Corsair has debuted a new series of Carbide SPEC-04 mid-towers cases which they call “bold” and “ready to stand out. One thing for sure, the MSRP of $50 will catch they eye of many builders..
There are three different color combinations available—black and yellow, black and red, or black and gray. Corsair claims the “angular styling” isn’t just there for looks, but to provide ventilation and to hide a side-mounted front panel equipped with USB 3.0 and 2.0 ports. They sport tinted side-panel window.
The SPEC-04 case series supports standard ATX parts, including graphics cards up to 370mm in length and PSUs up to 225mm long. CPU coolers can be up to 150mm high. There isn’t space in the case to place 5.25-inch drive.
Corsair includes a single 120mm fan in the front the SPEC-04. There is room to add another one, either 120mm or 140mm (it supports two of either up front), and you attach two more 120mm to the top and another in the rear.
Liquid cooling options are only a 140mm radiator up front and/or a 120mm radiator in the back. So don’t order a 240mm or 360mm rad when buying this case..
There is a large cutout behind the motherboard to help with installing third-party CPU cooling solutions. Several other cutouts can be found throughout the SPEC-04 for cable management.
SPEC-04 is in the retail space now.
