Corsair 600T review

[nitromullet]

I haven't seen this posted yet, and I know some folks here are really interested in this is case.

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/reviews/1030/pg1/corsair-600t-case-review-introduction.html

 

[zagood]

I'm just so turned off by the rounded edges. Hope they use the same frame and internals on something like a 600S.

 

[nitromullet]

It's a solid design though. Corsair does their home work and puts out some decent cases with the features most people want. My only real complaint is the lack of any video card cooling, which is my main concern with the 700/800D as well.

Aesthetics are always a matter of opinion. IMO, the 600T looks better than a CM HAF or Silverstone Raven, but not at nice as a Lian Li or Silverstone Fortress/Temjin.

 

[Highmodulus]

no deal yet, Newegg want's like $30 shipping. OOS at Amazon.

Otherwise I would have bought.

 

[RockinZ28]

no deal yet, Newegg want's like $30 shipping. OOS at Amazon.

Otherwise I would have bought.

My solution, price match my pre-order from Amazon at MC:

Threw my old pc parts in here:

 

[Highmodulus]

Nice! No MC close to me though. Just crap like Best Buy. Normally source stuff from the Egg or Amazon.

How did the build go?

 

[RockinZ28]

Real easy to install my hardware. Tons of room. Everything seemed quality and with a useful purpose.

Might look into one of those 2x120 rads with the integrated pumps to take advantage of the slots up top to use with my 5870 when I move it into the 600t when the high-end 6000 cards release.

 

[CVSiN]

any cooling issues at all? I have my eye on this case or its bigger brothers but so far thinking of going with the 600 once it comes back into stock at MC anyway..

are those the stock fans with the white LEDs?

 

[RockinZ28]

Haven't really examined how effective the cooling is. Seems like better flow than the 800d. You can move one hdd cage to the left, and take one out completely to open up the area for the front intake fan.

Those are just my old pc parts in there, 7900gs is the only pci-e spare card I have still, so not using the pc until I swap in my 5870.

And yea those are the stock led fans.

 

[cbn]

My only real complaint is the lack of any video card cooling, which is my main concern with the 700/800D as well.

Maybe a Mini-ITX case from Corsair would be nice? This way a single video card's blower fan could be directly fed cold air from outside the case.

 

[NguyenAdam]

I'm looking into this case, but I'm really disappointed that Corsair decided not to put a fan on the side panel...

 

[irse]

Is the height exactly 20". That is how much space I have. Can't have it any taller. I wanted a smaller case but this one has all of the components I want.

 

[nitromullet]

Haven't really examined how effective the cooling is. Seems like better flow than the 800d. You can move one hdd cage to the left, and take one out completely to open up the area for the front intake fan.

Those are just my old pc parts in there, 7900gs is the only pci-e spare card I have still, so not using the pc until I swap in my 5870.

And yea those are the stock led fans.

It's a shame that they didn't make the HD cages removable and re-mountable in the 5.25 area. That would give you the option of running a single optical drive and up to three HD's with nothing obstructing the front fan at all. I used to run my mid tower Lian Li like that.

I removed the HD cage from the front and mounted them below the optical drive with a Lian Li HD cage. That setup offered surprisingly good video card cooling for a mid-tower.

 

[NguyenAdam]

Does a side panel fan make that much of a difference? I may do a little overclocking and was wondering if this case would keep it cool?