Corsair Carbide Series 600Q Chassis Review

TECHNOLOGYX TEST BENCH

Below is today’s case build for the 600Q. Be sure to click the linked table below if you want to check out any of the components on Amazon!!!

BUILD & FEATURES

Overall the build went great, components fit well, we didn’t have any major issues with making everything fit and getting the computer up and running again.

We will highlight some good and bad points though, top to bottom front to back. The concept of the inverted chassis is really cool, it brings something new to the scene and if you’re a little quirky and want to be a little different this will certainly get the job done. One of the big issues we saw with having an inverted case even pre-build was heat dissipation. A regular case is structured with how heat rises. As you get your heat rising it is usually exhausted through a high rear exhaust fan or top exhaust. In this case you have the heat that escapes your CPU cooler rising up to your VGA that rising to the top of your chassis which it’s only exit path is into the PSU. As you can see our chart shows the basic flow of air through our system. For the average gamer or everyday casual user this won’t actually affect you that much. But for those overclocking or pushing your system to it’s limits with much higher end parts the lack of cool air available for your PSU and the fact that the exhaust system is basically moot due to the law of physics saying heat rises, those two exhaust fans aren’t pulling as much warm air out as they usually would if they were at the top of the system.

When we went to install our H115i AiO cooling system, we ran into an issue with space. We had to remove the housing and bracket for the  front 3.5″ drive as the mounting support wouldn’t allow us the configuration we desired. This was not a big deal as we weren’t using the drive but for some of you with large hard drives this may irk you. Keep in mind the H115i is a 280 cooler and if you run a 240 you won’t have this issue.

The PSU shares the top chamber with the housing for two 5.25″ drives. This allows for less cluttered cable management to those bays. However, not having a PSU area that is covered it is much more difficult to manage your cables and this is one area were not very satisfied with.We tried many different variations but either it left us short on cable length, blocking 2.5″ bays and 3.5″ bays or just overall flustered. Below on the backside are the three 2.5″ drives and they are amazing. No tools, your drive simply clicks in and is secure. If you have OCD though yes you can still secure them in place with screws.

As we make our way down the rest of the build is pretty uniform with a regular case and there is not too much to say about it. The bottom of the case has support for up to three 120 fans or two 140’s. There is also enough clearance for low profile radiators  to run your cooling units down on the floor. Also, you can see there is plenty of room through pass-throughs at the bottom to route cables as well. We would have like to see these with rubber grommets to give a cleaner more opaque look but oh well.

SOUND

This is where the “Q” comes in. This case is silent. With the toggle switch on the I/O panel you can adjust from three settings which we couldn’t tell the difference between with the panels on. We had to take them off just to hear the subtle difference. If you are in the market for that silent case well the  600Q is bound to impress.