Pros: Sleek, Light, Grommets are all placed perfectly, built in fan controller
Cons: fans are a little Eh, dont move a ton of air, and if you use the fan controller with them they dim when you reduce the speed
OK, this is one of the best cases i have ever used, but it does have some flaws, so lets go for a ride.
Pros: The case is light, well placed inside grommets for cable management.
Side window is clear and crisp and shows up well with lighting from the inside.
Built in fan controller, this is a pro, but can be a con, more to follow.
Top mounted 200mm fan can easily be replaced with 2 120mm fans of your choice (i did this)
dust filter on top, front and bottom under the PSU (HUGE PLUS) for me anyways.
this case is technically a mid tower, but when i went from an Antec-900-2 i felt like i had enough room to move in, and i did! this case is very spacious and roomy.
the biggest Pro for me, is Corsair themselves, this case is great, and i bought with confidence because corsair has AMAZING support, 24/7 365 for anything you need, i had no issues with it tho.
Cons: front 200mm fan cannot be replaced without modding for 120mm fans. a pain, but zip ties can work, sadly air flow will be restricted.
the case "squeaks" a little if given much room to flex, so on the floor, or solid desk this is eliminated, i believe its due to the thinner panels meeting plastic areas on the case, not a HUGE con, but is to be noted.
this case has tons of active mods, not only on these forums, but custom PC builders all over the web/world use this case and make custom parts, grills, panels etc for it, given you a TON of options
The fan controller is a con for ME, hopefully for others its ok, its a nice thought, runs 4 fans from 1 molex. now the controller worked for a few weeks, but one day i looked into my case and 2 fans stopped, i thought i had dead fans, but i plugged them into the motherboard, and they worked fine, checked wires, and connections, and the controller jsut died, so i tucked the wires away, and just run the fans from the mobo, not a huge issue, but it would be nice to have the features you pay fr actually work.
Thanks for reading my review on the Case, feel free to PM me with any issues or questions about this, or other corsair Products.
Pros: The case is light, well placed inside grommets for cable management.
Side window is clear and crisp and shows up well with lighting from the inside.
Built in fan controller, this is a pro, but can be a con, more to follow.
Top mounted 200mm fan can easily be replaced with 2 120mm fans of your choice (i did this)
dust filter on top, front and bottom under the PSU (HUGE PLUS) for me anyways.
this case is technically a mid tower, but when i went from an Antec-900-2 i felt like i had enough room to move in, and i did! this case is very spacious and roomy.
the biggest Pro for me, is Corsair themselves, this case is great, and i bought with confidence because corsair has AMAZING support, 24/7 365 for anything you need, i had no issues with it tho.
Cons: front 200mm fan cannot be replaced without modding for 120mm fans. a pain, but zip ties can work, sadly air flow will be restricted.
the case "squeaks" a little if given much room to flex, so on the floor, or solid desk this is eliminated, i believe its due to the thinner panels meeting plastic areas on the case, not a HUGE con, but is to be noted.
this case has tons of active mods, not only on these forums, but custom PC builders all over the web/world use this case and make custom parts, grills, panels etc for it, given you a TON of options
The fan controller is a con for ME, hopefully for others its ok, its a nice thought, runs 4 fans from 1 molex. now the controller worked for a few weeks, but one day i looked into my case and 2 fans stopped, i thought i had dead fans, but i plugged them into the motherboard, and they worked fine, checked wires, and connections, and the controller jsut died, so i tucked the wires away, and just run the fans from the mobo, not a huge issue, but it would be nice to have the features you pay fr actually work.
Thanks for reading my review on the Case, feel free to PM me with any issues or questions about this, or other corsair Products.
The fan controller really isn't a fan controller. Going from low to max I barely saw a four degree drop in my 2x GTX 470 SLI configuration with twice the noise.
No good for air cooling - I kept fantasizing about how good a water setup would look in there, but couldn't justify the cost. This seems to be the case with all Corsair cases - great for water, poor for air. Switched to a FT02 and my SLI temperatures dropped twelve degrees.
Sorry, just saw this in the sidebar and thought I'd throw in my two cents. Beautiful on the outside, even a little understated despite it's gamer look in pictures, very clean on the inside, extremely well-built, best cable management I've encountered, nice and secure toolless design (including 2.5"!)... basically a perfect case if it only moved more air.
P.S. Last I checked you can't fit other fans in the front when moving the cage, but maybe there's a new offering now. However, you can change the top fan with all sorts of configurations.