I bought this case from Amazon in January 2014 so I've had it quite a few years now. I thought I'd write my review now after having it so long.



Firstly the case really holds up well, even today it offers all the modern features you would expect from a case in 2017. Ample room behind the motherboard tray to run cables, SSD's, Fan Controllers and even tubing for water cooling (which is what I've done).



The paintwork on mine still looks brand new, no chips, scratches or anything like that. All the panels still fit nice and snug and there is no rattling sounds.



It comes with a few fans, I've only had one of those fail since I got the case, I don't run the computer 24.7 maybe 6-8 hours a day most weeks. The included fan filters are excellent, I remove them from the case and clean them once every 2-3 weeks and they have held up perfectly with no holes or visible damage. The magnetic system on the side filters makes them easy to clean and the front filter comes off with two plastic push clips which have also held up well, none of the clips have broken.



This case is giant, I really feel if you're buying this case you need to do a custom water loop in it, to use air cooling or a sealed 240mm water cooler will simply make it look silly.



It can easily fit two 480mm long radiators and a 240mm radiator with a single PSU installed. Depending on your motherboard clearence you can get a 480mm long x 60mm thick radiator in the top but for my own build I opted for 480mm x 40mm thick in the top and a single set of 4 x 120mm fans. That leaves ample room for my motherboard so I think a 60mm radiator would fit just fine as-well.



The hard drive mounting system with hotswap is great, the drive rails support both 3.5" and 2.5" drives (though not at the same time of course). When water cooling it is easy to make use of 6 of these drive bays without sacrificing any for radiators as you can still fit 2 x 480mm and 1 x 240mm radiators inside without removing two of the three hard drive modules, each module holds 3 drives so you can fill it with 6 drives total while still maximising cooling.



Motherboard wise it does fit upto HPTX boards which I believe is one of the largest board sizes right now. I'm personally using an E-ATX board in the case without issue it still has loads of room at the sides to run cables through the included rubber grommets.



The case window is a smokey black colour, when the computer is off the components inside are slightly masked by the smokiness but if you have LED lights inside when the computer turns on everything is perfectly visible, I very much like the window it looks great and is large enough to show all your most important components well. The drive bays are visible through the window but they have a nice styling to them which hides your drives behind the hard drive bay doors.



I only have two criticisms of the case.



1. The side door which folds down beneath the side-window is a bit flimsy, it could do with some reinforcements. When pulling it down it can bend and flex in your hand instead of moving down like it should, this could also be remedied by having a looser hinge mechanism that doesn't offer as much resistance but I believe this is something Corsair would need to correct. The door is held closed with Magnets and they are strong, there is no fear of the door flopping open on its own.



2. The case is very heavy, I would estimate 90% of it is made from steel while only the front face plates (the ones that cover the 5.25" bays and just below where the twin fan intakes are) are made from aluminium. Steel is very heavy and with this case being as large as it is.. well it weighs a lot. With it fully loaded with a water cooled system including radiators and several litres of water it becomes like an unmovable object. Keep this in mind before you begin building in it, you will likely need someone else to help you move it especially if it's going up or down some stairs after being built in.



I would highly recommend this case if you're looking for one of the largest cases you can buy with a nice styling, it doesn't look gaudy, it has clean basic lines and a nice clean look with expansive space inside.



As I said at the start of this review I've had this case since January 2014 and I have no intention of changing cases I still love it just over 3 years on. Very solid case that I would buy again in a heart beat.