Corsair Carbide Air 240 Review

Nice case review, guv. If I were to use it I'd go mITX, though.

Edit: @RamboOC, Tom just advocated positive air pressure in this video :D
 
Last edited:
Stroking my chin now whether to go for this or the smaller Graphite 380t when it finally makes an appearance. It looks like this one might be easier to work on by a noob such as myself with only one full build to his name.

Choices are good though, right?
 
As someone who usually steers away from chassis like this, I'm always a sucked for the shape of dual chamber designs especially with my loads of hard-drives wanting a more fitting home. I'm considering it.
 
Remmy said:
Are you not a fan (lolpun) of it? I don't have positive pressure in my case either but that's due to aesthetic reasons - if I put the rear fan in the other way round I'd see the ugly side of my fan.
Click to expand...

Its just that on other forums i've read that more exhaust fans than intake is better, but now i changed my opinion
 
RamboOC said:
Its just that on other forums i've read that more exhaust fans than intake is better, but now i changed my opinion
Click to expand...

Oh I see. Luckily I don't mind dusting my PC often for the nicer look :)

Edit: Anyway, I've been away for ages now. I got out of the habit of visiting the forums when my exams started. This is the first review I've watched in quite a while, and it's nice to see the (not so) new office :) The case is a really good idea, and like Dice said, it would complement the Air 540 so well :) As always, great review Tom.
 
Last edited:
Oh, I was massively surprised when that got a gold award. To me it seems so far behind the 250D and 350D that its pointless. To basically only be able to fit an mATX board, one radiator and a fan and then be restricted very badly on graphics cards width. And as an ITX rig it's not going to hold much more than a 250D maybe if you really tried hard you could waterblock the GPU and fit two 240's but that's not exactly a massive increase on the 250D. It doesn't look as good (IMO), has no dust filters, IO is messy, couldn't take an optical drive if you wanted to, can't really fit anything above the motherboard and has no room for graphics cards. It's gotta be a lot cheaper than the 250D to be rated as highly.

If it was 30-50mm taller/wider so all GPU's could fit and fans/radiators would sit above the motherboard then I would agree with what you say. It seems to me like the bottom/left hand side is there purely to match the other side and serves no function which is really wasted as it could if the case was just a bit taller. Which it needs to be to fit DCii's and Classy's, probably the DD and any cooler rocking girth. But anyway it's supposed to be an 'air' case so erm put a DH-14 in there or is it going to have the heatpipes holding the window up.

JR
 
If I got one of these i would make a custom loop in it. :)
Res and pump at the back 240 45-47mm rad in the front. :)

Would be nice.
Im just dreaming now...:P
 
Not going to lie its the first Corsair case I've wanted in a long time :L. Still nothing to replace my 901 though ^_^. If size is going to screw me over in terms of choices, atleast it can by being as unique as can be.
 
Lots of fans is great for gaming but annoying for studying, had to buy spare for study.

Great reviews and competitions, Thanks O3D
 
I'm waiting for the 380T release and the first reviews. If it's disappointing, I definitely go for the 240 Air for my next build!
 
JR23 said:
Oh, I was massively surprised when that got a gold award. To me it seems so far behind the 250D and 350D that its pointless. To basically only be able to fit an mATX board, one radiator and a fan and then be restricted very badly on graphics cards width. And as an ITX rig it's not going to hold much more than a 250D maybe if you really tried hard you could waterblock the GPU and fit two 240's but that's not exactly a massive increase on the 250D. It doesn't look as good (IMO), has no dust filters, IO is messy, couldn't take an optical drive if you wanted to, can't really fit anything above the motherboard and has no room for graphics cards. It's gotta be a lot cheaper than the 250D to be rated as highly.

If it was 30-50mm taller/wider so all GPU's could fit and fans/radiators would sit above the motherboard then I would agree with what you say. It seems to me like the bottom/left hand side is there purely to match the other side and serves no function which is really wasted as it could if the case was just a bit taller. Which it needs to be to fit DCii's and Classy's, probably the DD and any cooler rocking girth. But anyway it's supposed to be an 'air' case so erm put a DH-14 in there or is it going to have the heatpipes holding the window up.

JR
Click to expand...

Me too , was also surprised he glossed over the fitting of the 8 pin CPU power cable with the HDD cage issues ( noted on several other reviews , best vid is HWcanucks for detail ) .
While I'm posting - which is a rare event - I would also add my voice for some Phantek reviews :p .
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

P
Smooth old school Corsair 600T
Replies
16
Views
7K
WillSK
WillSK
F
Forza Motorsport
Replies
8
Views
2K
KingNosser
K
J
Is LTT forum is choke full of spooks ?
Replies
5
Views
192
hmmblah
hmmblah
P
Do some people never learn from the past?
Replies
2
Views
574
Pugsport
P
dazbobaby
Spider-Man PC
Replies
1
Views
2K
Dicehunter
Dicehunter
Back
Top