Corsair Carbide Air 540 Builds

SimonMaltby said:
The only mod, was for a fill port... other than that I just put some thumb screws through the mesh at the back, did not need to cut or alter anything... The worst that it's done is scratch a tiny bit of the black.
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Hmmm, do you think it would work ok without the fill port? That's just for filling not actually part of the securing mechanism?

I may have to get that mount and the adaptor (if I can find them) for my DDC pump as it's nice to keep it up out of the way.

My PSU is smaller, but non-modular, so don't see me having any more space.
Was gonna mount it to the rear fan, but that would cover up the cpu block a fair bit, would could be fiddly, plus would block a top mounted rad.

Guess as I only plan to do a CPU loop (at least to start with) I could run a dual rad in the roof and use a fan mounting adaptor thingy to mount the pump/res at the front...
 
My advice is to wait till you get the case and try it in various places. I spent a good couple of hours moving it about and deciding where I liked it best.
 
Andybtsn said:
One of the control knobs says brightness so presumably you can adjust anyway. Does the Hue come with led's? What colour?
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Yes. It comes in at 2m. They have every colour of the rainbow. You can adjust to what colour you want. I think I'll stick with white at very low brightness most of the time.
 
Here is the best photo I can manage of the lighting.

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Andybtsn said:
Cool, what do you guys use to stick down the Led's?
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It comes with sticky 3M tape on the back on the NZXT Hue. Others seem to use the same. A few years back when they didn't use tape I used duck tape in-between the lights to hold it. It worked:D

I think the NZXT hue is worth the money. If you get sick of the same colour you can always change it.
 
SimonMaltby said:
The only downside is you have to fit the controller somewhere. The basic LED's just wire to a molex and away you go.
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True,but with this case you could just put the controller in the back. You can then change them when your bored with that colour. Down side to having one colour is you cant change colour at all. Your stuck with that one colour.
 
bicpug said:
Is there any options for a sound proofed non window version of this case?
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Not heard of anything like that. The case can be made very quiet anyway and it's primary aim is to be the best air cooled case - so sound proofing is a compromise against the design I suppose.
 
Well my 540 is powered up and working nicely. It's a lot quieter than I thought idle and both sides are currently off.

I took a load of pics when I was building, I was going to create a log on here but not sure it's that interesting to be honest. The case is a lot bigger and heavier than I anticipated, I do like it though, my wife thinks it looks like a suitcase...
 
Andybtsn said:
Well my 540 is powered up and working nicely. It's a lot quieter than I thought idle and both sides are currently off.

I took a load of pics when I was building, I was going to create a log on here but not sure it's that interesting to be honest. The case is a lot bigger and heavier than I anticipated, I do like it though, my wife thinks it looks like a suitcase...
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Even if you don't want to post the full build log, a few pics would be nice to see. So please post some :)
 
Andybtsn said:
Well my 540 is powered up and working nicely. It's a lot quieter than I thought idle and both sides are currently off.

I took a load of pics when I was building, I was going to create a log on here but not sure it's that interesting to be honest. The case is a lot bigger and heavier than I anticipated, I do like it though, my wife thinks it looks like a suitcase...
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Yes I would like to see pics. I have to hold off my build until next week. My NZXT touch screen fan controller and my PSU braided cable from Corsair hasn't come yet. Once those come I'll post pics here.
 
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