Ministry for silly looking cases award goes to...

RavenXXX2 · 2 Sep 2016 at 18:43

https://www.techpowerup.com/225518/corsair-announces-the-carbide-air-740-chassis#comments

Rroff · 2 Sep 2016 at 18:48

It is optimised for airflow over aesthetics though doesn't look too bad to me - shame it seems to have some of the negatives as the 540 with regard to the internal drive cages, etc. though :S (With the rear position like that would have been nice if you could slide SSDs in and out without having to open the whole thing up).

setter · 2 Sep 2016 at 18:51

Ive seen worse tbh, and airflow should be good as it was in the 540. Nice unobstructred path from the front.

ChugNorris · 2 Sep 2016 at 18:54

I'm not going to lie. It's awful.

Rroff · 2 Sep 2016 at 18:56

Only the top really that doesn't work for me - but I could live with that for good cooling performance. I think I'd probably buy another 540 over it though as I like the slightly meaner look.

Tupro · 2 Sep 2016 at 19:24

plenty of worse looking cases out there but its not something id choose thats for sure!

hyperseven · 2 Sep 2016 at 20:16

TTL has done an in depth review over on YouTube. He likes it.

Dicehunter · 2 Sep 2016 at 22:44

I'm not gonna lie I'm a Corsair fanboy but that is just fugly.

I hope this doesn't replace the 540 as it's bigger than it and IMO it doesn't look anywhere near as clean, Minimalistic or compact.

ToTheMax · 3 Sep 2016 at 09:21

Looks only a Corsair employee would love.

Cooper · 3 Sep 2016 at 10:18

Lol, when I first saw pictures of this I thought it was a small miniITX case.

..Its HUGE!!

HoneyBadger · 3 Sep 2016 at 10:34

I like it

Tealc · 3 Sep 2016 at 11:00

I quite like it.

The slots might double up as a makeshift cutlery organiser.

Apem · 4 Sep 2016 at 09:40

No bottom and top filters booooooooooo

sgavan · 4 Sep 2016 at 09:46

I have a 540 and this just doesn't look as nice, review here but stupidly doesn't test it against the 540

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cases/2016/09/02/corsair-carbide-series-air-740-review/1

peterwalkley · 4 Sep 2016 at 10:52

I notice the additional cut-out under the USB ports and power switch - would that be for channelling extra connections to the front such as when connecting up VR gear ? Review doesn't seem to talk about that.

Looks are definitely marmite. I'd stick with my 540 for several reasons:

- Those front fins are dust traps.
- Don't like the hinged side, you need more space to open it up rather than the existing couple of thumbscrews and slide the panel back.
- No open drive bay. I'm old school and want my blu-ray drive in the case instead of external.

whiterabbit · 4 Sep 2016 at 11:09

SimBoy · 4 Sep 2016 at 12:05

ChugNorris said:
I'm not going to lie. It's awful.

Luv the honest review - and I agree - not to mention it looks like a major dust trap on the outside - you'll forever be dusting that baby - lol

hardkore · 4 Sep 2016 at 12:13

A case only the creator could love.

Akagi · 4 Sep 2016 at 12:14

I think it looks OK to be honest. Certainly not amazing to look at, but it doesn't make me wretch.

Rroff · 4 Sep 2016 at 12:20

Acme said:
I think it looks OK to be honest. Certainly not amazing to look at, but it doesn't make me wretch.

Yeah I've seen far far worse - I actually consider it largely "inoffensive" its just not very interesting rather than bad though the top kind of sits a bit wrong.

Still hoping to see something like a 540 revision 2 that makes a bit better use of the case's potential the case is close to perfect for me just would be nice with some tweaks.