I just got my Carbide case today from Amazon and transfered everything over from my NZXT 510 that I hated. There never were enough 3.5" drive bays, they were too close together and overheated, I missed the the 5.25" bays and the space inside was all designed for radiators which I don't use. The transfer of my motherboard went flawlessly and took an hour and a half. I had 5 hard drives to install and the case has one of the easiest mounting systems I have ever seen. I stll have room for 2 more as it came out of the box plus I have 1 more drive cage coming. Plus there is a holder for 3 SSD's under the motherboard tray. The cable management was tight in the back like you said. Another half inch depth would have been great. This was one of those first time boots since it worked when I took it down and that was nice. It ran cool and air flow was perfect. The door may block the flow but the exhaust out the top and bottom filters make up the difference, I feel. I am very happy with it and it was a fun transfer.
Thanks Leo - GREAT to see a case with Optical drive bay. Good looker as well. Most under-rated PC component in recent times Optical dirves. As a content creator I use it almost every day. PROPER family archiving using M-Disc is the way to go with an M-Disc capable Optical DVD drive. I currently run a Fractal Design Define R6 and love it (except for the idiot NON-removable PSU cover - can't show my Seasonic Titanium off to the world!). The airflow is fully fine in the R6 but this Corsair model would worry me based on your comments Leo. The R6 seems a no-brainer after the new discount - on balance. It still to this day looks cutting edge in styling as far as a 'conservative' case goes - really clean lines. Can't wait for the R7, hopefully they give the option of a non-removable PSU shroud AND make the front door from REAL aluminium, not the plastic look-alike stuff. Thanks for this very informative Corsair review Leo - always easy to trust your reviews and pretty much take them as gospel! Cheers, Brian (Syd, Australia).
It's two years later, but for my next PC I'm definately looking to this case. Leo is talking about £ 180, but I can get one for about € 180, which is a little more than £ 150. That's a more reasonable price now. This combines the best of all the cases I've had in the past: I'm not a videocontentcreator, but I am a musicproducer and thus I rather like internal, hopefully fast, drives - but I don't care about videocards since videochips are in the CPU's. Aiirflow Not a problem for me! I game on my PlayStation and Nintendo.
@@PendelSteven I hear you Steven. Internal drives are great but sadly hard to find them in cases now, certainly now in 2021. I have my eye on an even more stunning case I think I might get. It has been on the market for a few years now so probably 2022 may see a refresh. The case is the Phanteks Evolve X Glass model. It has very good airflow BUT has NO space at the front for an internal DVD/CD. I have identified an e-SATA external ASUS DVD/M-Disc writer so the speed will be as good as an internal and be bootable as well for my old Win7 OS that I love dearly. Win7 sometimes has trouble recognizing USB drivers before Windows starts so programs like boot discs for Shadow Protect and others won't allow my mouse and keyboard to work. e-SATA will behave exactly the same as an internal DVD drive as it plugs into the same SATA port! Yep, this new Evolve X case looks absolutely perfect except for the DVD omission. That's progress I guess. Yes, I know, it is an 'older' case BUT I reckon there's STILL nothing better looking on the market since it was released. Here's Leo's take on this handsome case: ua-cam.com/video/g1m1H3lG5rc/v-deo.html&ab_channel=KitGuruTech AND . . . here's Hardware Canucks review on it: ua-cam.com/video/gcNsHS2U8RM/v-deo.html&ab_channel=HardwareCanucks
I must agree this case would be Soooo much better with a MESH front. I just might have to get it and fabricate that myself. I wish you had tested temperatures and Air Flow with the front door OPEN. This case seems perfect in many ways, take it to a LAN and OPEN the door for full fledged air cooling and/or overclocking. Thanks for the video !
Still rocking a Carbide 500R but looking to upgrade(but no idea to what! Been looking at this and R6(but.. airflow) and the mesh options today don’t have optical media bay. Keep the 500R? A TG window would be nice, not for RGB though, just white led. Would lose the side fan though 🤷🏻♂️ aargh
If it didn't have those horrible drive bays exposed, it would actually be perfect. Ticked all the boxes I need almost like the H710i and Define 7 (but i really wanted a hinged door too) but those exposed hard drive kill it for me and I need 4 minimum.
Any dust filters that came with my case ended up in the bin. I have to clean the pc more often but that takes half a hour every 6 mths no bigy Problem with today's cases is they all seem to have a glass windows removing the important fan that blows cool air directly over the board and gpu all for the sake of RGB
Did you do any kinds of temperature testing idle/under load with a configuration of the front door open and then closed? I'm looking at this case for versatility where it's a lot safer around cats than some airflow model that will just suck up cat hair where I can game with the mesh up top and the door open and then have things closed when not gaming and when my cats are around the tower.
Quite true, as mentioned in our review over on KitGuru.net Those holes are in the mid-plate and make cable management more awkward but in the great scheme of things they are more of an annoyance than anything else when you consider the other points we made about the 678C. It is a shame Corsair did not include a set of blanking plugs with the case.
ZapperPenguin you can just take a 4 1/2” hole saw and drill 2 or 3 holes on the front panel for better airflow through the case. Looks like its just plastic so you should be able to do it easily
PSUs usually work most efficiently at ~50% load, that might be the reason. I recently switched from a 10yr old (!) 630W be quiet! to a 1000W Seasonic because I thought the first couldn't supply my water pump steadily enough anymore. Turned out that the pump itself was broken. The be quiet! had a standard always-on fan but it was inaudible. The Seasonic is "semi-passive", but you hear it every time the fan spins up. edit: just realized this video is sponsored by Seasonic... still can't recommend their semi-passive PSUs though ^^
I just got my Carbide case today from Amazon and transfered everything over from my NZXT 510 that I hated. There never were enough 3.5" drive bays, they were too close together and overheated, I missed the the 5.25" bays and the space inside was all designed for radiators which I don't use.
The transfer of my motherboard went flawlessly and took an hour and a half. I had 5 hard drives to install and the case has one of the easiest mounting systems I have ever seen. I stll have room for 2 more as it came out of the box plus I have 1 more drive cage coming. Plus there is a holder for 3 SSD's under the motherboard tray. The cable management was tight in the back like you said. Another half inch depth would have been great. This was one of those first time boots since it worked when I took it down and that was nice. It ran cool and air flow was perfect. The door may block the flow but the exhaust out the top and bottom filters make up the difference, I feel. I am very happy with it and it was a fun transfer.
i would've put the radiator the other way round you have the hoses over the rear fan
Looks like a decent case. Nice review video! You should review the enermax saberay
Yes this def gives me Fractual vibes. THis is my next case in 2020. This guy is the antique roadshow of tech reviews.
U got it?
Thanks Leo - GREAT to see a case with Optical drive bay. Good looker as well. Most under-rated PC component in recent times Optical dirves. As a content creator I use it almost every day. PROPER family archiving using M-Disc is the way to go with an M-Disc capable Optical DVD drive. I currently run a Fractal Design Define R6 and love it (except for the idiot NON-removable PSU cover - can't show my Seasonic Titanium off to the world!). The airflow is fully fine in the R6 but this Corsair model would worry me based on your comments Leo. The R6 seems a no-brainer after the new discount - on balance. It still to this day looks cutting edge in styling as far as a 'conservative' case goes - really clean lines. Can't wait for the R7, hopefully they give the option of a non-removable PSU shroud AND make the front door from REAL aluminium, not the plastic look-alike stuff. Thanks for this very informative Corsair review Leo - always easy to trust your reviews and pretty much take them as gospel! Cheers, Brian (Syd, Australia).
It's two years later, but for my next PC I'm definately looking to this case. Leo is talking about £ 180, but I can get one for about € 180, which is a little more than £ 150. That's a more reasonable price now. This combines the best of all the cases I've had in the past: I'm not a videocontentcreator, but I am a musicproducer and thus I rather like internal, hopefully fast, drives - but I don't care about videocards since videochips are in the CPU's. Aiirflow Not a problem for me! I game on my PlayStation and Nintendo.
@@PendelSteven I hear you Steven. Internal drives are great but sadly hard to find them in cases now, certainly now in 2021. I have my eye on an even more stunning case I think I might get. It has been on the market for a few years now so probably 2022 may see a refresh. The case is the Phanteks Evolve X Glass model. It has very good airflow BUT has NO space at the front for an internal DVD/CD. I have identified an e-SATA external ASUS DVD/M-Disc writer so the speed will be as good as an internal and be bootable as well for my old Win7 OS that I love dearly. Win7 sometimes has trouble recognizing USB drivers before Windows starts so programs like boot discs for Shadow Protect and others won't allow my mouse and keyboard to work. e-SATA will behave exactly the same as an internal DVD drive as it plugs into the same SATA port! Yep, this new Evolve X case looks absolutely perfect except for the DVD omission. That's progress I guess. Yes, I know, it is an 'older' case BUT I reckon there's STILL nothing better looking on the market since it was released.
Here's Leo's take on this handsome case: ua-cam.com/video/g1m1H3lG5rc/v-deo.html&ab_channel=KitGuruTech AND . . . here's Hardware Canucks review on it: ua-cam.com/video/gcNsHS2U8RM/v-deo.html&ab_channel=HardwareCanucks
I must agree this case would be Soooo much better with a MESH front. I just might have to get it and fabricate that myself. I wish you had tested temperatures and Air Flow with the front door OPEN. This case seems perfect in many ways, take it to a LAN and OPEN the door for full fledged air cooling and/or overclocking. Thanks for the video !
Still rocking a Carbide 500R but looking to upgrade(but no idea to what! Been looking at this and R6(but.. airflow) and the mesh options today don’t have optical media bay. Keep the 500R? A TG window would be nice, not for RGB though, just white led. Would lose the side fan though 🤷🏻♂️ aargh
If it didn't have those horrible drive bays exposed, it would actually be perfect. Ticked all the boxes I need almost like the H710i and Define 7 (but i really wanted a hinged door too) but those exposed hard drive kill it for me and I need 4 minimum.
Any dust filters that came with my case ended up in the bin.
I have to clean the pc more often but that takes half a hour every 6 mths no bigy
Problem with today's cases is they all seem to have a glass windows removing the important fan that blows cool air directly over the board and gpu all for the sake of RGB
Did you do any kinds of temperature testing idle/under load with a configuration of the front door open and then closed? I'm looking at this case for versatility where it's a lot safer around cats than some airflow model that will just suck up cat hair where I can game with the mesh up top and the door open and then have things closed when not gaming and when my cats are around the tower.
another heat box. nice review. Arc Midi R2 FTW
I've heard that if you remove the drive trays you are left with holes as there are no extra back plates provided
Quite true, as mentioned in our review over on KitGuru.net
Those holes are in the mid-plate and make cable management more awkward but in the great scheme of things they are more of an annoyance than anything else when you consider the other points we made about the 678C. It is a shame Corsair did not include a set of blanking plugs with the case.
It is supposed to be "low noise" why has no one done a sound test on it?
Unless you change out the stock fans for good low noise fans it is going to sound like a leaf blower. Not quiet at all.
What about sound though? ;o
Good review, unlike that from OC3D!
I would be tempted to mod that front panel. I know nothing about mods but i think it should be quite straightforward. :)
ZapperPenguin you can just take a 4 1/2” hole saw and drill 2 or 3 holes on the front panel for better airflow through the case. Looks like its just plastic so you should be able to do it easily
Why are you using a 1000w pu?
PSUs usually work most efficiently at ~50% load, that might be the reason. I recently switched from a 10yr old (!) 630W be quiet! to a 1000W Seasonic because I thought the first couldn't supply my water pump steadily enough anymore. Turned out that the pump itself was broken. The be quiet! had a standard always-on fan but it was inaudible. The Seasonic is "semi-passive", but you hear it every time the fan spins up.
edit: just realized this video is sponsored by Seasonic... still can't recommend their semi-passive PSUs though ^^
just bought this for 120 pounds for my first pc build :))
This case sucks for this price. They brag that it's a low noise case but actually it's quite noisy..
Thats good for 120€? I have a liquid with 3 fans 120mm and 360mm radiator. I have the 3 fans corsair too. In looking for buy this...
Didn't know corsair made microwave oven's. Lol. Fractal define r5 with a psu shroud & no front vents. " doe."
It keeps being compared to the R6, but I agree with you - I'd be more likely to believe it came out years ago with the R5 (and would still suck).
Corsair hasn't come out with a good case in years....