Cooler Master had converted a two bedroom suite into a temperory showroom, and we began in the Storm room with their new console gaming headset. The Sirius is CM's first headset, which has a decorder allowing the user to switch between PS3, Xbox 360, TV, etc, with a digital, coaxial, RCA, and SPDIF ports.


Also showcased from the Storm line was the recently released Spawn mouse, designed to perform best in first-person shooter titles. A new Micro-ATX/ATX tower, the Enforcer, was on display, with enthusiast features such as a painted interior and windowed side panel. The SF-19 widescreen laptop cooler was also featured, including a new USB 2.0 version with a more affordable price point of $69.99.




 
We moved on to a power supply set-up of the Silent Pro that had been previously released but set-up in a situation to prove the unit's effeciency, a trait questioned in the past. The Silent Pro sat alone in a pedestal to the left of three motherboards, plenty of rails extending along the length of the table. The single PSU was in fact powering all three systems at once, each equipped with high-end equipment running without any problems whatsoever. A new GX PSU series was also showcased, with an 80 Plus rating and 450W.



The table next to the power supplies was covered in heatsinks and fans, displaying four new designs and concepts. Code named H-B6, the Hyper 61-2S. This cooler is aimed at silent operation, optimized for 600-700RPM fans, with an MSRP of around $49.99.



The second was a V-A2, a very low-profile at 59mm which is actually shorter than the socker 775 stock cooler, with four direct heatpipes.



The third is the G-B5, or the Gemini S524 which is a bit taller overall, to avoid interference issues especially with RAM. It features five heatpipes with a standard of a 1200 RPM, but supports up to 1400.


A new water cooling solution was also showcased, the AL-2, that featured a unqiue mesh design on the CPU block that creates less flow of resistance.



Outside of the Choiix bedroom was a small desk that held five chassi. The first was the Elite 343, a micro build that's designed to be stylish and elegant. The Elite 341 is similar to the previous, with possibilities of water-cooling, for an entry-level price of $39. Finally, the Elite 311 isclose to its brothers, but features a few mainstream features, such as color selection and bottom-mounting PSU. An additional mATX prototype was shown, aimed at the Sandy Bridge road map.




Finally, the line-up was concluded with a step into the development community, with a target audience outside the United States, such as Brazil or Asia. This line, under the name of Thermal Master, has been established to provide a base tower and 500W power supply for less than $60.



We finally made our way to the Choiix demo room, greeted first by a table with a new line-up for the Notepal family, including the Infinite EVO, a high-end aluminum option that pulls air throughout the underneath of the elevated laptop. Mobile accessories such as the modified BoomBoom 3D speakers were also showcased, as well as a few mobile power solutions.




Our meeting ended in the bathroom. Cooler Master had originally booked a larger suite, but due to unforeseen circumstances were relocated to a smaller room at the last minute. Therefore, our top-secret, NDA finale lined the washroom. Unfortunately, the latter part of that statement means I can't mention what it hold; what happens in the Cooler Master Non-Disclosure Agreement Bathroom, stays in the Cooler Master Non-Disclosure Agreement Bathroom.