Cooler Master HAF XM Full Tower Chassis Review

The interior is where the HAF XM starts to get really interesting, first up we have an extra wide CPU cooler mounting cut-out on the backplate which supports Micro-ATX, ATX, E-ATX motherboards, a pair of large cable managements cut-outs and a smaller cable management cut-out to the bottom left of the back plate. The most noticeable feature of course is the large box in the bottom centre of the chassis, this can be unscrewed and slid out of the way to allow you to install a PSU and all the relevant cables, but then slid back to hide any excess cables and it goes a long way to keeping a stable and organised build.

In the rear of the chassis you can see the 140mm exhaust fan, the 8+1 expansion slot covers, each of which can be accessed via quick release thumb screws and feature re-usable ventilated slot covers.

The front of the chassis has quick release mechanisms for each of the three 5.25″ drive bays, a custom PCB for the front mounted drive bays that uses two SATA and one 4pin Molex power connections and finally 6 hard drive bays in a 3+3 format, each of which features a quick release tray with support for 2.5″ and 3.5″ drives. The top hard drive dock can also be removed, doing so increases GPU compatibility from 13.9″ to 18.2″, more than enough room for even the longest graphics cards on the market today.

In the top of the chassis you can better see the pre-installed 200mm top exhaust fan, although the chassis does come with mounts for a pair of 120mm or 140mm fans.

Around the back of the chassis you can see there is a massive amount of space for cable management but also you can see the large cable management cut-out that was covered by the cable guard in the base of the chassis. There is also a good assortment of cable tie loops that should help you keep any excess cables in check.