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Corsair Icue Mid Tower Smart Black Review

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Very good

Revainrating 4 out of 5  
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4.0
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Details

BrandCorsair
ColorBlack
MaterialAlloy Steel
Hard Disk Form Factor2.5 Inches, 3.5 Inches
Cooling MethodAir
Motherboard CompatabilityATX
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Description of Corsair Icue Mid Tower Smart Black

A strong, durable steel chassis and 4 millimeter-thick tempered glass side and front panels showcase your components and RGB fans, with ventilation gaps for plentiful airflow. Room to install up to 6 x 120 millimeter cooling fans or multiple radiators in sizes up to 360 millimeter. Drive trays accommodate up to two 3.5 inch HDDs and two 2.5 inch SSDs, with two additional 2.5 inch mounts. Includes three Corsair LL120 RGB cooling fans that deliver powerful airflow up to 1,500 RPM, with 16 RGB LEDs per fan and seven mesmerizing preset iCUE lighting profiles. Fully control and synchronize your RGB lighting out-of-the-box with the included iCUE lighting Node Core and Corsair iCUE software.

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Revainrating 5 out of 5

great case for $50

set of ll120 fans is about $100 or so, I still wanted the fans so the case is a bonus. Got the white version, looks really good with everything lit up. Airflow is very good in this case, the redesigned faceplate and glass are very far from the fans creating a large airflow gap, and you still get the cool looking glass. (I think you'll soon see other manufacturers copying this.) The fuselage is a small mid-tower at best. Everything is just a little cramped. You'll definitely need to remove the…

Pros
  • Computers and Accessories
Cons
  • The crumpled

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Difficult to install Motherboard

Overall this is a pretty good case, but I have a few questions: 1. The top is non-opening and non-detachable, and also does not have a removable motherboard tray. So if your CPU cooler is very close to the top and you install it before installing the mobo in the case, the top center mounting screw of the motherboard and to a lesser extent the top back panel is almost inaccessible. I had to use a parts puller, some pliers and a long CPU cooler hex screwdriver to get them in. It hurts a lot. In…

Pros
  • Computer components
Cons
  • Only available in black

Revainrating 4 out of 5

You need real instructions.

When I removed the back cover I thought I was looking at Medusa, only ten times worse. The first photo is actually after I cleaned things up a bit. (That doesn't even include the big bag of a dozen or so cables that came with the power supply.) The two small interconnect boards weren't mentioned in the case manual or in the videos I saw. I had no idea what they were for and where to put them. They had open glue on one side. This is the first time I've seen anything that uses glue to stick an…

Pros
  • External Components
Cons
  • Expensive