[Mhill2029]

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The 500R is available in two color combinations: graphite gray and arctic white. The 500R measures 20.5" x 8.1" x 20", supports ATX and mATX motherboards and is equipped with eight expansion slots. It features a front I/O panel with USB 3.0 (x 2), FireWire (x 1) and audio (x 2) ports, four exposed 5.25-inch bays, and removable 3.5-inch/2.5-inch drive cages. 500R can support up to a 17.5" graphics card with removal of a 3.5-inch/2.5-inch drive cage.

Source: Toms Hardware

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Corsai...ews-36664.html

 

[calavera]

The black one has been available for a few weeks now.

 

[refeek]

I know these are sub-100, but are these the air cooling type cases, with the 650/700/800D being more of the watercooling?

 

[Mhill2029]

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Originally Posted by refeek I know these are sub-100, but are these the air cooling type cases, with the 650/700/800D being more of the watercooling?

Watercooling is fine with cheaper solutions like that Corsair Hxx series, but anything more exotic like multi GPU watercooling with a couple of rads wouldn't be feasable. Although you wouldn't be buying a case at this price if you had that in mind.

 

[mrteddy]

meh, my 650d is still sexy, though its highly over priced

 

[SgtBigRig]

looks nice. Was interested in the Cm Storm enforcer, right up until they forced you with that damn windowed sidepannel. so No side fans what so ever. This case might be worth looking into.

 

[eggs2see]

Really like these cases, can easily see one being my next case. It ticks all the boxes for my aircooling needs.

 

[jmb2027]

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Originally Posted by calavera The black one has been available for a few weeks now.

That's the 400R. A step lower from the 500R and comes only in black.

 

[SMK]

I've had my Black 500R since Sept 21st, 3 weeks...

 

[Bobotheklown]

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Originally Posted by jmb2027 That's the 400R. A step lower from the 500R and comes only in black.

Yes, the 400r only comes in black.

However the black 500r has been available on newegg for some time.

 

[Deacon]

Id love a full tower based on that white one =(, corsair should release more full towers, Mid towers are just to small for me.

 

[a pet rock]

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Originally Posted by Deacon Id love a full tower based on that white one =(, corsair should release more full towers, Mid towers are just to small for me.

Interesting. What do you actually need the full tower for? I find myself thinking mid-tower is too large.

 

[Deacon]

Try watercooling, and see how much space you get from your Mid-Case, I like clean and spacious builds, can't stand cramped builds.

 

[Sir Beregond]

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Originally Posted by Deacon Try watercooling, and see how much space you get from your Mid-Case, I like clean and spacious builds, can't stand cramped builds.

Agreed.

For my current uses the 650D works fine, but if I ever did a multi GPU + CPU real water cooling setup, I'd find a full-tower.

 

[David164v8]

I'd buy a 800D. But just can't justify that much money for a case.

 

[a pet rock]

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Originally Posted by Deacon Try watercooling, and see how much space you get from your Mid-Case, I like clean and spacious builds, can't stand cramped builds.

Yeah, watercooling takes up a lot of space. I was just wondering what you wanted a full tower for since you've got that Zalman and 2 HDDs. It seems to me that for even a lot of users on this site, they don't need more than a mini-tower. Micro-ATX with one card and maybe a sound card, and at most four HDDs. I don't doubt that full towers have their uses, they're just very niche and I didn't see why you'd need one from your sig rig.

 

[Deacon]

Thats my old build, I'm in the process of building a new one, just waiting on this processor war to settle so I can pick one.

 

[nolimits882000]

Lol the 500R has been available for sale from a few retailers for weeks, I received my white one a week ago.

they are rather great cases, at least for air cooling, maybe CPU water cooling as well.

 

[pengs]

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500R can support up to a 17.5" graphics card with removal of a 3.5-inch/2.5-inch drive cage.

...has there ever been such a thing besides complete daughter boards?? The biggest card I know of was the 4870x2 which was around 11.5 inches.

Really like the case, nice cable management. Wish it was a bit bigger but it's good to see Corsair making a range of their cases.

 

[Mebby]

The insides look nice but the outside looks a mess.