Corsair Carbide Series 500R Case Review

The Disk Drive Bays

While the Corsair Carbide Series 400R and 500R have the exact same number of disk drive bays (four 5.25” external bays and six 3.5”/2.5” internal bays), in the 500R the six internal bays are located inside two removable hard drive cages, a feature not available in the 400R. All bays use tool-less installation mechanisms, except when you have 2.5” devices.

Figure 15: Disk drive bays

You can remove the hard drive cage if you want to fit a video card that is longer than 12.4” (316 mm). With the hard drive cage removed, you can fit video cards up to 17.8” (452 mm) long.

Figure 16: Top hard drive cage removed

Figure 17: Both hard drive cages removed

Figure 18: One of the hard drive cages

Each 3.5”/2.5” bay is actually a small drawer, with rubber rings around its pegs to absorb vibrations and, thus, reduce noise.

Figure 19: Drawer