Cooler master mastercase sl600m review in Spanish (complete analysis)

Today we are going to see something different and fresh, it is the Cooler Master Mastercase SL600M chassis, a wonder for the eyes of any enthusiastic user. And we say different because his editing philosophy is different from what we are used to, you will see why. But undoubtedly the best is its design, aluminum, glass and steel at the highest level with proximity sensor to illuminate the USB ports and two installed 200mm fans. Let's start with our review of this wonder tower, so don't go!

But before we begin, we thank Cooler Master for their trust in Professional Review by lending us this chassis for this review.

Cooler Master Mastercase SL600M technical characteristics

We are going to take this review calmly because there is a lot to comment, we will divide it into sections, the maximum possible so that everything is very clear, although you will always have the manual available in the box.

Unboxing

A box that is actually completely huge, just like the Cooler Master Mastercase SL600M chassis that comes inside. The presentation is the same as in other products, being neutral cardboard with a sketch of the tower printed on the main face and its brand and model.

On the sides we will have some other relevant chassis information, although nothing that is not already in the manual and in our review. And inside we have a tower wrapped in a plastic bag charged with static electricity next to two large polyethylene cork panels

Inside the chassis itself we will find the other available accessories, which are not too many, by way of verification we will have:

• Cooler Master Chassis Mastercase SL600M User manual Screw bag Textile bag to fit anything Plastic clips Internal USB cable for firmware update

Exterior design

If something stands out in this Cooler Master Mastercase SL600M is the beautiful design that it has in all its extension, it is obvious to the naked eye that they have very good finishes and at the level of the best, not in vain their starting price is 200 euros. But in addition to an elegant and premium design, this tower will offer us originality and creativity when we start working on it.

Well, in terms of materials and general finishes, we have an interior chassis built in steel, quite worked and with complete rigidity, so the amount of hardware will not be a problem. The outer part has front and top plates in polished aluminum on steel grilles, not plastic. And finally we have a side panel with tempered glass.

The measures of this tower are 544 mm long, 242 mm wide and 574 mm high, and, therefore, in a half-tower format, although almost bordering on the full tower. But be careful, because it does not support E-ATX size motherboards. The weight is not specified, but we can already tell you that it exceeds 10 Kg without problems.

The left side of this authentic spacecraft has a 4mm thick tempered glass panel with a remarkable darkening that allows the interior area to be seen timidly. This glass will be fixed by means of a rear manual thread screw and mounted on a metal frame that also offers anti-fall protection at the bottom. This protection consists of staying attached to the area even removing the screw, to avoid falls.

Both the front and upper areas seen at this angle, have a very considerable width and it is partly for this reason, that in the end the interior space is not as large as it seems. In fact, you can see how tremendously tall its legs are, at least 4 cm.

In fact, both the front and rear legs are built on a molded aluminum block with rubber protections that cover the entire width of the chassis.

The right side does not have glass, but a very nice and original black painted metal panel with vinyl effect. The fastening system is identical to the glass panel, and also has anti-noise protection in the interior area, great detail that of the brand.

Now it is time to see the front of the Cooler Master Mastercase SL600M, which stands out for being entirely in polished aluminum with only a detail of the brand logo. Then we will see that it can be perfectly uninstalled by manual action, although pushing the pins it has from within.

In any case, this front part allows the passage of air into the interior through the two slight lateral openings that we have in the middle area, although without protection against dust. Then we will see that this is not necessary, since we cannot install fans in it.

And just in the upper corner we have the I / O panel, which in this case is really complete and with some ace up its sleeve:

• 2 USB 3.1 Gen1 2 USB 2.0 1 USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-C 3.5mm Double Jack for audio and micro Speed ​​selector button for fans Power button (top zone) Proximity sensor

Undoubtedly, the issue of the proximity sensor is striking, it is simply an IR sensor that detects our close presence and turns on the lighting of the USB ports to introduce the flash drive without problems. Details like these make a chassis great.

Regarding the upper area of Cooler Master Mastercase SL600M, it is also quite interesting, since it has an aluminum cover that we can easily raise or remove without problems to further facilitate the passage of air out. The nice hard metal mesh that it has, also acts as a dust filter.

As with the front, we can also completely remove this area for the installation of fans. In fact, we have enough space to do a push and pull with a liquid system, and install fans inside and also outside, or separate fans outside / radiator inside.

It offers us capacity for radiators up to 360 mm or fans of 120 mm x3, 140 mm x2 or 200 mm x2. So its capacity is very good, but we only miss one detail, the capacity for 420mm radiators for extreme mounting.

Each zone has something interesting, and the same happens with the rear zone. You may have noticed by now that there is no trace of fans anywhere on this chassis, and you won't find it on the back either, because instead of having a fan slot, we have a hard drive mount inside ! Have these Cooler Master gone crazy? You will see that it is not.

In addition to this, we have an area with capacity for 9 expansion slots along with two others for vertical cards with fully closed plates to improve aesthetics. But we can unscrew this area to rotate it 90 degrees and be able to place multi-GPU configurations vertically.

And you may also have noticed that we have a power connector directly installed in the lower area, but of course no trace of the hole for the source. Before continuing with the review, think about where this hole is located to be able to install it.

We are still advanced, now we see the bottom of the Cooler Master Mastercase SL600M, and finally we find the two fans that were still missing. In fact, this chassis offers a configuration of two pre-installed 200mm fans that we can uninstall from this outside area.

In addition to the legs that we have already mentioned at the beginning, we have a high-quality particle filter system that we can divide in two or completely remove from the area. We have been very satisfied with the careful exterior design, where elegance is combined with accessibility.

Installation and assembly

Now it is time to see little by little what this Cooler Master Mastercase SL600M box offers us in terms of mounting capacity. Although it looks like a normal tower, the philosophy changes a lot compared to the traditional one. Our assembly will continue to be that of these components:

• AMD Ryzen 2700X with Stock heatsink Asus X470 Crosshair VII HeroAMD Radeon Vega 5616 GB DDR4PSU Corsair AX860i motherboard

And that's how good this interior area looks, we have a central area where the motherboard will be installed, and we can already verify that the area is not as large as it seems. In fact, it supports ITX, Micro-ATX and ATX size boards, so we really miss E-ATX capacity. There is also no lack of echoes to pass cables, all of them protected by black rubber elements. Neither in the upper nor lower area we have space for the power supply.

Precisely the area where we must install it is on the front, thanks to a somewhat complex system we must say, but aesthetically very successful. In fact, everything will be perfectly hidden thanks to that side plate with the Cooler Master logo and the box itself, in which we can put PSUs of up to 200 mm.

To finish the initial approach, the main hole supports graphics cards up to 318 mm, not expandable due to the PSU compartment, and heatsinks up to 191 mm high, very good in this regard. The cooling method will be mandatory vertically, entering cold air below and leaving above.

Installing the power supply

Let's start with the first thing that is installed in a chassis, and that is the power supply. Due to the peculiar system used by Cooler Master Mastercase SL600M, it is worth dedicating a section to it.

The first thing we are going to do is remove the side plate with the brand logo. This plate is attached to the top and bottom by means of four manual thread screws. After this, we will find the real compartment of the fountain, a case with a diagonal termination at the bottom and made up of two square metal plates.

The first of these is responsible for hiding the source, and we will have to remove it using four other screws located in the lateral area. After this, the second box will be left, which will allow the source to be fixed to the chassis, they need to loosen a single screw so that it comes out.

After this, what we will have to do is screw the power supply to the last box, and so that when we go to install it again in the chassis, the fan is oriented towards the front. This must be so because if we do it, on the contrary, the source will not be able to breathe since it has a sheet stuck to the back.

And be careful now, because before installing the second cover, we must connect the power extension cable to the source, which will be in the upper area in a certainly complicated but functional position.

Now we will place the second cover, but not before being clear about what cables we should take outside. The cover has its own hole, which will be very useful for removing the PCIe power cables for the graphics card, and we will do that. We will also need to take out a SATA power cable, two EPS for the board and of course the main ATX.

The result will be something similar to what you see in the images. A good thing is that the compartment allows you to hide a good amount of cables, although we must keep in mind that, in traditional sources, it is possible that the cables are short, needing to add extensions and this is something very important. In our case, EPS has arrived without problems, which are the ones that need the most length.

Storage capacity

Another element to consider are the gaps and spaces to place 2.5 and 3.5-inch hard drives, and in this chassis there are quite a few possibilities spread everywhere. We will try to explain them as best we can.

In this case, we have made use of removing the entire front area of ​​the chassis, since behind it are two adapters in the form of a metal plate that will allow us to mount two units, either 2.5 "or 3.5". You will be very good with the shape of these sheets, because they are also removable and relocatable in other places. In fact, they are compatible with liquid cooling tanks.

The next area provided with this type of sheet is the rear area of the PSU case, so here we can also install a 2.5 or 3.5-inch unit. And another one, the following one is in the back of the chassis (where a fan always went) with the same support.

Now we are going to move to the holes available exclusively for 2.5 ”SSD. Of these we have two holes available in the plate that covers the entire area of ​​the PSU, and another two adapters placed behind the plate of installation of the plate.

But it is not all, we have already mentioned that the multi support plates can be moved to other places, and in fact we can place three of them in the lower area, just above the fans, in order to move up to three hard drives on top of them. It is not the most recommended place, since we will cover the air flow a lot, but the possibility is there.

So we count ourselves, we have the capacity to:

• 4 3.5 "HDD drives 3 2.5" drives a total of 7 2.5 "drives

Cooling capacity

Curiously, we are going to finish this section much earlier than with the previous one, since in this Cooler Master Mastercase SL600M we only have capacity for fans in the lower and upper areas. Let's see them.

Let's start by citing fan capacity and compatibility:

• Bottom: 3x 120mm / 2x 140mm / 2x 200mm Top: 3x 120mm / 2x 140mm / 2x 200mm

Well, nothing, exactly the same in both places. We will not be able to install fans in the rear area because it is closed, nor in the front area because the source is. The most important thing is that we have two pre-installed 200 fans, although without LED lighting.

Now let's look at the capacity for liquid cooling:

• Bottom: 120/140/240/280/360 mm Top: 120/140/240/280/360 mm

Also the same in both places, although it is convenient to know that in the lower area there is room for a system of up to 72 mm when we have a graphics card installed vertically. While at the top it fits an AIO up to 43 mm thick.

We should not worry excessively with the placement of AIO or custom radiators on top, which will be the recommended place, since the new high-performance radiators have a thickness of 40 mm. In this case we can install the fans on the outside as there is plenty of room for them.

Likewise, with most Liquid AIOs we can even make a push and pull system, which consists of placing a radiator + fans in the interior area, along with more fans on the outside, further improving air flow.

In any case, this vertical flow system is always the most indicated for PCs, since naturally hot air tends to rise, thus facilitating the entry of cold air from the bottom. Also interesting is the fact that hard drive boards are also compatible with custom cooling system tank mounts.

We should also not forget about the fan control system that Cooler Master Mastercase SL600M has installed as standard. It is a controller capable of PWM control of four fans through a 4-pin header. It includes a SATA power connection, the port to control the speed through the button on the I / O panel, another port to synchronize the motherboard with the PWM control of the fans, and finally the free connector, which will only be used for update the controller firmware.

Through the controller, we can also tell the proximity sensor to turn off thanks to small software available on the manufacturer's page. For this we will need to have the microcontroller connected to the USB of the board.

Installation and assembly

As you may have seen, the assembly process of this Cooler Master Mastercase SL600M chassis is different from normal towers. In fact, we have taken quite a bit longer, while we have studied the best way to do it, routing cables and correctly placing the source, etc.

The chassis is practically removable in its entirety, since both the lower area and the upper grille are held by screws, and it will be easy to remove them. The solutions for cable routing are not too wide at the back, however, we have at least a series of pre-installed velcro strips with which we can attach a large number of cables to them, including the cables of the I / O panel and the ATX cable on the board.

In any case, the source is quite far from some connectors such as the EPS of the board, so make sure that these cables arrive and are at least 350 mm long. A nice touch to keep dust out is that the expansion slot plates are closed and the two main openings have dust filters.

Final score

We finished our assembly by reinstalling the side and front panels to see the excellent end result. When a chassis is quality, anything we install is fine.

Something that partly surprises us is that Cooler Master has not introduced any lighting strip inside the chassis or that it has released a version with RGB fans. Perhaps it is being saved for later as a hypothetical RGB version with advanced controller, the truth is that it would come in handy.

Final words and conclusion about Cooler Master Mastercase SL600M

Cooler Master Mastercase SL600M is one of those chassis with personality, daring and offering something different to the user. It is as original on the outside as it is on the inside, with a brutal and premium aesthetic thanks to aluminum and glass and a mounting system that, while not being easy, is creative and efficient.

The modularity is very good, with the possibility of removing almost all parts of the chassis and the possibility of rotating the rear panel to place several GPUs. We must say that, despite being a very large chassis in sight, the interior space is practically like that of a normal one, and we miss the support for E-ATX boards to mount Workstation.

The proposed cooling system is correct, lower entry and external exit is the most efficient way to do it, in addition with two pre-installed 200 mm fans and a microcontroller included, although we should say a bit of noise. It also supports 360 up and down radiators and custom systems thanks to adapters for hard drives.

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And we talk about storage, we have great support, with up to 4 3.5 "HDDs and 3 combined 2.5" SSDs or just 7 SSDs. The areas are located in very strategic places and also with the ability to move them in some cases, good work in this regard. And also great work with a very complete I / O panel with illuminated USB ports and an integrated proximity sensor.

Cooler Master Mastercase SL600M is available for purchase at prices around 200 euros above euro below, so it is clearly a high-end chassis with a relatively high cost despite its normal interior space. However, the choice of high-quality materials such as aluminum, or its impressive design, will make us have chassis for many years, even a lifetime. For us, highly recommended.

ADVANTAGE	DISADVANTAGES
+ EXQUISITE DESIGN IN CRYSTAL STEEL AND ALUMINUM	- DOES NOT SUPPORT E-ATX PLATES
+ ORIGINAL AND BOLD ASSEMBLY SYSTEM	- NO LIGHTING AND SOME NOISY FANS
+ TWO PRE-INSTALLED 200 MM FANS AND THERMAL EFFICIENCY
+ HIGH CAPACITY OF HARDWARE AND RADIATORS
+ USEFUL DETAILS LIKE SENSOR, MODULARITY CONTROLLER

The Professional Review team awarded you the platinum medal and recommended product

Cooler Master Mastercase SL600M

DESIGN - 96%

MATERIALS - 96%

WIRING MANAGEMENT - 89%

PRICE - 90%

93%