The Corsair Carbide Series Quiet 600Q is Corsair’s first foray
into the world of Inverse ATX chassis. We’ll talk about Inverse layouts later
on but first let’s talk about this case. The 600Q is the quiet version with
solid panels and sound dampening material through the interior side panels. There’s
also a 600C model which comes with a windowed side panel reminiscent of the 760T.
The Corsair Carbide 600Q is a full-tower ATX case with some
neat features including a minimalist design, sound dampening for quiet
operation, steel exterior, fully supports custom water-cooling rigs and is easy
to clean with its removable dust covers.

Going down the front of the case the entire front panel
comes off to access the front fan mounts and dust filter. This also leads us to
the interior where things get a little bit more interesting.
So the idea of inverse ATX is pretty simple, flip the motherboard
tray upside down. That’s pretty much all it is, whether it has any thermal
improvements is up for argument but it doesn’t look like there to be much of an
improvement. What you do get however similar to the Air 540 is the chamber with
the airflow coming in from the front to directly sweep over the GPU and CPU
area. The bottom of the interior does come with full radiator support up to
360mm, whether you have it in push or pull is really up to you in this case but
either way shouldn’t really matter. By being on the bottom you do have the
advantage of the radiator sucking in fresh cool air so that’s something to
think about. The bottom of the case does have large feet which do lift it off
the ground quite high enough for you to use it in either push or pull. The full-sized
dust filter that runs along bottom also helps the case avoid mass dust attacks.
The top area of the case is accessible from the rear of the
case which houses the 5.25” bays, PSU, SSD mounts and the 2 hard drive bays. In
picture the rear of the case looks perfect, but closer inspection does show
some weak points. First having only 2 hard drive bays, similar to the Air 540
which only has 2 drives the 600Q follows those footsteps. If you have an extra-long
PSU you may find installing that plus any optical drives could be a bit cramped
up in that space. Personally I don’t use internal optical drives anymore like
many others so that one shouldn’t be too much of an issue. The Air 540 with its
similar design was the only reason I didn’t go that route and it seems like
Corsair has done the same thing for its first generation of a new model.
Hopefully future revisions of the Air 540 and 600Q offer more drive bays.

None the less one can’t ignore the simple elegance of the
600Q. It’s super slick, quiet and built to fit into any room.
So who is this case for exactly? Well if you're looking for an upgrade to something 'different' then this is what the 600Q offers. As long as you're comfortable with the hard drive drawbacks the Corsaor Carbide 600Q will give your system a 'wow' factor while offering full performance capabilities.
Sahin Selvi
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