Zalman MS1000-HS2 Case wins Hardware Secrets Golden Award
08 December 2009 Source: www.hardwaresecrets.com
Hardware Secrets take a look on the latest steel mid-tower case from Zalman, MS1000-HS2, which features six hot-swap bays and much more. Of course the use of steel instead of aluminum made this case to be heavy, but on the other hand allowed it to arrive on the market with a nice price tag for a product with so many features.
The modular front bay design differentiates this case from the crowd and the smooth rounded edges of the case add to the overall quality. The internal cooling is designed for hot air inside the system to be expelled as quickly as possible to maintain optimum temperature for stable system operation.
Zalman MS1000-HS2 is a mid-tower case targeted to the high-end user that wants a case loaded with features - in particular hot swap connectors - but doesn't want to buy a more expensive full-tower model.
Strong Points
- Outstanding quality. No sharp edges that you could cut yourself while building your PC.
- The number of hard disk drive bays is enough even for the very high-end user.
- How swap connectors on all the six hard disk drive bays.
- Speed control for the hard disk drive fans.
- Anti-vibration mechanisms for hard disk drives.
- Meshed slot covers.
- Expansion cards are fastened from outside the case.
- Noise dampening system on the side panels.
- Air filter on the bottom panel for the power supply fan and optional bottom fan.
- Holes for routing cables behind the motherboard tray.
- Hole for accessing the backplate from the CPU cooler.
- Screwless mechanisms for fastening optical and hard disk drives.
- Support for one 2.5" device.