Final Words & Conclusion

The Verdict

It is rare that I am impressed by merely the aesthetics and functionality of a chassis, yet the Graphite 760T ticks all the boxes on my wish-list, and then some more. Now that is a bit dangerous as I allow my personal preference to influence the conclusion a little. I do understand that taste differs per person, so it is pretty hard to remain objective here when we talk about aesthetics. The Graphite 760T is a VERY stylish product series and definitely comes with everything you need and might expect from a chassis. It is a style icon embedded with some great options and features. The chassis itself is well built, sturdy and tool-free to install. 

Aesthetics

Being a Guru3D reader you probably like if not love the design (hey, I know my audience!). As stated above, I must admit that I like the design, it is stylish and the big windows with hinges kicks the proverbial azz. It's a clean cut black & white finish looking chassis. It is black from the inside out. It's perfect for dark-colored high-end gear like motherboards and graphics cards and the side panel window will definitely show you all the goods you install combined with the lower compartment doors that can be removed and transformed into fan intakes. The design is very tasteful, not screaming with logos and flickering LEDs, lovely to see see is the included fan controller BTW. For those thaat do not like a black & white PC, you can also pick up an all black design, with red colored front fan LEDs as shown in the photo below.

Features

Then there's the sheer amount of details and features that Corsair put into this chassis. The removable HDD/SDD trays, the many grommet holes with rubber inlays for managing your wiring, than spacious wire management options on the backside of the PC you can tuck your SSDs away. Then there are three 5.25" drive bays, a whopping six 3.5" bays, four 2.5" inserts and nine PCI expansion slots. Cooling capacity of this case is just not an issue and a nice detail is the dust filters and the easy to remove top panel cover. For the liquid cooling fanatics, they can fit multiple radiators in the chassis including a 360 mm radiator inside, without the need for any nasty modifications. This you don't see that often with mid-tower chassis.

Final Words

Alright, let's wrap things up. We think the Corsair Graphite 760T is the hot shizznit. A truly fantastic looking product. We do applaud the side panel window hinged door, it is just sooo easy to use, one of the simple ideas that is handy and effective. The only thing we can think of in terms of critique would be some more USB 3.0 connectors at the front side opposed to the two USB 2.0 and two USB 3.0 connectors that there are now. Admittedly I do miss hot-swappable HDD bays these days, that would just really be a cool feature, wishful thinking I guess. Installing a 2.5" or 3.5" device is as simple as inserting it into a plastic rubber mounted bracket and sliding it into the drive bay. Optical or other 5.25" devices you simply slide in and secure and lock it into place. Cooling wise you'll get three silent 140 mm fans, which can all be adjusted (one setting for all) by the fan controller. Cable management then, again here's where Corsair continuously shines, cable routing is just not an issue as there are grommet holes inside the chassis allowing you to lead cables anywhere, very important, is that behind the motherboard tray is plenty of space for a lot of wires. So again, that's just good stuff. The White Edition Graphite 760T is as good as it can be.

So your choice whether or not to purchase, it will boil down to two things, taste and price. Taste is subjective, but I think we can all agree that Corsair offers something really unique here. The second factor is price, it is not a cheap chassis. The SRP is set at 179 USD, though in the EU we expect it to be 150 EURO, that is still a hint steep. But my motto is simple, you'll be looking at your Graphite 760T for years to come and being the first thing you see when you look at the PC, it will likely be worth that money for you. The style and color scheme we feel is terrific, but we also realize that it will not please everybody as taste differs per person. The ones that do like the Graphite 760T will easily fall in love with it, I certainly did. Other then a few petit minor remarks, the chassis is very complete in it's feature set. The White Edition graphite 760T chassis as such comes very much recommended, I like it so much that I will grant it our hard to get "Top Pick" award, this is simply an amazing looking chassis that offers all the functionality you'll ever need. Well done, Corsair!

The Graphite 730/760T will become available in April.

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