Review on 🖥️ CORSAIR CRYSTAL 280X RGB Micro-ATX Case, 2 RGB Fans, Lighting Node PRO - Black (CC-9011135-WW) with Tempered Glass by Louis Abrams

Mostly fantasy. This is a great case with NO LOST PLACE. Exactly what I was looking for. With a few modifications it's perfect. I was able to mount a 280mm heatsink with fans on the top, a 140mm fan and a 120mm radiator with a fan on the front. There is less than 0.5" of clearance between most of these parts, the graphics card and the VRM heatsinks, but that's the whole point of the case and what I was looking for. That's a positive thing. It wasn't the easiest build. because of the small size, but that's just the nature of the animal. The heatsinks cover most of the fan space, so the only true fans are the 140mm fan at the top front and the 2 Noctuah 80mm fans I added at the rear. , I was pleasantly surprised when the average idle temperature was only 12 degrees above ambient and only 37 degrees above ambient (average of all temperature sensors on the motherboard and several of my own) in HIGH load stress tests. an overclocked 2080ti and a heavily overclocked Ryzen 2600. The noise level is decent. I use AIO heatsinks for most things, which significantly reduces noise. It's not too loud, it's just average, I'd say maybe a little better than average. Here are my body requirements. Transparent panels (except maybe the top for some reason) aren't glass, they're plastic. It's a quality material but I vape a lot and the smoke sticks to the inside a lot more than to the glass and after a few days the front looks like someone's breathing on a cold window, hazy. Will tempered glass REALLY be that much more expensive? The case really NEEDS 2 x 80mm fans installed on the back of the case for proper airflow. If you're just using the top as an exhaust, not only will the small area (due to the very small clearance between the case and the top transparent panel) prevent this, but you will be blowing the exhaust gases back into the intake fans, but this will result in this that the case sucks air through the rear grille where there is no filter and disrupts the intended airflow. Not only does the case not come with the fans (I recommend the noctua 80mm pwm redux edition) that you really need, it also doesn't have any mounting holes or slots for them if there's more than enough room for them like I said I have she is there built into me. The only reason I can come up with this glaring error is because Corsair DOES NOT MAKE 80mm fans. So you're unfortunately limited to non-RGB if you want your case to match RGB quality. They could have at least provided mounting holes/slots. This is my only serious complaint. Unless you're building a Mini-ITX PC instead of a Micro-ATX computer, you won't be using the bottom for the fans. You just won't, trust me. Finally, the supplied LED controller. a stripped down version of the Corsair Commander Pro fan/LED combo controller. I wish the case was a bit more expensive and they just put the full version in there so I don't have to replace it which is wasting my money and the Corsairs money. That's all! Only minor issues really, if you find a Micro-ATX or Micro-ITX board that you like, that's the best case. Almost nobody needs more than 2 HDDs, 3 SSDs and one or two M.2 SSDs (on the motherboard) sitting in convenient hot-swap bays on the back of the case. If you're worried about gap issues, don't. This may be inconvenient when using max sized components this case will fit, like I did, but it WILL WORK and thermal performance will not be affected. TL; DR, I highly recommend this case. Looks good, works well, perfect size. just don't forget the two 80mm fans.