HAF 500 PC Case: Mid-Tower, 2 x 200mm Pre-Installed ARGB Fans for High-Volume Airflow, Rotatable 120mm GPU Fan, Versatile Cooling Options, Tempered Glass Side Panel, Removeable Top

I’ll start by saying I’m completely in love with this, and I’m devastated that I’ve built this for somebody else! I build PCs as a hobby / for fun / for family & friends / to make my own families gaming lives better. Started over 20 years ago when the graphics weren’t demanding, and if I could run World of Warcraft smoothly I was happy. I spent far too much money as a teen / young adult on gaming PCs for WoW… Fast forward to today, and I’m now a mom of two who have also picked up on the gaming bug, and their dad loves gaming too. Their version of gaming right now is Roblox and The Sims, but they still want it to run well and we as parents with high standards need good stuff in our PCs. Bringing me to this build. This one is for my other half, and it makes me happy and sad. Happy because I get to still see it, sad because I know he’s going to live on it so I won’t get a look in. First things first, this was a whole new rebuild. Old case is pictured next to this one. It is absolutely enormous. This can’t be said enough. Make sure you have got space. Second, it is HEAVY. 29kg heavy. And that’s empty. If you’re wanting this PC to be upstairs, I’d suggest building it upstairs if possible. For the build itself, I’d chosen the following for the games which my fella plays; not too demanding but enough here to start him off: *MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Plus Motherboard ATX *Intel Core i9-11900KF *Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML360 Illusion Processor Cooler *GeForce RTX 3060 12GB graphics card *16GB RAM x2 (generic) *PSU from previous gaming PC The build itself was actually extremely enjoyable. The inbuilt cable management system makes everything look tidy, and it is once of the easiest builds I’ve done for quite a while. It made a difference having all the space and complete access from multiple angles. The top of the case is held in place with a single screw, and then you slide it off. This then allows you access to both side panels with no awkward screws or sliding side panels; they’re either on or they’re off. The fans that come with the case itself are great, perfect for the build that I was completing. It’s got room for further cooling and lots of options for where you place specific components. It’s all extremely well thought out. Having a USB-C port on the front was a nice addition, I didn’t actually see this when I was reading up on it. The case came with a vertical graphics card holder, however this was something that my fella didn’t want so it hasn’t been installed on this build. I am quite intrigued by this though so I will be using it on my next build; it seems straight forward enough! Setting up the Iris system was something my fella wanted to do himself but I ended up doing. The instructions didn’t work for him but they worked fine for me, and I completed the drivers easily. Once set up, this tiny little screen has so many options in MasterPlus+. He now has his toggling between CPU temperature, the time and a few pics of us and the kids. The MasterPlus+ also has millions of options to change the lighting sequences, there’s probably actually millions. You can make it look like there’s a disco in your room, or have it look nice and twinkly. You can pick the colours from a palette. I mean, literally millions of options. It’s quite insane. Noise wise, this one is actually quietly than its predecessor (the little one pictured). How, I don’t know. But considering its size you would expect it to generate more vibration noise with the amount of fans. It’s actually whisper quiet and I’m so happy with this. This is by far the most expensive case I’ve ever bought. However, it is also the best case I have ever built a PC with. My logic was that its size and capacity would last years and many upgrades, and this in itself would be a worthwhile investment. I know a lot of people see gaming PCs and go “ooo flashy lights take my money” but the lights on this are purely an advantage; if it had no lights I’d still have bought it for its design alone as it was a joy to build with. If you can afford it, and you want to build your perfect PC, get this. You won’t regret it. I just regret I didn’t buy it for myself…!

Case is big. Good airflow, lots of fans. Also look nice

Great case for people that want to fit all there equipment in with no hassels, glass is strong and looks awesome. the fan controller is very helpful with alot of room for expansion synced all my extra fans. my favourite location for fans are the base ones that blow up at the graphics card my 4090 never gets above 60.c even in the most demanding games. would recommend this to anyone looking for a easy installation just make sure you have the room for the thing.

I love this case Athletically. But it also kind of sucks for multiple reasons. 1: £300 case with no dust filters. 2: The tool less I/O bay, is kind of a massive clamp which prevents you from using a lot of 3rd party accessories like GPU mounts, and the tiny screws that stick out as mounting pins need can be removed but if you don't realise it you can damage Accessories. Like I did with their Cooler master vertical bracket. 3: you have to remove the top before you can remove the front panel for cleaning. 4: moving it is a 2 man job. 5:200mm fans are awkward to replace. But it also has a lot of positives. 1: it's a huge steel box that allows a lot of room for air flow/parts. and case itself lends to cooling to some extent. 2: its got a lot of hard drive space, 9 bays, 3 2.5" on the back with a swing out drive bay with 6 slots for 2.5"/3.5" hard drives. 3:It hides your cable management sins behind tool less covers in the back. 4: the back panel is actually spacious for once because the case is set up as 2 chambers. 5: it's got a crap ton of radiator space. you can put 2x420mm radiators in the top 2 1x420 in the front mounted either behind the front panel or the rear wall, an adjustable 360 mount bracket on the bottom and a 240 radiator can be up on the exhaust. 6: it comes with a little tool box that comes with fabric cable ties and replacements for all of its screws. That's a very nice thing to have. But still doesn't Justify the not having Dust filtration. 7:200mm intake fans are virtually silent and move a lot of air for cooling. It's just a colossal case beauty of a case. Only down side is it's a Damn high end case that doesn't have basic dust filtration on it's Many Many Vents. also the HAF logo looks like crap but I can deal with that. Seriously thou for a £300 you'd expect at least a magnetic dust filter for the front panel. it's not a deal breaker but I mean honestly. I've had that from £40 cases.

I needed more space inside of my computer case due to the size of my GPU, so I did a lot of research and found this beast of a case. Even though this case is quite pricey, it's well worth it in the end, you will have enough to fit in your case. It has the best cable management I have seen in a case so far. You can fit plenty of fans to keep everything cool and running for as long as you want. I recommend this case to anyone who has the spare cash to afford it.

Great case…top build quality. This is the 2025 edition which comes with the newer software (MasterCTRL) for the LCD display and aRGB hub. Which works well in my opinion, having said that, atm it can’t detect CPU / GPU temp…however it did yesterday! There’s 7 or 8 preset case lighting effects and you can manually set your own too, I’ve gone with fill and You can get a top mounted 460mm long radiator on the roof, but hit and miss with number of screws that will hit through the mounting holes in the right place. The negatives… 1) The provided V3 vertical mount is great quality but not the best design for big cards nor liquid AIO coolers. My 5080ti does not fit well, my cooler pipes are in the way, the GPU is tall when positioned vertically. Saying that, it looks great old skool mounted over the ASUS support bracket in the horizontal position. 2) I nearly herniated my anus trying to lift it off the floor when fully geared up. 3) probably too big for a desk, I’ve already wheels my chair into 5-6 times leaving a few marks on the side, which is annoying. My setup as per the photos; ASUS ROG Hero Z890, Ultra 9 285k, 64GB G.Skill Z5 aRGB RAM, top mounted Arctic III 420mm (radiator 3x 140mm P14 pro fans), Astral 5080ti, ASUS ROG Herculx GPU support, 3 supplied aRGB fans and 2x side mounted P14 pro.

The best case i ever worked with Plenty of space Beautiful pc case Great airflow Really quiet No tools needed Great cable management The case is quite large and heavy but it is well worth it. The materials feel premium, and it looks amazing

Wow the case is massive, i will put a proper review later on. The case is heavy though and lots of stuff on it. We will see. Well the case is massive but has limited ways to attach fans and hard drives. Lots of space for fans though, but even they very limited in where u can put them. The case arrived ok it looks great, its is very heavy. That is a plus sign, the problem is the RGB hub does not work, and the reset button does not work. So this means the fans that are at the front while they spin will not light up, nor the two at the back and one at the bottom. The problem with the two big fans not lighting up at the front, is it makes it very hard to find the switch on button as the case is very dark, the light to not do come on when its plugged in. So finding them is a very hard, there is no hard drive light that works also. So while the case is big and offers a lot of room, that room is largely wasted as there is very limited attachment points for fans and without them you cannot see the power buttons etc. Also there is a power lead (the manual says it is, that document is very bad it does not explain things properly) that goes to the mother board from the RGB hub i do not know if that is faulty but it appears the hub it junk - it does not work, so if your buying it for that, do not. As i have said the case is very heavy and moving it for me is not good as i have back issue and can be dangerous if moved far. Shame really i wanted a discount but amazon refused to help and use the old routine it was sold as third party excuse. Also there was no horizontal rack for the graphic card, so i could not lay the card flat even i wanted too. For £200 it is not worth it. I would caution buying stuff like this on Amazon as it seems to be a growing trend that they are selling junk and refusing to take responsibility when they do so.