CORSAIR CARBIDE 400C Compact Mid-Tower Case

This is a great case if you aren't out to impress your friends with a dynamic showcase display. Visually, it should blend easily to a variety of decorator themes but even though it's listed as a full tower it's still small enough to fit inside the slide out on my aging roll top desk . While this case has excellent fit and finish it's also unobtrusive and it looks so good that I've decided to leave it exposed on the floor beisde our book case. This case has a lot of room and, as a first time builder of a computer work station, I found it very easy to install the components and manage the wiring systems. Every feature about this case seems user friendly and it's very quiet.Pros: 1. Very easy to build in this roomy case. 2. Clean attractive finish and unobtrusive lines. 3. Very sturdy construction. 4. tool free build. Very easy to remove the front and side panels and instal drives. 4. The full size clear panel on this model allows you to jazz up the visual display. 5. Even with the clear side panel this case does an excellent job of dampening sound. 6. While this case is ranked as a full size tower it's only slightly larger than some of the mid towers.Cons: 1. The clear door panel isn't glass but that's reflected in the price. This is a quality case and at this price point I would definitely buy it a again.

Excellent case. I upgraded from an Antec case that was coming apart and I couldn't be happier. It's one sexy case, I've only gotten good responses about it so far. It is not perfect however, I'll explain more in my pros and cons.Pros:1)Huge hinged window. Great for showing off your internals and its slightly smoked so you won't see every spec of dust in the case.2)Dust Filters. Every intake on the case is covered with dust filters. The one on top is magnetic which is a nice feature.3)Power Supply cover. I really like this feature, I know some reviewers on youtube don't but it really helps hide the mess of my non-modular power supply.4)Airflow. The airflow on this thing is really nice, my cpu and gpu temps went down a couple C. from my antec case.5)Build Quality. All the panels fit together nicely, nothing screams cheap construction at me. I'll see how it holds up in the future however.Cons:1)Only 2 fans. Probably standard nowadays but I tried to find the same fans the case came with and Corsair doesn't sell them. So to fully cover the case in matching fans it would cost almost the price of the case. I hope Corsair releases just plain grey case fans like the ones that come in this case.2)Cable routing. The cable routing is better than my old antec case, however the ssd carrier really gets in the way of trying to tidy up cables. Also the cutouts for the 24 pin on the right side of the mobo are pretty far away. I'm probably going to buy sleeved cables to make it look a little nicer.3)Front Panel. To remove the front dust filter you have to take off both side panels and remove the front with a bunch of clips. I can only hope these clips hold up to multiple filter cleanings. Also its kind of a pain to remove the back panel because of my non-modular psu I have a lot of cables back there.Summary: I have a couple qualms with this case but overall I'm extremely satisfied with the finished product. I don't think any other case on the market with this form factor looks this sleek. The hinged side panel is also pretty huge step forward, allowing easy access to the internals without unscrewing thumb screws and having to take off the panel. I still give this case 5/5 stars because it gives me a chub every time I look at it. And what more do you want from a case? If Corsair is reading this, I wanna give big props to them for supporting Quakecon every year. Hope to see you guys there this year.

So I'd had a mid tower Dell that I'd stuck a 660ti in for about 5 years, and I decided it was time for an upgrade. I always have my PC on my left side because my desk doesn't allow for one on the right, so I was very happy to know there was an inverted case out there.Being my first build, I was very pleased to know that this case had tons of room to work in, and had nice rubber holes and some metal ones for easy cable routing. It is very intuitive as far as the placement of things goes in the case, and I was definitely happy with the options for radiator mounting. As far as mounting goes, do not follow the picture's example on this page or Corsair's that shows air coming in the front and going out the bottom and the back. Your case will get dusty fast. Instead, take advantage of both the convenient dust filters and pull air in through the front and bottom, and exhaust out the back.On liquid cooling:As you can tell by my pictures I have a Ekwb water cooling loop with a pump/res combo. If you get a larger gpu such as a gtx 1080, you will not have many options for the res position. The gpu will block off side mounting as well as a clean route for your tubing. Also, I do not recommend using a thick radiator with this for your fans will be very close to the gpu. Also, since the gpu is inverted, I had to make my entrance and exit for my liquid into the radiator work against gravity: usually you would want the pump to feed up into the rad, and then let the tube slope downward towards the res, but that wasn't a realistic option.Another gripe I have is that cable management in the back is AWFUL. There is nowhere to tie down the cables, and so they stick out terribly, which makes the side panel very hard to close. It took two people, and me pushing it closed with my head to get it to go. This could be due in part to me using thick custom sleeves cables, but I digress. One last gripe: at an angle, you get an oily rainbow on the plastic around the handle on the window side, sort of annoying, but manageable. There are no glass aftermarket panels either, so you'll have to live with it.Despite my complaints, everything else is basically perfect with the case, and I really couldn't be happier with how it turned out.P.S. I added a picture of my desk setup so you can see how big the case is if you need to gauge the scale for your own space. And in the picture where the lights seem overwhelming, it's definitely not in real life. Last tip for you guys out there who haven't had experience building a PC: I highly recommend you do not use lots of bright LED strips and fans with leds on them (unless they're Thermaltake Riing fans). It will super saturate your case with light and it will be a major eyesore. With fan leds, and leds from the gpu, motherboard, and ram, it is sufficient lighting enough. It actually adds to the features in the case instead of taking away from them. I have gotten multiple comments from people about how "the lighting is just right", so I hope you don't make the mistake I almost made myself. Naturally, this is just my two cents. You do you.Edit: There are cable tie downs, I was just an total PC building novice 4 years prior.