CM Storm Stryker Review 15

CM Storm Stryker Review

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Value and Conclusion

  • The CM Storm Stryker should set you back around 160 Euros incl. taxes or 200 USD excluding taxes. This makes the chassis 10 Euro more expensive than the CM Storm Trooper at launch. The Trooper costs 120 Euro now, so you currently have to pay 40 Euro extra for the Stryker.
  • Very detailed & cool looks
  • Very good quality of metal and plastic used
  • Cool looking window panel included
  • 2.5 inch hot-Swap bay in the front
  • Unique drive bays for hard drive bays
  • Two 4-in-3 hard drive cages included
  • Four fans part of the chassis
  • Excellent cable routing possibilities
  • Surprisingly comfortable and sturdy handle
  • Separate bays for 2.5 inch drives
  • Easily removable front covers
  • Multi-stage fan controller included
  • 9+1 expansion slots for quad-SLI setups
  • XL-ATX compatibility
  • Anti-Theft cover in the rear
  • Hidden compartment with lock
  • Dual-Layer metal mesh on side panels
  • Dust filters on top and bottom
  • Enough space behind tray for cable routing
  • Screw-less 3.5" hard drive installation
  • Hefty price premium over the black version
  • Case only level when front is filled with hard drives and optical drives to weigh it down
  • Heavy even empty
  • No thumb screws for 5.25" bays
  • No eSATA port unlike in the CM Storm Trooper
  • No real dust filter on side mesh panels
Cooler Master has created a big line-up of cases over the years. From time to time there are some which stick out and tend to become big milestones. Such cases are the Cosmos or the HAF series, which still tend to turn heads long after release - proof that such cases can withstand the fast paced industry successfully.
The CM Storm Stryker may well be such a chassis. It offers an incredible set of features, executed to near perfection. I tried finding things wrong with the chassis, but as you can see in the short list above, the positives far outweigh any of the small shortcomings. While the general chassis is just like the CM Strom Trooper, Cooler Master has updated the design of the Stryker with the help of new side panels.
The CM Storm Stryker does not only look menacing in the best sense, but is surprisingly good to work with, spacious clean and even really comfortable to carry around. If you are a LAN party gamer, there is simply no way around the CM Strom Stryker - if you are willing to shell out the price premium to the black CM Storm Trooper. Either way, both the cases are damn cool.
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