Corsair 780T Graphite Case
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2015-05-07
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1,556 words · ~7 min read
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so I looked at this case and I went oh it's like the 600t but updated to be
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sleeker with like more features and stuff and then according to the
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reviewers guide uh that's exactly what they were going for so mission
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accomplished
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Corsair Cooler Master V series semi modular power supplies feature 80 plus
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gold efficiency and their gold guarantee 5-year warranty click now to learn more
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as always it starts with the Box that goes around the Box will your 780t reach
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you in one piece the answer is most probably the packing foam was broken in
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more than one place but ours had no visible damage on it whatsoever other
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than the Corsair badge that fell off which we then later found and reattached
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onto documentation and accessories Corsair's blown up view of the case with
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handy dandy screw type reference chart approach works well for this case but as
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always you can find a more complete version online speaking of screws
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Corsair includes everything you need but nothing in the way of eye-catching
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extras like those cool screw containers that fantex throws in with their
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similarly priced cases which leads to my first complaint about the case in the
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conclusion of this review of the original 600t an Onex writer who happens
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to be our technical marketing contact at cors there now small world says that
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compared to its Circa 2010 competition the build quality felt cheaper and that
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the casee was quite expensive 4 years later I feel like it's repl placements
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construction is still not impressive to me given the Fairly premium price tag
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cuz I'm just not that into the plastic look although some people may feel
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differently about this now to be clear I'm not calling the case bad and since
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it's a computer tower and not a support trust in the real world it'll likely
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never matter I'm just saying that much like the 760t which I reviewed here and
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think is an awesome Case by the way the 780t sacrificed some structural rigidity
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to the convenience and style gods in exchange for among other things a
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massive Plexi window that lets you see all the guts and all their Glory stylish
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plastic feet that keep the case off the floor so a bottom mounted radiator or
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power supply fan can still get access to fresh air and reconfigurable drive cages
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that can be hung from the top stacked from the bottom or removed alog together
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to make room for a 280 or 360 mm Radiator in the front and it's not like
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the whole design is Impractical anyway the front has a super easy to remove
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filter that reveals two of the included 140 mm fans and it's got two 5 and 1/4
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in bays in case you still use those at the top we find another easily removed
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fan filter this one revealing room for a thick 280 or 360 mm radiator Andor the
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accompanying fans front USB 2 front USB
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3 front audio a too easy to hit by
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accident IMO reset button a three mode
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fan controller that controls up to five fans and finally the same automobile
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design inspired power button that we first saw on the 380t a nice touch a
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quick glance at the back reveals water cooling holes another radiator mounting
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point pre-populated with the final included 140 mm fan this one without
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LEDs and sheesh nine PCI expansion slots
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that's enough for a triple slot card in the bottom of a standard ATX board a
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double slot card in the bottom of an eight slot xlx board or a double slot in
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Quad SLI on a standard board with ample
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Breathing Room the 780t is the 600t
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successor in more ways than just appearance this bad boy is meant to be a
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perfect choice for extreme systems running air cooling which doesn't mean
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that it lacks liquid cooling options either in addition to the mounting
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points I already mentioned the bottom of the case along with its front and rear
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access filters has a final 240 mm
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radiator mounting slot that you can use if you don't need your hard drive cages
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down there there all right so let's crack her open shall we the side panels
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can be released with handle style latches on either side and the first
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thing I notice is man this thing suffers
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albeit to a lesser degree than the 900d from Hardware dwarfism a condition that
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makes even high-end Hardware like this GTX 780ti and asws motherboard look tiny
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inside it this roomy interior is going to be a dream for folks with large hands
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or who want to throw additional stuff that Corsair didn't
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think of inside like motherboard tray mounted cylinder reservoirs other than
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sheer spaciousness there's nothing terribly groundbreaking about the
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interior though I like Corsair's removable 2 and 1/2 in toolless mounts I
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like the high quality rubber grommet material I like the adjustable height
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rear fan Mount and I really like the extremely spacious cable management area
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behind the motherboard tray with ample Cable Management Loops another 600t
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Carri over but at closer to $200 than to
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15 there are also a few things I feel like could have been improved so here
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come the uh nitpicky complaints some cable management could have been a bit
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better the front audio connector is long enough to connect to your neighbor PC
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and the top-mounted fans have only one place where wires can be routed but
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unless you're using the long leads on the cases built-in fan control or
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extensions to your motherboard it might not be very easy to access this is an
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issue for me because while I appre appreciate the built-in fan speed toggle
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one of the reasons I'm partial to assus motherboards is their excellent onboard
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fan control and this case makes it slightly less convenient to use which
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leads to nitpick number two there are two Cable Management grommet locations
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that I feel were left out of the motherboard tray top Center and bottom
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right almost every board has a CPU fan header in the top Center and front panel
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connectors bottom right I'm guessing that these were left out to maintain as
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much structural rigidity as possible given the way that the motherboard tray
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free balls without support from those removable hard drive cages but I still
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would have liked to have them which ties into nitpick three the hard drive cages
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I know we're stuck with them for a while because Corsair has so many cases that
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use the design but I promise to keep complaining about Corsair's 3 and 1 half
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in cages until they stop using them or
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everyone on Earth stops using hard drives and switches over to ssds
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whichever of those two things happens to come first which I guess leads us pretty
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well into to conclusion time the 780t is
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good but it didn't blow me away with its
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striking industrial design the way the 760t did it's good but not amazing and I
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also think they missed a huge opportunity to make the cable management
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look fantastic by putting a basement separation in this case rather than this
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open area with its kind of cheesy SATA cable management hole on the bottom that
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leaves the wires not only exposed but even visible through the large side
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panel window all of that said I feel obliged to remind longtime viewers of my
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show and tell the new ones that I tend to go a little hard on Corsair because
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my expectations of them are so high based on their history of innovation so
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take all these complaints in the appropriate context if anyone but Corsair had released this case I would
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have likely overlooked most of these flaws and praised the case as an
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Enthusiast air Cooler's Delight with some surprisingly solid build options
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for liquid coolers to and a striking industrial design with smooth curves
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well placed mesh and that front illumination that's a really nice touch
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so maybe that's the right conclusion but
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I'm not going to start going easy on George now right I mean I've been at it
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for this long anyway guys like this video if you liked it dislike it if you
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disliked it leave a comment letting me know what do you think of the 780t
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particularly compared to the 760t given
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their similar price point and you know similar overall features which one do
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you like the looks of better also guys while you're still listening to me
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