Corsair Graphite 380T Mini-ITX

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GadgetGarrett

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As my first/latest build is finished (for now) I am considering building something for my good lady and am digging the soon to be available (next month I believe) offering from Corsair.

The Graphite 380T might look like the result of an unholy union between a portable electric heater and a ghetto blaster but I think that's what I like about it.

What are your feelings regarding this case and the build potential. My girlfriend isn't a gamer or anything so I wont be looking to fit a monster GPU in there... unless I get lucky in one of the many competitions I've entered ^_^

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I don't like the case much, side on as shown above with all the gear in it looks nice, just the outside as you said is like an electric heater!
 
I think it looks fantastic and I don't see why the fact it looks like a space heater is a problem, I mean space heaters are pretty cool. You wouldn't say 'omg it looks too much like the gas turbine from a military helicopter' because that's just freaking cool, it definitely needs a red LED fan in the front! I also think though that the 250D is a great looking case, i'd happily do a build in either but they would take a lot of work to get the internals up to my OCD standards.

JR
 
I think its a pretty cool looking case. I like the idea of small builds packing a lot of power into a small space. I look forward to the build log!
 
I like the large amount of mesh. It means you don't have to go with a reference GTX 780/780ti to get the best temperatures.
 
JR23 said:
I think it looks fantastic and I don't see why the fact it looks like a space heater is a problem, I mean space heaters are pretty cool. You wouldn't say 'omg it looks too much like the gas turbine from a military helicopter' because that's just freaking cool, it definitely needs a red LED fan in the front! I also think though that the 250D is a great looking case, i'd happily do a build in either but they would take a lot of work to get the internals up to my OCD standards.

JR
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Good point about the military turbine... perhaps it's just lacking some scorch marks... Hmmmm... ^_^

I am well down the charts as far as standards go - but I'm learning. ;)

MaddenShadow said:
I think its a pretty cool looking case. I like the idea of small builds packing a lot of power into a small space. I look forward to the build log!
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Yup, I don't think she needs a monster full tower, especially as desk space is a premium in our little flat, but I am up for trying to do a decent and neat build in something a little smaller than the Stryker. :)

barnsley said:
I like the large amount of mesh. It means you don't have to go with a reference GTX 780/780ti to get the best temperatures.
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It looks like a well thought out case. I've a feeling the GPU is going to be governed more on how my bank account is looking and what's on special offer than pushing the cooling properties to the max. ;)

I also think that it kinda looks like the offspring of a Stryker (I know they're from different companies ;))... kinda... maybe a bit... anyhow, it might look cute on the desk next to mine. :cool:
 
Good to see they made some changes and didn't keep the internal lay-out of the 250D imo. Didn't really like that one too much tbh.
 
Feronix said:
Good to see they made some changes and didn't keep the internal lay-out of the 250D imo. Didn't really like that one too much tbh.
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Yeah. I'm getting a bit nervous and a bit excited about taking this on. I've promised my other half that I'd replace the huge Antec thing (my old machine), now that I have a big new shiny rig, for something neater.

I can see me swearing quite a lot if I go ahead with this. I'm starting to consider something a little bigger/easier to work with but I do still kinda dig the way this case looks and reckon it would look neat with my Stryker at one end and the 380T at the other.
 
internals look a lot like the prodigy layout to me, though a lot of the matx itx cases are looking the same inside
 
Greenback said:
internals look a lot like the prodigy layout to me, though a lot of the matx itx cases are looking the same inside
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Tbf, I'd rather have another Bitfenix rip off than something like the 250D. At least the first one has proven itself time and time again. This is a good in between design though, definitely an improvement and at least it's still somewhat original.
 
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