CORSAIR Carbide AIR 240 Micro-ATX and Mini-ITX Case, High-Airflow

I planned on upgrading my PC for a long time and I wasnt totally sure what case to get it, since my old case was a mid-range Thermaltake. After getting this case and setting it up, I dont think I will ever buy a Thermaltake case ever again.The case was a bit bigger than I expected, but its fine, since it is still quite small compared to a mid or a full tower. The look of the case is very impressive, clean, but functional. The design does allow for quite a large amount of airflow through the case, and it comes with 3 free fans already set up to boot.The ease of setting it up with all your parts is surprising, even coming from a case that had quick detachable pins for drives, this is even easier. You literally just pinch the hard drive tray to unlock it, pull it out, snap the hard drive in it, and shove it back in the slot. installing a hard drive takes all of 30 seconds if you have the case open, including the time required to plug in the cables. If you dont have the case, it takes all of 15 seconds to unlock and unlatch the side panels, which ALL of the panels come off easily.The inside also is quite roomy, since it is a 2 compartment design, the main compartment is for your Mobo and other components that attach to it, and the second compartment is for your power supply and internal drives. it comes with room for 3 HDDs and 3 SSDs, and has slots for 4 expansion cards from your mobo.I only have two minor gripes about the case, first is that the power button is quite small and has no real tactile feel, so feeling for it in the dark is a pain, and second, It would have been nice if they had just a single external drive bay.Overall, if you are looking for a very good quality case for a Mini or Micro ATX build, then this is a solid choice, especially for the money.

When I was looking for a case to house my micro-ATX build, I looked at tons of cases. I wanted something that had a distinct look without being too flashy, something that would be very functional, and something that was relatively cheap. Given all of those requirements, after owning this case for a few months now, I can say that this has become my favorite micro-ATX case.There are tons of detailed reviews on YouTube that go into depth explaining the various features of this case, so I will just outline my person pros and cons of this case.Pros:- Relatively small form factor. You can find smaller mATX cases, but this one is still much smaller than a full tower.- Looks awesome, especially with LED fans. The clear panel on the side lets you look at all your awesome components and graphics cards. It's a "different" look without anything too gaudy.- You can use it with the clear panel on the left, right, or top (or bottom I guess, but why would you do that?). The small Corsair logo on the front can be removed and changed to match any orientation.- The best cable management system I've seen. Half of the case is dedicated to cable management.- Separates core components from hard drives and PSU. The same half of the case that is dedicated to cable management also holds all your hard drives and PSU. This has the added bonus of keeping all the "hot" components away from the cooler ones, and allows for better, unrestricted airflow.- Super simple and intuitive to put together and take apart. Thumb screws where you'd expect thumb screws, and there is a ton of space for HDDs and SSDs (as well as easy access to them).Cons:- Is a bit awkwardly wide. If you don't have a lot of floor space, you might want to find something that is taller but thinner at its base.- Corsair's own H100i V2 liquid cooling system barely fits in here. I really needed to squeeze the tubes down in order to get the case to close fully.Aside from those two minor cons, there is really nothing bad I can say about this case. There is no other mATX case that could make me happier than this one.

This case is great. I used it to build my first PC, and it was very easy and straightforward. Tool-less side panels make for easy access to the insides of the case. Since the power supply goes on the right side of the case, there is an excess of room for cable management, which is definitely a good thing. Cable management for this case is basically as simple as choosing the grommet closest to where the cable needs to plug in to. I just have a mess of cables on the other side of the window, but that's fine to me because I can't see it and the windowed side looks nice and clean. Of course, you could clean up the other side of the case if you wanted to.The airflow in this case is great. It comes with 3 case fans. My motherboard only has one PWM (fan) plug in, but I bought a PWM splitter here on amazon so I could plug both fans in- they only run at full road after ~10 mins of playing a graphics intensive game like Fallout 4, Assassins Creed: Black Flag, Crysis 3; or ~20 minutes of less demanding games likes CounterStrike:GO.The case is very elegant and attractive. While the white panels are all plastic, it's a high quality, brushed plastic that looks great on my desk. The on/off and reset buttons on the front are very responsive. In terms of building, the case is great. To build my PC, all I needed was a screwdriver to screw in my motherboard. Included with the case are 3.5" (standard HDD) and 2.5" (standard SSD/laptop HDD) tool-less drives, which I have found to be really handy while cycling through different hard drives trying to get my build how I wanted it.Overall, a great case. If I ever need another case, it will certainly be CorsairSystem specs: I had no problems fitting any of these into the case.Intel i5-6400Gigabyte H110M-A Micro ATX motherboardG.SKill NT series DDR4-2400 8GB RAMSeagate Barracuda 750GB 7200 RPM HDDEVGA GTX 950 SC+ ACX 2.0 GPUCorsair CX 430W 8-+ Bronze Semi-modular PSUTP-Link Archer T4UH