but I missed your relaxed honest and nuanced content

Very nice case. I owned one of the original monster HAF cases years ago.

So close, yet so many issues. I really wanted to like it. As a photo/video editor, I love the easy front access to the 3.5" drives. As a guy who mines with his GPU, I also like the 200mm fans, but they are HAlF blocked. And that that silly GPU fan is...ugh. Time to order my Meshify 2. Thanks for this review tho!

The phrase you were looking for is 'HAF - Arsed'. There seems to be something in the Cooler Master house ethos to get to a plateau of goodness and then fall off the mountain altogether. Rubbish? Not HAF! How the hell can you name a case as Hgh Air Flow and NOT design it around the fans that make it so? How can you name a case HAF and fail to deliver the aesthetic associated with the name? It would serve them right if Thermaltake ripped this off... and did it properly!🙃

Not worth getting rid of my cm h500, great review

9:11 - "It's a half-assed kind of ..." You mean HAF-assed. :D Nice review. There were some rather odd design choices in there, and to me it kinda came across as someone being in a board meeting somewhere saying "We should revive the HAF brand again!" and then slapped this together in a backroom somewhere.

can you do a review of the fractural design meshify 2 XL case please

Thanks for keeping it real Guv, seems like a real halfassed job to me.

Can you turn the argb off completely? And if so, please tell me how to do it. Thanks.

Funny, I always assumed the color Grey existed centuries before Corsair used it. 😄

It's not a HAF without the 200mm door fan

HAF - There's a name I haven't heard in a long time.

Thank you for saying your intro a bit slower lol you used to be so extreme with it

dat mosquito noice @8:57 :D

Can you turn the LED lights off?

This has nothing on my HAF 932, still can't find a better case and I have 360 AIO and tons of RGB. Good honest review! Consumers shouldn't get fooled with this junk.

Another channel found that if the fans are put at the top and the radiator at the front, the temps improve by a lot.

is that a first-generation Titan GPU that I see?

Lmao, "I have had bigger sandwiches!"

Such a shame, it had the potential to be a nice case but they didn't think it through.

This Case is pretty shitty to be honest - so much mistakes as far as design and functionality are concerned. Cooler Master can do it better, it‘s a shame they didn‘t! Excellent Review, thank you so much Tom ✊🏻

The fan you can tilt in the middle looks bloody awful.

So I'll just stick to my HAFx then

I've never bought a computer component that you didn't review TTL, Moan away =).

51th shade of grey.

They just needed to include a front fan bracket, smh.

Always happy to watch you moan mate :)

Had a HAFX back in the day, was way too big

Funny.... You and the other 2 reviews I saw called this what it is... Level 1 techs was singing praises.. it was like a paid ad. Also, front airflow is more than a third blocked it is clearly over HAF ..lol

looks similar to a lian li 215x

1st

As you said, they bottleneck themselves on the big nice fans =(, sad.

2nd

mebe 3rd

As a current haf owner, this is a joke.

Pretty dumb having 200mm fans with 140mm mounts.

boring case from cm again.............

It feels old and overpriced

what is this only fans now

Another HAF ass case? Lol.

I hate this design. Looks very retro to me but not in a good way.

Baffling.