Corsair Crystal Series 280X RGB MATX Case Review

One thing you didn't mention that is a big deal in the video was the fact that you can only use the bottom intake areas if you have an ITX board. You may be able to fit fans there depending on the motherboard but you definitely can only fit a fan/radiator with an ITX board. It's not mentioned on there website for some dumb reason but they made it clear that it'll only fit with an ITX board during computex.
 
This case is just terrible boring! Don't like the design at all, like it's trying to be everything else the competition is currently. It's evident by the closed off front with the glass, blocking pretty much most of the airflow.
 
tolagarf said:
This case is just terrible boring! Don't like the design at all, like it's trying to be everything else the competition is currently. It's evident by the closed off front with the glass, blocking pretty much most of the airflow.
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Yep. I wanted to get this case but it's airflow looks abysmal.

I would have liked to see the mesh version... Have a mesh and glass version like every other company
 
Dear god that is AWFUL...

I like mATX (my current system is) - but I wouldn't touch that case with someone elses money let alone mine.

Corsair have lost the plot with these choaked font panels too - they fell into the Coolermaster covfefe.
 
I think it looks great. I just think the form over function is what makes it not as great as it could be. If they released a mesh version with a tempered glass panel on the side it would basically be perfect.

I'll just keep wishing for a meshify ITX case..
 
NeverBackDown said:
I think it looks great. I just think the form over function is what makes it not as great as it could be. If they released a mesh version with a tempered glass panel on the side it would basically be perfect.

I'll just keep wishing for a meshify ITX case..
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I dislike the front entirely. It looks like it has the smallest front intake I have ever seen. Those front fans will probably be suffocating trying to pull in air.
 
Air flow is fine and you can use the bottom vents with an MATX board, you can even use a radiator down there (did say in the video)
 
tinytomlogan said:
Air flow is fine and you can use the bottom vents with an MATX board, you can even use a radiator down there (did say in the video)
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Yep, Although if I end up getting this for my home server case I may attach HDD's to the bottom inside of the case with rubber dampeners, Just to fill the thing up as much as possible ^_^
 
tinytomlogan said:
Air flow is fine and you can use the bottom vents with an MATX board, you can even use a radiator down there (did say in the video)
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You can only use a radiator with an ITX board. You cannot get a rad and fan in there with matx and some thick GPUs. That's why I mentioned it. You said it wrong in the video. Which is not a good thing as it will mislead people. It won't always be able to fit depending on hardware. It's a tight squeeze
 
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