Corsair 220T Airflow Case Review: Testing the Marketing
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Date: 2020-05-06
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Doodle
I have a 220T with a corsair 360mm watercooler in the front, and I reversed the case airflow. The case has 9 fans, 6 of them are Noctua 3000rpm industrials, and the 3 stock. I moved the stock fans to the rear and top of the case as intake and added cooler master mesh filters to prevent dust intake. I placed the 6 Noctua fans on the water cooler which is the exhaust in the front (yes this does affect GPU temps a little, and somehow have a 2070 Super GPU crammed in there. I removed the ssd frame in the base of the case to put in an EVGA PSU which is modular. Let me tell you, it was hard to put together. Temperatures are great, under blender at max rpm on the Noctua fans I don't get above 42c (i9 9900K btw. I wanted a SMALL case. And this is it. I like the design of the front of the case actually and the design in general. I like this case a lot. I have a HAF X (my former PC, and after lugging that mini fridge around, I wanted a case that was as small as possible. Meshify is only slightly better with no corsair fans or lighting node. Also the 220T is smaller than the Meshify by about 2 inches if I recall. This is the smallest case you can currently get with decent airflow imho.
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I have a 220T with a corsair 360mm watercooler in the front, and I reversed the case airflow. The case has 9 fans, 6 of them are Noctua 3000rpm industrials, and the 3 stock. I moved the stock fans to the rear and top of the case as intake and added cooler master mesh filters to prevent dust intake. I placed the 6 Noctua fans on the water cooler which is the exhaust in the front (yes this does affect GPU temps a little, and somehow have a 2070 Super GPU crammed in there. I removed the ssd frame in the base of the case to put in an EVGA PSU which is modular. Let me tell you, it was hard to put together. Temperatures are great, under blender at max rpm on the Noctua fans I don't get above 42c (i9 9900K btw. I wanted a SMALL case. And this is it. I like the design of the front of the case actually and the design in general. I like this case a lot. I have a HAF X (my former PC, and after lugging that mini fridge around, I wanted a case that was as small as possible. Meshify is only slightly better with no corsair fans or lighting node. Also the 220T is smaller than the Meshify by about 2 inches if I recall. This is the smallest case you can currently get with decent airflow imho.
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Rustum
A further criticism i have of The Lighting Node Core (i got the 465x which also has 1. It's only an RGB hub, not a fan hub, but if you want to add more, they have to be the same fans. Otherwise you need another hub. And no AIO coolers come with those fans. So if you want an AIO with RGB you'll also need a Lighting Node Pro and even more fan headers on your mobo. This will then take up 2 USB headers on your mobo (3 if your pump head is RGB as it uses 1 too. You could change out the AIO fans to match the case ones, but unless you're going with a 120 radiator you might as well buy the 3 pack of fans. Which comes with a lighting node PRO (not the core as stated in the video, making the included lighting node core redundant. There's no logical upgrade path if you intend to add anything except 1 more LL120 fan. If you're gonna get more than that or add a cooler, then the lighting node core quickly becomes useless.
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A further criticism i have of The Lighting Node Core (i got the 465x which also has 1. It's only an RGB hub, not a fan hub, but if you want to add more, they have to be the same fans. Otherwise you need another hub. And no AIO coolers come with those fans. So if you want an AIO with RGB you'll also need a Lighting Node Pro and even more fan headers on your mobo. This will then take up 2 USB headers on your mobo (3 if your pump head is RGB as it uses 1 too. You could change out the AIO fans to match the case ones, but unless you're going with a 120 radiator you might as well buy the 3 pack of fans. Which comes with a lighting node PRO (not the core as stated in the video, making the included lighting node core redundant. There's no logical upgrade path if you intend to add anything except 1 more LL120 fan. If you're gonna get more than that or add a cooler, then the lighting node core quickly becomes useless.
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seraphis
Ok so basically I don't like all these stylized cases on the market and I haven't for like 6 years now. Is it so much to ask that a case can just be a simple rectangle? I want I/O on the top, 3 fans lining the front that's all mesh, I'd like for the case to not have any obvious lowered or raised parts to it. Quite simply a box. Drive cages in the bottom with the PSU. The closest thing I found to this idea is the Fractal Design Focus G. Perhaps a side panel that has fan mounts or an acrylic window cause I'm fine with either option. I just want some more simplicity I guess. So simply. A box that's flat all over with a mesh front and 3x120mm/2x140mm fan mounts in the front.
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Ok so basically I don't like all these stylized cases on the market and I haven't for like 6 years now. Is it so much to ask that a case can just be a simple rectangle? I want I/O on the top, 3 fans lining the front that's all mesh, I'd like for the case to not have any obvious lowered or raised parts to it. Quite simply a box. Drive cages in the bottom with the PSU. The closest thing I found to this idea is the Fractal Design Focus G. Perhaps a side panel that has fan mounts or an acrylic window cause I'm fine with either option. I just want some more simplicity I guess. So simply. A box that's flat all over with a mesh front and 3x120mm/2x140mm fan mounts in the front.
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Blizzero
why have the cases been so bad nowadays compared to before? In my 8 year old Full tower which I bought for 140 (Antec 1200 V3) There is 3 intakes fans in the front, 2 in the back (120mm) and a massive 200mm at the top, + you got a bracket which you can put on 3 different harddrive brackets for another 120mm infront of the cpu and a spot on the side panel to take away heat from the gpu. Now a days Full towers are super expensive, and they only comes with intake fans for the most of it. There is also a fan speed adjustor on all of the 6 fans pre installed in the case so you can change them from L-M-H which goes from 600-1200 rpm
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why have the cases been so bad nowadays compared to before? In my 8 year old Full tower which I bought for 140 (Antec 1200 V3) There is 3 intakes fans in the front, 2 in the back (120mm) and a massive 200mm at the top, + you got a bracket which you can put on 3 different harddrive brackets for another 120mm infront of the cpu and a spot on the side panel to take away heat from the gpu. Now a days Full towers are super expensive, and they only comes with intake fans for the most of it. There is also a fan speed adjustor on all of the 6 fans pre installed in the case so you can change them from L-M-H which goes from 600-1200 rpm
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Archimedes
Not a fan but thanks for the review Steve. I appreciate you at least reviewing air cooled cases as I don't think much about liquid cooling. That said, I believe the Meshify C rules this category of cases with perforated front cover. I prefer cases that have a solid front panel at some detriment to air flow because I don't run high watt processors and choose low sound signature over maximum air flow. To me, that case looks cheesy. My opinion. Aesthetics matter. Of course the pulsating RGB fans look like something out of a budget 60's sci fi flick. Thanks as always for your content.
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Not a fan but thanks for the review Steve. I appreciate you at least reviewing air cooled cases as I don't think much about liquid cooling. That said, I believe the Meshify C rules this category of cases with perforated front cover. I prefer cases that have a solid front panel at some detriment to air flow because I don't run high watt processors and choose low sound signature over maximum air flow. To me, that case looks cheesy. My opinion. Aesthetics matter. Of course the pulsating RGB fans look like something out of a budget 60's sci fi flick. Thanks as always for your content.
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itsjustalvi
I love this case. I completed my first build with this PC last week and I couldn't be happier. I went with this case because I liked it's compacted mid tower form factor. I have this case sitting on my desk and I couldn't be happier. I didn't use any hard drives I went with Only SSD drives so cable management wasn't a problem for me as I was able to utilize the extra space left by removing the hard drive caddie to store my cables. It's a great case if you're looking to Fit an ATX mother board but still want a case that isn't as big as a full size mid tower.
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I love this case. I completed my first build with this PC last week and I couldn't be happier. I went with this case because I liked it's compacted mid tower form factor. I have this case sitting on my desk and I couldn't be happier. I didn't use any hard drives I went with Only SSD drives so cable management wasn't a problem for me as I was able to utilize the extra space left by removing the hard drive caddie to store my cables. It's a great case if you're looking to Fit an ATX mother board but still want a case that isn't as big as a full size mid tower.
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Choral
Its subjective like you said, but I like the front panel design on this. I like how it filters the rgb aesthetically, and also like the uncut metal spots you pointed to, that seem odd. Its artistic, about shape and supposed to be asymmetrical. Asd you proved by the 2 degree difference, it doesn't hinder flow much measurably. there are 3 fans there. With the addition of the top 2 and rear fan configured to push or draw as needed, the airflow in there is massive. All I got, some of us like it. the wife painted hers purple. its a thing.
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Its subjective like you said, but I like the front panel design on this. I like how it filters the rgb aesthetically, and also like the uncut metal spots you pointed to, that seem odd. Its artistic, about shape and supposed to be asymmetrical. Asd you proved by the 2 degree difference, it doesn't hinder flow much measurably. there are 3 fans there. With the addition of the top 2 and rear fan configured to push or draw as needed, the airflow in there is massive. All I got, some of us like it. the wife painted hers purple. its a thing.
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Ivan
you should throw in more DIYPC models. the one is better than O model. mine is VANGUARD V8 model. is very similar to corsair trying to replicate but if MODEL 0 is way above. then mine is superior due to 3 fans at front. how lucky when everyone else is catching up with us. lucky vanguard that started this idea. mesh design. it was 59 bucks. back then. now due to competitors taking our design approach. our price went up to 129 bucks. thank you, competitors. you just make DIYPC from cheap company to more expensive serious competitor
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you should throw in more DIYPC models. the one is better than O model. mine is VANGUARD V8 model. is very similar to corsair trying to replicate but if MODEL 0 is way above. then mine is superior due to 3 fans at front. how lucky when everyone else is catching up with us. lucky vanguard that started this idea. mesh design. it was 59 bucks. back then. now due to competitors taking our design approach. our price went up to 129 bucks. thank you, competitors. you just make DIYPC from cheap company to more expensive serious competitor
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david
I built my PC in this case and love it because it's smaller and lets me move it easily when going to LAN 's or on the go. Full atx motherboard i7 9700k with Corsair AIO 240mm radiator, an XC ultra 2080TI, 32 Gb 3200 ram and a 2 tb nvme SSD. I got the case on sale during black Friday for 80, it comes with 3 rgb fans that would cost 60 in a 3 pack from Corsair. The aio had to be put in the top two vertical fan spaces because of ram clearance issues
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I built my PC in this case and love it because it's smaller and lets me move it easily when going to LAN 's or on the go. Full atx motherboard i7 9700k with Corsair AIO 240mm radiator, an XC ultra 2080TI, 32 Gb 3200 ram and a 2 tb nvme SSD. I got the case on sale during black Friday for 80, it comes with 3 rgb fans that would cost 60 in a 3 pack from Corsair. The aio had to be put in the top two vertical fan spaces because of ram clearance issues
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Tuba
I had a cooler master case when I had my AMD 8350 black edition cpu and 980ti, both 2 very hot chips even though the cooler master case was considered a airflow case I had overheat issues till I removed the front panel. My room didn t get hot at the time either as it was winter and my room would stay about 55-60 degrees Fahrenheit. When I did my new build I went with a NZXT case and had a much better experience
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I had a cooler master case when I had my AMD 8350 black edition cpu and 980ti, both 2 very hot chips even though the cooler master case was considered a airflow case I had overheat issues till I removed the front panel. My room didn t get hot at the time either as it was winter and my room would stay about 55-60 degrees Fahrenheit. When I did my new build I went with a NZXT case and had a much better experience
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