Review: Corsair Carbide Series 600C

Conclusion

Corsair's range of PC chassis has grown considerably since the launch of the Obsidian Series 800D way back in 2009. With more than 30 options available across multiple product lines, the firm's portfolio now includes solutions for almost every conceivable usage scenario, from high-end liquid cooling to LAN-party portability.

The missing piece, it seems, was something unconventional. That arrives today in the form of the Carbide Series 600C, an ATX enclosure that turns your hardware on its head in an effort to offer a design that's new and intriguing.

Such an approach could have resulted in something entirely outlandish, but we're pleased to see that Corsair has managed to present an inverted layout in a form factor that looks surprisingly sleek and is, for the most part, as easy to build into as a traditional ATX solution.

There are a few caveats in that you'll need to cherry-pick components that will look good and perform well when used upside down, and the side window being on the right may be a bugbear for some, but there's also plenty to like. Build quality is good throughout, the internal layout is user friendly and tidy upon build completion, there's a built-in fan controller, and the near-full-size window is great for showing off your rig.

The big question is whether or not the inverted layout offers genuine benefit with regards to cooling performance and noise. Our results don't reveal any significant gains, yet while the Carbide Series 600C hasn't done enough to convince us to build our next rig upside down, it has been fun to work with and, well, there's nothing wrong with that.

Corsair Carbide Series 600C

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The Corsair Carbide Series 600C chassis will be available to purchase from Scan Computers.

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