There’s plenty of room inside, and it has some really nice airflow. Two 120mm fans, one on top and the other on bottom, and a 200mm fan on the side made sure of that. Another fan is placed on the 4-in-3 module on the front panel. You can also choose to mount another two fans, one on the bottom and two on the front panel, if you’re using additional modules for hard-disks.



The mechanism for mounting optical drives is quite interesting, and all you have to do is slide the drive in the bay from the front, and press the blue button that locks the drive in its place. We already mentioned that Cosmos S features ten 5-¼” bays, but since the hard-disk module took up three of those, we’ve got another seven left.

We were surprised to see that only four hard disk bays were provided, but you can use the adapters to mount another four in 5-¼” bays. We asked Cooler Master why that is the case, and to answer our question, they sent us another 4-in-3 module. You can buy these separately for about €10, and they’re easy to mount. One small adapter is used if you want to mount a floppy disk or a card reader.




The module we bought separately (on the picture below), is painted with Cooler Master’s logo, which is not the case with the ones you get in the box. You can also mount these modules in other cases that feature three free 5-¼” bays.



4-in-3 module, as the name suggests, can house up to four hard disks. Module’s sides feature blue anti-vibration rubber, but all the disks are mounted normally, with no rubber parts. So, you’ll be using a good old method with four screws, but we think that the above mentioned front-mounting mechanism could’ve been used here, as well.



If you’re not sure how to mount the motherboard, within the case you’ll find a paper that’ll help you with that. There’s no rule on should you set up the PSU or motherboard first, but it’s simpler if the PSU goes in first. If you choose to take it out at some point, it won’t be difficult at al.

 

This angle shows two silent 120mm fans, and their wiring is long enough to reach the motherboard. E-SATA, USB, and the other cabling that’s routed to the USB panel are also long enough to reach the farthest points of your motherboard. We used an ATX motherboard, EVGA 780i, that we easily mounted.



We already said that there’s a filter beneath the PSU, and it’s easy to take out for potential cleaning. We chose to use Cooler Master’s 1000W modular PSU, to make our cable fiddling easier.



To make setting up easier, Cooler Master provided a couple of accessories that always come in handy.

 

After setting up the motherboard, it took us about half an hour to route all the needed cables. There’s many ways to get the cable to where you want it, and we noticed that finishing touches on this case are just excellent, since we didn’t get any cuts or scratches on our hands.



Mounting the additional hard-disk module was possibly the hardest part, although it should’ve been quite simple and straight forward. We had to try pretty hard before getting it in, since there’s no extra space, and everything is meant to be packed as tight as it can get.




After we slid the module in and out a couple of times, the slide-channels got a bit looser and placing other modules was easy. The only drawback, if you could call it that, is the blue color, because the modules included with the case are red. We’re hoping that we’ll be able to choose among differently colored modules.



In the last couple of weeks, our testing took its toll and we had to swap components on many occasions, but thanks to Cosmos S – it’s never been easier.












Conclusion

Cosmos S is one of the latest and greatest cases we’ve ever used, but it has its low-points. The biggest one is the price, and €200 is just too much for an average user. We also didn’t like the fact that there’s space for just four hard disks, and for this money we could’ve gotten more case fans. If we ignore these points, then we’re looking at a great, functional and stylish case.

Aluminum bars that serve both as handles and legs are really handy, especially when we lay the case on its side, since they prevent the case from being damaged. There’s enough space for a Quad or Tri-SLI system, CrossFire X, as well as large CPU coolers. The USB panel is well populated and accessible, but the touch-sensitive ON/OFF button is the icing on the cake.

You know what they say – no pay, no play; and although Cosmos S is quite a saucy pay, it’s more play than we ever had a chance to test. Unfortunately, there’s no real restart button that can come in handy, but such things are not enough to snatch the prize from this beast of a case.

So without further ado, we dub Cosmos S a Fudzilla Recommended case.