Cooler Master DCD 4002 - hard drive fan kit > Reviews > COOLER MASTER - COOL/QUIET PC

Author's product rating:   

Ease of Use	Simple
Quality	Excellent
Durability	Excellent
Value for Money	Excellent

Advantages:	COOL/QUIET AND LOOKS GREAT
Disadvantages:	MAY LOOK ODD IF YOU DON'T HAVE A SILVER CASE

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

RELIABILITY
Never had a failure from this product and also all the CoolerMaster products I’ve used have always been 100% reliable.

EASE OF USE
Extremely easy, provided you’ve fitted a hard drive in a PC before. All you do is just fit the hard drive into the cooler using the supplied fittings then just fit the cooler into a 5.25 inch drive bay (the same size bay as a cd-rom dive). Again just connect the power lead and the IDE lead to the back of the cooler and your done other than putting the cover back onto the case.

QUALITY
Well as you can see the design is absolutely stunning. It would look best if you have a silver case as the front will match up, otherwise it may look a bit odd. Even so with the curved front it still looks the part in any coloured case. Also gets rid of the noise you will usually hear from the hard drive as you power it up, hence making this a great product for people who want to modify their PC and keep it looking neat but also sounding quiet. The temperature reduction will depend on what it was originally but it’s around 10% - 15% in reality.

DURABILITY
Despite the aluminium design and good looks the unit is also pretty strong. I wouldn’t say it’s the strongest thing in the world, but then hey it doesn’t need to be does it? It’s only the front that is even on show the rest of the unit is all inside the PC. It is perfectly strong enough for what it is designed to do and at the end of the day that is all anyone really needs.

VALUE FOR MONEY
Available for around £20 or so it’s excellent value. Just think of that silent PC and just for £20 how can you argue with that and as an added bonus it also looks great and cools your hard drive too.

MY OPINION
Great. What else can I say. Great value, quiet, looks the part and it also reduces the temperature of your hard drive. Also remember that reducing the hard drive temperature will reduce the temperature of the whole PC overall.