WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:07.200 this video is brought to you by the Intel Core i7 4770k unlocked processor 00:00:05.440 --> 00:00:13.160 if you're a speed freak add an Intel 3500 series SSD to your Haswell system 00:00:10.200 --> 00:00:18.119 for a truly Enthusiast class experience welcome folks to my unboxing of the 00:00:15.080 --> 00:00:19.680 Corsair air 540 this is part of their 00:00:18.119 --> 00:00:23.840 carbide series go ahead and open this bad boy up 00:00:22.519 --> 00:00:27.400 and let's see what Corsair has to say for themselves first and foremost 00:00:25.800 --> 00:00:30.720 outstanding Cooling and quieter operation I don't know about the quieter 00:00:29.160 --> 00:00:35.360 operation cuz it's quite meshy but definitely outstanding cooling more on 00:00:32.320 --> 00:00:36.879 that in a moment included af140 L fans 00:00:35.360 --> 00:00:40.680 low restriction fan covers and dust filters ideal for Advanced Air cooling 00:00:38.440 --> 00:00:46.719 with support for 280 or 240 mm in the top 280 or up to 360 mm front RADS and 00:00:44.079 --> 00:00:51.079 built for Brewers so that either means that it's built for people who make 00:00:48.239 --> 00:00:55.440 their own beer at home or it's built for fans of the Milwaukee Brewers I'm not 00:00:53.359 --> 00:01:01.760 sure which of those things is the case but what I think we can be sure about is 00:00:59.039 --> 00:01:05.080 that if any of those people happen to be PC enthusiasts then this case was built 00:01:04.040 --> 00:01:10.000 for them regardless of what baseball team 00:01:07.439 --> 00:01:14.400 they follow all right so there goes the box and wo look at that the Statics 00:01:12.640 --> 00:01:19.360 making the hair on my ARM stand up see check that out that's why you should 00:01:16.720 --> 00:01:23.680 discharge a case before you uh ow oh that got me really good okay before you 00:01:21.799 --> 00:01:29.200 can uh build a system in it so it uses a close cell hard foam not my favorite as 00:01:26.600 --> 00:01:33.280 you guys probably know but I understand why manufactur ERS do it from a 00:01:30.720 --> 00:01:37.600 cost-saving standpoint uh the good news about this case is it does come in a 00:01:34.920 --> 00:01:42.119 nice double thick corrugated box so hopefully you won't have any trouble I 00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:46.600 know Corsair has been pretty good about their packaging in the past in fact with 00:01:44.280 --> 00:01:51.040 their ax 1200i power supply we threw it out of a moving car to simulate what 00:01:48.560 --> 00:01:55.640 will likely happen to it in shipping and it did not break so there was that all 00:01:53.680 --> 00:02:00.759 right so now time for the case itself we've got a manual which I of course 00:01:57.079 --> 00:02:03.240 won't look at and then we've got the 540 00:02:00.759 --> 00:02:06.719 I like Cube cases but not when they're over the top I I thought about getting a 00:02:05.159 --> 00:02:10.759 mountain mods case at one point I ended up not doing it but uh basically the 00:02:09.319 --> 00:02:15.319 point I'm trying to make with all this is I like about them that they're 00:02:12.840 --> 00:02:19.000 shorter but I don't necessarily like about them that the footprint is wider 00:02:17.239 --> 00:02:23.440 and that's been the thing that has made me not get them um sort of time and time 00:02:21.840 --> 00:02:26.920 again when I've considered them so the front of this case has a very unique 00:02:25.080 --> 00:02:32.160 sort of layout to it it has two vertically mounted 5 and 1/4 in Bays it 00:02:29.440 --> 00:02:37.080 also has your reset power hard drive indicator LED microphone headphone and 00:02:34.080 --> 00:02:38.560 two USB 3.0 Jacks other than that it's 00:02:37.080 --> 00:02:46.519 completely clean on the right side and there's a reason for that there's not really much back there then here we've 00:02:42.159 --> 00:02:49.800 got up to a two two 140 mil fans or 00:02:46.519 --> 00:02:52.480 three 120 mil fans behind a nice open 00:02:49.800 --> 00:02:57.159 grill with fan filters as well as a nice little corser emblem kind of a soft it's 00:02:55.080 --> 00:03:00.920 not soft touch but it's a matte plastic finish that actually looks quite sharp 00:02:58.879 --> 00:03:04.480 in person and seems to be reasonably fingerprint resistant which is 00:03:02.400 --> 00:03:07.519 definitely a positive thing for a computer case because even building in 00:03:06.239 --> 00:03:11.120 one the first time there are ones that you can stain to the point where you 00:03:09.760 --> 00:03:16.200 can't even use them anymore well you could use them but it would bother you if you have obsessive compulsive 00:03:13.560 --> 00:03:20.239 disorder like me um self diagnosed I'm not actually obsessive compulsive or 00:03:17.799 --> 00:03:24.879 maybe I am either way I have to finish this sentence in a way that will be 00:03:22.640 --> 00:03:28.560 satisfying Okay so we've got an air intake right here next to oh what's that 00:03:27.239 --> 00:03:32.640 that's where the power supply mounts that's kind of funny and we can look at the case from the back because this 00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:41.239 gives us a better idea of what's actually going on inside so lots of ventilation holes here here here and 00:03:37.280 --> 00:03:44.319 here as well as our I/O and 1 2 3 4 5 6 00:03:41.239 --> 00:03:47.000 78 PCI slots so those will give us 00:03:44.319 --> 00:03:52.400 support for ATX motherboards but not necessarily XL ATX um but it could if 00:03:49.959 --> 00:03:57.720 it's an XL ATX eight slot board up here in the top we are have support for two 00:03:54.319 --> 00:04:00.280 120 or 2 140 mm fans and then we also 00:03:57.720 --> 00:04:05.159 have the ability using these thumb screws on the 00:04:02.319 --> 00:04:09.760 top there we go to pull this off so go ahead take a step back Mr camera 00:04:07.400 --> 00:04:14.239 operator Boll sir and we can pull that off just like that so that gives us a 00:04:12.439 --> 00:04:17.600 better look at the way that the mounting mechanism works for those fans Andor 00:04:16.239 --> 00:04:22.320 radiators that you want to mount up there on the top and check this out you 00:04:19.359 --> 00:04:27.320 can also pull off the front just like that so that's 00:04:25.240 --> 00:04:30.919 where we get access to our fan filters as well as you can actually bolt this 00:04:29.000 --> 00:04:34.440 down if you want so normally it's just secured by the top piece but there's two 00:04:32.479 --> 00:04:38.080 spots for thumb screws right here and right here that will allow you to secure 00:04:35.960 --> 00:04:41.680 that in transit or whatever else now we also get access to our front removable 00:04:39.840 --> 00:04:44.840 fan filter which I have no idea how to actually remove but I'm sure there's a 00:04:43.039 --> 00:04:48.600 way oh look at that that was easy it's magnetic very 00:04:46.440 --> 00:04:52.800 nice and it goes on a little oh yeah that gives us uh a closer view at what's 00:04:50.800 --> 00:04:57.000 going on in there so there's those af140 L fans those are the low speed variant 00:04:54.560 --> 00:05:01.039 of their AF fans compared to the retail versions you do not get the rubber 00:04:58.800 --> 00:05:04.919 isolating mounts as as well as the color rings that let you change the look of 00:05:03.440 --> 00:05:10.080 them so they will look just like that forever and ever and ever uh we got a 00:05:08.400 --> 00:05:15.680 nice big side panel window and there's a good reason for this because you can see 00:05:12.919 --> 00:05:20.199 pretty much all of the important guts on the inside of your system through this 00:05:17.520 --> 00:05:26.120 side panel it is basically enough room in here for a motherboard and that is 00:05:23.280 --> 00:05:29.199 all because the motherboard goes here why don't I grab a motherboard we'll 00:05:27.479 --> 00:05:33.600 make this simple on ourselves why am I pointing motherboards where they go 00:05:31.560 --> 00:05:38.400 should just get one there you go so the motherboard goes right 00:05:35.919 --> 00:05:42.000 there which leaves you room for a couple of drives down in the bottom so here I'm 00:05:40.600 --> 00:05:47.639 going to point at those down here you can see all the accessories are included in this little box in one of the drive 00:05:44.919 --> 00:05:52.639 cages so you can put either 3 and 1/2 or 2 and 1/2 in drives down there using the 00:05:49.759 --> 00:05:56.639 included holes for 2 and 1/2 in drives okay those are oh that's cool those are 00:05:54.280 --> 00:06:00.639 hot SWAT check that out so you can swap those in down there no problem you also 00:05:58.319 --> 00:06:05.919 have room to install lots of thick radiators here and thick radiators here 00:06:03.440 --> 00:06:09.240 and then that is pretty much it on this side look at all these Cable Management 00:06:07.639 --> 00:06:14.479 holes though remember these debuted with the 800d and we are still seeing the use 00:06:11.840 --> 00:06:18.560 for them today because everything else needs to go on the other side of the 00:06:16.080 --> 00:06:22.080 case which means it needs a way to get over to the motherboard so let's move 00:06:20.280 --> 00:06:25.599 over to the other side I'm just going to pull off two more thumb screws here 00:06:23.800 --> 00:06:29.039 which are all we need to do the whole case is coming apart without any tools a 00:06:27.360 --> 00:06:34.680 lot of the time even cases with thumb scroll screws need a screwdriver to take 00:06:31.520 --> 00:06:35.880 them apart because they Factory tighten 00:06:34.680 --> 00:06:39.880 them too tight and I can't get them apart on my own so we've got tooless 2 00:06:37.800 --> 00:06:42.880 and 1/2 in Drive mounts here oh that's kind of clever look at that they clipped 00:06:41.160 --> 00:06:47.199 together I didn't even know that about these go ahead and look at that you can 00:06:45.400 --> 00:06:50.800 pop on or off as many as you want in fact that would allow you to mount them 00:06:49.000 --> 00:06:54.360 and then install them so there there's a stack of four of them and then the way 00:06:52.400 --> 00:06:58.720 that they clip into place is just in here so you can they have a a tension 00:06:56.360 --> 00:07:02.160 Mount at the back see right there that will pop them out as soon as you move 00:07:00.479 --> 00:07:06.319 this away and allow you to easily install and uninstall 2 and 1/2 in 00:07:04.000 --> 00:07:11.960 drives that's kind of cool as well as your two 5 and a/4 in Baye right here 00:07:09.039 --> 00:07:16.440 and then that is pretty much it for drive installation options so you get 00:07:14.240 --> 00:07:20.560 the two 3 and 1/2 in hot swap ones with the included black cables right here so 00:07:18.520 --> 00:07:26.039 you run these to your power supply which happens to be located like right here 00:07:23.000 --> 00:07:28.080 for very very short cable runs there we 00:07:26.039 --> 00:07:31.560 go so power supply goes here you run these to the front of your motherboard 00:07:29.280 --> 00:07:35.599 through through here and then that's it 4 2 and 00:07:32.680 --> 00:07:39.240 1/2 two 3 and 1/2 but you've got a lot of empty space up here that you could 00:07:36.960 --> 00:07:43.400 probably sort of mod something maybe you put your pump up here or like your 00:07:41.160 --> 00:07:48.039 Reservoir or whatever else you put maybe a little res down here all the included 00:07:45.479 --> 00:07:51.919 cables are black not quite down to the individual wi so you can see the HD 00:07:49.919 --> 00:07:55.759 audio cable right there has a little bit of color to it but yeah you can have a 00:07:54.720 --> 00:08:01.520 close look at that if you want but honestly it's not that bad there's the included USB 3 wire here's the tool list 00:07:59.520 --> 00:08:05.479 5 and 1/4 in Bay mounting and I think that pretty much covers it so what does 00:08:03.120 --> 00:08:09.000 it come down to with this guy if you already know that you need an air 540 00:08:07.639 --> 00:08:14.199 then you already know you need an air 540 it does cool better there is a 00:08:11.319 --> 00:08:17.440 direct path for airflow right from these fans to the graphics cards which are 00:08:15.759 --> 00:08:20.919 going to be sitting like right here where my hand is that here I'm going to 00:08:19.680 --> 00:08:26.240 show you I'm going to grab a graphics card too that my friends is where your 00:08:23.960 --> 00:08:30.240 graphics card will be right next to the fans in fact longer graphics cards will 00:08:28.479 --> 00:08:33.880 be even closer to the fans right there so if you want the best possible Cooling 00:08:31.919 --> 00:08:37.760 and you want to get all that stuff all those Drive cages all that random junk 00:08:35.919 --> 00:08:41.080 out of the way of your cooling this will work for you if you want something 00:08:39.080 --> 00:08:45.040 that's super Compact and has a smaller footprint then maybe it won't thank you 00:08:43.080 --> 00:08:49.959 for checking out my unboxing and first look at the air 540 carbide series case 00:08:47.519 --> 00:08:56.279 from Corsair leave me a comment tell me if you prefer a narrower footprint or if 00:08:53.760 --> 00:09:00.360 you prefer something that has more of a more of a cubish sort of shape to it if 00:08:58.279 --> 00:09:03.240 there's a practical reason for doing so and as always guys don't forget to like 00:09:01.839 --> 00:09:08.040 the video and subscribe for more unboxings reviews and other computer 00:09:05.480 --> 00:09:08.040 videos