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how's it going everyone Kyle here with awesomesauce news today I'll be taking a quick look at Corsairs first-ever Mini ITX chassis this is their obsidian series 250 d and it aims to provide a no compromise solution while maintaining a significantly smaller form factor than what we've previously seen from Corsair so let's take a closer look keeping in line with other cases from the Obsidian series the 250 d has a minimalistic yet elegant aesthetic the anodized brushed aluminum front panel is sleek and fairly scratch resistant but incredibly prone to fingerprints in the top left corner is a discreet power button and a tiny recessed reset button on the right or two USB 3.0 ports and your mic and headphone jacks they've also included a single five and a quarter inch drive bay for ample marshmallow storage you can also support a full sized optical drive vs which is probably more practical but not nearly as tasty the front panel below can be lowered by pressing the two marked pressure points and from there you can just let it hang out or remove it completely just behind the panel is a removable dust filter which is held in place by two sturdy plastic latches making it easy to remove clean and reinstall with the filter out of the way here's a better look at the preinstalled 140 millimeter fan you can also mount a 200 or 120 millimeter fan or you can just tell the air to suck it and slap on a 120 or 140 radiator moving right along to the back of the case are not one not two but five thousand thumb screws yeah there's a lot of thumb screws going on here guys but they also repurpose rust assured so right here we've got two 80 millimeter fan mounts you've got two PCIe slots and a removable bracket held in place with two of those thumb screws for a full sized ATX power supply there's also a second removable dust filter for your power supply fan which should have plenty of room for intaking fresh air underneath the case since the rubber feet hold the case up about an inch and a half off the ground to the left of the power supply mount is another removable bracket which feels like some kind of secret door that leads to the drive cage it's kind of got a hot-swap vibe going on but don't be fooled you'd still have to pop off the side panel to unplug the drives before you can actually remove them nonetheless they've included four plastic to list Drive trays for up to two two and a half inch and two three and a half inch drives now Corsair has decided to put a tinted acrylic window on top of the case which i think is a good call considering the motherboard layout of this chassis because it gives you a better view of your main components inside and it opens up the option for ventilated side panels both side panels feature generous ventilation and removable magnetic dust filters on the inside that are as easy to remove as they fun to play with delving deeper into the cavernous abyss of the 250d you'll find the motherboard tray that sits right above the power supply it's also got a large CPU cutout to facilitate these sometimes tedious task of installing your CPU cooler tie-down points for cables line a couple of the edges of the motherboard tray and there's even a few more of them below at the front of your case it's more apparent here looking at the case from this angle that you can in fact fit an ATX power supply of just about any length there's also some rubber pads for your power supply to sit on to reduce noise and vibration this rather spacious area in the front should also provide plenty of room to house your excess cables so they don't impede airflow in your case or suffer a bloody murderous death from being eaten by the front fan but as a safety precaution Corsair has included a fan grill just in case now to the right of the motherboard tray our mounting points for two 120 millimeter fans one of which is already included you could also remove that fan and install a 240 millimeter radiator and this in tandem with the radiator support at the front of the case gives the 250 D a ton of potential for custom water cooling loops now if you wanted to you could completely remove that five-minute quarter-inch drive cage up top but you don't actually need to remove it in order to install a 240 radiator it would simply just give you a bit more space to work with now at the beginning of this video when I said that this case doesn't make compromises I wasn't talking about its refusal to negotiate with terrorists or anything like that but rather that the 250 D is aimed at users with limited desk space who still want to take advantage of top-tier current gen hardware which these days generally tend to be on the bulky side thankfully the case supports graphics cards up to 290 millimeters in length and CPU cooler towers up to 200 millimeters in height making for one hell of a gaming machine the size of a toaster oven but like the climate of a refrigerator and that's going to wrap it up for this overview guys once again this has been the corsair obsidian series 250 d and by no means necessary is this the smallest mini ITX case that you can find on the market right now but you would be hard-pressed to find one that's as forgiving in terms of full-size hardware support I'm Kyle with awesomesauce news thank you all for watching and subscribe to the channel if you haven't already tossed me a like and as always I'll see you in the next video