Cooler Master HAF 932 Case Review

Installation Con't

With the motherboard area fully prepped and ready we then gently laid the motherboard into position and fully secured it. As you can see this ATX motherboard is dwarfed by the cavernous amount of additional space Cooler Master gives you. This really was the easiest, finger jam free install we have done in a long time and we really have come to appreciate any and all extra space the case manufacturer is willing to give. On behalf of my non-stubbed and non-cut fingers we thank you Cooler Master engineers for going above and beyond what is considered “enough”.

One thing worth mentioning before we move unto the next phase of this installation is even though we plan on using an aftermarket Noctua U9 cooler we did not install its backplate onto the motherboard before installing said motherboard into the HAF 932. It really is a novel experience not only having to not do this step first, but also to be able to do it later is down right decadent…and boy we could get used to this feeling awfully darn quick!


After taking a moment to luxuriate in the decadence this case affords us we then took a deep breath and installed the GPU. This is one area where many so called modern and tool-free cases fall flat. The retention system in the HAF makes it both easy to uninstall and re-install any GPU you can think of. Not once during the whole process did we worry that we were going to break it, nor worry about it keeping our video card in place.

To uninstall the mesh expansion cover all you have to do is push in on the plastic arm and allow it to swing out and away from the expansion slot, we then slid the cover out of the case and placed in a safe place for later. With the slot now open we then firmly, yet gently, installed our GPU into our motherboard and then swung the arm closed until it clicked lock.


With our video card installed all that is left is to plug in all the necessary cables and plugs. We will not get into the nitty gritty as it suffice to say that this too was extremely easy to do. The only real thing worth mentioning (besides the ease of cleaning up the clutter of the install) is that the hard drive bay has indeed been upgraded. With the new open back design of the drive bay, PATA drives should be easy to install. As you can see in the above picture the back of your hard drive is fully exposed, allowing even the oldest of 3.5” drives to be connected.


Overall this has to have been one of the most pleasurable and enjoyable installations we have done in awhile. The combination of an oversized motherboard area, along with the most intelligent cable management we have seen makes the HAF a true joy to work in. The only thing better than all this room was the lack of sharp edges.