Corsair Carbide Series CC-9011070-WW Air 240 High Airflow MicroATX and Mini-ITX Cube PC Case-Black

Wow, what a case to build my first PC into. Just a warning to those considering the 740 air, this thing is huge, i mean a monster! But for those of you like me where size does not matter, then your in for a treat. Firstly the dual compartments are an absolute god send, the amount of space you have to play with is just mind boggling. The PSU side is nicely laid out and the vent built in for the PSU to use to breathe is an excellent feature, especially with the included magnetic dust filter. The rest of this space is perfect for those who love to cable manage everything perfectly (i cant say im that way inclined but whatever floats your boat) and the included 2.5" SSD bay and 3.5" HDD bay are high quality and much appreciated additions.The Motherboard side is where the sheer size of this thing really comes into its own, theres room for quite literally any set up you can think of, so that 2 way watercooled 1080 ti set up youve been craving will not be a problem in here. There is some little features that just make everything while building in this case just so much easier. The cable management grommets are everywhere, giving you that extremely clean look when looking through the perspex window on the left hand side of the case. The motherboard stand offs are already installed and waiting to accept any and all modern motherboards, including my X370 Gaming 5, and the included 3 140mm fans from corsair are absolutely fantastic for stock fans. Theres also an additional magnetic dust filter infront of the 2 front 140mm fans that runs the full height of the case.Theres space for pretty much any exotic cooling solution you can think of and the ability to fit 3 radiators is something im sure someone out there has already achieved. The only thing that i could point at and say i was disappointed by was the lack of a bottom dust filter below the two 120/140mm intakes. Of all the things to overlook this just seems silly and would make this case just about perfect.All in all for the price this case is, its a no brainer buy for the watercooling/high airflow enthusiast. The cooling capabilities this provides are great and the ease of use to build in it makes it great for the budding system builder. It can be a little noisy due simply to the amount of air it can move through it, but if your a gamer or content creator youll be spending a majority of your time with a headset on anyway. Do yourself a favour and pick up one of these if your new to building PC'S or if your dream is to have watercooling heaven.

This case honestly surprised me. It's far bigger than you'd guess from images and it both looks and feels pretty unique. I used it for my first time building a PC (yesterday at the time of writing) and it made the whole process really easy. There's 2 compartments, the one on the side of the window that's around 2/3 of the total case size and the other with the remaining 1/3 that's hidden away. The former side is for all the nice looking things you'd want to see (motherboard, GPU, RAM, case fans, storage drives, etc) and the latter is for the power supply, front expansion slots, additional (removable) storage drive space and your cables.It looks lovely. One of the main reasons I settled on this was it was the only case that really looked elegant. There's a lot of ugly cases out there and a lot of them try too hard to look cool with their weird shapes and garish LEDs. A lot of others just aren't particularly pleasing to look at and if they include windows, they're usually tiny. This looks simple, has more subtle efforts put into the design and the result is great. It looks like something you'd get from the game Portal. Your own little testing facility. It's worth adding that it looks even better in person which can be a little unusual. If you care about the packaging, it comes in a big, material sack inside the box which is pretty good for keeping it protected until you need it and handy to have if you'll ever be taking it with you somewhere.Around the edges of the wall separating the compartment, there's big holes with black rubber covers for you to push your cables through. Very handy for cable management, the rubber makes sure your cables will be against soft edges and the rubber bits being black keeps the holes nice and discreet. On the side where the compartment is hidden out of view, there's a few bits for you to thread plastic cable ties (either the one time use or the wire kind you just wrap round) for you to help keep your cables tidy and in place.The case comes with 3 fans, 2 white led ones at the front to take air in and one at the back to push it out.I don't believe there are any other case fan mounts built into the case but you can easily remove the included fans and replace them with your own. It includes the necessary data and power cables for 2 storage drives (SSD or HDD and the removable drive bays support either) that the drives can just slot into with the connectors being on the compartment wall and the cables being on the other side. You may have enough cables of your own but it's a nice little quality of life touch that saves a bit of time.The expansion slots are tool free meaning things will just clip into place and the expansion covers clip on and off so nothing here has to be permanent or a pain. If you like though, you can still use screws to secure things in place. The SSD drive cage supports at least 4 additional drives and if you don't need it and it's using up space you could otherwise use, it can be clipped on or off easily.Overall, there's enough space to get everything done and it fits things in nicely. I put a Gigabyte GTX 980Ti G1 on my motherboard and though it's an insanely huge card, it fits in with room to spare. The compartments have enough depth that you shouldn't have any issues, and all of the touches to make organising and securing things in place much easier make the whole thing quite pleasant to put together. The sides of the case unscrew and come off easily too and that window is lovely. It's big and it looks great design wise. The ventilation is also very nice. Lots of it and it's pleasant on the eyes. These also have removable dust filters so it'll be pretty easy to keep things clean.It's a great case that's well worth the money. If you're looking for something that isn't a big ugly tower or even something that's a bit different with lots of room, easy cable and lots of little quality of life features then I can't recommend it enough. You'll be hard pushed to find something nicer. I'd also say the white version is the best looking one by far but that's really down to personal taste. Corsair CC-9011048-WW Carbide Series Air 540 Windowed ATX High Airflow Cube Performance Computer Case with White LED Fan - Arctic White Some details last details for those curious:• The included case fans are 3 pins and they do work with 4 pin fan connectors.• The included case fans are already secured in place so that saves you a bit of work if you're not planning on using your own. They are easy to remove if you wish to use your own.• The drive bays at the bottom of the case on the window side support 3.5 inch HDDs that secure into place with 4 pins on the side.They also support 2.5 inch SSDs though obviously they're quite a bit smaller and so the pins won't secure them into place. Instead, there are 4 holes on the back right that you need to line up with the SSD and screw into place with the included screws. The back right pin will get in the way but you can just push it out. It'll take a bit of effort to push it out but it'll let you get the SSD in place.• The SSD drive cage doesn't include any data or power cables so you'll need to obtain your own if you want to use this. My motherboard included more than enough additional data and power cables for additional storage and optical drives so if you're building a new PC, check if your one includes them and if not, the cables can be purchased separately quite cheap.• The included front I/O buttons and ports are as follows: restart button, HDD LED, Power button and LED, 3.5mm mic jack, 3.5mm audio jack, 2 USB 3.0 ports.The included cables are more than long enough to reach the appropriate pins on the motherboard.• There are 8 expansion slots at the back. These are easily removed or attached with screws so again, nothing there has to be permanent.• The holes with rubber bits for cable management can be removed. I found this out the hard way when the power cable for my motherboard pulled it out of place. Though a bit tricky, these can be secured back into place with a bit of effort. Rest assured that these won't just fall out of place, it takes quite a bit to pull them off.