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When the whole system gets powered on, you will now know that what you’ve went through building the whole system is all worth it. The problem is that we know the EVO is the case that earns the ‘Comes With Everything' award while the Non-EVO has to do without the most interesting features we saw in the EVO. On the right side of the case, there were even more features which were never seen before. Since most of the cables will be routed at this side of the case, Cooler Master has specially designed shrouds and covers to hide the cables. For lazy people like me, I’d have to be less concerned with cable management, as I can just shove all the cables behind the cables and call it a day. While we are happy to admire the clever touches you get in the HAF 700, such as the ability to install the power supply, storage drives and graphics card without touching a screwdriver, it doesn't change the fact that this is a very expensive case. KitGuru says: If you are keen on the Cooler Master HAF 700 you may as well go all-in and instead opt for the HAF 700 EVO.
With all the cable management holes in place, it was quite a “walk in the park” experience to route all power and data cables to the motherboard. The result was that we can achieve a clean and minimal build without exposing too many cables. Horrible resonance in the included main HD case. I have four drives installed in this and when they are on and spinning (not sleeping) there is horrible noise coming from resonant vibration from drives through cage and into main frame. It is not constant either, keeps changing tone/frequencies of noise - sounds like a hairdressers shaver going all the time! Cage should have been insulated or dampened better to prevent vibration resonance amplifying through entire metal of case. During the thermal tests, radiator fans were fixed to 850RPM and the front 200mm intake fans were fixed at 500RPM which meant that noise levels were on the low side. Removing panels only slightly increased noise levels but the system noise was still not distracting at all. Absolutely terrible impressions of this new case. For the price of this case I should not be having these sorts of crazy problems with the case/software to run it.This also allowed for an EK Quantum Kinetic FLT 360 flat reservoir to be installed in the side rad mount having to worry about interference with the radiators. Alternatively, there would be enough space for two dual-pump/res combos for dual loop configurations or a side-mounted rad for a total of three radiators in the loop. There’s no doubt that the Cooler Master HAF 700 EVO is a brilliant case for installing a high-end system with an elaborate custom loop cooling setup. The available space combined with the option for installing multiple big radiators should appeal to water cooing enthusiasts looking to build a dual-loop or two or three radiator cooling system, while still being able to fit in multiple 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch storage drives.
With a case this big, I expected support for large radiators, and Cooler Master did not disappoint. What I wasn’t expecting was support for up to a 240 mm radiator in the rear; that’s something I’ve only seen before on the Corsair 1000D. Along with that, you get a maximum of a 420 radiator at the top, front and bottom of the case, and a 480 rad on the side. Seriously, there are enough cooling options here for three normal cases, if not more. The Cooler Master HAF 700 flows air very nicely and can support almost any cooling hardware you may wish to throw in its direction. Having said that, if you ramp up the fan speeds it can get noisy so we suggest you run the 120mm case fans at 1,200rpm or slower. We were surprised to find the enormous 200mm fans at the front were happy to run at their maximum 1,000rpm without being too intrusive. Nonetheless we think Cooler Master is offering good advice when they suggest you take it easy and only run them at '11' once in a while. Closing ThoughtsCooler Master told us it tested the case with Intel’s i9-11900K, paired with a Hyper 212 Evo v2 air cooler, a Maximus XIII Extreme motherboard and an RTX 3080 GPU. Their reported results were 53.9 degrees Celcius over ambient for the CPU and 41.2 degrees C over ambient for the GPU. Intel Core i5-12600K Cinebench Air Cooler Results As well as huge storage space, the HAF 700 EVO also has multiple radiator placement options too. The front of the chassis can accept up to a 420mm radiator or three 140mm fans, the same on the chassis floor. In the roof of the case, the user can install either up to two 360mm radiators/six 120mm fans or up to a 420mm radiator/three 140mm fans. There is an additional vertical radiator mount by the side of the motherboard tray which allows for up to a 480mm radiator. We like the Cooler Master HAF 700 EVO, it's certainly different when compared to other cases on the market. It sits in a similar sector as big cases like the Corsair Obsidian 1000D but in terms of looks and ease of installation, the HAF 700 is better in almost every department, the only area that the 1000D wins is with its dual system support. Not only is the HAF series about high airflow chassis design, but according to Cooler Master it also brings innovative new features that we may see implemented into more or all chassis in the future. So, what’s new in the HAF 700 EVO I hear you say? Well, the engineers have put a big emphasis on tool-free installation which is noticeable as soon as you remove the case panels in preparation to begin your installation. Another nice touch with the HAF 700 EVO is the front panel. If you are an RGB enthusiast then you will like the look of the HAF 700 from the front. The combination of RGB illuminated glass and the LCD Iris display looks the business. The LCD display can also be easily configured and customised using the MasterPlus+ software. Having the display on the front of the case makes it easy for the user to keep an eye on system info or add personalisation.
To put this case through its cooling paces we will be using a test system consisting of an Intel Core i9-12900K, RTX 3080 and an SSD. This system allows us to produce a substantial amount of heat and effectively test the Cooler Master HAF 700‘s cooling capabilities. To test CPU cooling performance, I tested Intel’s Core i5-12600K while running Cinbench, both with CPU power limits unrestricted and with lower 95w & 65w enforced thermal limitations. Due to nearby construction while testing, I wasn’t able to take accurate measurements of acoustic levels with the HAF 700 Berserker. What I’ll say is that when limited to lower speeds, the included fans run practically silently, giving off just a faint hum. If you push the fans to their maximum speeds they’re obviously going to be more audible, though they were never what I would describe as loud in any of the tests I performed with Intel’s i5-125600K. As a system builder that works mainly on mid-tower cases, my first impression of the HAF 700 EVO full tower case was that it’s huge. Building a system on the HAF 700 EVO is not easy as well, as the sheer weight of the case will make you struggle when handling it. Thankfully, there are still many interesting features on the case that still makes it an enjoyable process. In fact, building a PC within the HAF 700 EVO is actually quite different from your traditional builds. While I go through the various features of the case, you would probably understand why I say so.To simulate thermal demand we run the Cinebench R23 multi-thread benchmark and 3DMark Time Spy Extreme stress test simultaneously in a loop for 60 minutes to fully load the system. This should give the CPU and GPU enough time to reach constant steady-state temperature. With this data, we can compare how the system handles the thermal demand and measure peak noise levels. For a start, because the HAF 700 EVO is a full tower case, it also supports motherboards that are sized larger than usual. I’m not talking about your standard E-ATX motherboard, but rather also SSI-CEB and SSI-EEB. These are form factors which are only adopted in workstation server motherboards. As such motherboard needs to fit more components on them, they need to come in such sizes. There is also a removable hard drive cage found on this side of the case. It can fit up to 4 more 3.5-inch hard drives. All installations of hard drives, and even the removal of the hard drive cage can be done tools free. Extensive tool-less design minimises the use of screws when assembling the system, saving time for the user. Storage drives, panels, even the GPU and PSU installation are tool-free processes.
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