CoolerMaster Centurion 590 Case Review :: CoolerMaster Centurion 590 Interior

The Centurion 590 has 9 5.25” inch drive bays from top to bottom in the case. Being a Med-Tower ATX case, that means that to use 3.5” HDDs in the drive bays you need to use a HDD cage (included). The HDD cage allows up to four 3.5” HDDs to be installed without issue as to spacing of the HDDs. A 3.5” to 5.25” drive bay adapter is included to install a FDD. There is a 120mm fan on the front of the HDD cage that comes with the case.

Side view

Bottom top view

Rear view

Top view

The PSU is on the bottom of the case which is an interesting choice. You can mount a EATX PSU, or a regular ATX PSU on the bottom. A 1200W Thermaltake PSU fit into the case without problem. Some people like the PSU on the bottom of the case others don’t. The rear area of the case has seven locations for expansion cards. The expansion slots are tool less, allowing the user to install video cards and other devices without screws, just flip open the lever insert the card and you’re good to go.

FDD +one 5.25”

Front 120mm fan

Side open case

The interior has plenty of room to work around. As we’ll see in the area of the review concerning installation, the case has plenty of room even for the massive video cards like the 9800GX2 without interfering with drive installation. It’s nice to see a Med-Tower case with the room to fit the longer video cards as some cases have issues with the long cards interfering with the hard drive cage.

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