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Review: Cooler Master Alloy Front Bezel For CD/DVD-ROM/RW

by Bob Crabtree on 29 December 2002, 00:00

Tags: Cooler Master

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Installation

Previously I had painted my CD Drives although I wasn't happy with the paint job I had done on my Lite on CD writer. So I decided to attempt to install the drive bezel to the writer. After a quick check to see it would all fit ok I started applying the sticky pad to the back of the Cooler Master Drive bezel.

Then the tricky part. When I applied the bezel I lined the bottom of the drive bezel up with the bottom of the CD drive, then slowly swiveled it up to cover the drive making sure the eject button of the drive bezel didn't fall out. After I was happy with that and had ejected the drive a few times to make sure there was still space for the drive tray to operate. I then continued to install the drive tray part of the bezel. This was just a matter of fitting it in the gap in between the drive surround. Yet again I tested to see the drive tray could still operate freely without any parts touching each other. After I was happy it all worked Ii firmly pushed the drive bezel on to make sure it wasnt going to fall off.

I am quite pleased with the overall result of these bezels although I realise if I had a computer case full of CD roms and each bay had 1 of these drive bezels installed the Cooler Master logo and writing could be slightly over powering and off-putting. Although I did hear there was talk about making the logo and writing smaller on future drive bezels.




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Dont know about best price, but Ive got one, and Ive got mixed feelings about it. It looks good, at least I think so, and has loads of fan space so cooling isn't really a problem. However, that is about all its got going for it, the side panel is a little stiff to remove, not a big thing but mildy annoying. Its quite cramped in there, my HSF only just fits in under the PSU. There's not really any space behind the motherboard mounting tray to hide wires behind, so with the 7 case fans i have in there its difficult to keep it from being messy. Also, the PSU which came with it was quite noisy, so I changed to an antec 400W one. Wasn't actually that quiet, so I'll probably go for a 120mm one as I want a silent PC, but still, my processor ran stably at lower voltages with a better PSU.

My housemate got a Chieftec Dragon the other day and the difference in quality is VERY noticable. I'd reccoment you get one of them or something similar, and you can still buy a windowed side panel for it if you desparately want one. And it's worth spending the extra to get a PSU separately. The cheiftec dragons are currently only about £35-£40ish on www.ebuyer.com and they have a sidepanel for about £15 for it, and then get a better PSU.

At least, if I had the money to do it again, thats what I'd do. :)

Alex
I've got a psu already so thats sorted, i do really like the look of the yellow one, does anyone have any other suggestions.. i'm not too keen on the cheiftecs tbh. Thanks for the help mate