Cooler Master CM Storm Scout 2 Mid-Tower PC Chassis Review

Starting on the left side of the chassis we can see that it still features a large carry handle much like the original Scout chassis did, but CM Storm have softened up the angular design in favour of a few extra curves, most notably on the side panel window. Gone too is the vertical layout of the side panel fans, now swapped out for 2 x 120mm horizontal layout, making room for a rear radiator much like our Antec 920 Kuhler, also great if your GPU has downward firing fans.

While the most of the top part of the chassis is made of a durable plastic mould, the handle that spans the center has a flex/soft touch rubber finish to it, which does make it more comfortable to carry. Below that we have a clip on grill covering the top fan mounts, I will point out though, this is not a dust cover as the holes are way too big, it’ll stop you dropping a pen or larger debris in there but I won’t stop dust at all.

The top front of the chassis comes well equipped too, with control switches for case/fan lights, power and reset at the top, then headset I/O, 2 x USB 2.0, 2 x USB 3.0 hidden away under a slide cover.

The front panel does look fantastic finished with a thick border of high quality moulded plastics and a recessed grill for your front air intakes, but again this is not a dust cover, it is only a grille design. The chassis doesn’t come with any front fans pre-installed either, so you will need to purchase your own or you’ll have little to no air flow into to your chassis.

Around the reverse side of the chassis we have a full metal side panel, which features a huge recess, this allows a lot of extra room for cable management and also gives the chassis some extra style, keeping in theme with the other panels in terms of design.

The back of the chassis isn’t lacking in features either, with two large rubber grommets covering the two water/cable routing holes at the top of the chassis, a pre-installed 120mm fan mount below that and 7+1 expansion slots in the middle, each comes fitted with replaceable covers, but only the side cover features any kind of ventilation grooves. Lastly we have a bottom mounted PSU cut-out for ATX power supplies.

Flipping the chassis on its side you can see that it comes fitted with removable rubbed feet, which give extra ground clearance for airflow should you want to mount your PSU with the fan facing downward, or of course install a 120mm intake fan in the center (internally), again there is no dust cover on this fan mount, but it does support an external one, the only air intake/outtake that comes fitted with a proper dust filter is the one you can see covering the PSU vents.