A Closer Look - Inside

To gain access to the interior, you will have to remove all the screws holding the panels in place. Once detached, you will notice that the layout is as expected, with a metal shroud covering the PSU and 3.5" drive bay for the cleanest-possible internal look. Looking at the rear of the motherboard tray, you will notice a large opening to access the backside of the CPU socket for easier CPU-cooling assembly or the swap of one.


You will get a mere 15-22 mm of space to work with in this area of the Carbide 275R, which is much less than other cases offer. However, thanks to the metal shroud, you won't really need to store any unused cables here anyways.


You may install up to four 2,5" drives on the backside of the motherboard tray. Two of these spots utilize trays while the other two 2,5" drives are meant to be secured directly on to the motherboard tray, while staying out of sight as well.


You will find two plastic 3.5" trays underneath the metal shroud towards the front of the case. Above that is not much else beside the aforementioned 120 mm intake fan, so you won't be obstructing any long GPUs even with liquid-cooling elements installed.


In the rear, the PSU bay is pretty straightforward since the unit simply rests on foam bumps. The seven expansion slots above that are pretty standard as well, but you do have two vertical ones which allow you to install your GPU with its fans facing towards the window. For this, you will need an additional PCIe x16 ribbon cable, though. In the very top, the 120 mm fan comes with a 3-pin motherboard header, which means its speed can be controlled directly by your board.


Looking at the ceiling from the interior, you will notice that the mounting holes for fans or radiators are offset—you should have little to no issues with motherboard compatibility and such cooling elements.


All the cables within the Carbide 275R are of the default variety and black to go well with the rest of the chassis.