Corsair Spec 06 RGB

An ideal home for flashy builds—if your retinas can take it.

- Phil iwaniuk

RGB LIGHTING HAS conquered its final frontier. After invading the territory below your keyboard, the sides of your headset, and even the radiators on your mobo, this unstoppable scourge—er, trend—finally makes it to the front panel of your case. Um, thanks, Corsair.

OK, perhaps we’re being a bit harsh on the Spec 06’s look. And RGB lighting in its entirety, come to think of it. We’re actually quite fond of that colorful flourish on the front, a swooping line of illumination, as though the case has suffered a war wound and is now bleeding pure Las Vegas Strip. And, yes, it’s totally programmable and customizable, via a smartly affixed lighting controller at the rear (just below the GPU exhaust slots). Three buttons control the speed, color, and mode, of which there are seven. It’s certainly convenient to have that controller on the outside of the case—not always a given.