Corsair 2500 Series Dual Chamber mATX Case Review

A Closer Look – Exterior

As you can no doubt see, I have the white version of the Corsair 2500 series, and most importantly, I have the 2500X, which is the middle option that comes with the more aesthetic-focused tempered glass front panel but lacks any fans as standard, such as those included with the 2500X RGB.

First impressions are good though, this case looks pretty amazing, with crystal clear glass and a pillarless design on the front corner ensuring you get uncompromised views of your hardware.

The branding is kept minimal but stylish, with just a small metallic Corsair sails logo in the bottom right.

The side view is great, and there’s a small white border on three sides of the glass to hide the boring parts of the frame, but overall, the amount of visibility is pretty significant for a mid-sized micro-ATX case. If you’re keen to show off your sweet PC gaming build, this is the case for you, but at the same time, if you don’t do a great job of the build, all its sins will be on show.

Up on the top, there’s plenty of ventilation, and while the 2500D has airflow on the front, as you can see, with radiator/fan mounts in the bottom, on the right side, and the top, the 2500X is hardly lacking in cooling and airflow capabilities.

Up on the top, you’ll find the power controls, an audio jack, and three USB ports with Corsair Yellow-themed inserts. Actually, even the 3.5mm jack has a white finish on the top ring, which looks very neat and tidy.

Upon closer inspection, the top mesh has a triangle pattern, which we now see throughout the Corsair product range; it’s on their coolers, keyboards, fans and so much more.

Around the back, there’s a lot more of that triangular mesh design, ensuring there’s plenty of space for heat to escape from the case. There’s a 120mm fan mount on the motherboard side, with elongated mounts to allow plenty of height adjustment for fans or radiators.

The storage cage is tucked behind the motherboard in the second chamber, and there’s a rear hatch to allow you to install/remove drives without having to open up the larger right-side panel. Again, there’s ventilation for the drives too.

The PSU is mounted below the HDD cage, and there’s an SFX plate pre-installed, but as you can see, it’s just an insert, and the case easily supports an ATX power supply.

Micro-ATX is a smaller motherboard form factor, so you’ll only find four expansion slots, but that’s more than enough for a couple of add-in cards or particularly thick graphics cards. The whole expansion slot plate is removable too, allowing you to turn it on its side for use with a vertical GPU configuration.

The right side panel looks amazing, or at least it does to me, but I’m generally pretty excited about PC cases. It’s a full mesh panel allowing loads of additional airflow and heat exhaust throughout this case. What’s more, it’s unlikely heat is going to be able to build up anywhere in this case.

The right side panel is mesh, and the top panel has a built-in mesh too, so airflow should be nice and clean, and you can simply hoover out the mesh when it gets clogged up with dust.

There’s also a slide-out filter that covers the bottom of the case.