The Crystal 280X RGB comes with a rather unusual design, which to us is excentric. Corsair is using both tempered glass and ABS plastic parts at the front and on the top. The quality of the plastic used is excellent. The front part doesn't feature any slots for optical disc drives and therefore you won't be able to install any 5.25" drives, card readers or fan controllers. On the top there is your standard I/O panel with two USB 3.0 ports, power and reset button as well as the two standard audio jacks. On both the top and the front there are several openings around the tempered glass panels, which allow fans to pull fresh air in. The side panels are rather interesting; while the left panel comes with a huge piece of tempered glass, the right panel sports a dust filter.
The back panel is as simple as it gets. There are four slot bezels covering the PCI expansion slots, the opening for the motherboard I/O panel and the opening for an ATX power supply. The bottom of the case has been equipped with four plastic feet and there is also an air-inlet for the radiators to breath if the fans are facing downwards. |
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