Review on 💻 Corsair Carbide Series 100R Black Mid Tower Case by Darnell Golden

Update 4 months later: I contacted Corsair about the power button and they sent me a new I/O panel with no fuss. Kudos to Corsair's customer service team for that - and for not responding in the same offensive manner as "CorsairArt" in the comments section below. I haven't decided yet if it's worth taking the case apart to see if the new switch is any better than the original one. That's really really bad because as mentioned, this is basically a very good case and a steal at $60. The price seems to have risen sharply in a short period of time; If I were to buy it now I would keep looking. Update 3 months later: Attention buyers. Apparently the power button on my 200R is faulty and checking the Corsair forums confirms that this is a common problem with many Corsair cases. The solution is to replace the entire I/O panel. Going through the repair process and only getting a working version of the pathetic original switch really overshadows the positives of this case. Honestly, how much does it cost to turn on a decent switch? I hope my Corsair PSU is better built than this case. First Review: Arguably the best thing about the 200R case is the thought Corsair put into the fan mount. You'll need eight fans, including two 140mm fans on top, and the fan mounts have rubber grommets already installed. You can even place one on the bottom of the case if your setup allows it. The case is huge ("Compact ATX”?) so you don’t have to worry about mounting most GPU and CPU coolers. Purposeful design is by no means stylish, but form has to follow function, right? Then why three stars? Corsair made the power button completely cheap. The ON button is a one-piece, flush-mounted plastic element that controls the power and reset functions depending on whether you press left or right. It's small and very difficult to find by touch (I have my computer under my desk). The folks at Corsair: The ON button is the part of your product that customers use the most — maybe the only part after everything is set up — and cutting the cost of this tiny but very important part sends just one message out there undercuts positive aspects. 200 rub.