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so I looked at this case and I went oh it's like the 600 T but updated to be sleeker with like more features and stuff and then according to the reviewers guide that's exactly what they were going for so mission accomplished Corsair coolermaster v series semi modular power supplies feature 80 plus gold efficiency and their gold guarantee five-year warranty click now to learn more as always it starts with the box that goes around the box will your 780 t reach you in one piece the answer is most probably the packing foam was broken in more than one place but ours had no visible damage on it whatsoever other than the Corsair badge that fell off which we then later found and reattached on to documentation and accessories Corsairs blown up view of the case with handy-dandy screw type reference chart approach works well for this case but as always you can find a more complete version online speaking of screws Corsair includes everything you need but nothing in the way of eye catching extras like those cool screw containers that fantex throws in with their similarly priced cases which leads to my first complaint about the case in the conclusion of this review of the original 600 t a non-text writer who happens to be our technical marketing contact at Corsair now small world says that compared to its circa 2010 competition the build quality felt cheaper and that the case was quite expensive four years later I feel like it's replacements construction is still not impressive to me given the fairly premium price tag cuz I'm just not that into the plastic look although some people may feel differently about this now to be clear I'm not calling the case bad and since it's a computer tower and not a support truss in the real world it'll likely never matter I'm just saying that much like the 760 T which I reviewed here and think is an awesome case by the way the 780 T sacrificed some structural rigidity to the convenience and style gods in exchange for among other things a massive plexi window that lets you see all the guts in all their glory stylish plastic feet that keep the case off the floor so a bottom mounted radiator or power supply fan still get access to fresh air and reconfigurable drive cages that can be hung from the top stacked from the bottom or removed altogether to make room for a two hundred and eighty or three hundred and sixty millimeter radiator in the front and it's not like the whole design is impractical anyway the front has a super easy to remove filter that reveals two of the included 140 millimeter fans and it's got two five and a quarter inch bays in case you still use those at the top we find another easily removed fan filter this one revealing room for a thick 280 or three sixty millimeter radiator and/or the accompanying fans front USB to front USB three front audio a too easy to hit by accident I am oh reset button a3 mode fan controller that controls up to five fans and finally the same automobile design inspired power button that we first saw on the three ATT a nice touch a quick glance of the back reveals water cooling holes another radiator mounting point pre-populated with the final included 140 millimeter fan this one without LEDs and sheesh nine PCI expansion slots that's enough for a triple slot card on the bottom of a standard ATX board a double slot card on the bottom of an eight slot XL ATX board or a double slot in Quad SLI on a standard board with ample breathing room the 780 T is the 600 T successor in more ways than just appearance this bad boy is meant to be a perfect choice for extreme systems running air cooling which doesn't mean that it lacks liquid cooling options either in addition to the mounting point I already mentioned to the bottom of the case along with its front and rear access filters has a final 240 millimeter radiator mounting slot that you can use if you don't need your hard drive cages down there alright so let's crack her open shall we the side panels can be released with handle style latches on either side and the first thing I notice is man this thing suffers I'll be it to a lesser degree than the 900 d from hardware dwarfish ism a condition that makes even high-end hardware like this gtx 780 Ti and asus WS motherboard look tiny inside it this room ent is going to be a dream for folks with large hands or who want to throw additional stuff that Corsair didn't think of inside like motherboard tray mounted cylinder reservoirs other than sheer spaciousness there's nothing terribly groundbreaking about the interior though I like Corsairs removable two and a half inch tooless mounts I like the high quality rubber grommet material I like the adjustable height rear fan mount and I really like the extremely spacious cable management area behind the motherboard tray with ample cable management loops another 600 G carry over but at closer to $200 then to 150 there are also a few things I feel like could have been improved so here come the nitpicky complaints some cable management could have been a bit better the front audio connector is long enough to connect to your neighbours PC and the top mounted fans have only one place where wires can be routed but unless you're using the long leads on the cases built-in fan control or extensions to your motherboard it might not be very easy to access this is an issue for me because while I appreciate the built-in fan speed toggle one of the reasons I'm partial to suits motherboards is they're excellent on-board fan control and this case makes it slightly less convenient to use which leads to nitpick number two there are two cable management grommet locations that I feel were left out of the motherboard tray top center and bottom right almost every board has a CPU fan header in the top center and front panel connectors bottom right I'm guessing that these were left out to maintain as much structural rigidity as possible given the way that the motherboard tray free balls without support from those removable hard drive cages but I still would have liked to have them which ties into nitpick three the hard drive cages I know we're stuck with them for a while because courser has so many cases that use the design but I promise to keep complaining about Corsairs three and a half inch cages until they stop using them or everyone on earth stops using hard drives and switches over to SSDs whichever of those two things happens to come first which I guess leads us pretty well into conclusion time the 780 T is good but it didn't blow me away with its striking industrial design but we the 760 he did it's good but not amazing and I also think they missed a huge opportunity to make the cable management look fantastic by putting a basement separation in this case rather than this open area with its kind of cheesy SATA cable management hole on the bottom that leaves the wires not only exposed but even visible through the large side panel window all of that said I feel obliged to remind longtime viewers of my show and tell the new ones but I tend to go a little hard on Corsair because my expectations of them are so high based on their history of innovation so take all these complaints in the appropriate context if anyone but Corsair had released this case I would have likely overlooked most of these flaws and praised the case as an enthusiast air coolers delight with some surprisingly solid build options for liquid coolers - and a striking industrial design with smooth curves well-placed mash on that front illumination that's a really nice touch so maybe that's the right conclusion but I'm not going to start going easy on George now right I mean I've been at it for this long anyway guys like this video if you liked it dislike it if you disliked it leave a comment letting me know what do you think of the 780 t particularly compared to the 760 t given their similar price point and you know similar overall features what fun do you like the looks of better also guys while you're still listening 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