HAF 932 review

Review of my computer chassis. I wanted to do this long ago.

HAF 932. It has its own logo!

Well, to start, this chassis can have 12 fans without the power supply.

In comes power supply, out goes 1 or 2 fans. 1kW power supplies eats two 120mm fan slots. Harsh.

The chassis itself has very nice features, like the HAF painting.

~HAF~

This chassis might be big, but it fits in under my table actually.

Look at the clearing between the table and the top of the chassis.

There are many potentials in this chassis’s design. As usual though, all creations are flawed. Even we humans are flawed.

A very classy look and rugged too. The HAF 932 offers excellent airflow.

 

Got this off the Cooler Master website.

Actually I found 1 more place to put in 2 fans actually. I never knew this was possible

Note that this two slots are for power supply air intake but instead if you choose to install the power supply at the top, this will be empty. It fits in two 120mm fans.

A spacious interior is great of heat dissipation and also interior lightings with perfect cable management for all.

Can fit in six optical disk drives (floppy disk drive hidden, can be converted) and 5 hard disks. All tool free with silent anti-vibration pads.

Even so actually, it comes with a set of wheels and also a set of aluminium feet. I use wheels, but still you cannot feel anything rattling.

There are a few things about this chassis is that it has enough space for a 3x120mm radiator at the top. Also there’s a hole for filling in coolants directly externally.

Rubber matting covering the fill port. You can put your personal things above it.

Also, for those who just love to save bucks, DIY cooling solutions are like advised in this chassis. Spacious yet many places to hook up zip ties to support fans.

I personally hooked up the stock 140mm fan at the HDD cage to extract air. Speeds up the airflow, and yet very silent.

It also offers a pretty big hole to install or uninstall third party cooler blocks at the processor. Removing motherboards are most likely optional to most of the motherboards.

What I meant was, only certain motherboards can use this feature well. I can’t.

The tool free mechanism for the optical disk drives are very special and patented. A press-to-lock or unlock device for all 6 slots. Very neat feature and saves time too.

The cons of this chassis is really annoying. It is a dust collector. For God’s sake that much airflow with no air filters are a pain in the ass.

Look at the Cooler Master logo there. It is clogged with dust!

The disappointment of dust is really, really harsh. I myself haven’t clear that much dust before from my chassis. I guess that’s a really painful thing to say.

In conclusion, this chassis is great. Most of the latest patents and features are included in this chassis. Spacious and yet perfect ventilation and cable management system, but it is a dust collector. I guess all chassis are dust collectors, no? The weight on the other hand is really a backbone killer. Thanks to Cooler Master, they thought of having wheels to be substituted onto it.

Personally I think this chassis is a sizzling one. Have fun everybody!