Gadgetory

Wow the many case reviews this here 22 to be exact hey you want another case from you it's a Corsair isn't it you 270 are you arrived oh but first a message from a sponsor the z9 neo-byzantine features on a budget with a large window side panel 5 included fans and the excellent interior layout with super simple cable management get it now link in the description below what's up everyone this is Dimitri and in just one day Corsair launched three cases the beautiful but disappointing 570 X is smaller 460 X that is awesome but with some unnecessary compromises and now the 270 are from the Carbide series a case meant to tackle the budget category at 6 9 bucks for the base model and the $10.00 premium for the windowed side panel and to me some elements on this case are actually better implemented compared to the other two releases now first of all it's very basic reminiscent of the defined s from fractal design kind of boring plain solid plastic front panel with intake on the sides there are coarse dust filters that are not removable they are installed on every open section on the front panel there's also power supply desk filter and weirdly despite having no visible damage on the box you can see the front panel sustain the pretty heavy hit bending the ventilation a little bit we can blame the courier since the fragile sticker is on the box and from personal experience receiving a damaged case is a very rare instance moving on the i/o is possibly in the worst location on the right side away from the window panel and I don't really understand this location as a positive toll all the cables are routed directly to the back of the case but it's right beside the drive caddy so installing a three and a half inch drive there will interfere with this flock of cables top IO is definitely more convenient but let me know if you guys share the same thinking and up here we get dual 120 or 140 no more mounts with flexible Strix but the lack of a dust filter is off-putting I can handle the weak metal frame but even if you were to populate to exhaust fans there's still a lot of area for dust to settle through I understand the need to create sort of feature separation from their more expensive cases like the 400 C which has basically an identical top panel but with a magnetic dust filter and I'm all for case category separation but please please do not remove the basics to hit a specific price point on the positive note though the power supply shroud which looks very similar to the one on the more expensive 570 X is actually so much better weird how some features on the $69 case are more refined compared to something that cost 179 dollars first there is a cutout below the model board which is always so handy for routing and the shroud is also closed off with this sort of mesh looking thing visually blocking the cables inside of it large portion of it is also ventilated to allow a power supply fan to be facing up and the main interior frame I actually really like there's a lot of room the right side is lifted which is better for cable management and the middle standoff catches the motherboard which I always appreciate for airflow we have two fans one rear exhaust and a transparent front intake which is a red LED fan I honestly rather have extended black fan that have this inconsistency of color the front can house a 360 radiator with support for dual 140 melmer fans both top and bottom of the interior frame have good cutouts for cable routing and at the rear we have two large caddies on the left side accompanied by two SSD caddies in the center and what's strange to me is Corsairs inconsistency on dry storage it's always something different although the caddies on the 270 are are my favorite the side panels are quite bendy but with self catching screws always appreciated and size wise it is a mid Tower slightly shorter than the s3 40 but longer at the front which is good for front radiators and that seems to be the trend with Corsair as top radiators are not compatible with anything other than low profile Ram my vengeance LED ram for example as you can see prevents any fans from being mounted on the radiator so fans only at the top is suggested if you don't have low profile ram and because of this I move the radiator to the front which this case accommodates very well but consequently I also have to relocate the LE defend to the top which again highlights the wrong decision for them to even include an LED fan in the first place now thanks to the smart shroud design everything is super clean no cables poking out and I'm honestly surprised to see this shroud design on a 270 R again because on the 570 X we don't even have a lower cable cut out and so the two-seven yard is targeting that clean and simple builder who don't mind having empty pockets of space inside the case as a drive cage could easily fit in the bottom at the reader cleaning cables is a piece of cake very quick job to make things as flat as possible even if you populate all the storage slots and to me the 270 R is a response to the rising demand of this type of open and minimalist layout the closest competitor would be the P 400 series from fantex it's similarly priced yet superior in feature set including case lighting and the top covers with magnetic dust filters you could also look at the fine s from fractal design that has more storage capacity plus that module and system in the top which i think is the biggest drawback of the 270 are having no dust filters at the top so dust will just percolate through and perhaps because it's ten dollars cheaper than the alternatives this could be coarser strategy to lure in those budget customers but it's not a welcome one from my point of view and to conclude a message from our sponsor oh hey there NC XCOM is Canada's leading eat tailor for anything your mind desires just keep within those categories which are plenty and get tempted by the weekly deals visit NC x dot-com for all them sweet deals and that concludes this review make sure to subscribe for our top cases of 2016 video coming shortly I'm a Dmitry and we'll see you in next video