INTRODUCTION

   Although there's no shortage of PC cases in the market with numerous features, different designs, tempered glass side panels and RGB lighting there's one thing manufacturers many times seem to neglect, stock airflow levels. Anyone can of course add more fans but the reason I added the word stock is because some people either don't know or are just not willing to spend more money (considerably more than what manufacturers charge for bundled fans) to equip a tower with extra fans. And then there's the design factor and as you've seen in many of our reviews some models don't have sufficient front air intakes while others don't even have top fan/radiator mounting areas. The iCUE 220T RGB Airflow Mid-Tower Gaming Case by CORSAIR released earlier today is not only what today's review is all about but it also seems to focus on all of the above.

   Founded in 1994, CORSAIR has grown from pioneering the high-performance DRAM market into one of the world’s leading providers of high-performance PC peripherals and components. CORSAIR offers a complete range of products to equip gamers, enthusiasts and e-sports athletes, including mechanical keyboards, precision gaming mice, wireless headsets, high-performance components that gamers use to build gaming PCs, and the CORSAIR ONE fully-integrated gaming PC. With a company-wide commitment to quality, innovative design, advanced features and high performance, CORSAIR products have won thousands of media and industry awards, earning their place in gamers’ hands and PCs following years of development and engineering by a team dedicated to building great products they themselves would want to use.

   As mentioned already the main selling points of the brand new iCUE 220T RGB Airflow Mid-Tower (available in black and white and compatible with micro-ATX, mini-ITX and ATX sized mainboards) are its airflow levels largely thanks to its three SP120 RGB PRO fans (8 addressable LEDs each - iCUE software control) located at the front behind a largely perforated steel fascia, its side tempered glass panel and its dual-chamber internal layout. Of course since the iCUE 220T RGB Airflow lacks any left side drive cages it also has a good amount of interior space for anything you may want to equip it with including room for up to six 120mm fans (or four 140mm ones and a single 120mm one) and/or three 240/280/360mm radiators (roof/floor/front), two 2.5" and two 2.5"/3.5" drives, 300mm long graphics cards, 160mm tall CPU coolers and 180mm long power supply units. Other features include front/top/bottom removable air-filters, removable 2.5"/3.5" drive cage and an iCUE lighting node CORE fan hub for up to six CORSAIR RGB fans (6 different lighting modes). For a compact mid-tower this certainly sounds interesting right?