Corsair Introduces Latest Casing, Carbide 88r

Corsair introduced its latest product line Carbide their special casing to the motherboard with a micro-ATX form factor, Carbide 88r. Interestingly, Corsair fix the price of only $ 49.99 for bringing home Carbide 88r. With a selling price as it is, what are the embedded feature Corsair to attract prospective buyers?

Corsair Carbide side cover 88r is equipped with a large-sized transparent panel. On the front side can be found two USB 3.0 ports, headphone jack, microphone jack, and the power button on / off along with the reset. Cover the front side of the casing fitted ventilation holes on the right and left side where fresh air is sucked into the.

Corsair Carbide 88r has a body size of 440 x 378 x 198 mm and has an empty weight of 3.65 kg. The casing is ready to accommodate a micro-ATX motherboard with a maximum size of 244 x 244 mm. In addition to micro-ATX motherboard, there is a possibility of this casing also supports the use of mini-ITX motherboard although it still needs to be ensured to support. There is one slot to accommodate a 5.25-inch optical drive device or any other device with similar size and two 3.5-inch slots and two slots to accommodate a 2.5-inch HDD or SSD storage devices. Corsair Carbide 88r supports the use of ATX PSU with a maximum size of 160 mm. Of course, the hole can be placed PSU fan facing up or down given that there are ventilation holes in which the power supply components are placed. Corsair also includes a 120 mm fan on the rear side when the user buys this product.
















Corsair Carbide 88r provides two mounting 120mm on the front side, two on the upper side, and one on the back side. Of course it indicates the user can use the device with the AIO-liquid cooling radiator size 120 mm or 240 mm. Do not miss this casing supports the use of CPU cooler with a maximum height of 150 mm. Meanwhile for the component graphics card, this case supports sizes up to 383 mm where the size usually found on high-end class graphics card. Seen in the picture above the 2.5-inch storage component is placed on the rear side of the plate where the motherboard is placed.














Corsair Carbide 88r provides a large hole in the metal plate where the motherboard is placed. As a result the component mounting bracket for the cooling system on the motherboard belakangn can be done without removing the motherboard from the chassis.