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Value Award
CORSAIR Carbide 200R RRP: $59.99 | Website: www.corsair.com
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his here is a budget case. Yes, the CORSAIR Carbide 200R could possibly be the lowest priced case from CORSAIR ever. At $60 it costs less than the Bit-Fenix Mini-ITX case we reviewed last issue. For $60 you’re going to have to make a lot of sacrifices and the most obvious one is in the aesthetics department. That is the first thing you’ll notice when you look at this this case. It’s very simple in design and essentially a rectangular box with a somewhat nice finish that makes it look classy. I’ve no complaints about this as many cases especially the cheaper ones tend to overdo the design in a feeble attempt at appealing to the unfortunate individual swayed by the cheap plastic dragon front (feel free
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to insert any “Arrow to the knee joke” here –Ed) door. You’ll find no such foolishness here, instead you’ll find here a basic case that is lacking many of the luxury features, but does execute what it does have very well. The case is fairly wide, so cable management is made easier than it otherwise would be. The chassis features plenty of room for long graphics cards and if you try hard enough you may be able to fit an H100i in there although it’ll be a tight squeeze. I would recommend a single radiator unit instead as that will be a far more comfortable fit at the rear of the case. There really isn’t much to this case other than its good finishes, very low price and ease to work
with. Above all else it seems CORSAIR was making a budget case, without falling victim to the innumerable design flaws of other vendors who regularly dabble in cases at this price point. For the asking price I found it hard to attach a score to it and thus it received the value award as it deserves it thoroughly, even if it’s only because CORSAIR has essentially built what is the benchmark for cases of this size and price point.
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As pointed out. You could try and fit a 240mm radiator here but the spacing is just not optimal and you’d be better served with a 120mm radiator at the rear of the case