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Anandtech didn't seem to like it much.
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Conclusion: Corsair's First Real Misfire

Doing two generally negative case reviews in a row isn't a happy job, and this one is only made worse because frankly, I like Corsair's stuff. I have Corsair RAM in my desktop along with a Corsair SSD, and I'm still using the K90 keyboard. I'm used to being fairly impressed with their kit, but the Corsair Vengeance C70 is a real misstep for their case lineup. Aesthetically it feels off, though that's admittedly a matter of taste, but more importantly the performance is poor.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5834/corsair-vengeance-c70-case-review-going-for-the-gamers/7
 
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While it's not the worst..That's not a pretty case IMO.
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Its looks... flimsy... and easy to get warped...
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meh it looks like a 500r that met a hammer biggrin.gif
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Corsair engineers made an interesting default fan location choice. The two intake fans are located on the interior of the hard drive cages.

http://www.corsair.com/vengeance-c70-mid-tower-gaming-case-arctic-white.html
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Two included 120mm intake fans directly blowing across your GPU for maximum cooling potential, and a single 120mm fan for heat exhaust

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The intake location near the exterior of the case is empty.

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Would this have contributed to the poor thermal performance? The front intake location of the case seems to be very restrictive.
Edited by Riou - 5/17/12 at 9:23pm
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Corsair engineers made an interesting default fan location choice. The two intake fans are located on the interior of the hard drive cages.
http://www.corsair.com/vengeance-c70-mid-tower-gaming-case-arctic-white.html
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Two included 120mm intake fans directly blowing across your GPU for maximum cooling potential, and a single 120mm fan for heat exhaust

In our internal testing, the fan location dropped GPU temps internally. I've posted over on Anandtech in the comments, their temp numbers aren't tracking with ours internally - but I'm honestly not sure why. We'll look into it. We've already built quite a few of these internally and they perform very similarly to a 400R/500R temp-wise.
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In our internal testing, the fan location dropped GPU temps internally. I've posted over on Anandtech in the comments, their temp numbers aren't tracking with ours internally - but I'm honestly not sure why. We'll look into it. We've already built quite a few of these internally and they perform very similarly to a 400R/500R temp-wise.

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Riou View Post

Corsair engineers made an interesting default fan location choice. The two intake fans are located on the interior of the hard drive cages.
http://www.corsair.com/vengeance-c70-mid-tower-gaming-case-arctic-white.html
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Two included 120mm intake fans directly blowing across your GPU for maximum cooling potential, and a single 120mm fan for heat exhaust
The intake location near the exterior of the case is empty.
Would this have contributed to the poor thermal performance? The front intake location of the case seems to be very restrictive.

I don't think it would contribute much. And that's actually bloody useful, to fit more radiators for WCers. biggrin.gif
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This is probably the first Corsair case I don't really like. The front area behind the fan intakes does look somewhat restrictive.
    
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I don't think it's awful but I would never buy it. That military green is extra ugly. They did say the case comes in white maybe that would look better.

Still think for a watercooler NZXT makes a better case then Corsair.
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