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Coolmasters new CMX cases make gamers drool photo

In the PC gaming world, there are about a million choices on what case to buy. Do you buy a store bought PC? Not me. Do you build it? Of course. Do you cut and slave to mod out your own case so that you have something original? Well ... it sounds good until you actually do it. So what do you do? Coolermaster might have the answer.

Coolmaster has a new line of CMX cases that I got to check out up close at this years CES. I have to say that I really was impressed. Look past all of the pretty colors and these are still very solid cases. I have built 100s of PCs in my life, and this case was made for hardcore people like me in mind. At the price point of $899 to 1,300 bucks, what do you get? That is the only issue.

You get a case that is hot as hell to look at, and a few fans to keep the insides cool. That is about it.  It will in fact, fit much larger power supplies, and has enough expansion bays and room inside for Jim Sterlings egoflux capacitor, everything you will ever need to put into a PC. Each case is hand-painted as well as numbered, and some are limited to only 200 made.

Bottom line: If your wallet is heavy and you have a pimp office, and would love to have a Volkswagen Bus humming away in the corner, Coolermaster has everything you ever wanted and then some. If price is no object, I would give it an 11 out of 10.


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Fading Star's Avatar
Fading Star at 01/17/2008 01:52
Those cases look sweet.
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Dead247 at 01/17/2008 02:14
indeed. All they need is one of paris hilton for me to buy one.
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Rbj at 01/17/2008 02:21
Whoresome.
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Sharpless at 01/17/2008 02:49
*waits for Coolmaster ads to appear on Destructoid*
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inque at 01/17/2008 03:14
There's just so much stuff that I "DO WANT BUT CAN'T AFFORD" also right now 8(

But the paint job on the case looks really sleek!
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StolenName at 01/17/2008 03:44
That would be awesome but I'll stick with the case I'm modding at the moment ... <a href="http://graffitigamer.com/?tag=the-fish-project">The Fish Project</a> - it's very X-Files.
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Rainbowblack at 01/17/2008 03:46
I never understood the fascination behind high end custom towers, it's beyond stupid. but then again my PSP shell is not the standard issue "black". though I never shelled out a couple hundred bucks for it either

that being said, all of them are ugly...cept for the Orange one sitting by itself all lonely in that one group shot. and the VW one is nice too.
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bleep at 01/17/2008 04:09
pretty cool I suppose...but with a little skill, some adhesive paper and a printer couldn't you just print out a series of large stickers for each side? I mean fuckin A a grand for just the case! thats nutzoid Ron
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Mxyzptlk at 01/17/2008 05:00
Those look awesome, but at that price I might as well spring for a gold plated PC case encrusted with diamonds.
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Cheeburga at 01/17/2008 05:16
In before 1000000 comments.
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Blaaguuu at 01/17/2008 05:37
I'll stick with Lian-Li cases for all of my builds.
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Ali D at 01/17/2008 05:48
They look nice, but fuck! For a grand I could build half of a fucking good PC.
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wardrox at 01/17/2008 06:13
I'm not sure if I want one or not. As epically good as they are, I would never do it justice.
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nopk at 01/17/2008 07:27
Is it just me or did anyone else think all the cases were kinda sucky/boring?

The blackbird series from HP is REALLY hot IMO
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twincannon at 01/17/2008 08:06
Good fuck those are ugly
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Sharpless at 01/17/2008 14:28
I'm a VW fan, so I approve of these.
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hc22 at 01/18/2008 03:00
oh, lawd, it just seems like such a waste of money. u.u

i could build a whole computer to run crysis at the price of one of these cases.
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