CeBIT: Corsair raids the chassis market: competitors beware?

[ILikeCosmosS]

Now the i like this case but the issue with this case i find is that its to plane
The lian-li cases are more modable i agree with that but this case what is that pcb at the back of the harddrive cage

the case is unattractive but it will come around when its released(they should make the fan spacing better at the top

i love the cable management design of the case
it has those black rubber thingies which keep its black look

[Brandito]

Now the i like this case but the issue with this case i find is that its to plane
The lian-li cases are more modable i agree with that but this case what is that pcb at the back of the harddrive cage

the case is unattractive but it will come around when its released(they should make the fan spacing better at the top

i love the cable management design of the case
it has those black rubber thingies which keep its black look

most if this has been addressed. the the "pcb" you refer to is for the hot swappable hdd bay, i'd almost bet it'll be a black in the final release. they could make the drives slide out from the side, but that's less convenient than swapping them out the front.

one thing i wouldn't call this case is unattractive, even if it's not your personal preference as far as style goes, it's far from ugly. sure it could be called "plain" but that's going to be what people are going to gravitate toward. there's something to be said for sleek simple lines.

just because it doesn't look like Voltron, Optimus Prime and the Mega Zord had a love child doesn't mean it's ugly.

the fan spacing at the top is going to be changed in the final version as well.

[Klarko]

Not going to lie.... Im impressed.

[[XC] leviathan18]

The case has a 140mm fan for blowing air across the four hot swappable bays, the airflow in this case works different, there's no front intake fans. All intake is done from the bottom of the case right now, through vents. The case sits about 1-2" above the floor on feet to allow for this, and pretty much the entire bottom is perforated with ventilation holes. The fan intakes from the bottom, blows across the hard drives, and the air is then ducted out behind the motherboard tray plenum for the hard drive cooling section.

The Motherboard/GPU cooling section is cooled by intake through the bottom with another 140mm fan, and exhaust through the rear. On the tooling sample at CEBIT there are a lot of pre-production bugs. The final version will have mounting holes for the triple 120mm radiator on top, as well as watercooling holes pre-cut in the separator between the PSU chamber and the motherboard chamber. This is an entirely custom chassis so it's taken some time to develop. Glad you guys like it for the most part.

sell a add on top for the guys with PA120.3

[Blacky]

sell a add on top for the guys with PA120.3

^^ +1!! I totally agree with this

[Prince21]

The inside looks excellent outside front looks boring, apart from the Harddrive extraction part the top just looks plain need a cover like the antec cases to hide CD drives, come on how often do you use cd drive hardly. Also USB/ sound at the front is needed.

[lazy]

I like how this case looks but in the end the price will be the deciding factor

[Brandito]

The inside looks excellent outside front looks boring, apart from the Harddrive extraction part the top just looks plain need a cover like the antec cases to hide CD drives, come on how often do you use cd drive hardly. Also USB/ sound at the front is needed.

there's usb and sound ports at the front, next to the power and reset buttons, i assume it's a door that covers them, maybe not functional with the prototype, but when they took the front bezel off you can see them.

[Donnie27]

I went back and saw the video at Hexus for this case. He said "$250 to $300". So maybe there's hope after all.

[Brandito]

any new info?

[Redbeard]

any new info?

Working on it - for the most part we're down to hammering out little imperfections and annoyances at this point.

We have over 50 changes (some large, some small) from the version that was on display at Cebit.

[Manicdan]

whats the price range goal of this case?

[ChaosMinionX]

whats the price range goal of this case?

$250-300 is the number thats been thrown around the most.

[[XC] leviathan18]

bump for news

[Mike Reyna]

That thing looks awesome.

+1

I was looking at the Antec 902 or 1200 for my next build...but so far I like the Corsair much better. I've always used Antec for my builds....

Can't wait to see it in person!

[Brandito]

bump for news

would also be interested in some news

[Brandito]

it's almost may, what's new?

[Vinas]

bumpin old thread that's about it

[Blacky]

I hope you guys have made the case 8-slots (last cebit pics it looked that could add one slot more) instead of 7, Lian-Li is the only brand making a good-quality case (P80) with more than 7 slots I think...(new TT armor as well but that case sucks imo)

[tajoh111]

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1413583

Here is redbeard posting some recent info

[Donnie27]

Since I'm not that extreme anymore, I'm waiting on the Mid-Tower Version. I have almost no need for a Full Tower.

[NapalmV5]

10 slot case/s from corsair ?

[B.E.E.F.]

Nice idea. Waiting for the normal size version.

What's up with the gay little plastic windows on cases?

[DragoonXX]

Personally, I'd rather have a meshed sidepanel case like the anubis or osiris, and not the huge covers the mobo tray+half the 52.5/3.5in bay window

[Brandito]

i'd like to post this in [H] since that seems to be where redbeard is responding but they don't allow registration with the 3 most common email providers so i guess i'm not welcome

anyhow i'm hoping they offer some way of stealthing optical drives. it's always an eyesore to have a nice clean case with an ugly beige or even black optical drive in the front. they just don't with in with all their plastic and crap.

something like what lian li uses would be great.

hopefully red beard is still tracking this thread.