PC Peripherals What do you think about Cooler Master COSMOS II?

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Hey friends i orderd a cosmos II sunday 22nd april 2012, it will ship to me after a week and soon i will be uploading pics, and i guess i m the first cosmos II user in india..

I just want to know what you think bout cosmos II and what kind of photos would you like to see, i have a sony d-slr alpha a230 so dont worry about the quality.
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Personally I would say it should have been a bit lighter. 22Kg is way too heavy. There are few all steel cases that are that heavy. My Xigmatek Elysium which is an even larger HPTX compatible all steel case still weighs in at 15.5Kg. That and a removable Mobo tray would have been nice. In fact for such a heavy case, a removable mobo tray + metal castors should be mandatory features. Its a nice case, but not totally worth the 18k price tag that it seems to be selling for considering the omissions.

As for being the first in India to get it, I don't think you would be. The chassis has been listed on Prime for some time now and there would definitely have been other buyers for it.
 
Larger on paper maybe, but probably not in available volume. For instance, the protrusions to the sides top etc are also counted in the size when specs are put on paper. but in realty if you remove all such dimensions like the size of the handles, the width contributed by the styling, it would be smaller case in practice. Elysium is a HPTX chassis with minimal styling and dimensions come in at 9.06 x 24.33 x 26.10. Cosmos II is only an XL-ATX case with dimensions 13.5 x 27.7 x 26.1. The additional size and weight is due to the over zealous styling rather than due to the practical parts of the case. In videos, Cosmos II looked a lot more cramped than the Elysium.

As I said before, its not a bad case despite the weight, but the omission of a removable motherboard tray and metal castors for a 22Kg case is borderline inexcusable.

Watch how an ATX board fares in either of the chassis

Elysium

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mHkF_V_0sg

Cosmos II

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVKhAyVYsJ8
 
I got my Cosmos S II two weeks ago
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Lovely case. I also have the Elysium which houses my EVGA SR-2 Motherboard. No way that will fit in the CM without drilling some holes for the motherboard standoff's, even though they have enough space for the monster of a mobo and that kinda sucks.

The Cm has better build for sure.. In terms of space.. id say they are pretty much equal. The Cm has a slight upper hand when it comes to water cooling with 2x radiators though
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The ability to fit a 360mm rad up top and a 240mm below without a single mod is beautiful !

Congrats on the Cosmos S2
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Cheers and kind regards
 
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