Cooler Master ATCS 840 Full Tower Case Review

Packaging and Accessories

Cooler Master is certainly making a statement with this simple, yet very elegant box design. Unlike the HAF 932 which comes in a box as busy as we have ever seen, this box is all about simplicity and understatement.

In many ways this box reminds us a lot of the Olde Tyme Tin posters from that bye gone era. The funny thing is a good friend of ours said it looked like something Miami Ink would have dreamed up! In either case, it is beautiful even if it is “only” a black and white piece of art work.


While Cooler Master may be willing to limit the exterior shipping box design philosophy, they are not willing to extend this to messing with the interior protective scheme. The ATCS 840 (just like the HAF 932) comes nestled in between two full length Styrofoam end pieces and is wrapped in a plastic anti-scratch bag. This is a very good packaging scheme and just like old Stevie Jobs says “It just works”.


As good as the packaging is, and as different from the HAF 932 as it is, we were really hoping that the accessory list would be at least as full (if not fuller!) than that cheaper case; boy were we not disappointed! Cooler Master has gone for the full meal deal accessory list. In a nut shell you get just about everything you would with the HAF 932 (screws, a very good manual & cable warps) except for the caster feet.

Instead of the those sweet casters you get an air duct which attaches over the peripheral slots, PSU reinforcing bracket (for top mounting the PSU) and even a 120mm fan adapter to swap out the top 230mm monsters.