Corsair Carbide AIR 540 - White

The Case Corsair again breaks with traditional conventions and performs the cube form in enclosures in the area potent ATX and E-ATX motherboards , while cubes were previously distributed almost exclusively in the compact range for micro-ATX and mini -ITX boards. Where common Tower be higher and deeper, does it Carbide 540 with about 33 cm more in width .
 
This makes the housing on one side compact, but primarily offers alternative possibilities for the layout. So Corsair sets the Carbide 540 to the dual -chamber design, in which the left ventricle alone mainboard , expansion cards, two hard drives and possibly radiators is reserved , while the right compartment additional four SSDs , two optical drives and the power supply (up to 200 mm length) receives ! .
 
The advantage lies in an almost unrestricted airflow in the left area where the air can flow through the tastefully designed mesh front to rear fan and through the lid while mainboard ( mini -ITX to E – ATX) , CPU cooler (up to 17 cm) , graphics card (s ), etc. optimally cooled . The suffix High Airflow thus has more than earned the Case . To dust still hold out , a dust filter is attached to the front magnetic.
 
Behind Corsair has mounted in 140 mm factory two AF140L fan , complemented by another fan of the same type on the back . Additional 120 – 140s or copies are available in the lid. Also for watercooling friends ATX Cube is extremely attractive, the front can be namely a dual or triple radiator of up to 360 mm and above can use another optional 280 or 240 will be added.
 
Whatever one but breathes the main chamber of life , at all events is taken care of for a great presentation , after all, an extra-large , slightly tinted window is in the left side panel admitted. The side part can be remove without tools by the way , what . Well for the drives that applies eight PCI aperture and most other components
The two 3.5 -inch drives in the left bottom are to even tied up by hot-swapping and can be replaced by other HDDs correspondingly simple and on-the -fly . Ideally, you laid all the cables and possibly water cooling hoses through the rubberized holes in the motherboard tray , which also both Case- separating areas . On the right , closed half anyway the cable intensive components come under .
 
In addition to two upright to be placed 5.25- inch drives and up to four 2.5-inch disks and the power supply, which enjoys so much freedom than in almost any other case , because in the Corsair Carbide Air 540 there may be up to 20 cm wide extend . Portrait lying it runs with the fan to the outside fresh air through a black hole lattice section in the side panel .
 
The remaining right portion is outwardly clean designed , matte white steel surfaces contrast with the vertical lines of the left mesh range. In the two-part , but pleasantly uncluttered front end round two USB 3.0 ports next to audio jacks and power and reset button Corsairs ATX cube Carbide Air 540 from .

Technical details :
Dimensions: 332 x 458 x 415 mm (W x H x D)
Weight: 7.2 kg
Material: steel, plastic
Color: White
Form Factor: E-ATX , ATX, Micro -ATX , Mini -ITX
Fan total possible :
2x 140/ 3 x 120 mm (front)
1x 140/120 mm (rear)
2x 140/120 mm ( lid )
Of preinstalled:
2x 140 mm ( front; Corsair AF140L )
1x 140 mm ( rear; Corsair AF140L )
Radiator Mountings :
1x max. 360/280/240/140/120 mm ( front)
1x max. 280/240/140/120 mm ( lid)
Filters: front ( removable without tools )
Drive Bays:
2x 5.25 inches (external, tools )
2x 3.5 / 2.5 inch (internal, tools , hot-swapping ) 4x 2.5 inch (internal, without tools )
Power Supply : Standard ATX ( optional)
Expansion Slots : 8
I / O panel :
2x USB 3.0 ( internal connection)
1x each Audio In / Out
Maximum graphics card length : 320 mm
Maximum CPU cooler height : 170 mm
Maximum PSU length: 200 mm