Cooler Master Centurion 534+Plus vs Centurion 5

danball1976

I first looked at the Centurion 5, and thought it was nice. It has 1 front 80mm fan and 1 rear 120mm fan, and the entire front bezel is an aluminum mesh. Then I looked at the Centurion 534+Plus. NewEgg still shows that it only has 1 front blue-LED 120mm fan, but Cooler Master has in fact upgraded the case to have two 120mm fans, 1 rear, 1 side and apparently removed the front LED fan, but you can add one there if you want (The user reviews on NewEgg indicate Cooler Master did this in September). The lower side vent of the 534 Plus is no longer mesh, but are fins pointed towards the rear of the case. Also, the Centurion 534 Plus has a sideways mounted hard drive bay that is removable, the Centurion 5 does not. Because of this I decided to go with the Centurion 534 Plus.

Whats odd is that with 880 reviews on NewEgg on the Centurion 5, there are no website reviews of it, but the Centurion 534 Plus, with 40 reviews on NewEgg there are 6 websites that reviewed it.

Links
Centurion 5 (CAC-T05) - NewEgg, Cooler Master
Centurion 534+Plus (RC-534) - NewEgg, Cooler Master