Corsair 650D

conoflex · 2 Mar 2011 at 09:33

I like it even more now!

Schizo · 2 Mar 2011 at 10:14

conoflex said:
I like it even more now!

not long to wait now

ill even sell my 800d to get this case now that ive seen it.

coldfused · 2 Mar 2011 at 12:57

When the pre-order dissappeared a few weeks ago, I asked the OcUK staff in the forums and they said:

The updates on these is that the stock to arrive in Europe has been delayed so we have temporarily removed them from the website for now until closer the time.

Gammawolf · 2 Mar 2011 at 13:09

schizo said:
here are a few pictures of the person who was lucky to get a 650d so early.

Whats that box under the HDD Rack? Is it purely just a stand off to easily pull out the bottom half of the rack?

Schizo · 2 Mar 2011 at 14:46

JayyCee · 2 Mar 2011 at 21:22

hmm looks possible to cut a hole in the bottom and put another dual rad in there and have the HDD rack under the bays.

makes me regret buying my raven 02 to an extent

smiley1987 · 3 Mar 2011 at 01:50

conoflex said:
Told you was getting excited didn't think you would have, but know someone who did do exactly that a while ago.

for a cheaper option I quite like the Bitfenix Shinobi which available yet either :

review here :: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Bitfenix/Shinobi_Preview/

I like that case too and i think bitfenix cases are getting better all the time , i hope they keep it up .

Larrs888 · 3 Mar 2011 at 18:41

I so cant wait now, my fractal R2 is too cramp for all my kit. Got some spare dosh after clearing out a load of stuff and selling it on the feeBay so I might get a new GPU to go with it

Superted854 · 3 Mar 2011 at 22:26

Yeah my Fractal R3 is looking a big cramped lately, looking for something a bit more spacious. It's this or maybe the raven RV03

JayyCee · 4 Mar 2011 at 11:16

Superted854 said:
Yeah my Fractal R3 is looking a big cramped lately, looking for something a bit more spacious. It's this or maybe the raven RV03

I thought the raven 03 is also a rather cramped case :confused:

because of the shape of it

conoflex · 4 Mar 2011 at 11:18

JayyCee said:
I thought the raven 03 is also a rather cramped case because of the shape of it

Must admit I thought that as well

HighlandeR · 4 Mar 2011 at 22:10

Superted854 said:
Yeah my Fractal R3 is looking a big cramped lately, looking for something a bit more spacious. It's this or maybe the raven RV03

Fractual XL looks the next choice but I do admit this 650d looks stunning, that new raven does look cramped.

Its a shame the fractual R2/R3 are pretty much same design but tad cramped, im hoping the fractual xl prooves a real upgrade.

khemist · 4 Mar 2011 at 22:22

For anyone interested.

conoflex · 5 Mar 2011 at 10:38

Nice 1 khemist, got I niggle about it after seeing that is you can only use a 200mm fan in the front yet in the top you can replace 200mm with either 120mm or 140mm ones.
Minor point tho.

Schizo · 5 Mar 2011 at 10:42

conoflex said:
Nice 1 khemist, got I niggle about it after seeing that is you can only use a 200mm fan in the front yet in the top you can replace 200mm with either 120mm or 140mm ones.
Minor point tho.

good point.

if you can change the top fans then why cant you change the front one's ?

i wish case manufacturers would take a little more time in designing case's.

would be awesome to have different fans in the front as well.

im still getting it though

conoflex · 5 Mar 2011 at 10:58

schizo said:
good point.

if you can change the top fans then why cant you change the front one's ?

i wish case manufacturers would take a little more time in designing case's.

would be awesome to have different fans in the front as well.

im still getting it though

Yeah was hoping to carry on with my red and black theme that I have in my Lian Li dragon:

Before adding 2nd 5850 and corsair H50, too cramped now !!

Sparky__H · 5 Mar 2011 at 12:43

Just been doing some further research. Turns out the large narrow fans use shallow blades which are poor at shifting air. The top ones can be replaced with standard 120's but the front one is going to be a problem.

Cooling looks like it might be the downfall of this case.

jlss · 5 Mar 2011 at 13:59

Sparky__H said:
Just been doing some further research. Turns out the large narrow fans use shallow blades which are poor at shifting air. The top ones can be replaced with standard 120's but the front one is going to be a problem.

Cooling looks like it might be the downfall of this case.

You think they would have learned the fan errors from the 600t, the 200mm fans in the 600t are rubbish.

Can't comment on the ones in the 650d they are a different design but still only 20mm thick and probably just as poor at shifting air, stupid really.

AdamN · 5 Mar 2011 at 17:38

In retrospect, I probably should have held on for a 650D. My 800D makes my motherboard look like a match box!

scrlk · 5 Mar 2011 at 18:34

How hard is it to use some ghetto modding to install other fans in the front? Some zip ties, and volia, one fan.