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Removing the front panel is simple – a sharp tug at the bottom will release it from the chassis. On closer inspection of the front panel, the integrated mesh dust filters can be taken out for cleaning by removing a few screws.
Once the front panel is removed, ample space for fan mounting is provided behind, with what looks like potentially enough room to install a 360mm radiator or AIO cooler, which is great. However, the HDD caddy seems to be very close. Hopefully, this can be removed or changed position to create space for cooling.
Removal of the tempered glass panel gives us the first look at what space is provided internally. Due to the rather narrow style of the 110R, it looks quite tight inside. The Corsair 110R offers just over 335mm width internally, so installation of a full-size ATX motherboard may be tricky and a large GPU could cause conflicts with front-mounted cooling solutions.
However, the interior does look well laid out, with plenty of cable management cutouts, some protected with rubber grommets, a full cover PSU shroud features a vented mesh portion and a 120mm fan is fitted acting as a rear exhaust.
After the steel panel is removed to the left-hand side, Corsair have provided a box of various screws for installing components which are sorted into bags, with a generous amount of fan screws and zip ties included.
Due to the case depth being on the small side, there is very little room behind the motherboard tray for cable management. At best, Corsair has only provided 15mm of space for routing cables in the 110R – this could turn out to be inadequate for system builders who want to achieve perfection with cable routing. We will see how this affects the installation later.
Additionally, on this side of the case, we can see both the removable 2.5-inch SSD trays and the 2.5/3.5-inch HDD caddy, which looks like it can be removed or re-positioned. Adjustment to the right is only small, meaning installation of a large front-mounted radiator will only be possible with the HDD caddy completely removed from the case.
To the right of the HDD caddy, there is the power supply location. The Corsair 110R offers approximately 205mm of space from the HDD caddy to the rear of the chassis, so fitting a large power supply will be tricky unless the HDD caddy is removed. Again, this is something we can investigate later during the installation process.
It is worth mentioning that, with all the side panels and front panel removed, the chassis holds its stability – there doesn’t seem to be much flex in the structure which means the case is well built with good quality materials. Something which is not often seen on low priced budget cases.
