Test System

Assembly

Installing a motherboard is done by traditional means. There is loads of space within the SL600M, which means you should run into no issues with even large CPU coolers. Longer graphics cards should also fit, but the unique layout limits you to 318 mm, which could be an issue for some of the largest choices out there.


Cooler Master employs various methods of installing SSDs. Interestingly enough, our sample did not feature any traditional screws to mount the unit inside one of the metal trays, so I just used the thin screws that are meant to enable you to pop such drives into the rubber-ringed holes found on the display plate within the case.


3.5" drives may be mounted to any of the three metal plates with traditional screws. Once again, this is pretty weird as Cooler Master does include long special screws for which I found no use initially.


Adding a PSU is easily done outside of the chassis, but you should makes sure to connect all the wires to any hard drives in the front of the chassis first as routing such leads could become tricky with the PSU in place. Once the top piece of the PSU cover is secured, you may align the bottom piece in a way that will hide as much of it and its cables as possible.


With everything installed, the Cooler Master SL600M's interior looks extremely clean even before putting the metal plate in the front back into the chassis. The rear also looks good even though I must have spent no more than two minutes to bunch up the cables behind the pre-installed Velcro strips. Sure, the bottom looks a bit messy, but that is simply how the case was shipped, and there is really no reason to put any effort into things here as this part is completely hidden anyway.

Finished Looks

Once turned on, you will hear a gentle hum from the two fans, but you may turn them up all the way as well thanks to the built-in fan controller. While things are certainly audible with them running at full tilt, the lowest setting is nice and quiet. Thanks to the 200 mm fans, you can rest assured a good amount of cool air is pushed up and across your components.


You may take a good look at all the components through the glass side panel since it isn't tinted. As mentioned previously, the USB ports actually light up white so that you may easily find them in the dark. They only turn on if something in front of them moves, which is a pretty cool feature.