Conclusion

With the Carbide 400C, Corsair offers a mid-tower case, which is ready for a custom watercooling loop. Apart from that this case offers a couple of midplate that will make your life much easier. The Carbide 400C is very well compatible with high-end configurations. Corsair offers the Carbide 400 in two different versions, where the “Clear” comes with a plexi window and the “Quite” features noise dampening material. The build quality appears to be on a good level, hovewer not on the same level of the Carbide 600C reviewed previously.

On the inside this case is quite spacious and compatible with high-end graphics cards. Despite the fact that Corsair tried to create a simple case with midplate and loopholes to realize a clean setup, there is not enough space behind the motherboard tray. Since this case is only 215mm wide it's obvious where the issue is. Even with a fully modular standard ATX PSU with sleeved cables we have had a hard time with the side panel.

Regarding cooling: you can install almost anything you want. May it be a huge aircooler or a custom watercooling loop with 360mm radiator. If you want to, you can equip the front with a radiator and the fans in push/pull configuration, but if you plan on putting a radiator in the top, there is no space for a set fans. Should you be using a gaming motherboards with large heatsink there simply won’t be enough space left to equip a radiator with fans. Since the Carbide 400 is compatible with ATX motherboards you could build a multi-GPU setup. Although there is plenty of space for graphics cards, you’ll have a hard time wiring the power cables coming from the PSU, since there really isn’t too much space in that area of the case. If you’re planning on using a PSU measuring more than 160mm then you’ll have to completely remove the HDD cage.

On Geizhals the new Carbide 400C is listed at 101 Euro. Despite the rather good bundle, which includes two fans, we believe that the price is slightly steep. While we appreciate even the good amount of features, there were quite a few points we disliked. The Corsair Carbide 400C receives 3 stars out of 5.

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