Ask Me Anything - Official Cooler Master Representatives

[slomo4sho]

We didn't design the 8th PCI slot because we had to have a removable motherboard tray. The motherboard tray makes installing the parts possible and easy to use.

Thanks for the reply Jon. I love the removable motherboard tray of the XB. However, I am unsure what you mean above as I fail to see how the 8th PCI slot would inhibit the functionality of the motherboard tray.

Also, do you recall when the revision was made to the SATA power connector? I have had my case for a while so I am wondering if I have an earlier version.

Lastly, as far as DYI, some of your cases have a removable ceiling. Have you considered making radiator ceilings for cases with the removable ceilings for that customers could buy à la carte? This feature would be most useful in small form factor builds.

 

[Madn3ss795]

Will there be modular versions of GX PSUs? And will there be more nVidia-themed cases, like a Centurion 6 nVidia, for example?

 

[CM-Nate]

Hi, I want to ask whether the storm troopers casing with transparent acrylic side window panel will be sold again? Cuz I want to buy trooper but with transparent acrylic side window panel

Trooper Side Panel with window is currently available at the CM-Store. http://www.cmstore-usa.com/cm-storm-trooper-left-side-windowed-panel/

We are also looking into bringing the windowed side panel version of the Trooper stateside.

 

[CM-Nate]

Hello just a quick question I will be building a new computer in late August and I am looking for a CPU cooler for around $100. As of right now, I think I will use the upcoming V8 GTS because of all the great things I've heard about the lower end Hyper 212 Evo.

I am wondering if you plan to release any other CPU coolers that would be better than the v8 GTS for around the same price? I don't care if it is water or air I'm just looking for a cooler that will cool a 4770k @ 4.5ghz.

Thank you very much.

Sincerely,

King Hackintosh

I mentioned the Eisberg earlier in this thread and i would recommend checking it out. You can upgrade and add components to the closed loop at anytime, so if you need to improve your cooling performance you could add another radiator, larger radiator, reservoir etc... Also adding the new jetflo fans to the rads will make nice performance boost.

 

[CMRajiv]

Hi Cooler Master team, I was wondering when you'd be releasing the "CM Trigger Green" with Cherry MX Green switches and if it would be available in Canada at launch?

Ahh sorry for the long delay but we just got back in the office!

We released Trigger green already in a small quantity and it sound out fast. We will be releasing a new revision Trigger in the near future with Green and the best way to keep on top of those shipments is our Facebook (fb.com/CoolerMasterNA) or reddit page (reddit.com/r/coolermaster).

 

[CMRajiv]

This past weekend CMStorm Polt won the MLG Anaheim SC2 tournament.
He has been a favorite player of mine for a long time and was so happy to see him winning the triple crown (championship in korea, eu and us).
So congrats on the team win and thank you for sponsoring e-sports.

I love my HAF 912.

So were we. Thanks for being a CM fan and we hope to continue promoting e-sports with our teams!

 

[Jon_CM]

We didn't design the 8th PCI slot because we had to have a removable motherboard tray. The motherboard tray makes installing the parts possible and easy to use.

Thanks for the reply Jon. I love the removable motherboard tray of the XB. However, I am unsure what you mean above as I fail to see how the 8th PCI slot would inhibit the functionality of the motherboard tray.

Also, do you recall when the revision was made to the SATA power connector? I have had my case for a while so I am wondering if I have an earlier version.

Lastly, as far as DYI, some of your cases have a removable ceiling. Have you considered making radiator ceilings for cases with the removable ceilings for that customers could buy à la carte? This feature would be most useful in small form factor builds.

The HAF Xb has a size limitation, if we were to keep the motherboard tray removable we would have to make the chassis much bigger to fit the 8th slot. It's not simple.

 

[jpishgar]

Hey there all!

As it is now been 24 hours, the "official" AMA is concluded!

Epic thanks to the Cooler Master representatives who took the time out of their schedules to come and answer all the great questions our community had for them. We know this was a lot of work on their end, and we're greatly appreciative of the time taken to engage with the community here at Tom's Hardware.

For answering so many questions, an epic thanks goes out to Jon, Nate, Nic and Rajiv for the quick responses (and dubious rickrolling). Also, last but not least, a mega-thanks to Lulu Lin at Cooler Master for helping to put this together on their end and securing the time and info required to feed our ravenous fanbase the goods on what Cooler Master is up to.

As a heads-up, stay tuned to news and articles for the announcement of our next AMA which will be coming next week on Wednesday! We're on a roll with these!

Thanks again to all for making this a great success!

-JP