A New Best: Cooler Master HAF II 500 Case Review | Thermals, Fan Tests, & Build Quality

Episode Title: "A New Best: Cooler Master HAF II 500 Case Review | Thermals, Fan Tests, & Build Quality"
Content: Sponsor: Thermaltake TR200 WS mATX Case on Amazon https://geni.us/bviRvG Our review of the Cooler Master HAF II 500 has it landing as the best-performing case on our noise-normalized charts. Cooler Master's HAF (High Airflow) series has a long history, with the HAF X and HAF 912 being the most famous. They've had a number of major flops in between, like the H500P, but the new HAF II 500 is a series call back to the roots of DIY enthusiast, high-performance cooling. We ran the 220mm and 180mm fans through our fan tester and likewise found them to be among the best we've thus far tested. Watch our COLLAPSE documentary that features Cooler Master: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyQwAhppWj8 Watch our Thermalright A70 case review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NRn4jkIwcw The best way to support our work is through our store: https://store.gamersnexus.net/ Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: http://www.patreon.com/gamersnexus RELATED PRODUCTS [Affiliate Links] Cooler Master HAF II 500 on Amazon: https://geni.us/iNYDYB HAVN BF 360 Flow on Amazon: https://geni.us/PRsOyke Hyte X50 on Amazon: https://geni.us/CEBL Fractal Torrent on Amazon: https://geni.us/A2S4z Fractal Pop 2 Vision on Amazon: https://geni.us/maKH1H Lian Li O11 Vision Compact on Amazon: https://geni.us/S0Wl Fractal Meshify 3 Ambience Pro RGB on Amazon: https://geni.us/BjOq5 Antec Flux Pro on Amazon: https://geni.us/CaPv Lian Li Lancool 207 on Amazon: https://geni.us/HILbWU Corsair FRAME 4000D RS ARGB on Amazon: https://geni.us/mfBx6F TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - The Best Airflow Case We've Tested 02:30 - A HAF History 04:17 - Airflow Design 05:27 - Ridiculously Large Fans 08:57 - Fan Support 09:40 - Attention to Detail 12:18 - Thermal Test Comparisons 13:31 - CPU Thermals: Noise-Normalized 15:06 - GPU Thermals: Noise-Normalized 15:58 - CPU Thermals: Full Speed 17:00 - GPU Thermals: Full Speed 17:45 - RAM Thermals: Noise-Normalized 18:22 - Fan Testing Setup 19:48 - Fan Benchmarks: Flow 20:55 - Fan Benchmarks: Pressure 21:21 - Conclusion ** Please like, comment, and subscribe for more! ** Links to Amazon and Newegg are typically monetized on our channel (affiliate links) and may return a commission of sales to us from the retailer. This is unrelated to the product manufacturer. Any advertisements or sponsorships are disclosed within the video ("this video is brought to you by") and above the fold in the description. We do not ever produce paid content or "sponsored content" (meaning that the content is our idea and is not funded externally aside from whatever ad placement is in the beginning) and we do not ever charge manufacturers for coverage. Follow us in these locations for more gaming and hardware updates: t: http://www.twitter.com/gamersnexus f: http://www.facebook.com/gamersnexus w: http://www.gamersnexus.net/ Our policies, processes, and ethics statements relating to review samples, advertising, travel, errors, and more are transparently and publicly available on this page: https://gamers.nexus/ethics-statements Steve Burke: Host, Test Lead, Writing Patrick Lathan: Testing, Writing Vitalii Makhnovets: Camera, Editing Tim Phetdara: Camera, Editing


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