
Let's have a look at Corsair's new 400C Compact ATX Chassis. Wait.... no drive bays?
Corsair 400C Compact ATX Case Review
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Just finished watching the review and to me this case just seems to say lets send out a case because we need something new and gives the impression of Corsair going backwards, really got me scratching my head on this one
You are putting it nicely. This is not exactly a budget case, like a Haf 922 or something. Those clips on the front are God awful. You have a removable dust filter behind it, and designed to have a rad placed on the front. You have to open both sides of the case just to get the cover off to clean the dust filter. This makes no sense to me what ever. They could have just used a peg system or magnets and it would have worked heaps better than this. In my eyes, Fractal walks all over this at a lower price point. Don't get me wrong, I love my 900D, but this is monstrosity compared to past cases. Someone just phoned in the design when they thought this one up.
Corsair cases have a history of innovation. The window is pretty, and I like the door. anything else good stops there. This just seams like a quick cash grab to try and compete with the Fractal Define S in a slightly smaller footprint.
I think there was probably some of that 'need to release something' pressure.Just finished watching the review and to me this case just seems to say lets send out a case because we need something new and gives the impression of Corsair going backwards, really got me scratching my head on this one
This is alot better than their other new case but I think that there are better cases at that price level than this.
The interior is very well designed (in an s340 kind of way) but I think the exterior could have been done much better. Still, I like that Corsair have tried to make it stand out from the other super clean cases at this price.
;887808 said:Indeed, I wouldn't mind a case like this for my home server build so it could look nice and pretty while being low powered and silent but I just wish there was the option of adding a HDD cage.