Corsair Carbide 270R Review

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From up top we move to down under, the bottom. The chassis rests on four rubber feet (you need to install these, but they are supplied) to prevent it from resonating and giving it a good mount on any surface. The chassis is heavy enough and weighs something like 10 pounds, there's just no way it would resonate whatsoever. The Carbide 270R has a removable dust filter. Removing and cleaning the filters is an easy task.
 

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With the side panels removed we can now look from top to bottom what the inside of the chassis looks like. The panels are secured with two thumbscrews, after removing them you pull the panel to the back and gently lift it out. You can see the huge motherboard gap for easy access to the CPU cooler. Grommet holes (not rubberized unfortunately) and the two 120mm fans. These are PWM controlled fans. Connect them to a controller or your motherboard to regulate them. The chassis itself does not have a fan controller. The windowed panel version of the chassis has a red LED activated one for that little extra. Nice to see is the massive power supply space and cover.
  

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Inside the chassis you'll spot a small carton box. Bundled items are screws, tie-wraps etc. 

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The matte dark interior overall is well designed and there's not ample, but enough room to work with, all the larger components will fit including even the longest graphics cards. You'll get seven PCI expansion ports at your disposal. You can also see that this is the spot where you could mount a radiator for your liquid cooling preference. Motherboard standoffs are already inserted, we see a nice CPU gap to easily change out the cooler and grommet gaps to tuck away wiring. This is impressive for such a small chassis.


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Your biggest worry will be a roughly 40mm limitation for the top side radiator/fan combo as 40mm isn't a lot. The rest (front rear) has spacing enough. Meshes everywhere, airflow ventilation cannot be an issue. 
  

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To the bottom we see the PSU mounting area, you can use ATX PSUs up to 225mm deep when using the bottom fan location. We'll show you that later on during installation though. At the front-side the PSU sits inside a compartment and thus is covered up.

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