Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case Review

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Again we see the simple flat black interor with a completely tool less design and an oversized motherboard cut out.  Lets look at each section individually:

1. Nothing out of the ordinary that hasn’t been stated: bottom mounted PSU, Tool less design (which we will go over in other pictures).  The front fan blows air directly over PCI slots 1-4.  We also have 4 holes for cable management with rolled edges to prevent cable wear.  This case can support video cards of 400mm in length and coolers of 170mm in height.  We also see space for a resivior next to the PSU.
2. Here we see our 4x SSD/HDD bays which are removed by a simple pinch of the tray.  Since the trays are both 2.5″ and 3.5″ compatible you will not need a SSD adapter for this case.  The front-bottom fan mount (if utilized) will push air over the drives for better cooling.
3. Moving on to the 3x 5.25″ bays we see more tool less design.  The drives are locked and removed by a simple flick of the latch.
4. Over to the top-left we have our 120mm exhaust fan, 3x water cooling holes, and clearence for our radiator.  Unfortuantly because of the design of the motherboard tray and its connection to the rest of the case, cables cannot be run between the top of the case and the top of the motherboard tray.  Hardly something to make a big stink about but worth mentioning.
5. Down to the 7x PCI expansion slots we have thumb screws holding them in place.
6. Around to the back of the motherboard tray we see our large cooler cutout and rolled edges on cable management cutouts.
7. Cable management is a great way to reduce the temperature in a case by increasing airflow and general good looks.  Corsair has included almost an inch between the motherboard tray and back panel: more than enough for quality cable management.

Hitting our final theme of “It’s big where it counts”, the interior has a good amount of space for a mid tower case.  Not only in cooling but in cable management, Video card space, and CPU Cooler space this case is on par with what I would expect out of a quality case.  Corsair has not disappointed.

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