HAF 922 Review
Interior
The first thing you notice when you open the case is the spacious interior. Being a mid-tower case, I was rather surprised at the amount of space there was inside. Throughout the build I was pleased that I had no issues regarding space with which to work. The HAF 922 is very roomy inside for a mid-tower.
HAF 922 - Inside
Installing hard drives is easy. Just slide out the drive bay’s rail mount, secure the hard drive in place and then slide the rail mount back in. This tool-free design is rather simple and effective. When locked into place, the drives feel secure and don’t move around. This is the same effect you would get if you were to screw the drives into place but with a lot less effort. To remove, just reverse the process.
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Optical drives are also easy to install. This can even be done without removing the front bezel. Just release the 5.25” drive bay cover from the inside and remove it. Then slide the drive into place and push the Cooler Master tool-free button to lock into place. To remove, again, just reverse the process.
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Here is a shot from inside the drive bay area. This shows how the drives are secured. When the button is pressed, the mechanism inserts two catches into the screw holes on the drive, holding it firmly as if screws were used.
These are what secure the optical drive in place
Each 5.25” drive bay cover has a built-in dust filter which can be easily removed for cleaning. Also, the covers are interchangeable. In this picture you see one of the covers, which is the one in which you would use the included 5.25” to 3.5” adapter for an external 3.5” device. I exchanged it with the one I took out for the optical drive to fit in. I rather use that plain one in that slot for the look but that is just my preference. Feel free to customize as you please.
HAF 922 - Removable Dust Filters
Excellent review, thanks. After weeks of looking and comparing I bought the HAF 922 (only a couple of weeks before your review) for my first build. I have no regrets – quite the contrary. A large factor in my choice was price, and this case delivers almost everything I wanted but for often far less than the others I looked at. This year I hope to do build another system and I will put inside another 922.