Cooler Master ATCS 840 Full Tower Case Review

Installation Con’t

As with the HAF, Cooler Master has not marked the motherboard area but rather has opted for including a handy chart which has all the information you need to help you install the standoffs in the right locations for your particular motherboard. All you need to do is line the chart up and lay it in place and install the proper standoffs. It doesn’t get much easier than this….unless you lose that chart that is; this to would be ill advised to say the least.


Once the standoffs are in place you then install the I/O panel which came with your motherboard. Once this is done you can install your motherboard as you would with any case. As with the HAF you don’t need to install any aftermarket CPU cooler backplate first, as this case also comes with that amazingly simple, yet elegant cutout for CPU cooler backplate installation.


Once the motherboard is in place and you have followed your CPU and CPU cooling solution’s manufacture's instructions, the only big thing left to do is install your video card. This is not a tool-less installation and you will need to first remove one of the mesh peripheral panels but this of course is par for the course. After you have done this and installed you GPU you can then reinstall the motherboard tray. This right here is where the ball bearings pay dividends as the lack of vibrations from sliding metal on metal will keep you from accidentally damaging your CPU or CPU cooler.


When the tray is in place, you can screw in all the four screws and go onto routing your cables. We will not go into routing the cables as it really is up to you how fancy (or plain) you wish to get with your cable routing. We would like to point out that there is less room behind the motherboard tray in this case than the HAF 932. The difference is not much but it is a bit of a tighter fit.


Overall this is certainly an easy installation procedure and is in many ways even more painless than the HAF 932’s.