What do you think of this case?

[Van Der Shah]

It's Corsair Spec series (01,02,03)

Any thought on what's good or bad.

Thanks

[coen113]

i personally dont like the look of it, but TTL said its a decent case

[matto97]

Hate it. Sorry Corsair and other people but i like sleek cases and i dont like BIG grills bits bulging out and the fan mounts on top are out of center (OCD there )

[orangecat]

I don't like it. I like minimalistic designs and stuff so this isn't my style.

[ZetZet]

1 and 2 are okay. 3rd one is too flashy. Also very good price.

[Samdb]

It's a pretty ugly case to be honest.

[mr moose]

Not a big fan either,  If I wanted a case that looked like that I would just get one of the cheaper aerocools or something similar.

[Nickolas47]

I prefer more serious looking case like the obsidian cases

[the21robot]

HA gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

[YeroJero]

I prefer the sleek look of the Obsidian or something like the NZXT H440, but price and fuctionality wise - BIG thumbs up.

[micedits]

I don't mind the case, it looks ok in my opinion however part of my view is probably swung by the very low price.

[RainColt]

I like Spec-02. It has a clean and simple look compared to the other two and has the red bar accent of spec-3 which also hides the IO which on this case I wouldn't like to look at just because they aren't doing anything aesthetically special with it, it's just thrown on for function and doesn't look well fitting with the look of the case although Spec-01 fit's it the best in my opinion. The front fan grill The Spec-02 takes it for me, I like the look of thinner and denser fins. Personally I wouldn't go with these they just arn't for me (plastic blegh) but Spec-02 would be my favorite of the 3

[Guest]

[D3MON]

hate it, for the same price you can get something that's like a smaller/cheaper antec 1200/xigmatek elysium, the sharkoon t9, built several builds in them and cant recommend them enough.
http://online-source.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Sharkoon-T9-Value_Gruppe.jpg
seems 20% of any corsair, coolermaster, fractal is the badge.
then you get coolermaster who across the priceboard dont match anyone elses value, theyre high-end posers.
antec are like netgear, they're good value for money but no thrills, you pay for a box-you get a box, you pay more for some features-you get more features.
nzxt in my mind the value goes down the as price goes up, the 210/220 are fantastic! but im not a fan of the gaudy phantom series, shouldnt be plastic at those prices.
corsair and fractal etc are good sure, but thier cases are generally priced like 10-20% above what i think they should be and thier low end is just market filler at the bottom of the barrel, dont care what TTL thinks this time, its like J clarkson...great guy and usually right....except bikes/this case.
edit: if i've missed out some companies there's probably a reason for that...

[DIV1D3]

I don't like the 1st and 3rd, the grills to me look not so good. #2 on the other hand looks cleaner, ish. 

 

-snipo-

Nice, just before I eat my ice-cream. 

[Phage]

3>1>2

if you dont care about aesthetics and its cheap, sure 

[GuruMeditationError]

No side-panel vents for putting air onto the graphics cards but I'm not sure card-coolers are really that useful anyway. MSI Afterburner isn't registering any change in temperatures on my GPU regardless of how fast my side-panel card coolers are turning. I really have to ramp up performance through overclocking and/or SLI for the side-panel fans to make any kind of difference (basically slowing down the inevitable overheating).

 

If you're using a GPU with a cowled heatsink for venting hot air through the back of the case so much the better (although as I understand it they are noisier then GPUs with open radiators and quiet cooling solutions). Otherwise if you're water-cooling I'd say no vent in the side-panel is not an issue.

 

Is the top grill big enough for a large radiator? It looks like it's good for a 120mm by 240mm radiator, I'd personally be happier with something closer to a 140 by 280 for my Corsair H110, but your build probably differs.

[Izaya Orihara]

Eww...

K...

*vomits*

[EclipseSkye]

I think the front vents are pretty ugly.

[Almercenary]

Mmmm, TTL said it was good, but IMO, there cases are going down, looks shit.

[DeViLzzz]

OMG Corsair trying to be a little like CoolerMaster.  If I needed a case right now I'd definitely consider one of these and so would anybody who is a gamer that plays 1st person shooters and wants something themed after that.  Gratz to Corsair for bringing out some cases that actually look like more than a box.


... and hahahah ... oh look at the geeks who love their square boring boxes from Corsair chiming in. LOL  U MAD?

[PassionFruit]

Pretty poopy.

[Senor Potato]

I love 02's design

[mgsstar]

The fan grills reminds me of the Coolermaster Storm series cases.

[spwath]

I don't like it