Corsair Carbide Air 540 Windowed ATX High Airflow Cube Performance Computer Case with White LED Fan

This case is absolutely fantastic. It not only looks awesome, but it has great build quality and an insane amount of interior space for a mid tower. The spot for the PSU is on the right side of the case where normally you would only hide cables. This allows for a ton of room for cable management. It's very easy to achieve a clean build with this case.There is more than enough space on the left side of the case for your mobo, graphics card, etc. I have a Sapphire Nitro r9 390 which is an absurdly massive card and it fits just fine. Lots or room for air flow. Your build won't be cramped by any stretch of the imagination.The two white LED fans on the front of the case look great but don't do a lot to light up the interior. If you really want to show off your build, I would recommend replacing the rear fan with an LED fan and/or purchase separate LED lighting to place around the interior of the case.The only con, if you can consider this a con, is that there are only two hard drive bays. But this shouldn't be a huge issue considering how inexpensive large hard drives are now.

Built my first rig almost 10 years ago. It seems like each case has something unique to it that I love, but doesn't have all the things I want/need in a case. This case however, has it all. No PSU visible, great cable management system, fan filters, easy to open, great viewing window, quiet (I'm using 6 fans), tons of room for a top mounted radiator (more on that later), cable port grommets, quick release HD bays, simple yet elegant design, minimal buttons on the front, color matched plates to block off the drive bays that most people don't use anyways, and finally, extremely affordable.I absolutely love this case. I was drawn to the two cage design where I can hide the PSU and cables all in the back, and leave only the pretty looking hardware in the main display area. I am running 2 SSDs, one in front, one in the back, a regular 1TB HDD in the front, 3 fans for intake, 1 exhaust in the back, then two in a push configuration out the top for my H105 CPU cooler.The H105 is thicker than the H100i, so I was apprehensive to whether or not it would fit. However, the top of the Air 540 has ample room for this thicker radiator (in the front as well). So if you are running a thicker radiator (I think up to 35mm, maybe 40mm with certain mobos), you will have plenty of room up top.The case is pretty quiet and the front fan filter does a great job. Some dust does come in from the bottom of the case under the HD bays, but you can buy aftermarket filters for the bottom and back if you want -- I don't find it necessary. I am running SLi, and there's plenty of room for that. Very spacious. And everything you can't fit or don't want people to see, you can just shove it in the back :).The black painted inside is really nice, but because it is kind of deep, it can get a little dark in there. So I picked up the NZXT 2-meter white LED strip and put it around the perimeter of the window. It lights everything up perfectly, and the length is also perfect for this case (see pictures).I love this case!

I got the Carbide Series White and Black and it's Beautiful. I just put together the cleanest build ever. There are no cables showing through the windows and every wire is strung through the correctly placed grommets with precision.This case has full tower capability in a small form factor. [Drawback in Negatives section].It will accept a Dh-15 Fan [One of the Tallest Fans Ever] Extended Motherboards, Extra Long Video Cards, Extra long Power supplies. And all this in the form factor of a corpulent Mini Tower.Now about the size. I compared it to a minitower on a co-workers desk and it was only 1 inch higher. It's probably twice as wideIt is the first high power computer ever that I was able to put on the desk at my house. Any Mid or Full size tower is simply too highand deep. Also for stability reasons I wouldn't feel comfortable.Transporting this case was a dream compared to my Mid Tower. While not a really light case, it's a lot lighter then myAll metal Haf 922 was. I would not suggest that anyone looking for a mobile case purchase this. Too much plastic and plexiglass to scuff and break.Especially in the White and Black model.When transporting from my office [Where I assembled it] to my house I used the black cloth cover that came with it. Soit arrived immaculate. Kudos to you Corsair for including the cloth cover. A necessity for a machine with exposed white plastic partsand a immense plexiglass type side window.Putting in my car was easy and I followed this technique.I moved the passenger side chair all the way forward. Then I put it in the back with thefront facing backwards. Then I moved the passenger side front seat all the way back and reclined it.Perfect, because this is cubular the center of gravity is stable and it didn't' fall over.In addition carrying it around, I found it easier to hold ,the lower profile box shape is just easier to carry.Now to the negatives.1st and Biggest Negative -Possible Deal Breaker. The biggest drawback for some would be that it has limited 3.5" and 5.25" Slots. My build all fit.The Two 5.25 taken by a BluRay DVD Burner and a Lamptron Fan ControllerThe Two 3.5" by a 1tb Velociraptor and a 1 tb CaviarMy 540Gb EVO SSD Drive taking 1 of the 6 SSD SlotsI believe with a little mickey mousing I could add another 2 3.5" drives,.2nd Negative Possible Deal Breaker- and a reason this case may end up $30.00 to $100.00 more expensive.Warning Will Robinson the DVD Burner is positioned sideways and many drives won't' operate that way. in normal position. I found I could tip the case at an angleand the burner would open. Then put it back to normal and the burner had no problem working sideway. To operate normally you need a slot burner instead of tray burner and theydon't make those in 3 1/2 or 5 1/4 size. So you need to get a Slimline Slot Burner a frame by Digistor and cables around $100.00. Or one company sells it pre-assembled for $110.00Any way who really wants to be tipping a high end system. I don't need a superior player for the most part. So I ended up buying an slimline external USB DVD Writer for $30.00. I almost never watch BD movies so I'll leave the BD Player in and just use [by using the tip method] a few times a year for Blu-Ray ovies.Another thought, if you are into CD - DVD Rom Copying etc and have lot's of burners then this is not the case for you.3rd Negative: Possible Deal Breaker - If you plan to move this case around a lot. lot's of plastic. This is not a sturdy and indestructible definitely do not go drop kicking it around the fields.4th Negative- Annoying but not a deal breaker. If I'm going to spend this kinda money on a case, I want my build [through the window] to be immaculate. Well the Motherboard 24Pin Connectors closest Grommet Top Grommet is blocked by the 5.25" Cage. Their is no way you can get those connectors to slip behind that cage. YOu have my motherboard and you want perfection then you have to remove the cage.I'm telling you almost the longest part of the build was dissasembling the case to get that rack out.Attn: Corsair, if you are listening, your manual is really lousy. There are no instructions on how to do this. So I had to figure out through Trial and error. I repeat your manual sucks! Not a clue. Hey if my whole build is going to be seen through that huge side window it's gotta look awesome and the cables be arranged perfectly. I would think anyone buying this case isn't going for a mediocre build.Removing the 5.25 cage was a necessity for me. In addition, it's hard to secure the 5 1/4 in the slot. I forgot to do it while open and I think I'm just going to use a temporary style glue to hold them in because taking that rack out is a bear of a job.I was really conflicted on whether to give this product a 4 star or 5 Star. Really I wanted to give it a 4.5 but that doesn't exist.So while pondering this dilemma, I went out and looked at the Assembled system , the white on black [Sharp as heck], and the huge Plexiglass window [showing my cleanest build ever]. I just had to give it a 5 star.After taking it home and seeing how it fit on my desk and the great trans portability I see no need to change the 5 star. There is no other case that I'veseen that offers so much in such a small form factor.As long as you can live with the pausity of 3.5" and 5.25" bays and aren't looking for indestructibility, you will be very happy owning this case.