Corsair Carbide 300R

Darksaber · Mar 4, 2012

Corsair is extending their case line, further pushing the price down to jump on the bandwagon with the 300R. We take the smallest brother of the Carbide series for a spin to see if it packs the punch of the 400 and 500R, or if other cases offer more performance for your money in this market segment.

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theJesus · Mar 19, 2012

Definitely overpriced IMO, but would be a good case for $50~$60 USD. Corsair seems to be taking advantage of the reputation they've built in order to charge more than their products are worth. Of course, that's nothing new.

I'd like to see what they can come up with for a micro-ATX or mini-ITX chassis though.

edit: Why does the title say "*DONE*"? lol

brandonwh64 · Mar 19, 2012

I do like it but as Thejesus said, It is over priced from what it has on it. The design is great, similar to my NZXT tempest 410. It would look better with the rubber boots over the cable management holes and a side panel that resembles the 800D.

Munki · Mar 19, 2012

Definitely a bit too high. If the case was less than $70, I would pick one of these up.

Rowsol · Mar 20, 2012

theJesus said:
Corsair seems to be taking advantage of the reputation they've built in order to charge more than their products are worth.

Ya don't say...

kg4icg · Mar 20, 2012

Munki said:
Definitely a bit too high. If the case was less than $70, I would pick one of these up.

I guess Microcenter heard you. The case is $70 at microcenter.

http://www.microcenter.com/search/search_results.phtml?sortby=pricehigh&N=4294964318+4294959278

Shurakai · Mar 21, 2012

Aussie here, had a lovely new 300R delivered today, cost $110 (ex shipping, got a lot of other stuff for other computers with the order though). Worth every penny, blows the hell out of my poor old CM690's airflow.

Review seems a little rough on the cons, might not have the rubber grommets (I presume those are usually where you thread the cables through) but that doesn't stop good cable management or good looks, personally I like not having little + or x near my motherboard

. On the topic of 140mm downward heat sinks, my AXP-140 was still attached to the mobo and fit like a glove (replaced by a 212 EVO now, 140 was from an Mini-ITX build in the past).

Side panels could of been aligned better though, slight bend at the back of the fan side panel so it will require some tlc to have that aligned correctly. Also the little washers for the top fans bend very easily, I just gently removed them all, perfectly good hex hole underneath them.

Couple pics of my load-out:
(Sorry, don't have the best camera around

)

System Name	Meshlicious Monster
Processor	Intel Core i5-10600T
Motherboard	MSI Z490I Unify
Cooling	NZXT Kraken Z53 with 2x Noctua Redux 1300 RPM PWM fans
Memory	ADATA 16 GB 3200 Mhz DDR4
Video Card(s)	MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio
Storage	TeamGroup 1TB NVMe SSD
Display(s)	Asus ProArt 27" 1440P, 75Hz
Case	ssupd Meshlicious with mesh side panels
Power Supply	Fractal Design Ion 660 W Platinum ATX
Mouse	Corsair Dark Core RGB Pro Wireless
Keyboard	Microsoft Sidewinder X4 Keyboard
Software	Windows 10 Home

System Name	Desktop\|\| Virtual Host 0
Processor	Intel Core i5 2500-K @ 4.3ghz \|\| 2x Xeon L5630 (total 8 cores, 16 threads)
Motherboard	ASUS P8Z68-V \|\| Dell PowerEdge R710 (Intel 5520 chipset)
Cooling	Corsair Hydro H100 \|\| Stock hotplug fans and passive heatsinks
Memory	4x4gb Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 \|\| 12x4gb Hynix DDR3 1066 FB-DIMMs
Video Card(s)	MSI GTX 760 Gaming Twin Frozr 4GB OC \|\| Don't know, don't care
Storage	Hitachi 7K3000 2TB \|\| 6x300gb 15k rpm SAS internal hotswap, 12x3tb Seagate NAS drives in enclosure
Display(s)	ViewSonic VA2349S \|\| remote iDRAC KVM console
Case	Antec P280 \|\| Dell PowerEdge R710
Audio Device(s)	HRT MusicStreamer II+ and Focusrite Scarlett 18i8 \|\| Don't know, don't care
Power Supply	SeaSonic X650 Gold \|\| 2x870w hot-swappable
Mouse	Logitech G500 \|\| remote iDRAC KVM console
Keyboard	Logitech G510 \|\| remote iDRAC KVM console
Software	Win7 Ultimate x64 \|\| VMware vSphere 6.0 with vCenter Server 6.0
Benchmark Scores	Over 9000 on the scouter

Processor	AMD Ryzen 1700
Motherboard	Gigabyte AB350 GAMING 3
Memory	16GB (2x8) 3200MHz
Display(s)	Acer 24" LCD
Software	Windows 10 Pro

Processor	12100
Video Card(s)	1650 Super
Case	Coolermaster Ammo 533
Mouse	G403
Keyboard	Sidewinder x4

System Name	home build
Processor	Core I5-10600K
Motherboard	MSI Z590 Pro A
Cooling	Cooler Master HF212
Memory	2x8GB DDR4-3200
Video Card(s)	Zotac RTX2070 Super Mini
Storage	1tb ssd, 2tbhdd
Display(s)	LG 32inch 2560x1440
Case	Lian-Li
Audio Device(s)	on board
Power Supply	750watt
Software	Win 11 Pro 64bit

Corsair Carbide 300R

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System Name	Computer MkVIII
Processor	2500K @ 4.5ghz
Motherboard	ASUS Sabertooth P67
Cooling	CPU: 212+ EVO GPU: Stock
Memory	16gb G.Skill Ares @2133mhz
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 980 SC
Storage	1x Samsung 840 EVO 1TB
Display(s)	24" Asus VE248
Case	Corsair Carbide 300R
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Corsair HX-650
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit