Test System

Assembly

Cooltek recommends that you install a mATX board inside the RM1 since it also allows for an ODD to be installed as well. As the chassis is extremely compact for a full ATX enclosure, we went for the largest possible board because optical drives are becoming less and less important nowadays. The Gigabyte board fits perfectly once the two parts for the ODD bay are removed, and the large graphics card has plenty of space as well. Only the CPU cooler needs to be fairly compact since the PSU will cover it.


You should go for the hard drives on the floor before installing the power supply. First, you have to install the rubber rings, followed by the drives themselves, which screws through the obverse side secure to the floor. Also make sure to connect everything you can before adding more parts to the system.


The last step is to place the PSU inside the chassis. It should be installed with its fan facing the motherboard because there is no opening in the side panel to allow for proper airflow.


With everything in place and some creative cable management, the RM1 actually makes a very good impression. Even so, you could place a window on the side panel to show things off to curious onlookers.

Finished Looks

Put the side panel back in place and the only thing to let you know that the system is up and running, aside from some low operating noise, is the blue LED around the power button.


As there is no optical drive bay in our review build, the front looks like it did when we unpacked the chassis. If you had an ODD within, it would be visible and easily accessible. In the rear, everything is easily accessible as well, but the PSU cable may get in the way of the motherboard I/O, and that tiny fan switch will be hard to reach. There are better spots for that little switch. Above the PSU bay, for example.