The front of Carbide 200R is designed
simply. It's just a hard plastic (except Power/Reset button and outside compartment
disc). Even its screws are a part of the frame. We have to admit that
dislocating six plastic locks to remove panel is a little in trouble.
There
are not many accessories
There are not many accessories: screws, a
few single cables, one manual, and a pair of warranty card. It would be too
optimistic to expect more.
The
interior is painted black
The interior is painted black, it seems
normal even with products for new users. Cases with a high price from MS lines
of Thermaltake that we tested previously were also painted inside.
Unusual position of front fan should be
noted - it is on rack of disc drive. Frame provides a large amount of space for
your graphics card if they are installed in four slots at the end.
Only expression of cutting cost which we
can point here is the shortage of rubber edges on cable hole but it is normal
for case of new users.
Disc
rack is designed in non-traditional manner
Disc rack is designed in non-traditional
manner. It includes an area of four 3.5-inch disks integrated quick screws
and other areas on it can be used with package of four 2.5-inch disks.
Front fan only cools 2.5-inch area even
though 2.5-inch SSD and HDD are not so hot as their 3.5-inch partners, which is
the only means to ensure maximum storage capacity.
Front
fan only cools 2.5-inch area.
An additional fan can be installed opposite
disk rack (or you can change pre-installed fan to here). This fan will be on
the outside of frame, under the front decorative board, so there may be a
problem with air inhale, but there is a small gap between front blank panel and
fan.
Disk
rack has a small vent opposite fan
The effect of front fan is also doubted,
because drive rack has a very small vent opposite fan. Entire rack is supported
by this board, so it should have fewer vents to be hard.
Density
in disk rack
Device is packaged with high density in
disk drive, which is a negative factor when indicating performance of fan that you
install opposite them.
Therefore, we do not think 3.5-inch disk drive
can be cooled well, even when you put in an additional fan. We will check this
hypothesis in real test, when having fan and no fan.
Fixed
in 5:25-inch room by unusual way
The device is fixed in 5:25-inch bay by
unusual way, using detachable plastic screws. As typical of fast screw for the
new user series, optical drive is quite loose in its compartment, so you may
want to fix it with screws instead.
A
device can only be fixed with screws on the other side of outside compartment.
PSU
compartment is protected with a dust filter
PSU compartment is protected with a dust
filter installed in path under the frame. Beside it, dust shield of Carbide
200R is limited to gird on the edge of front panel, which prevents front fan
from vacuuming dust into.
Assembling
configuration inside the case
We have no problem with assembling our
configuration in this case. Quick screws are easy to use. There are no sharp
edges inside. And there is a wide space, especially for graphics card. The most
inconvenience is about removing front panel, which have to do in order to
install an additional fan and remove protective cover of outside compartment.
Wide
cable compartment
With wide cable compartment, you can easily
close the corresponding side panel.
Huge
swath is on rack of motherboard
There is a huge swath on the rack of
motherboard and you can install and remove the CPU cooler without taking your
motherboard out of the chassis. A cut-line for a CPU power cable is also worth
noting here.
Default ventilation system includes two
120mm fans: one inhales on front side (over disk rack) and one exhausts in normal
position on back panel. Besides, there are five positions for 120/140mm fans (two
on top, two on side and one at the bottom of frame) and one position for a
120mm fan on front side, opposite to disk rack.
In Silent mode of motherboard, front fan
operates at 800RPM while one on the edge operates at 1280 RPM. Fans actually are
similar but motherboard for edge fan does not support to adjust the speed.
Our Thermaltake TR-FDB-12-1300 fan is
evaluated 1300 RPM, also operates at 800 RPM in Silent mode of motherboard.
Corsair
Carbide 200R is assembled with much more high-value appearance than its actual
value
Strong points
·
Luxury designed exterior
·
Support USB 3.0
·
Large space for installing Graphics Card
·
Two pre-installed fans (which is rarely in a reasonable-price
case)
·
Reasonable price
Weak points
·
Disk rack is not well-designed in ventilation
·
Screws are not useful for front decoration panel
·
No adapter for 3.5-inch external compartment
Specifications
of Corsair Carbide 200R
·
Size: 210x430x497
·
Compatibility: ATX, micro ATX, Mini-ITX
·
External compartment: 3x5.25 "
·
Internal compartment: 4x3.5 ", 4x2.5"
·
Outside ports: 2x USB 3.0, two audio jacks
·
Fan: 2x120mm
