The Cooler Master Mastercase H500P looks menacing. Immediately out of the box, those in the know will be reminded of the HAF cases due to the massive 200 mm fans in the front. However, that is essentially where the resemblance ends, which is great as quite a few years have passed since we have seen the last HAF chassis.

The H500P not only impresses with the fan setup out of the box, but also with the various internal panels that result in one of the cleanest assembled looks we have seen to date. This makes the addition of the high-quality glass side panel so much more enjoyable once the whole system is powered on for the first time.

On top of that, the Mastercase H500P can hold numerous potent radiators without any notable sacrifice in the number of storage bays, which is rather important as the chassis comes with only four bays for drives - something that may be a bit of a surprise to some considering the overall size of the enclosure. Here, it would have been nice to see more SSD brackets included, but most users should be fine with having two 3.5" and 2.5" drives within their PC.

The biggest gripe I have with the Mastercase H500P is a remnant of the past: the 3.5" drive trays have been around for almost a decade, and while they still work well today, they do look and feel out of place within the modern Mastercase. Reaching them requires that you remove both side panels, an internal cable cover, and the metal shroud. Instead, Cooler Master could have either offered hot-swap bays and turned the existing design around, so that users could pull the drives out the opposite side easily, or redesigned the hard-drive bay altogether.

Overall, even with this shortcoming, the Cooler Master Mastercase H500P is a beautifully designed, clean, and potent wide-body chassis that can be recommended - worthy to be an unintentional successor to the HAF family of cases.