Complete System
The Corsair 270R is very easy to work with, and well suited to first time builders and pros alike. There’s a lot of room in the front for large graphics cards and still more room left over for a plenty of water cooling hardware too.
There’s excellent clearance for the CPU cooler, and the height adjustable rear fan mount means you can optimise airflow, as well as easily fit a rear water cooler should you need one.
Cable management may be basic, with just a few large uncovered holes, but it does a decent job of routing the GPU and motherboard cables, and with a vast amount of space going spare under the PSU shroud, excess cables can easily be tucked out of sight with ease.
The cable routing holes here are slightly angled towards the motherboard, which makes passing them through a little easier and prevents too much cable trail.
Airflow from the front is very good, with the pre-installed fan at the height of your GPU, which should help keep it nice and cool.
The only thing to worry about here is that if you’re not using the top fan/radiator mounts, it is quite exposed. This could lead to a buildup of dust and debris in the chassis, so be sure to keep it nice and clean; a magnetic filter would have been even better though.
The left side panel window is great for showing off your hardware, and since the interior is virtually all black, it blends in very well, mostly showing off the highlights of your hardware.
How is the cooling on the HDDs? That’s my primary concern with the case designs that place the HDDs behind the motherboard tray, out of the way of airflow from the front fans.
Good review!