Nice Mid Tower for your next build!
3/4/2012 8:11:23 AM
Lo Tech from Calgary writes:
- Strengths:
- First off its from Corsair, they have stood behind their products and their RMA is excellent. Nice Mid Tower, lost of features. Has a hot swap drive bay on the top beside the fan controller switch. The reason I purchased the case was that my older explorer case was running hot with newer hardware in it. I liked the idea that if you wanted to you could upgrade the CPU cooling to a water cooled system. The air flow is excellent. Great for cable management. Clean lines, sturdy, runs quiet.
- Weaknesses:
- One so far and that would be the rear cable management area. I do run several ODD and HDD and found the back area a little tight to get the panel back on. Best to plan better and manage your routes beforehand.
- Summary:
- Its been great to work with, did as I hoped help reduce the clutter in our older PC. The cable management and case made a big difference in our temps. I would say a good 8 degrees cooler thanks to this. All I did was swap out the hardware. Its a great case to work on mostly tooless and should last for several years of upgrades. I think it well worth the price especially now when its 30$ off.
Very Great Case, Minor Flaws
9/6/2011 11:24:15 PM
Brian B from Calgary writes:
- Strengths:
- - Solid build and feel
- Great airflow
- Front fan mesh can unhinged to clean intake screen
- Fan Control and eSATA port on top
- Lots of cable control
- Tons of drive room
- Can fit large sized Video Cards and PSU's
- Great value for your money
- Smooth look ;)
- Weaknesses:
- - Very little documentation
- USB 3.0 Front Panel cables are pull through and don't use mid-board connection
- Summary:
- I like the case a lot, and would not hesitate to buy if looking for a mid-range enthusiast's case!
Great case!
9/5/2011 7:49:00 PM
Jayden from Calgary writes:
- Strengths:
- This is an outstanding case!
-Great looking
-Well priced
-Great wire management
-Very roomy
- Weaknesses:
- I wouldn't really call this a "weakness" but kinda a design flaw. The two removable drive bays are in complete way of the 200mm fan in the front. You can remove the top one to allow most of the air threw, or you could get and 3.5 inch to 5.25 inch adapter and put your SSD and HDD in the 5.25 drive bay at the top. The adapter i used is the Vantec hard Drive Cooling System. That adapter also comes with an 80mm fan to cool your HDD and SDD.
- Summary:
- Overall this is a very great case, i would recommend this case to anyone! It has amazing wire management and a great look. The only flaw is the two drive bays with i just removed both and now i have great air flow, also just a little note the default 200mm fans make a little high pitched ringing sound on mid and high fan settings but nothings annoying.
wicked quite case
7/28/2011 9:35:53 AM
Vic Mittal from Edmonton writes:
- Strengths:
- - steel construction
- lots of air flow
- feels solid like bear
- Weaknesses:
- - when it comes out of the box the top drive cage blocks the front fan. Just have to move it out of the way where there is slot next to the lower cage.
- Summary:
- The case is outstanding and I would highly recommend using it for any build that needs good airflow.