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Posted by Jonj1611 - Fri 02 Sep 2016 14:56
Looks good. Having the 540 myself these are excellent cases for building.

It was a good move to put the hard drives around the back though not sure on the removal of the optical drive. I use a blu ray internal drive myself so wouldn't be able to consider this case for upgrading currently and the price point is a little high.
Posted by Spreadie - Fri 02 Sep 2016 15:28
Looks like a bit of a dust magnet - especialy those horizontal vanes on the front panel.
Posted by Jonj1611 - Fri 02 Sep 2016 15:32
Dust is minimal, virtually zero inside my case, has a magnetic removable filter behind the fans, as does this model.
Posted by Sunderas - Fri 02 Sep 2016 15:40
A new case without frontal USB-C? Dear lord Corsair…
And am I seeing a new case where I have to remove the front panel to get to the front filters?
Posted by Jonj1611 - Fri 02 Sep 2016 15:59
Thats the same as the old case and takes like 30 seconds
Posted by MaddAussie - Fri 02 Sep 2016 16:00
Is there a windowless option?? I have grown to hate windows on cases…
Posted by D.king88 - Sat 03 Sep 2016 16:29
I like it and like the removeable dust magnet/filter but I'm with one of the other posters - I'm not liking the move away from optical drives.

Unfortunately, it seems that Corsair are just one of many companies that are tailoring their mid-high end cases towards streamers vs those of us that still enjoy using optical drives…maybe I'm just an old fogir at 28?
Posted by bsodmike - Tue 06 Sep 2016 14:42
I really enjoyed working inside the Air 540, given I finished a build about a week ago (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksMfH0elf8E) and I'm somewhat torn between the Cooler Master Maker 5 vs the 740.

Thanks for the review!