Behold! The towering beauty from Cooler Master!



That caught your attention, didn't it?

You may have read the press release published 3 weeks ago, if you haven't - please do.

Put it simple (as quoted from the official product page).





In the box of the HAF935 are 2 components, as seen in the picture below, the packaging separates the HAF 915R (the smaller part) with the HAF 925. One the Mini-ITX and Mid-Tower casing combine, they're the HAF935. I know it sounds quite like some Anime where robots combined and such but yeah, it's something like that.



This is the HAF 925. As you can see, the top is bare as it's meant to be docked with the HAF 915R. I'll elaborate further on the cover later.



The HAF 925 has a whole lot of drive bays mounted to the front of the casing but they're removable and you could move it to the 915R portion if that floats your boat.



As with Cooler Master's casings, the black metal finish on the interior with ample space for your components.



The 925 comes with rubber-covered holes at the bottom. You might wonder what is it for, well being a Stacker unit, this means you can actually put other 915R/F cases under it, or perhaps even another 925.



My only gripe over the 925 part is that it doesn't have much room at the top. Mounting the all-in-one's fan and radiator is just impossible.

Next up is the 915R. There are 2 models, of the 915. The 915R has PSU mounting bay at the back while the 915F has the PSU mounting bays in front. R for Rear, F for Front.

The HAF 935 comes with HAF 915R by default. The 915R seems to be without an IO panel to for Power Button and USB ports which is a real shame.



As mentioned earlier, the 915R has the PSU bay at the back. The down side of the 915R is that the PSU literally blocks the entire upper area of the motherboard so there's no way for you to use heatsinks other than stock heatsink, either that or some low profile 3rd party heatsink.

Note also that the 915R does not come with rubber paddings at the bottom.



Below is the 915R with the mesh grill removed. The mesh has to be removed in order to use the docking rails. The mesh can be used on either of the casing BUT the package only comes with one of it.



Being a very long casing, mounting a long graphic card isn't a problem but as you can see there's little to no space to hide the cables.



And there we have it, the HAF 935 in it's full glory, towering the rest most of the casing in the market.



As long as you don't have cables that cross between the 2 units, you are able to detach the units as you wish. Bear in mind that the 915 doesn't seem to come with rubber padding under the casing like the 925.



Lovely isn't it?



The Verdict
The HAF 935 is a very basic and simple casing but with ample space (on the 925) with additional space on the 915R.

It will be available in the Malaysian market soon, at the price of RM 559. Overall it's a good product but I was let down by a few issues.

1. The 915R does not have IO panel and this defeats the purpose of the concept of having dual system setup within the stack as seen in in this review, the official product page and the Stacker Microsite



2. The 915R does not come with rubber padding at the bottom.

3. Cooler Master should have included another mesh cover so users have the option to split the units. (eg 915R as HTPC, 925 as gaming rig).

*CM informed me that the IO front panel and mesh cover will be made available separately.

The HAF 935 is good product that could've been a great product. For now you can forget having dual-systems running on the stack, or buying a 935 and run the 2 cases at different locations. Your options are to DIY a power button and DIY a cover for the other unit.




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