Corsair Air 240

[TheGoalie]

I like the fact that Slick is getting some more "screen time".

Great review by the way, i have a Air 540 and i love it, maybe if i'll ever have the need for a smaller PC i'll look to the 240!

[daemonowner]

@TheGoalie Linus is taking the week off, so don't expect LukeTechTips to last. He'll probably be fired again soon.

[Homicidium]

This is the case I have been waiting for!!

 

 

Really? Cause from what I saw the Fractal Design Node 804 does all of this, and better. 

[skywake]

The maximum CPU cooler height for this "Air" 240 is only 120mm...

 

I really hope Corsair gets on the ball with their next ATX revision. 

Yeah, that's the big missed opportunity. Then again, a lot of small cases are at least as restrictive as this one if not more. Plus if you really want to cool your CPU you can always fit a 240mm radiator in the front.... and maybe a second one on the "bottom" if you're using an ITX motherboard. Or just accept that you're not going to be overclocking, get a cheaper motherboard and locked CPU. Couple of fans in the front, couple of fans on the side/top, 90mm Noctua, high end GPU. All set!

 

Really? Cause from what I saw the Fractal Design Node 804 does all of this, and better. 

at 1.3x the cost..........

[Homicidium]

at 1.3x the cost..........

 

I don't know, where you live, but here in Germany the Node 804 costs 99,90€ and the Air 240 costs 79,90€, one shop even offers the Air 240 for 120€ (and the 804 for 94,90€)

 

So, I'm not a genius at math, but that isn't 1.3x the cost.........

[melias24]

IMO i reckon the Air 540 looks far better.....especially in white

[HarborTekDan]

This case would be perfect for custom water cooling a mini itx

[RichardN]

I'm interested in this case, but I have a  few questions:

 

-If you use a mITX board will you have enough room for a 240 rad +fans in the bottom? At Computex Corsair claimed that was possible, but it seems like a very tight fit.

-If you use a custom loop will you have enough space between the graphics card and the window to fit a waterblock? The fittings always stick out a bit.

[Mateyyy]

I think that Corsair should do a new revision of the Air 540, with the goodies that come now with the 240 (for example, the PSU fan filter, thumbscrew secure thingies, etc.)

[skywake]

I don't know, where you live, but here in Germany the Node 804 costs 99,90€ and the Air 240 costs 79,90€, one shop even offers the Air 240 for 120€ (and the 804 for 94,90€)

 

So, I'm not a genius at math, but that isn't 1.3x the cost.........

No need to get all worked up about it, here in Aussieland it's $170AU for the 804 and $130AU for the Air 240. Still, 1.25x vs 1.3x? Same difference. The point is they're not in the same price bracket. For the price of the 804 you could almost get an Air 540. It's like commenting on a 750Ti and saying it's a bad choice because the 760 does all of the same things and some. Well of course it does, it's in a different price bracket.

 

Anyways, I like the case. Mostly because it's the only small case with a window on the top that isn't restricted to ITX boards. It looks like it has a few things about it that need to be fixed in maybe a future revision but overall? Not bad.

[Homicidium]

skywake - I'm not worked up at all about it, lol. 

[MercFX]

If it wasn't for the weird ass max cpu cooler height I might have bought this instead of the 540.

Darnit Corsair, 120mm of space is not enough!

[ShadowCaptain]

Its really pretty 

 

Maybe I will upgrade from my 300r for no reason at all

 

Why do people need so many fans? for 99% of people it will be fine

 

On my 300r the only fans I have are the 2 on my rad, and one exhaust! (there are 2 on the GPU and 1 PSU fan too obviously)

 

My rig stays between 35 and 50 degrees even when rendering or after a long stetch of gaming

[Digital Brit]

Looks like a pretty decent case, but as many people have stated previously: Not very suitable for 'Air'

[Rick Engels]

I was dead serious about buying the Node 804, and this case almost took its place. But I think that the 804 is superior over the 240, because you have more options avaliable on the 804, for example I think that you could do an custom loop in the 804, which I dont think is possible in the 240, or can be done without alot modding to it. Also: Only 3 HDD's? when I saw the back of the Case I imediatly thought:"STORAAAGE" bit you have no room at all back there. I'm sad 

[deadbc77]

Awesome Job Luke,on the video's lately.

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[Trik'Stari]

They should have just implemented everything here, the drive cages, fan mounts at the bottom, better top fan mounts, etc, into an updated version of the air 540. Tisk tisk

[Rorgash]

really was planning on getting this case to replace my Air540, but after all the issues i might now bother i will hope for a refresh in the future

[Derangel]

Well it looks nice and that is about the end of all the good things I have to say about this case. WTF Corsair? Did no one attempt to do a proper build in the case before sending this thing to market? Would it have killed them to make it a few milimeters wider in both directions? Doing that would solve the "bottom" fan issue and it would solve the issue with the CPU power cable. Doing that also would have given more room for a good air cooler in a case that is supposed to be all about AIR COOLING. What is that side 120mm supposed to cool anyway? It's not going to give any kind of air flow to the standard hard drives (you know, the ones that can actually get warm) and the tiny amount of air that would get to the SSDs is pretty worthless. Unless Corsair thinks PSU cables need air cooling that fan spot is 100% pointless. This is the first Corsair case I think I'd call outright a bad case. Way too many terrible design decisions that I would never expect from Corsair. This is like a bad Antec case, not Corsair quality.

[Hans Power]

Not my cup of tea - too much space wasted for... well... air. 

[Balverine]

Awesome review!

I'm kind of a Corsair fan when it comes to cases but this particular one....well, it seems that they screwed up several important things. They provide so many mounting places for fans but in reality you only can use a few. In a case that has "Air" in its name I want to be able to mount as many fans as possible. Yet, with the second chamber where you can dump all of your cables from the PSU, using a radiator and a mATX board many of those mounting places become unusable...

Shame on you, Corsair!

[AMW1011]

Man looking at reviews of this thing is discouraging.  Corsair keeps coming out with cases with awful build quality and materials.  The original Antec 900 was built better than this thing.  What happened to the Corsair that was rivaling Silverstone in quality back with the 800D (it still didn't, but at least was close).

[spwath]

Man looking at reviews of this thing is discouraging. Corsair keeps coming out with cases with awful build quality and materials. The original Antec 900 was built better than this thing. What happened to the Corsair that was rivaling Silverstone in quality back with the 800D (it still didn't, but at least was close).

Yeah, corsair is bad now. Phanteks is the new runner up. (SilverStone and Lian li will always win, but at a higher price tag)

[TheKDub]

Definitely going in my build!