Cooler Master Sileo 500 Review
Interior
The first thing you will notice after opening this case is the black acoustic foam used for sound dampening. This is located on the left and right side panels as well as the roof and floor of the case.
- Left Side Panel
- Right Side Panel
The optical drive blinds that come with the case are removed by releasing a small tension latch from the inside. This can be done with a long screwdriver but the blind does not seem to be removable from the inside of the case. Therefore, I found it slightly annoying that I had to remove the front bezel to take out the blind, just so that I could install the optical drive.
- Front Bezel Removed
- Front bezel removed for optical drive installation
However, the drive bays are all tool-less and the optical drives and hard drives are a cinch to install. For the optical drives, you simply insert the drive, line up the hole, slide the latch forward (you should now see both holes lined up) and lock the clip downwards.
- Optical Drive Installation – Step 1
- Optical Drive Installation – Step 2
- Optical Drive Installation – Step 3
Cooler Master sucks!
I really don’t see the point why the supposably well-respected companies have to cheat their customer like this!
I recently bought the PC chassis Sileo 500 by Cooler Master. In all the official pictures the case was presented with metallic silver pads at the base. Instead you get some cheap plastic/rubber pads that’s totally unappealing. Thank God you cannot even see them instead of the glorious demonstration of the fancy ones over the official site (and otherwise). At least the company can judge what is ugly and makes the choice to cleverly hide it. Prise to that Cooler Master!
You can of course argue that this is a minor detail but always just always on those situations you get less to what you see. I can understand the cheap technique of having plastic mimic brushed aluminium but not the so striking changes where you get something totally different and always of lower quality both in terms of material and looks. I really don’t see the point why companies act like that. While they succeeded in making me buy this product (by making a fool out of myself) they totally failed earning more money since I was planning to get more products from them. And of course the even bigger damage to their profit is that I do not find a reason which I should suggest Cooler Master to friends. So they loose even more money with those kind of cheap advertisement techniques.
Bye bye Cooler Master (Cooler Sucker rather). I was planning of getting a PSU and CPU fun also from the same company with triple the price tag of the chassis itself but never gonna happen.
Stay away if you have some self respect and want to be treated as a proud honer of a decent product. Never gonna make the same mistake twice.