![]() ![]() Our case shipped with one magnetic filter on the front as well as several extras packed separately, but we opted to only use the front filter in testing. Fans can be screwed on to the perforated panels pretty much anywhere that there’s space, and magnetic filters can be slapped on top to hide the screws. There are six different mounting locations for the front I/O panel, a PSU bracket that can be attached in multiple different locations and orientations, and the whole case is invertible. A much better feature is that Cooler Master’s focus on modularity is apparent, although the cramped interior limits some of the potential configurations. The worst feature of our Q500L is that it permanently smells like cheap chocolate, no matter how many times it’s wiped down. It’s a unique approach to an enclosure and, at $60, we can overlook a lot of limitations in favor of affordability. ![]() This is Cooler Master’s Q500L mini case for full ATX motherboards, re-using the Q300 tooling from a micro-ATX case design, but shifting the power supply around to accommodate ATX motherboards. We tried hard to make the Q500L perform well in testing – we tried to force it, with Patrick spending a week longer working on this case testing than we typically spend. We’re definitely losing money on this review, and it’s not just because we had to hire an intern to eat the 18 pounds of Reese’s cups that Cooler Master included in the case. We have been well-fed, though, and we’ve learned that freezing them makes them much better. That’s good, because Cooler Master decided to fill the entire thing with Reese’s Cups before they sent it to us, and if they’d done that with something from the Cosmos line we’d be in serious trouble. All of this is done entirely within the footprint of the existing SFF case, which is the gimmick of Cooler Master’s Q series: multiple different cases, one (small) external size. The Cooler Master Q500L is an ATX retrofit of the micro-ATX Q300L, designed to fit full-sized ATX motherboards and components. ![]()
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