Cooler Master MasterBox TD500 Mesh Airflow ATX Mid-Tower with Polygonal Mesh Front Panel, Crystalline Tempered Glass, E-ATX up to 10.5, Three 120mm ARGB Lighting Fans

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I had an old Cooler Master Centurion 690 that I tried to re-use in a newer build. The system consists of an X570 board, a 3900X, a GTX1080, and a GTX2060 Super. Since its a production box mainly used for compute, its frequently at 100%, drawing 500 watts. While the old Centurion technically worked, it needed too many fans (and made too much noise) to be practical. The search was on for a newer high airflow case! While I wanted to get a Phanteks case, I decided on the Cooler Master MasterBox TD500 Mesh Black ARGB (MCB-D500D-KGNN-S01) instead. It came down to looks (subjective) and price.

looks great, very well made .

I was a bit worried at first if it would arrive damaged, however when I took it out to inspect the case all those worries were quickly washed away. No scratches, dents, or damaged ports. Everything needed is included where the PSU would normally go, and the cables are twist tied together along the back. It comes with 3 fans and a RGB control hub. Using this to build a Ryzen 7 3700x machine, havent built a PC in a little over 7 years so this is going to be a lot of fun for me!

This may be a decent box, however, I havent got the build complete. The three pin fan connector does not easily fit on the standard 4 pin fan header. I mangled 2 headers and the plug and still havent got it hooked up. In fact, I wouldnt even know it was the fan plug if I didnt look it up on youtube. Instructions are garbage. Probably end up sending it back over the stupid fans, which according to reviews run full blast until you set them in the bios. I wouldnt know, they wont plug in. Either way its just a BS set up for something that should be a no brainer plug and go.

A soild case for the money, plain and simple.

I was really excited for this case.. i changes from my fractal meshify c to this. Fans are nice. I love the glass panel. The metal side panel, i hate that thing. My psu holder came bent. Baffles me as it that back corner is in styrofoam.. so it was damaged BEFORE packaging... have better quality control please, I should not have to bend things back into place and then have to screw it in for it to be less bent as well. The PSU filter is pathetic. My previous fractal wins in quality by far. But its still a great case and pretty roomy. I had high expectations for the case and i was let down a little but im still mildly satisfied. I hoped for better. For 99 bucks id still take my meshify c(which i paid 85 for 2 years ago) over this. I needed the extra space though as my 1080ti and 280mm aio didnt play nice in the meshify.

so an als hätten die ein weg

Gefallen das Design und verarbeitung ist recht gut. Jetzt kommts, aaaaber die abstandhalter für motherboard scheinen andere maße zu haben, man kann keine schrauben reindrehen, sie rutschen durch, greifen nich egal was man für grösen nimmt, man könnte denken zu große gewinde geschnitten. Somit kann man nicht weutermachen und muss sich neue kaufen. Die farbbeschichtung is so dünn, das man husten kann und man hat kratzer drauf. Also sehr vorsichtig, extrem vorsichtig. Die kabelöffnungen die nich gummiert sind, sind so schmal das das breite gehäusekabel kaum ranging, war sehr knifflig. Auf dem bild sah ich einen rgb hub, war leider nich dabei. Sonst passt es schon.

Overall, I like this case. The only problem I had was unfortunately a big one...the RGB doesnt work properly on the fans. Only two of my fans light up, and these two look messed up (see image).