Corsair Carbide Air 240 Review 22

Corsair Carbide Air 240 Review

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Value and Conclusion

  • The Corsair Carbide Air 240 sells for 89 US dollars for the black- and 99 US dollars for the white version. Buyers in the EU should see it priced at either 70 pounds or 85 euros including taxes.
  • Very compact
  • Excellent construction quality
  • Can be used in three different configurations—standard, upside down, or on its side
  • Ships with three 120 mm retail fans out of the box
  • Space for up to six hard drives
  • Ability to hold up to 240 mm radiator with a mATX board
  • Or go for two 240 mm radiators when installing an ITX unit
  • Or slap a total of seven 120 mm and two 80 mm fans into the case
  • Fully sized ATX PSU will easily fit
  • Magnetic dust filter for side air vent
  • Logo may be rotated to fit configuration
  • Large window to show off your gear
  • Excellent cable management
  • Tool-less drive assembly
  • Available in black or white
  • Not a lot of height for air coolers—120 mm at most
  • Only one set of feet—once you decide where to place them, that is it
  • No way for USB 2.0-only motherboard to use the front I/O
  • No external drive bay
  • Basic I/O
Corsair made quite the waves with the Carbide Air 540 and the trend certainly continues with the smaller Air 240. The chassis is the perfect example of how shrinking something down in size should be done. The Air 240 scores big with potent liquid-cooling support and excellent storage capabilities in regards to the PSU and graphics cards. You only need to watch the CPU cooler's height—something other cube cases do not restrict quite as much. This, however, seems to be the Air 240's only tangible drawback. The ability to, for example, set it up in three different ways is really nice, with the chassis either standing on its feet in a traditional fashion, upside down, or with the large window facing upward. Speaking of viewing possibilities—the well-placed openings in its dividing wall and placement of all "mess generating" parts inside its secondary compartment not only give the Carbide Air 240 the ability to swallow loads of hardware as assembling the system is also a real joy and the result is near spotless, which should make showing off what your PC is made of a joy. Throw in the fact that Corsair includes three retail fans, an excellent choice of materials, which is indicative of the company's great sense of construction quality, and the cherry on top, a logo that rotates to face the right way up, regardless of how your Carbide Air 240 is configured, and the result is a sexy little chassis with a huge bang in performance and for your buck.
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