Cougar Solution Chassis Review

1. Introduction2. Cougar Solution External3. Cougar Solution Internal4. System Installation5. Testing Methodology and Results6. Acoustical Performance7. Closing Thoughts8. View All Pages

Continuing the theme from Cougar, the Cougar Solution comes in a large black box, with the product picture in a pronounced parcel brown colour – the inverse of most case packaging.

Taking the product out the box we find it has  been protected with two large and bright white Styrofoam blocks, as well as a transparent plastic cover.

Removing all of the outer packaging we can finally see the case in all its glory and while it is a fair bit smaller than the Cougar Evolution, this side of the case looks very similar.

Moving towards the front there is a large grill at the bottom of the case similar to that of the Cougar Evolution. The top half uses mesh to cover the spaces for the optical drives. The I/O ports and the on/off buttons are also on the front of the case, not the top.

A close-up of the I/O ports, including 1x USB 2.0, 1x USB 3.0, a headphone jack and a microphone jack as well as an optional HDD button, and the power on/off button.

We quite like the appearance of the case, although the top panel could have been styled more dramatically to attract the eye.

The top of the case is very functional as 2x 120mm fans could be fitted, allowing a reasonable amount of heat to be extracted from the case.

From the back we can see the bright red 120mm Cougar Turbine fan, two holes for water cooling and even a PCI card lock system,  seen on the larger Cougar Evolution and cases such as the Cooler Master 690 II.

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