Corsair 450D or Air 240 Thoughts

[Accursed Entity]

So, I'm building late October and I'm starting to buy the components. Sadly in the PC case area, I can't get none of the cases I was originally interested in(Enthoo Evolv or NZXT S340) because of where I'm currently living(Caribbean). I was getting desperate but I found out that through Amazon I can get some cases, ones sold and fulfilled by Amazon. These(450D & Air 240) are a few of them that are available and got me interested.

 

*I'm building a single GPU, AIO CPU cooler, with not HDDs at all only 2 SSDs. 

 

I'm in the Amazon website(it has to be Amazon), and about to pull the trigger, but I wanted some opinions from you guys on the 450D and the Air 240 first(it has to be one of these 2). Yes, they are very different from each other, this is not a mATX vs ATX thread, I know the differences between the size factors. What I'd like instead is your opinion or feedback(if already a user) on the cases itself. How do you feel about each one, what you don't like, between these two what would you choose?

 

If I left out any vital information you can ask me, I'll answer, thanks.

[Toddwjp]

450d is sexy

 

also if you spray it white it looks even sexier

[Polyvalent]

I can vouch and say the 450D is sexy as hell

[VMaxMuffin]

If I was building I'd choose the Air 240, so I voted for that. I like SFF builds and if your only required expansion card at the moment is one GPU then I see no reason to go bigger.

 

However, they are both great cases so really it comes down to your decision - do you want an ATX or MATX build?

 

Also just something to note about the Air 240 - it only has 4 PCI Expansion Slots rather than 5, so you can't install a second GPU in crossfire/SLI with a gap between. Just a consideration to make, because that gap is good for airflow/cooling and also allows another single-slot expansion card (e.g. a TV tuner, sound card or Wifi card) to be installed in the middle. Some other MATX cases like Corsair's own 350D and Fractal Design's Node 804 allow this. I know you said that you don't have a large range of other cases available but if there any MATX cases with 5 PCI slots that take your fancy they would be worth considering.

[Accursed Entity]

Thanks a lot guys, placed the order on the 450D.