The Sniper is the foremost casing in Cooler Master's latest Storm series for gamers. A prototype of this product was accessible at the Games Convention in Leipzig previous year, and the primary sell units started shipping about a month before.

The Cooler Master Storm Sniper is explain as a mega mid tower PC chassis for gamers, it's made out of steel and has numerous fans along with big front and side net bezels to keep your hardware cold. At first prospect, the design of the Sniper reminds me a bit of the Cooler Master Cosmos S, but with no the handles and with bigger air vents. Though, after taking a nearer look it happens to clear the CM Sniper has some exclusive features.

The chassis will ships well protected in a big cardboard package: Before taking a closer look at the exterior of the CM Sniper, here's a list of the

specifications:

• Available in Color: Black

• Material: Steel, ABS Plastic, Mesh bezel

• Dimension: (L)22.3 x (W)10 x (H)21.7 inches / (L)566.6 x (W)254.6 X (H)551 mm.

• Motherboard support: Micro-ATX and ATX

• 5.25" Drive Bays: 5 Exposed (without the use of exposed 3.5 inch Drive Bay)

• 3.5" Drive Bays: 5 Hidden 1 Exposed (converted from one 5.25 inch Drive Bay).

• Expansion Slots: Standard x 7, Special x 1

• I/O Panel: USB2.0 x 4; IEEE1394 x 1; eSATA x 1; Mic x 1; HD Audio+AC’97 x 1

• Weight: 23.42 lbs / 10.6 kg

• Power Supply: Standard ATX PS2 / EPS 12V (optional)

• Model: SGC-6000-KKN1-GP

• Cooling System:

o Front: 200x30mm Blue LED Fan x 1 (500 - 1000rpm, 17 - 23 dBA)

o Top: 200x30mm Blue LED Fan x 1 (500 - 1000rpm, 17 - 23 dBA) (can be swapped for two 120mm fans or 120x240mm Radiator)

o Rear: 120x25mm Standard Fan x 1 (1200rpm, 17 dBA) (can be swapped for 90mm fan or 80mm fan)

o Bottom: Supports 140mm Fan x 1 or 120mm Fan x 1 w/ Dust Filter (optional)

o Side: Supports 200x30mm Fan x 1 (optional) 120x25mm Fan x 2 (optional)


Front of the Cooler Master Sniper:

The size of the front of the CM Sniper case consists of synthetic mesh bezels. Personally I've grown fond of cases with doors that cover up the whole front of the case, like the Cooler Master Cosmos chassis. These doors take unattractive devices like beige DVD burners out of view and make your case seem a lot cleaner.

Though, while cases with front doors typically look prettier, the mesh design has numerous advantages. Lots of air can flow without stinting through the mesh, which may lead to lower temperatures in your chassis. Another advantage is that some 5.25" devices like fan regulator with big knob don't play well with doors, that trouble doesn't occur with chassis like the Cooler Master Sniper.

The case has room for five 5.25" devices, and tools are integrated to transfer one of the bays to fit a 3.5" device. Underneath the tool-free 5.25" drive bays is a big bezel, behind it is a 200mm blue LED fan. The front also has a small Sniper logo.

Ahead of the chassis is the power panel, one of the exclusive features here is the fan and light regulator knob. It's used to direct the speed of up to five case fans, and by pushing the button on top of the knob you can start or switch off the blue (or red) LED lights of the fans. Left of the fan control knob is a big power button, but unluckily the reset button right next to it is very small. It's so small you have to use the nail of my pink finger to function it.

It has an I/O panel on the right hand side; and also four USB 2.0 ports, single FireWire port, single eSATA port, as well as audio connectors. Also, the panel too features blue control and HDD activity LEDs.