Test System

Assembly

Installing the motherboard is done by traditional means, with the use of spacers and screws. By having it placed upside down, the CPU gets access to the coolest section of the chassis, as hot air tends to rise. An additional benefit is that the GPU cooler now faces upward as well - for the same reason. There is plenty of space for both large CPU coolers and GPUs as Corsair mentions compatibility with 200 mm towers or 395 mm long graphics cards.


Adding a traditional 3.5" drive is done by utilizing the plastic tray. It comes with metal pins for tool-less assembly and features holes for a 2.5" drive to be fastened to the tray instead.


Once filled, simply slide it into a bay of your choice. While this will be more than enough for most users, some might find issue with only having two 3.5" bays. Those of you who do will have to get creative by using 5.25" bays instead. It would have been nice of Corsair to included a 5.25'' to 3.5" adapter for such a purpose.


Adding an SSD is done in a similar fashion, but does require a screwdriver. The tray itself is made of plastic and any drive will stay in place without any additional parts, but will still have a bit of play, as SSDs are thinner than most traditional drives, which makes using the screws Corsair supplies a requirement.


If you like to include an optical drive, simply remove the cover before sliding the drive into place until the tool-less mechanism snaps down to hold it in place. It holds well, but you may want to sink a single screw in as well.


As there is a shroud, you have to slide the PSU into the chassis through the rear. To do so, the frame needs to be taken off the chassis and screwed onto the power supply first. Once in place, simply use the included thumbscrews to pin everything down.


With everything installed, the Corsair Carbide 600C looks extremely clean when viewed from its main side since the entire cable mess is behind the cover.

Finished Looks

Once everything is back in place, the Carbide 600C makes a very cool impression. A white LED underneath its power button also lights up when the system is up and running.


The optical drives in front are hiding behind the cover, and you can see the whole motherboard with the GPU, CPU cooler, and memory sticks. In the rear, everything is where you would expect it to be considering the chassis comes with an inverted layout.