Cougar Challenger Mid Tower Case Review

Luke Hill October 11, 2012 Cases, Featured Announcement

Rating: 7.0.

Cougar is on the prowl for glory in the mid-range case market with the feature-heavy Challenger. Employing thoughtful amenities generally associated with up-market cases, can Cougar use the Challenger to attack a price vs performance sweet-spot?

A trio of 5.25” tool-less drive bays, an external 3.5” compartment and 7x 2.5/3.5” storage drive slots proves that functionality hasn’t been overlooked by Cougar. Another convenient feature is the external hot-swap SATA port that makes transferring data a quick and simple task.

With 7 fan mounting locations, support for large CPU coolers and up to 410mm graphics cards, conveniently-positioned cable management cut-outs and a truly unique ‘pilot unlock missile’ power button, is the Challenger a weapon destined to force its way to the mid-range cases’ top-spot?

Specifications:

Motherboard support: Micro ATX / ATX.
Expansion slots: 7.
Included fans: 1x 120mm (rear) & 1x 200mm (front).
Fan mounts: 2x 120/140 or 1x 200 (Front), 2x 120/140 or 1x 180/200 (Top), 1x 120(Rear), 1x 120/140 (Bottom + side)
5.25″ drive bays: 3.
Internal drive bays: 7x 2.5/3.5″ or 4x 2.5/3.5″ & 3x 2.5″.
External drive bays: 1x 3.5″ (Front panel), 1x SATA hot-swap bay.
Dimensions: 268(W) x 514(H) x 523(D).

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9 comments

Martin Porcas
October 11, 2012 at 8:35 am

Not sure on the looks, those wings on the front make it look like a giant black lady love nest and the ‘amusing’ power button can only be described as a clitoris!

… or perhaps it’s just me! 🙂
Xtreme
October 11, 2012 at 9:16 am

Waste of time reviewing this chinese crap as you cant buy it in most countries. 0/10 for me im afraid.
R0xxy
October 11, 2012 at 9:16 am

Arrrggh! My eyes!!!
Davis
October 11, 2012 at 9:17 am

Fair review, but I have never seen any of our local stores stocking t hese cases. or anything else they make. Seems pointless they would seek reviews when they have poor distribution.
Harris
October 11, 2012 at 9:19 am

Wow that is the ugliest case ive seen. looks like a cylon warrior from battestar gallactica mated with a cockroach.
Eran
October 11, 2012 at 9:25 am

eye catching, but not my cup of tea, by a long shot.
Manucuna
October 11, 2012 at 9:26 am

As a woman this is not appealing at all. it looks to be designed for young teenage boys who dream of being airforce pilots.

ill stick with silverstone.
Chromium_Sun
October 24, 2012 at 10:29 am

Urghh… that has to be one of the ugliest and cheesiest cases I’ve ever set my now horribly sore eyes on.