[OOS] Corsair Carbide 540 w/ three 120mm fans $79.99 AR free shipping

[cbn]

Normal price is around $130 for this case (without the three additional 120mm fans) . My only complaints about this deal are the color of the enclosure (I wish it were black) and the fact the three extra 120mm fans are orange (the case does come with two white 140mm intake fans and one white 140mm exhaust fan though).

Here is the Corsair demonstration video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U8_UyQC7hk

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=9107820&CatId=6828

One $20 rebate and (3) $10 rebates which expire 4/17/2015.

P.S. In my experience the three $10 fan rebates are filed as a single rebate.

 

[chizow]

Wow! This is a GREAT price for this case. I just paid $99 after $20 MIR about 2 weeks ago and I've been super happy with the build coming from a HAF-X.

The white color is actually great, looks really sharp idk I guess it provides a nice contrast and pop of color and goes with all the white Hemnes/Galant furniture I have in my home office lol.

But yeah I went with this case for the big window to frame my Titan X, it doesn't cool quite as well as the wind tunnel aka as the HAF X, but it is also much quieter with fantastic cable management. It's not perfect, but it makes a neat, tidy build really easy for people like me that are too lazy to trim and tie down every cable in a build.

As for the free fans, my experience with Cougar fans has not been great despite the strong initial buzz. They're basically junk in horizontal mode and can exhibit awful squeaking/scratching noises. Well-documented on Newegg reviews. They are OK vertically as case fans but don't look great, but doesn't matter too much for this case since the front already has 2x140mm fans that are really nice and quiet.

Some limitations to be aware of, just 2 3.5" drive bays in the hot swap bays at the bottom, you can get a caddie and put a 3rd/4th one in the 5.25" optical bays. Optical drives need to be mounted sideways which can throw some ppl off but I managed to install GTA5 without any problems with a vertical BD drive without problems. Also bottom is wide open which is kind of annoying. There's only 4 bays in the SSD caddie but plenty of room to just toss more in the back compartment, or use some sticky tape or zip ties to anchor them down.

But overall, fine case, great price and the fans are nice throw-ins. TD rebates are also super reliable for me. May consider getting a 2nd one of these for the wife to replace her HAF-XM hmm...

 

[MisterE]

Wow, Tiger has 4 pictures of the case and 11 pictures of the fan.

Only two (2) 3.5" internal drive bays and two (2) 5.25" external drive bays.

 

[cbn]

A picture of the 3.5" drive bays.

These are are in the same compartment as the motherboard.

 

[cbn]

Picture of the rear compartment where the PSU, 5.25" and 2.5" drive bays are located:

 

[MongGrel]

Does look a very good price for that case.

The local Tiger Direct is having a going out of business sale locally atm, I almost stopped in to look.

 

[cbn]

As for the free fans, my experience with Cougar fans has not been great despite the strong initial buzz. They're basically junk in horizontal mode and can exhibit awful squeaking/scratching noises. Well-documented on Newegg reviews. They are OK vertically as case fans but don't look great, but doesn't matter too much for this case since the front already has 2x140mm fans that are really nice and quiet.

A person would have to remove the two front 140mm fans and use them on the top and then use those three Cougars in the front. (The case will handle three 120mm fans as front intake)

Then you got a white and orange front :YUCK: (At least the fans would now be colored code for intake (orange) and exhaust (white))

 

[kmmatney]

Very cool case, but I wish they would have put a few more 3.5" hard drive bays in the back compartment, where the PSU is. I was hoping to use this for my server, but had to go with a Corsair 400R instead. I'd love to have this for a gaming rig, though - looks very easy to work with,and you couldprobably make the fans very quiet.

 

[BroHamBone]

Dang, got this case last year for the same price...but it was the black version. I wanted the white version and here it is! Doh! Great case, especially for compact water cooled setups.