Introduction
CORSAIR made a quick splash at CES this year, hiding away in the upper levels of the same hotel that NVIDIA was showing off its wares. We managed to swing by minutes before they packed up to get out of dodge, so let’s see what they had for us to see.
Updated Fan Screws
We’ll talk about this one first as we really haven’t seen any movement in the fan screw world in quite some time. CORSAIR has redesigned the fan screw to be able to be installed with a single twist of a screw driver. Gone should be the multi-crank or power tool method to get your fans secured. CORSAIR noted these screws are a bit longer than the standard ones to account for the steeper pitch to have enough bite.
6500X Case
The 6500X case is a mid-tower dual chamber design that’s compatible with ASUS BTF and MSI Project Zero motherboards. The front panel is swappable between a mesh or glass configuration, depending on wshat floats your boat. Taking a look around the back of the case, there’s plenty of space for wire routing for the rear mount connectors (something that was not the case (hah) in some of the other cases we looked at last week). The expected release date is in late February at a TBD price point.
2500X Case
The 2500X case is a smidge smaller that sports room for a micro ATX motherboard but shares the same features as the 6500X including the BTF/Project Zero support, dual chamber design and yet still plenty of room for a large graphics card. The expected release date is in late February at a TBD price point.
Case Panels
For the 2500X and 6500X cases, CORSAIR is offering an assortment of case panels that will let you modify the look of your case to match your preferred look. These panels will be available in Bamboo (not pictured), Teak, Walnut, Obsidian and Satin Grey. We suspect that these will land on the market in the late February time frame along with the compatible cases.
A115 Air CPU Cooler
The A115 Air Cooler sports a dual tower and 6 heat pipe design using two CORSAIR AF140 ELITE PWM fans. The fans are mounted using a special “slide-and-lock” contraption that lets you boost the height of the fans a little bit if you have an overly large memory kit installed. They claim performance will match or best top comparing coolers on the market and should hit shelves tomorrow, January 16th, for $99.99. We’ve thrown our name in the hat for a review sample and hope to bring you our take on it once it arrives.
Elgato Capture Cards
Last up, CORSAIR brought a couple of Elgato capture cards – the internal one being the 4K Pro Internal Capture Card and the external USB-C based one as the 4K X External Capture Card. Both cards are HDMI 2.1 capable and will pass through all the things. Both are expected to hit the market at the start of February for $279.99 and $229.99 respectively.