Corsair Carbide 275R Review
Category : Cases
Published by Luca Rocchi on 12.03.18
With the Carbide 275R, Corsair updated their Carbide series with a tempered glass side panel. Like the previous 270R, the new Carbide is a case capable of housing custom watercooling builds and ATX motherboard. There is a lot of space available for radiators and there is space for reservoir and pump.
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Preview
Specifications
| Model: |
Carbide 275R |
| Case Type: |
Mid tower |
| Dimensions: |
225 mm (W) x 455 mm (H) x 460 mm (D) |
| Material: |
SECC, Tempered glass |
| Color: |
Black |
| Drive Bay: |
5.25": |
0 |
| 3.5": |
2 |
| 2.5": |
4 |
| Expansion
slots: |
7 + 2 |
| Form factors: |
ATX, mATX, mini-ITX |
| Cooling: |
Front: |
3x 120mm / 2x 140mm |
| Rear: |
1x 120mm |
| Top: |
2x 120mm / 2x 140mm |
| Bottom: |
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| Side: |
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| Watercooling |
Front: |
360mm / 280mm |
| Rear: |
120mm |
| Bottom: |
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| Top: |
240mm |
| Link to the product: |
Corsair Carbide 275R |
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Features
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Tempered glass
One of the two panels of the Corsair Carbide 275R is made entirely of solid tempered glass. The panel is secured to the main structure through four hex screws and in the delivery you will find a small Allen wrench. There are no hinges or any other release mechanism, the window can only be removed completely. The tempered glass panel allows a quick look inside the case and provides a rather unique design. |
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Support for custom watercooling
The Corsair Carbide 275R offers good flexibility when it comes to water cooling gear. Looking at the case from the left side, you see two spots, where one is on the top and the other in the front area. Inside the Corsair Carbide 275R you can install a 360mm and a 240mm radiators. |
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Dust filters
In total there are six spots for 120 millimeter fans in this case. All the air inlets are covered using dust filters. These can be removed easily in order to clean them under tap water. |
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PSU Cover
In order to hide all the cables connected to your power supply, there is cover hiding away the unit. This helps creating a neat and clean looking system. |
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Product overview
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The Corsair Carbide 275R is a rather small mid-tower case with a simple and neat design, and is made of black metal and plastic of excellent quality. The front part is without any opening or slots, so you will be not able to install any 5.25" drives, card readers or fan controllers. The part features the I/O panel with two USB 3.0, power and reset button as well as the standard audio jacks. On both sides of the front panel there are small openings, which allow the front fans to pull in fresh air.
The back panel is simple and you get seven PCI expansion slots and two additional vertical slots, the opening for the motherboard I/O panel, a 120mm fan slot and the opening for the standard ATX power supply. The bottom of the case has been equipped with four plastic feet, which ensure that the PSU gets enough fresh air to operate correctly. |
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Installation
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Despite it's rather compact size, the inside of the Carbide 275R offers space for an ATX form-factor motherboard. Apparently you can also install mATX and miniITX motherboards. The motherboard tray features pre-soldered standoffs allowing you to put your motherboard in place in a breeze. Furthermore there is the usual large cut-out behind the CPU socket, which allows you to install aftermarket cooling solutions without having to remove the entire motherboard. Around the tray there are several openings for routing cables and there is enough clearance between the motherboard tray and the right side panel.
Like with all new cases, there is plenty of space for ATX power supplies in the bottom of the case with the fan facing outside. This particular case allows the installation of up to two 3.5" HDDs and four 2.5" SSDs. For our system, we chose to use a mid-range graphics card and an AIO cooler. As you can see from the pictures below we have not encountered any problems related to a lack of space, dimensions or assembly and all the components are correctly placed inside the case. Despite the fact, that there isn't too much space for wiring it was possible to arrange the cables neatly. If you're planning on installing an all-in-one water cooler we recommend you to check the specs in detail to make sure you can actually fit it. |
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Ventilation options
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The cooling concept of the Carbide 275R is rather simple. There is space for up to three 120mm or two 140mm fans in the front, two 120mm in the top, and one 120mm fan in the back. Included in the delivery you will find two 120mm fans placed at the front and in the rear part.
If you are a fan of water cooling, you can equip this case with an all-in-one water cooler as we demonstrated on the previous page. The front can be equipped with a 360mm or 280mm radiator, while in the top there is space for a 240mm radiator. Furthermore there is space for high-end cooler up to 170mm height. |
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Temperatures
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For testing purposes we're using an MSI Z170I Gaming Pro AC motherboard, an Intel Core i5-6600K CPU, which receives cooling through a SilentiumPC Fortis 3 HE1425 MCE cooler as well as a MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G graphics card. To put the CPU under full load, we're running prime95 for 10 min and in the case of the GPU we use Furmark also for 10 minutes. After these ten minutes, we're going to write down the temperatures. The ambient temperature is close to 24°C. |
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All noise dampening panels installed |
Idle (°C) |
Full (°C) |
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Intel Core i5-6600K |
28 / 27 / 27 / 28 |
51 / 50 / 52 / 52 |
| MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G |
51 |
75 |
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Conclusion
Rating |
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Cooling |
Features |
Layout |
Build Quality |
Value for Money |
| Pros |
+ Good
compatibility for watercooling and aircooling
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+ Water cooling
+ Tempered glass
+ LED
+ Dust filters |
+ Interior
space |
+ High quality materials
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+ Well priced |
| Cons |
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- Hex screws
- Cable management might be improved |
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The Corsair Carbide 275R is a mid-tower PC case designed for those who don't want to spend a lot of money on a gaming rig. This case is a mid-range enclosure that it is also compatible with all-in-one water cooling solutions as well as rather large air coolers. Corsair decided to make use the classic design approach common for their Carbide series but without the front door and there is no 5.25" slot as well. The materials used and the build quality are on a good level, which is something we certainly expected from Corsair. The tempered glass panel is a great add, however we would like to see a different kind of screws. We believe that hex screws can be rather annoying on a side panel.
On the inside there is quite a lot of space available. If you fit an ATX motherboard you can easily install a radiator in the front and one on the top. Apart from that all drive bays have been moved to the lower part of the case and behind the motherboard tray. Due to the size of the chassis, there isn't a good amount of space for cable management. We would like to see more room in the PSU cover and behind the motherboard tray. On the tray there are several openings with rubber grommets that help with cable management and improve the overall look of the case.
The Carbide 275R from Corsair is a PC case which we can definitely recommend. If you are looking for a mid-tower PC case with a pre-installed fans that is compatible with AiO water cooling gear, this is a great product. Building a nice and clean looking rig is very simple and straight forward with this case. The Corsair Carbide 275R is available on Geizhals for 79 Euro excluding shipping costs. Furthermore the case is available in two colors: black and white. The Corsair Carbide 275R earns
4 out of 5 stars.
