Cougar’s New Mid-Tower Gaming PC Cases Hide Airflow in Aesthetic Cutouts

Alongside its new AI workstation-oriented NU-series cases, Cougar has also debuted new additions to its line-up of airflow-focused gaming PC cases at Computex 2026. The new CVF220 and Duoair RGB cases feature large cutouts and overhangs that not only serve to generate visual interest, but are also meant to increase airflow and cooling capacity, because they separate the PSU from the main system components and create more room for fresh air intake. The new Cougar CVF220 RGB case is a slightly more compact version of the existing CVF235, and it moves the PSU to the front of the case and has a fan intake cutout between the PSU and the rear of the case. Both CVF cases feature fan intakes on the bottom panel, right above the intake cutouts, in order to bring in fresh air from the outside of the case via that cutout. The older CFV235 has three fan mounts on the top and bottom intake panels, along with a pre-installed Cougar Unity 240 PWM fan kit (dual 120 mm fans in one frame), next to the motherboard. The CVF220, on the other hand, keeps the space in front of the motherboard completely clear, with tempered glass on all three sides of the case until the motherboard tray, instead relying only on two bottom intakes that draw air in via the cutout in front of the PSU compartment and three top fan mounts, where it can mount up to a 360 mm radiator.

The Duoair takes a more conservative approach with the chamber separation, but it makes up for that with two 140 mm intake fans behind a mesh front panel, as opposed to the motherboard-adjacent option. That mesh front panel can also be replaced with a tempered glass front panel for those more concerned with aesthetics. There are still two fan mounts above an empty space behind the PSU compartment in the front portion of the case, where the case fans can still draw in fresh air from the outside of the case to feed the GPU directly. The Duoair supports GPUs up to 410 mm long, while the CVF220 can fit longer 420 mm GPUs. Both the CFV220 and Duoair will also receive their own pre-built PC options. The Duoair A1 will feature up to an Intel Core i7-14700F, 16 GB of G.Skill Ripjaw DDR4-3200 memory, and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 GPU, with a mix of 2× 140 mm ARGB and 3x 120 mm non-RGB PWM fans handling airflow. Meanwhile the CVF220 will be powered by an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 32 GB of G.Skill Ripjaw DDR5 memory, and an AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT GPU. The Duoair X1 will launch at $1,499, while the CVF220 X1 will launch at $2,599.

Cougar also unveiled the MX600 Mini V3 as the latest iteration of the brand’s MX600 line-up. The MX600 Mini V3 maintains the same dual-chamber design and PSU shroud ramp that directs airflow towards the main heat-generating components, effectively allowing builders to use both 160 mm fan mounts to cool the CPU and GPU instead of splitting that airflow or ramming it into a PSU shroud. The MX600 Mini V6 is a microATX case with seven PCIe expansion slots and support for up to 400 mm long GPUs and up to a 360 mm radiator in the top intake. Front I/O features dual USB Type-A ports and a USB Type-C port, along with a 3.5 mm audio jack, and the right side is covered by a tempered glass panel that follows the same shape as the airflow ramp.