Cougar CFV235 Review - Unique Design, But Does It Cool Properly?

Today we’re taking a look at the Cougar CFV235 mid-tower chassis. It features Cougar’s Central Floating Ventilation design, support for up to EATX motherboards, including back connect, and comes with pre-installed ARGB PWM fans straight out of the box. On paper, there’s plenty of cooling potential too with support for up to nine fans and 360mm radiators, along with clearance for graphics cards up to 430mm long. As always, we’ll be checking out build quality, ease of installation, thermal performance, and overall value to see if the CFV235 is worth considering for your next build. See the written review here: https://www.kitguru.net/components/cases/james-dawson/cougar-cfv235-case-review/ 00:00 Intro 00:45 Pricing + key info 02:38 Getting inside 04:10 Cooling support, pre-installed fans 05:55 CPU and GPU compatibility 06:52 Looking at the rear 07:18 Area behind the mobo tray 09:32 Storage support 10:21 Floor of the case 11:17 Accessories 12:14 Thermal tests + noise 13:49 James’ experience so far 15:19 Closing thoughts Specifications: • Case Type: Mid Tower • Dimensions (LxWxH): 235 × 493 × 460 mm • Materials: Steel, Plastic, Glass • Motherboard Support: Mini ITX / Micro ATX / ATX / CEB • Back-connect motherboard support: Yes • Expansion Slots: 7 • Storage bays: 3.5" ×2, 2.5" ×2 + 2 (converted from 3.5" bays) • Max GPU Length: 430mm • Max CPU Cooler Height: 175mm • PSU Type: ATX up to 200mm • Pre-installed Fans: Unity 240 ARGB PWM Reversed Fan × 1 (Side) 120mm ARGB PWM Fan × 1 (Rear) • Fan Support: 120mm × 3 / 140mm × 3 (Top), 120mm ×2 (Side), 120mm x 3 (Bottom), 120mm x 1 (Rear) • Radiator Support: 360mm / 280mm / 240mm / 140mm / 120mm (Top), 120mm (Rear) • Dust Filters: Bottom • Font I/O: USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Type-C ×1, USB 3.0 Type-A ×2, 4-Pole Headset Audio Jack ×1, RGB Button • LCD Screen: N/A Test system: • CPU – AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D • Motherboard – MSI MAG X870 Tomahawk Wifi • Graphics Card – Gigabyte RTX 5080 Gaming OC • Memory – 32GB G.SKILL Trident Z5 NEO RGB DDR5-6000 • Storage – 1TB Corsair MP600 Elite PCIE Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD • CPU Cooler – Montech HYperflow Digital 360 AIO • Power Supply – Seasonic Focus GX 1000 ATX3 • Case fans – Stock • Chassis – Cougar CFV235 • Operating System – Windows 11 24H2 Be sure to support us on PATREON https://www.patreon.com/kitgurutech and read our MANTRA on HONEST REVIEWS Here: http://bit.ly/2BopnF9 We never offer affiliate links or take percentages of product sales. If we say the product is good or bad we mean it. Our Editor in chief wrote about why you should value this and how the industry is rife with fake reviews from 'influencers' - read here https://bit.ly/3pXzaw4 Buy our merch from here: https://kitgurutech.myspreadshop.co.uk Discord invite link: https://discord.gg/4cqFSWY Steam Community https://steamcommunity.com/groups/kitguruofficial Visit our facebook page over here! https://www.facebook.com/KitGuru.net/ Visit our Twitter page over here! https://twitter.com/kitgurupress?lang=en #cougar #cfv235 #pccase #midtower #buildapc