Corsair Carbide Air 540 Builds

RetrogamerX · 19 Sep 2013 at 20:48

Roalith said:
Just putting these up in case they give people ideas

Nice build, but damn you have a lot of dust on your screen. I have the same case and it does collect dust very easily. I use those dust free cloths...it works wonders.

Roalith · 19 Sep 2013 at 22:38

Yeah, does bug me slightly - the white light shows it up a hell of a lot. Haven't cleaned the panel in a few weeks too

~>Dg<~ · 20 Sep 2013 at 08:22

setter said:
Prefer the look of the 540 over the 810, and id say that airflow in the corsair would be a lot better.

going with the 810 in black

enigma27 · 21 Sep 2013 at 21:22

guys can anyone give me some advise on this case...

got mine coming Monday and have also ordered 3 120mm fans for the front and a couple of 140mm for the top.. is it a good idea to get a fan controller for these to lower the noise.?

also I have a corsair H80 water cooler and wondered if its better to mount the rad at the back or in the top like i have seen some do? also currently its running with two fans in push pull... should i get rid of this and run just one fan on the Rad?

GDH75 · 22 Sep 2013 at 10:53

Roalith said:
Just putting these up in case they give people ideas

if you put the light strip at the back of the case instead of the front it won't show the dust up as much . That's what I found anyway

Terrier_Jimlad · 22 Sep 2013 at 14:14

A wipe down with Windowlene often stops the dust gripping to it

setter · 22 Sep 2013 at 14:16

~>Dg<~ said:
going with the 810 in black

Ahh, black one does look much nicer mate. Tbh im not keen on white cases. Be sure to fire up a few pics of the finished article.

Tbh, im still undecided on wether to go for the 540 or not. Ill likely have trouble trying to shift my current cases.

~>Dg<~ · 22 Sep 2013 at 17:11

yeah if i get a decent camera ill stick some up.

if this case 540 had a normal dvd drive i would have got this. mates getting one though with a very high spec . hes just waiting for new ati cards to launch.

Munimentum · 24 Sep 2013 at 13:35

Just about to order this in the next few days and I've a couple of questions.

I'm gonna have an H100 and since I think I'm gonna replace all the default fans in both the case and the H100 I'm curious about the best fan setup for this case, mostly in terms of the front fan setup for 3x120 or 2x140. So is 5x 120mm fans and 1x140 for the back the best setup or 3x140 and 2x120 for the H100?

Secondly, I'm putting an Asus Z87-Pro into this and I'm wondering if there are any really good fans which match that colour scheme? I'm otherwise thinking of going with the corsair fans and taking off the coloured bands and leaving them pure black. If I do that, what fans are best to buy?

Fulax · 24 Sep 2013 at 18:43

Munimentum said:
Secondly, I'm putting an Asus Z87-Pro into this and I'm wondering if there are any really good fans which match that colour scheme? I'm otherwise thinking of going with the corsair fans and taking off the coloured bands and leaving them pure black. If I do that, what fans are best to buy?

Could you not just buy some gold spray paint for the fan rings?

Darrensen · 24 Sep 2013 at 21:33

I really want to get this case.

Can anyone tell me if the front panel cables reach a gigabyte z77 ud3h?

demon8991 · 24 Sep 2013 at 22:47

Munimentum said:
Just about to order this in the next few days and I've a couple of questions.

I'm gonna have an H100 and since I think I'm gonna replace all the default fans in both the case and the H100 I'm curious about the best fan setup for this case, mostly in terms of the front fan setup for 3x120 or 2x140. So is 5x 120mm fans and 1x140 for the back the best setup or 3x140 and 2x120 for the H100?

Secondly, I'm putting an Asus Z87-Pro into this and I'm wondering if there are any really good fans which match that colour scheme? I'm otherwise thinking of going with the corsair fans and taking off the coloured bands and leaving them pure black. If I do that, what fans are best to buy?

Not sure what you are in the market for but have you considered the new Corsair Obsidian 750D which is about to be released?

I was in the same boat as you and nearly bought the 540 but just a few things that didn't quite work for me.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Corsair Obsidian 750D Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011035-WW) £134.99
Total : £147.59 (includes shipping : £10.50).

FirebarUK · 25 Sep 2013 at 17:04

Just bought one of these but when building it today I found that my first gen H60 doesn't fit! The heads on the screws for the fan + rad have too small a head and so they simply can't be used in the holes at the back. Rather disappointed

fizzy · 25 Sep 2013 at 18:16

FirebarUK said:
Just bought one of these but when building it today I found that my first gen H60 doesn't fit! The heads on the screws for the fan + rad have too small a head and so they simply can't be used in the holes at the back. Rather disappointed

Wouldn't something like a few washers or screws with larger heads sort this out? Seems a waste not being a able to use a perfectly good cooler you already have for the sake of a few pence.

FirebarUK · 25 Sep 2013 at 21:50

Yup, my thought exactly. For the moment I've mounted it at the top of the case, this works. Still, I was somewhat surprised. The pump is rattling with this H60, so I'll probably replace it in the next couple of months with something.

FirebarUK · 25 Sep 2013 at 22:34

Do folks have the Corsair H100 fitting along the top of the 540 ok? Anything I should look out for if I went for a refurbished one of these?

WuMyster · 25 Sep 2013 at 23:59

FirebarUK said:
Do folks have the Corsair H100 fitting along the top of the 540 ok? Anything I should look out for if I went for a refurbished one of these?

Got the H100i up top fitted perfectly. Can easily do push pull so youre all good to go for a H100. Cant comment on the refurbs here, since i simply havent bought one!

shamus21 · 26 Sep 2013 at 04:48

WuMyster said:
Got the H100i up top fitted perfectly. Can easily do push pull so youre all good to go for a H100. Cant comment on the refurbs here, since i simply havent bought one!

Hi WuMyster what fans are you using on your H100i for push / pull.

FirebarUK · 26 Sep 2013 at 09:07

WuMyster said:
Got the H100i up top fitted perfectly. Can easily do push pull so youre all good to go for a H100. Cant comment on the refurbs here, since i simply havent bought one!

Thanks!

Darrensen · 26 Sep 2013 at 11:24

How are you guys finding the dust levels in the case?

It's a little disappointing that the PSU and top don't have dust filters. And before someone says why have a filter on the exhaust, i'm thinking about when the machine is off and dust falls in.