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This redesign improves the cooling from last year’s H500P, while keeping its neat-freak tendencies
IT WASN’T TOO long ago that the original gun-metal grey MasterCase H500P first went on sale, but Cooler Master has been quick to release an updated version that fixes some of the earlier version’s foibles.
As the name implies, the MasterCase H500P Mesh’s most significant change is greater use of mesh panelling. If this doesn’t sound like much of an upgrade, consider that the H500P had a solid piece of acrylic running right down its front, so while its dual 200mm intake fans were capable of sucking in huge amounts of fresh, cooling air, they could only gasp for small breaths through relatively slim lines of mesh down either side. Now the entire front panel is perforated metal, allowing for much better airflow.
To our eyes, it also makes the H500P Mesh White look a little better, and this is a strongly attention-grabbing PC case in general. Bright and chunky, with a full-size, tempered glass side window, almost nothing about the exterior design is subtle or understated. Much of it is built from plastic, but the whole thing feels sturdy and heavy, save for a surviving piece of acrylic on top, which provides a secondary window but feels flimsy next to the thickset side panel.
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