** Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - NEW COLOURS **

  • Thread starter Thread starter rjk
  • Start date Start date
rjkoneill said:
Nice review from the guys over at eteknix:
http://www.eteknix.com/corsair-carbide-air-540-atx-cube-chassis-review/







I don't think it will fit man. it looks like it may do but we dont have any XLATX in the office to test fit.
Click to expand...

Thanks for that rich, much appreciated, managed to snap up an uber cheap p9x79 pro yesterday which is thankfully standard atx, so the xl-atx is a non-issue now :)

Will most certainly be ordering one of these cases now, the first thing I'll be doing is cutting those drive rails omit the bottom to make room for moar rads :D
 
Ash2097 said:
Rjkoneill- any chance you could please post the distance from the right side motherboard pin (bottom right of the board) to the fan screw holes at the front of the case. Would like to know what rad would fit with push/pull.
Click to expand...

Any chance you could have a look at this for me please, trying to work out if it's worth me buying one.
 
rjkoneill said:
Nice review from the guys over at eteknix:
http://www.eteknix.com/corsair-carbide-air-540-atx-cube-chassis-review/







I don't think it will fit man. it looks like it may do but we dont have any XLATX in the office to test fit.
IMG_20130617_094146.jpg
Click to expand...

Hope I can do push and pull with my 100i? It seems I might do. My mobo heatsink is large near the top, but in your pic it does seem like I wont have any issue. I hope?

Also can a 3.5 hdd be fitted in the back? otherwise I'll have to use the hotswap bays in the front.
 
It's around 90mm from board edge to front, so easily manage a thick rad and a set of fans in the front, the roof will also manage push pull on a h100 with ease.

Have a look at ttl's video posted above, he takes some rough measurements for radiators.

Already have my loop planned, Sr1 360 in the front, Sr1 240 in the roof, gt stealth 280 in the bottom, pump and res hidden around the back :)
 
pgi947 said:
It's around 90mm from board edge to front, so easily manage a thick rad and a set of fans in the front, the roof will also manage push pull on a h100 with ease.

Have a look at ttl's video posted above, he takes some rough measurements for radiators.

Already have my loop planned, Sr1 360 in the front, Sr1 240 in the roof, gt stealth 280 in the bottom, pump and res hidden around the back :)
Click to expand...

Thanks.

I will say the back has LOADS of room. You can hide a dog in there:D Not that you'd want to:)
 
I'm planning on doing a brand new build at the start of 2014, but I'm really loving the look of this case. I'm so tempted to pre-order one now, but I think that it'll probably be worth waiting till the end of 2013 to get one.

What do you think?
 
I wonder if I can put my H100i rad with one set of fans in the inside and the other 2 fans for push and pull on top over the grill on the outside? Is that possible with this case?
 
Last edited:
Yep :)

Looks like ut30 radiators, so that's 80mm clearance front and top, a little skeptical on how one would manage a 360+240 setup though, looks like ~50mm of that top setup is going to clash with a 360 in the front?

Edit: could be both of those rads are 280mm?
 
Last edited:
the front rad, the fans can be mounted in the gab between the front panel and the frame of the case.

i dont know why they mounted it that far back in this case.
 
Starting to plan my build.

Can't decide between a 360 + 280 or 2x280 radiators. I wonder if a 420(3x140) would fit on the front?

Not sure push pull is necessary, but good to see there is space to do so.

Can anyone tell me what fans are in the picture/build, they seem to have some kind of clip in each corner.
 
There are just no decent ones for radiators, with the 120mm fans you have the Gentle Typhoons and the Corsair SP120's which have good static pressure perfect for rads.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom