Corsair 800D temps

rick fowler

rick fowler

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hi all im back yet again and ready to build yet another system,this time i am looking at building a quite pc for gaming only, the specs so far are below somethings are going to be changed ie drives size ect,the mobo,cpu ect are staying the same.


here's the specs so far

Samsung SM2433BW 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor £212.99

corsair 800d or lancool k62

corsair h50 £48.99

Intel Core i7 860 2.80Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £226.99

Asus Maximus III Formula Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £189.99

ASUS ROG OC Station £105.99

gpu to be confirmed

Corsair HX 750W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply £114.99

Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £41.99

Crucial M225 64GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive £112.98

LG GH22NS40 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter x1 £18.99

G.Skill Ripjaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-16000C9 2000MHz Dual Channel £78.99

the case i have read up on i am getting mixed reviews from varous sources saying its not very good for air flow for a air system.i am putting in a h50 this time instead of going full water cooled as time i anit got like i used to have,by taking out the cpu temps would this case still be worth a try.

the other case i do have in mind is the lancool k62 case it does look good apart from the bluel light it has.

so my question is this would the corsair still be good case or should i look at the lancool.my main concern is airflow.i could add 3 fans at top of case prefer white led fans to add a bit of lighting to the case.

so any ideas?

please include any pics of temps ect would be good.
 
hi there

Well i have the corsair 800D but dont have a high end system in it

To give you some idea of temps they are:

System 32 c
Core 1 32
Core 2 31

Thats with the standard 3 fans you get plus 2 up top

The thing about airflow in the corsair is they have cooling zones.

Im running e6600 with 2 hd's and budget gpu and a few other bits and bobs

There is a few people of here with the corsair H50 so they will be along sure enough to comment.

I personally think it will be good for air or water because of the zones and size of fans/amount

But i am not bothered about heat as i dont game or stress my pc :)
 
why? been there done that one and want something for gaming only,not going to be doing anything major like i did with the previous one so why buy something i dont intend to use it for,this is for gaming lol.

anyway reviews on the case please and keep it on topic
 
1 intake fan and the convulted airflow doesn't help matters.



The haf922 with the same components does a lot better.
hmmm.....

It sounds like the silverstone raven 2 would be a better bet, cooling wise.
 
yes that the video i saw well all 5 infact pitty about the airflow,if i was going to watercool it maybe i buy it.i have had the haf932 ok case but not having another one.

the raven 2 is different but your restricted what u can put in the drive bay area espically if i am having the oc warkstation in there,i might be wrong but i doubt it will work.

looks like im back to square one regarding a case only other option is the lancool k62 case then.
 
Dont thik airflow is much of a problem if he is cooling with an H50. My temps are

I7 920 4Ghz cooled with H50 : 38 38 40 40
ATI 4850 cooled with a Duo Orb : 39.
UD5 NorthBridge : 41
HDD : Samsungs 21 23, Western Digital 27

This is the best case i have ever owned and i came from an ATCS 840
 
You would think temps should be good at stock though,especially considering the cost.

I wonder even with a H50 will it fair well with 2 gtx295's blocking airflow somewhat.

cliffy - how was the 840. in market for case myself, and it's either the 840 or haf 932.
did any of thr 840 panels resonate as the alum. is pretty thin ?
how were the fans noise wise ?
was the gpu cooler effective and would a 1000rpm silent eagle or 1200rpm noctua be good enough ?
did you attach any fans to the outside of the drive bay cages to help gpu cooling ?
why did you get rid of the 840 ?
any problems with front bezel piece which is held on by plastic clips ?
any build quality issues ?

sorry for all the questions but ordering this week. and so far from reviews the haf looks better cooling wise. 840 looks nicer though.

thanks
 
cliffy - how was the 840. in market for case myself, and it's either the 840 or haf 932.
Built a system for my friend using the 932. The 932 is deffo a better case with regards to cooling but i think the ATCS 840 totally outclasses it in looks

did any of thr 840 panels resonate as the alum. is pretty thin ?

The side panels are very thin, but i did not notice them resonate

how were the fans noise wise ?

All togogether very good, made very little noise at all.

was the gpu cooler effective and would a 1000rpm silent eagle or 1200rpm noctua be good enough ?

Gpu cooler is effective i have seen a PCI bracket that has 2*120MM fans on it that would have helped the cooling a lot, 932 deffo out performs the ATCS 840 with GPU cooling though with its large side fan

did you attach any fans to the outside of the drive bay cages to help gpu cooling ?

I did attache fans to the drive baysbut had them installed from the start so i don't honestly know what difference they made to the gpu

why did you get rid of the 840 ?

Haven't got rid of yet but will be selling soon. Wanted the 800D all along but got fed up with waiting for it so brought the ATCS 840 mid Aygust then when the 800D appeared i had to get it

any problems with front bezel piece which is held on by plastic clips ?
any build quality issues ?

No probelsm with the build quality whats so ever, truth be known if the 800D wasn't released i would be keeping the 840foir along time. The 800D just ticked the right boxes for me. Side Window, All black interior, Top already for 120.3 rad.

Hope the above helps you
 
so really the best thing to do with this case is to change the fans to better ones like a quite 1000rpm's

so changing the 3 140mm fans to

140mm Xigmatek XLF-F1453 LED 1000 RPM and 63.6 CFM and also with quite level (<16 dBA) Fan

and adding say some 120mm fans in the roof to exhaust the air out,only thing then is the gpu cooling any ideas?
 
I will be getting all my bits in about a month so i can review then to.

Has ay1 thaught about using a drive bay or 2 with some fan system to blow air in the front ? to help abit of airflow ?? I loe the case but im a lil worrid about some getting bad temps thou it may b just the room. ive noticed i can drop my case temp down about 4 degrees by just opening my bed room door or having fans around the room when its hot to blow air. Anyway in about a month i will have windows 7 and all my bit so will see then.
 
cliffy said:
cliffy - how was the 840. in market for case myself, and it's either the 840 or haf 932.
Built a system for my friend using the 932. The 932 is deffo a better case with regards to cooling but i think the ATCS 840 totally outclasses it in looks

did any of thr 840 panels resonate as the alum. is pretty thin ?

The side panels are very thin, but i did not notice them resonate

how were the fans noise wise ?

All togogether very good, made very little noise at all.

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Indeed. Helps me a lot. Thanks for answering all my questions. Still undecided though. I'm not gone on the plastic front of the 932, not happy with the temps of the corsair and I need a case soon anyway for new build so don't want to wait. That leaves the 840, which is fine except the gpu cooling isn't the best by the sounds of it. Another case I have to look at is the Antec 193.
 
I must admit I was ready to press the button on the Corsair for a i7 air cooled rig , then read a few reviews and changed my mind. Excellent case for WC but not so good for air seemed to be the consensus. :confused:

So I'm back to the drawing board for my air cooled rig , and it looks like its between the Antec 1200 and the ATCS at the moment.

Decisions decisions :D
 
Leviathan said:
Has ay1 thaught about using a drive bay or 2 with some fan system to blow air in the front ? to help abit of airflow ?? I loe the case but im a lil worrid about some getting bad temps thou it may b just the room. ive noticed i can drop my case temp down about 4 degrees by just opening my bed room door or having fans around the room when its hot to blow air.
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Yep, lowering room temperature is very effective way to lower all temperatures.

"Heat production area" of 800D is intake limited with only one fan with mesh directly in front of blades drawing air in through another mesh and after that there isn't any airflow control to speak off.
So I would direct airflow from that intake fan towards lower motherboard area and then arrange airflow toward CPU from elsewhere. I wouldn't have 5.25" bays to waste for such (+if that's necessary then design of the case is simply unbalanced) but that's probably better place to "pipe" air in than from top which is the place where dust surely gets in most easily.



cliffy said:
932 deffo out performs the ATCS 840 with GPU cooling though with its large side fan
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Only thing guaranteed from side fan is that it affects lot to airflow pattern inside the case... often just messing it up:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18045074
Situations where it helps is when there simply isn't good existing airflow (=any extra airflow helping) or it happens to fit to overal airflow.
 
Would it be possible to remove the bottam hard drive cage and fit a radiator at the bottom, kind of like the tj07 as well as one at the top. Will be watercooling one of these beasts when there back in stock and just looking into all the possibilites :).
 
adamibbo said:
Would it be possible to remove the bottam hard drive cage and fit a radiator at the bottom, kind of like the tj07 as well as one at the top. Will be watercooling one of these beasts when there back in stock and just looking into all the possibilites :).
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There is talk of this on Xtremesystems in the 800D thread. They are saying it is held in place ny 4-5 rivets which shuld be easy to pop out. Thinking bout trying that myself but not till closer to xmas
 
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