Internal Inspection (continued):

The images below show the upper rear corner of the case. The below left image shows the exhaust fan on the back of the case, the exhaust fan at the top of the case, and the empty spot provided for another fan. Taking a look at the image on the right shows the location of the water cooling pass through grommets, among other things.



Stepping back a bit, and shifting our view down towards the middle of the case reveals a very well thought out motherboard area. You get all the mounting locations you need for your motherboard (Micro-ATX, ATX, E-ATX, XL-ATX, SSI CEB, SSI EEB), as well as massive cut out to make mounting an aftermarket CPU cooler a snap without having to pull the board out of the case. In addition, there are multiple oval shaped grommets of sorts provided for cable management to the right of the board, as well as some on the floor of the chassis (shown later in the review). Installation and wiring should be a snap for just about any user, and the finished layout should be super clean if you take advantage of what Cooler Master has provided.



The below left image shows the location provided for your power supply. I was intially concerned that it might be a tight fit, but even with a unit that is longer than normal, and that uses long modular connections, it fit just fine. To the right of this is a panel that features two more intake fans, which when removed for the first time actually made me blurt out "Whoa"!



The below left image shows what is behind the two fan panel... Six more 3.5" tool-less drive trays! That gives you a total of thirteen 3.5" drive trays, which is impressive, but makes me wonder why? Does anyone really want/need to install that many 3.5" drives? And what about 2.5" drives? Many people use a 2.5" SSD as their boot drive these days, but without a drive bay adapter (not included) there isn't anywhere to mount one.



A nice feature of the Cosmos II's internals is that every surface has a uniform satin black finish. While painting the interior of a case has become common, this one has it done very well with the different plastic and metal surfaces, cables, fans, and hardware all matching.