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how's it going guys as most of you know I'm one of the many proud owners of the Corsair 600 T and for the last three years it served me quite well except for the time the fam controller blew out today I have with me the 600 T's Noble successor on the graphite series the 780 T now this case has been out for a couple months now so I'm kind of late to the party on this video but as they say better late than never that phrase doesn't apply to everything though does it like never beating your kids it's almost always better than beating them later in today's review I give my two cents on this case and ultimately decide if it's worth the tedious upgrade from the 600 T so let's get down to it cosmetically speaking my first impression of the 780 T was its bulky size as it is a full tower chassis the 600 T itself was oversized for being a mid tower case but still looks like an anorexic dwarf in comparison the frame of the case is still made of plastic but takes on a more aggressive design with its many angular curves if the 600 T looked like a stormtrooper the 780 T's definitely more Darth Vader at the front are two five two quarter inch bays and a removable dust filter that reveals two 140 millimeter white LED fans and mounting points for three 120 s or 1 200 millimeter fan there's also an option inside for front-facing radiator support your front panel connectors include mic and headphone two USB 2 and two USB 3 s there's a reset and power button which resembles the ignition button of a sexy sports car except when it comes to attracting women it won't there's also a SATA powered 5 channel fan controller that if it dies on me again I swear I'm going to kill it now I can't kill it it's already dead another removable dust filter on top gives you access to mounting points for a 280 or three sixty millimeter radiator which can be mounted externally for additional radiator clearance inside the case for push-pull configurations the cable routing options here are limiting however as only one routing hole lies at the front of the case this isn't a big issue if you're connecting all the top fans to the fan controller but if you want to plug them directly into your motherboard headers there's not enough cable length for them to route behind the motherboard tray forcing you to route all the cables in between the fans and down into the case which won't exactly leave the cleanest look without some extra effort guess I'm not a fan of the hole I found in this design header luck next time fortunately the side panels have been to improved with a single latch for quick removal and who can ignore that enormous side panel window that makes Kitty captivity much more enjoyable for the person outside just wait till I turn the fans on on the back are a couple holes for water cooling tubes and a 140 millimeter non led fan with adjustable height for additional radiator clearance you also get nine expansion slots for maximum 4-way GPU support or a 3-way setup with ample breathing room between cards or a tablet or a switch blade on the bottom are too long feet that elevate the case so your lower components have access to fresh air underneath you also have removable front and rear dust filters for your power supply and optional bottom mounted radiator before we move forward here's a quick look at the mounting accessories and user's manual popping off the right side panel gives you a look at the business end of the case where you get a large CPU cooler cut out for your motherboard tray a good number of tie-down points for cables and just butt loads of room for cable management not only do you get over an inch of space between the motherboard tray and the side panel but there's a trough of sorts down below that measures two and a half inches deep which you can cram all kinds of things in like a tablet or a switchblade Coursera's also added three to lets SSD mounts which show off your drives on the other side of the case when your drive cages are removed the main interior is incredibly spacious as well although you can expect any hardware you put in here to look twenty percent smaller due to the sheer amount of space for all that radiator support the all-black interior has large rubber grommets on the motherboard tray except for the cutout near the power supply which throws off the otherwise clean and uniform appearance seeing as how this lower cutout is clearly visible through the side panel window this is the world we live in folks pre-installed standoffs include a longer middle standoff to help align the motherboard during installation which is always a welcome addition the case supports video cards up to 14 inches in length before interfering with the two modular drive cages that hold up to six three and a half or two and a half inch drives you do have to remove a few screws before you can rearrange the drive cages which leads me to ask why you no thumb screw Corsair the cages can also be offset a few inches to fit a radiator at the front or be removed completely to accommodate a 240 radiator on bottom and this is the biggest thing that sets the 780 T apart from the 600 T is its uncompromised support for custom water cooling I mean apart from the abundance of radiator options there's almost more to talk about on the outs of the case then under the hood when comparing to the 600 T if you're using a closed-loop cooler or just sticking with air you'll still benefit from the excellent airflow with the three 140 millimeter fans but at the cost of taking up a ton of space on your desk I did do a system build in this case a few weeks back for Newegg and it was one of the easiest and fastest builds I've ever done due to having so much room to work with despite a few drawbacks I do like this case overall however at just under 200 bucks I would only upgrade from a 600 T if I was planning a custom water-cooled loop let me know what you guys think of this case in the comments below and I'm also curious to know what is your favorite computer case of all time and what about it makes it the best