Corsair AIR 240 (mATX) PC Cube Case Review

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthis video was brought to you by NC great technology selection and service the very first air series case from Corsair was a popular hit combining the dual chamber design with excellent direct airflow and Enthusiast ready internals that was the air 540 and since then this Cube concept has really picked up uh with many other entries like the note 804 from practical design and some other and Le offerings to fuel the desire for something different and today we're taking a look at the second chassis in the air series this is the air 240 released in both black and white versions for $89 and $99 respectively it still carries the distinct looked as we saw with the original 540 but in a smaller form factor as this would be for micro ITX and miniitx builds here's a better view of really how compact this case is next to my h440 Min Tower and give the addition of that second chamber it is obviously wider and the cool thing with this case is the flexibility uh for orientation either standing with the window on the side uh sort of your default method or turn it for top window display that would allow internal showcase uh in some situations so that's pretty cool and plus do you see this Corsair logo Square in the middle well that can be changed as well depending on the orientation so that's consider it now one thing to keep in mind because of this user defined orientation is to be careful with placement as the panels are plastic and can be scratched easily and we would recommend applying the included adhesive rubber case feet right away to avoid any uh possible damage there are no Optical Bas here at the front just a front mesh uh for the main chamber with PR buttons audio jacks and dual USB 3 ports on the side behind the panel the dust filter is built in and here we get dual 120 mm intake fence for direct airflow delivery and on the right side there is an easily removable magnetic dust filter for your power supply and the optional fan Mount to help with Cooling in this passive chamber the side window is large and revealing would stay on thumb screws that I would love to see get standardized however both side panels are almost paper thin and extremely flimsy something Corsair really needs to improve on at the rear we can see that clear dual chamber separation with power supply in one along with the rear accessing storage compartment with this removable door that also has a stay on thumb screw very nice to see that behind it are three caddies and actually this exterior removal works very well with the design given the compact nature of the case but of course it could be inconvenient in some instances as you do have to have rear access uh to those drives following into the main chamber we have dual 80 mm mounts with 4 PCI slots and coming to the top the panel continues with an identical mesh to keep the design uni uniform removing it reveals a single exhaust fan with flexible mounting strips and with optional second fan placement and here's another exterior access point for ssds that actually utilize tooless carries and this installation from the outside makes perfect sense to simplify the internal cabling work the bottom of the case or the GPU side of the case is also filtered with an additional fan mounting points that could potentially help with GPU cooling but I noticed there was not enough clearance for a fan with our Micro ATX board installed so you'll only be able to utilize those fan slots at the bottom for Mini ITX motherboards coming into the main chamber there are many rubber grommets accommodating for both motherboard sizes this direct airflow design is outstanding to keep your components cool as there's nothing abstracting the air channel 13in gpus are supported meaning there's enough clearance to install a radiator uh at the front if you wish npci brackets are secured with a toolless clamp type system that doesn't fully secure the GPU in place and I would prefer a more conventional method of just using you know your standard thumb screws coming around to the back both 3 and 1/2 in and 2 and 1/2 in Drive cages are removable that are held in with the thumb screws that also stay with the cage awesome and I love these small considerations to really simplify reinstallation by removing the larger Drive cage and the power supply you get convenient full access to the the large CPU cutout for cooler swap nice now each cage is also quite open to avoid heat buildup and that's an important thing to consider given these items are not actively cooled uh and with the optional fan mount on the side you can still make sure the rear chamber is well ventilated the power supply mounts on its side and given how much room there is the a240 would have no problem accommodating uh really long units and here's the finished build the a240 is designed to accom inate all-in-one liquid coolers at the front only and you could actually experiment with those fans for either intake or exhaust depending on your temperatures and depending on the cooler of your graphics card the top slot can only accommodate a set of fans as there's no additional clearance for radiators Cable Management in the main chamber is cleaned up with minimal effort thanks to all these rubber grommets but I wish there were some additional smaller cat outs right underneath the motherboard for even cleaner rout now you could spend some time cleaning up the cables at the back but since they're not on the way it doesn't really matter unless you plan on populating that side fan on the panel and given how close the drive cages are together uh I had no problems connecting all three drives we had installed with a single SATA extension from the power supply now I want to say that while corser has its issues with quality control and cheapening out on some parts like the flimsy side panels they have sure nailed an almost Perfect userfriendly Design with the a240 partially because of the dual chamber design but also the right execution for all the small details that makes you preserve your nerves during installation and aside from that we also get excellent airflow and full dustproof design with flexible orientation and a well utilized and efficient internal layout now on the other hand the completely flimsy side panels and not Totally Secure toolless PCI clamp that left our GPU to wob doesn't reflect well on the asking price of $99 for the White Version and because of that it just missed a damn good award as we keep seeing these quality issues from Corsair that we hope might soon be addressed or at least see some type of pricing reductions but what do you guys think of the air 240 from corser I certainly feel it's a much better design than the original 540 and that shows that they're listening and it will be interesting to see what type of changes they make on the next air series design so as always thanks for watching make sure to leave us a like if you found this review helpful subscribe to the channel for more similar content and we'll see you in the next onethis video was brought to you by NC great technology selection and service the very first air series case from Corsair was a popular hit combining the dual chamber design with excellent direct airflow and Enthusiast ready internals that was the air 540 and since then this Cube concept has really picked up uh with many other entries like the note 804 from practical design and some other and Le offerings to fuel the desire for something different and today we're taking a look at the second chassis in the air series this is the air 240 released in both black and white versions for $89 and $99 respectively it still carries the distinct looked as we saw with the original 540 but in a smaller form factor as this would be for micro ITX and miniitx builds here's a better view of really how compact this case is next to my h440 Min Tower and give the addition of that second chamber it is obviously wider and the cool thing with this case is the flexibility uh for orientation either standing with the window on the side uh sort of your default method or turn it for top window display that would allow internal showcase uh in some situations so that's pretty cool and plus do you see this Corsair logo Square in the middle well that can be changed as well depending on the orientation so that's consider it now one thing to keep in mind because of this user defined orientation is to be careful with placement as the panels are plastic and can be scratched easily and we would recommend applying the included adhesive rubber case feet right away to avoid any uh possible damage there are no Optical Bas here at the front just a front mesh uh for the main chamber with PR buttons audio jacks and dual USB 3 ports on the side behind the panel the dust filter is built in and here we get dual 120 mm intake fence for direct airflow delivery and on the right side there is an easily removable magnetic dust filter for your power supply and the optional fan Mount to help with Cooling in this passive chamber the side window is large and revealing would stay on thumb screws that I would love to see get standardized however both side panels are almost paper thin and extremely flimsy something Corsair really needs to improve on at the rear we can see that clear dual chamber separation with power supply in one along with the rear accessing storage compartment with this removable door that also has a stay on thumb screw very nice to see that behind it are three caddies and actually this exterior removal works very well with the design given the compact nature of the case but of course it could be inconvenient in some instances as you do have to have rear access uh to those drives following into the main chamber we have dual 80 mm mounts with 4 PCI slots and coming to the top the panel continues with an identical mesh to keep the design uni uniform removing it reveals a single exhaust fan with flexible mounting strips and with optional second fan placement and here's another exterior access point for ssds that actually utilize tooless carries and this installation from the outside makes perfect sense to simplify the internal cabling work the bottom of the case or the GPU side of the case is also filtered with an additional fan mounting points that could potentially help with GPU cooling but I noticed there was not enough clearance for a fan with our Micro ATX board installed so you'll only be able to utilize those fan slots at the bottom for Mini ITX motherboards coming into the main chamber there are many rubber grommets accommodating for both motherboard sizes this direct airflow design is outstanding to keep your components cool as there's nothing abstracting the air channel 13in gpus are supported meaning there's enough clearance to install a radiator uh at the front if you wish npci brackets are secured with a toolless clamp type system that doesn't fully secure the GPU in place and I would prefer a more conventional method of just using you know your standard thumb screws coming around to the back both 3 and 1/2 in and 2 and 1/2 in Drive cages are removable that are held in with the thumb screws that also stay with the cage awesome and I love these small considerations to really simplify reinstallation by removing the larger Drive cage and the power supply you get convenient full access to the the large CPU cutout for cooler swap nice now each cage is also quite open to avoid heat buildup and that's an important thing to consider given these items are not actively cooled uh and with the optional fan mount on the side you can still make sure the rear chamber is well ventilated the power supply mounts on its side and given how much room there is the a240 would have no problem accommodating uh really long units and here's the finished build the a240 is designed to accom inate all-in-one liquid coolers at the front only and you could actually experiment with those fans for either intake or exhaust depending on your temperatures and depending on the cooler of your graphics card the top slot can only accommodate a set of fans as there's no additional clearance for radiators Cable Management in the main chamber is cleaned up with minimal effort thanks to all these rubber grommets but I wish there were some additional smaller cat outs right underneath the motherboard for even cleaner rout now you could spend some time cleaning up the cables at the back but since they're not on the way it doesn't really matter unless you plan on populating that side fan on the panel and given how close the drive cages are together uh I had no problems connecting all three drives we had installed with a single SATA extension from the power supply now I want to say that while corser has its issues with quality control and cheapening out on some parts like the flimsy side panels they have sure nailed an almost Perfect userfriendly Design with the a240 partially because of the dual chamber design but also the right execution for all the small details that makes you preserve your nerves during installation and aside from that we also get excellent airflow and full dustproof design with flexible orientation and a well utilized and efficient internal layout now on the other hand the completely flimsy side panels and not Totally Secure toolless PCI clamp that left our GPU to wob doesn't reflect well on the asking price of $99 for the White Version and because of that it just missed a damn good award as we keep seeing these quality issues from Corsair that we hope might soon be addressed or at least see some type of pricing reductions but what do you guys think of the air 240 from corser I certainly feel it's a much better design than the original 540 and that shows that they're listening and it will be interesting to see what type of changes they make on the next air series design so as always thanks for watching make sure to leave us a like if you found this review helpful subscribe to the channel for more similar content and we'll see you in the next one\n"