Cooler Master's Cosmos II enclosure

Hot on the heels of our Antec P280 review, we've got another next-generation case in the lab with some mighty big shoes to fill. Today's object of techno-lust is none other than the Cooler Master Cosmos II—an "ultra-tower" chassis that seems a little bit ironic in a world filled with slender ultrabooks and watered-down light beer. The Cosmos II is anything but.

When the original hit the retail circuit, it inspired double-takes. The tubular aluminum handles protruding from its futuristic, sculpted body made the Cosmos look less like a computer case and more like something that should ...