Friday, September 2nd 2016
Corsair Announces the Carbide Air 740 Chassis
CORSAIR, a world leader in enthusiast memory, PC components and high-performance gaming hardware today extended its multi-award winning range of performance PC cases with the release of the new CORSAIR Carbide Air 740. Featuring CORSAIR's innovative dual-chamber Direct Airflow Path design, exceptional cooling capabilities, unique bold design and a stunning tinted, fully removable side windowed panel, the CORSAIR Air 740 offers remarkable cooling performance and the flexibility to handle even the most ambitious enthusiast system builds.
An evolution of the best-selling CORSAIR Carbide Air 540, the Carbide Air 740 takes full advantage of its predecessor's ground breaking dual-chamber design. Fully utilizing the space within the case, the Air 740 splits the system's hardware between two compartments. The main chamber houses the core heat generating system components; the motherboard, CPU, graphics cards and memory, while the rear chamber mounts the 3.5"/2.5" drive bays and the PSU. This arrangement maximizes the airflow from the three pre-installed CORSAIR AF140L 140 mm fans, delivering amazing unimpeded airflow through the main compartment. Drive cages and cables are neatly tucked away and don't interfere with airflow, all without compromising on storage capacity.
The Air 740 takes the original Air 540's dual-chamber concept even further with the removal of the 5.25" drive bays, allowing for a huge array of extreme system cooling options and up to eight 120 mm cooling fans. The Air 740 can simultaneously mount a 240 mm/280 mm liquid cooling radiator in the roof, a 240 mm/280 mm radiator in the floor and a 240 mm/280 mm/360 mm radiator in the front. What's more, the Air 740's enormous, hinged and fully removable side panel is perfect for showing off those amazing builds and setups, so your system can look as cool as it runs.
Part of the joy of owning a custom-built PC is building it yourself and with a host of installation-friendly features, the Air 740's guarantees an easy setup experience for all users. The three 3.5" or four 2.5" tool-less drive trays in the rear chamber allows simple storage swapping, removable dust filters makes maintenance a breeze and the fully removable windowed side panel allows for fast installations, easy upgrades and convenient hardware accessibility.
With Air 740, CORSAIR started with the Air 540's blueprint and elevated it to the next level, resulting in enhanced performance, improved design and phenomenal support for a wide-range of cooling options. Air 740 - Legendary performance redefined.
Specifications:
An evolution of the best-selling CORSAIR Carbide Air 540, the Carbide Air 740 takes full advantage of its predecessor's ground breaking dual-chamber design. Fully utilizing the space within the case, the Air 740 splits the system's hardware between two compartments. The main chamber houses the core heat generating system components; the motherboard, CPU, graphics cards and memory, while the rear chamber mounts the 3.5"/2.5" drive bays and the PSU. This arrangement maximizes the airflow from the three pre-installed CORSAIR AF140L 140 mm fans, delivering amazing unimpeded airflow through the main compartment. Drive cages and cables are neatly tucked away and don't interfere with airflow, all without compromising on storage capacity.
Part of the joy of owning a custom-built PC is building it yourself and with a host of installation-friendly features, the Air 740's guarantees an easy setup experience for all users. The three 3.5" or four 2.5" tool-less drive trays in the rear chamber allows simple storage swapping, removable dust filters makes maintenance a breeze and the fully removable windowed side panel allows for fast installations, easy upgrades and convenient hardware accessibility.
With Air 740, CORSAIR started with the Air 540's blueprint and elevated it to the next level, resulting in enhanced performance, improved design and phenomenal support for a wide-range of cooling options. Air 740 - Legendary performance redefined.
Specifications:
- Dual-chamber Direct Airflow Path design: Utilizes dual-chambers to deliver cooler air to your CPU, graphics cards, motherboard, memory, and other PCI-E components without your drives or power supply getting in the way.
- Industrial-style ergonomics and space-saving internal design: Offers massive internal volume by moving the power supply and drive bays into a separate chamber.
- Includes three custom Air Series AF140L intake and exhaust fans: Based on the award-winning AF140, the included fans provide great airflow performance at lower noise levels than typical case fans.
- Amazing cooling expansion room: For up to eight 120mm or seven 140mm fans, a 240mm/280mm top radiator, 240mm/280mm floor radiator, and 240/280/360mm front radiator - all at once.
- 8 x Expansion slots: Can house up to 4 graphics cards.
- I/O Port: 2 x USB 3.0, headphone and mic.
- Dimensions: 426mm x 340mm x 510mm
- MSRP: $149.99 Exc. TAX, £134.99 Inc. VAT, SEK 1,659 Inc. TAX
19 Comments on Corsair Announces the Carbide Air 740 Chassis
As an 540 air owner i would really like to see a build with this case and a triple rad at the front
This is just hideous.
It seems to me you just don't understand the point of these dual-cube design cases. That's your issue, not with the case.
linustechtips.com/main/topic/213386-extra-hdds-solution-for-corsair-air-540/
forum.corsair.com/FORUMS/showthread.php?t=136917
forum.corsair.com/forums/showthread.php?t=149602
forum.corsair.com/forums/showthread.php?t=126273 --> "I really want this case so bad, but the killer is just 2x 3.5 slots to hold driver. Is they any possible way of holding more than two 3.5 drives in this case?"
forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=158319
forum.corsair.com/FORUMS/showthread.php?t=153429 --> "So cool case i wish to use but i cant cause there is no way to fit my RAID 10 array in it (i need one optical drive). Im so sad :("
And I say: Having only 2 or 3 HDD bays in such a large case (which can accommodate an E-ATX motherboard!) with such a price is a bad decision on Corsair's part. They should at least offer the ability to install optional HDD cages that are sold separately for those who need them.
The purpose of this case is to make it a breeze for putting together a build and make it very easy to work with. I have a rats nest of cabling in the PSU area because of how short the runs are and how the cables are. This is expressly the purpose why the dual-bay design exists for the Air series. It's also designed to allow a lot of SSD expansion for those that have the money and desire to do so. The HDD restrictions are clear and it's stupid to complain about the case not being something it was never actually designed to be.
All I am saying is that Corsair could have improved the case and make it appealing to more people if they at least make it compatible with additional (optional) drive bays. No need to take things personal because you like the case.Many cases are a breeze to work with, the Graphite 780T for example and the 750D, 760T, etc all have good cable management space which is enough becasuse the cables have a long distance to travel and they all have 2 cages which can accommodate 6 HDDs or SSDs + 3 or 4 SSD bays at the back and you can add another (optional) cage which accommodates 3 HDDs or SSDs totaling for a 9 3.5" / 2.5" drives + 3 / 4 2.5" inch drives! And if you do the math you find the actual volume of the 760T (I chose it as midway between the 780T and the 750D) is 0.0788065 cubic meter while the actual volume of the 740 is 0.0738684 cubic meter. So which one do you think is more volume-efficient, at least regarding storage options? Again I am not bashing cube cases, they are cool and have their advantages and as I said I considered the 540 in the past but I could not live with the compromise, I may pick a cube case for my next build if and when I find one that fits all my needs.