Corsair Obsidian 800D

chaosquall · 15 Apr 2010 at 18:31

I was looking at getting this case.

I have read reviews on it and seen videos, so much room, looks nice but i will be using air cooling only I know it was designed for water do the temps really get that high?

I will get a front intake in the 3.5 bays im hoping that will help a lot

St0tteh0 · 16 Apr 2010 at 01:13

if you get front intake fans aswell it will be fine

RJC · 16 Apr 2010 at 07:28

Been using mine on air overclocked i7 with 2 5850 in crossfire and not had any temperature issues.

Load temps on the cpu were about 65 - 70c with a Thermalright Ultra and one Sharkooon 2000 fan. The gpu's get upto 70c with a couple of runs of fur mark and there fans just about audible.

NathWraith · 16 Apr 2010 at 10:42

800D is fantastic, seen a handful of aircooled system, if you can execute it right. You will be able to get some good temps

St0tteh0 · 16 Apr 2010 at 13:27

NathWraith said:
800D is fantastic, seen a handful of aircooled system, if you can execute it right. You will be able to get some good temps

Definitely

sammo62 · 16 Apr 2010 at 13:28

Replace the stock fans with higher RPM ones, and put 3 x sharkoon golf ball 2000 RPMs in the top and control them all with a cheap Zalman 6 fan controller- thats what ive done and the case is really cool and has nice airflow. If you put some silicon gaskets on those fans they are actually really nice and quiet at low-mid RPM.

NAM_killer · 16 Apr 2010 at 21:48

I will be very interested in seeing someone mod the front of the case to have a front intake fan! Please post pics if you end up doing it!

chaosquall · 16 Apr 2010 at 22:03

i was just going to buy a sythe hd bay and use it as front intake it goes in the front 3 drive bays.