Corsair Carbide Air 540 Builds

I am pretty sure you can fit 2 240 and 360 rads in there if you are ready to loose bottom 2 pci slots on your mobo. And you need to mod it a bit :-)
15 minutes time with a metal saw to cut off those 2 3.5" hdd brackets, that gives you extra 13mm on bottom. Didn't try that, it's still on paper :-)
What else you can do is to remove the ssd cage and put a 160mm rad there instead or cut a hole in right side panel and install a 200mm rad. I checked and both would fit, just not both at once.
 
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Just got mine today but its got to sit in a box until Christmas day :(

I did sit it on my desk and its a bit taller than I thought it would be but it does look quite a bit nicer than I expected I kind of expected to feel a bit cheaper than it does going of reviews ect
 
http://i.imgur.com/IOJqrZw.jpg

Got my 2nd 290 in, replaced PSU with a Seasonic X 850, replaced waterpump with a new D5 (XSPC variant).

I did buy a EK bridge for the cards, but bought a 2-slot variant rather than the 3 slot variant I needed - so need to return under DSR to OcUK.
 
Hey guys and gals I need a little help.

I am planning to make a build on water with this case is it possible to 280 rad in the front and top with a push pull fan setup going? or is there not enough room.
 
What rads do you suggest? or anyone else?
This is what I have so far lol.

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK Tech Labs H2O Custom R9 290X 4096MB GDDR5 Watercooled Graphics Card £475.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC R9-290X £89.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Avexir Core Extreme Orange Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-22800C12 2933MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3UH29331204G-2CIO) - Orange Light £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £152.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £143.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £105.95
1 x Be Quiet Power Zone 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x OcUK Tech Lab - XSPC D5 Vario Pump & XSPC Acrylic Tank Reservoir Value Combo £99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £71.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £61.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy - Nickel £52.99
5 x Alpenföhn 140mm Wing Boost Plus PWM Fan - Orange £14.99 (£74.95)
1 x NZXT CB-LED20-WT 24x White LED Sleeve - 2m £13.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 24pin ATX extension 30cm - Orange £8.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin PCI-E extension 45cm - Orange £6.98
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 6pin PCI-E extension 45cm - Orange £6.49
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin EPS extension 45cm - Orange £5.99
2 x XSPC HighFlex Hose 7/16" ID, 5/8" OD, 15.9/11.1mm, 2m, Red/UV Orange £5.98 (£11.96)
10 x Monsoon 16/11mm (ID 7/16 OD 5/8) Free Center Compression Fitting - Matte Black £5.29 (£52.90)
2 x BitFenix Alchemy Molex to 3pin x3 Fan adaptor 7V 20cm - Orange £4.99 (£9.98)
2 x Mayhems Ultra Pure H20 Watercooling Fluid 1L £4.99 (£9.98)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal USB Extension 30cm - sleeved orange/black £4.98
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal Audio Extension Adaptor 30cm - Orange £4.49
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 2pin I/O extension 30cm - Orange £3.95
4 x XSPC G1/4" 45° Rotary Fitting (Black Chrome) £3.49 (£13.96)
Total : £2,048.53 (includes shipping : £20.10).

 
Are you not tempted by one of the extreme motherboard bundles for a guaranteed 4.6ghz+ and just sell the ram on.

You could get a 360x45 and a 240x45 in, alphacool nexxos are good, do they do 120's in the fans you have chosen?

Gonna be a nice looking build you have there.
 
Nickolp1974 said:
Are you not tempted by one of the extreme motherboard bundles for a guaranteed 4.6ghz+ and just sell the ram on.

You could get a 360x45 and a 240x45 in, alphacool nexxos are good, do they do 120's in the fans you have chosen?

Gonna be a nice looking build you have there.
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Does not look like I would save anything and I would overclock myself anyway.

Can you link me to the radiators you speak of sorry bud if im asking to much couldnt find them lol.
 
I've just bought a 540 from off here (used) so will hopefully be building into it this weekend. Is there anything I should know or prepare for? I'm currently running 2x240mm rads a gpu and cpu in a custom loop. Apart from some new tubing for the longer runs to the back of the case will I need anything else?

I'm also thinking of buying some Bitfenix cable extensions just to make sure I have the length and to look a bit better.
 
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Does not look like I would save anything and I would overclock myself anyway.

Can you link me to the radiators you speak of sorry bud if im asking to much couldnt find them lol.
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The bundle costs more!!! It's about getting a good chip, they are speed binned. You may get lucky who knows. If I were to go has well again that's what I'd go for. It's very dis-heartening to spend £700+ on water cooling alone and it only reach 4.5ghz, plenty fast enough, but not enough for me.

As for rads ocuk don't stock the ones I'd get and I can't link em on here, I had the xspc AX 240,360 in white and are superb and ocuk do stock those, pricey but worth it.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-259-XS&groupid=962&catid=1523&subcat=1526 360 in white, if you opt for the silver ones they are less than half price and just spray it yourself, very easy to do with these as you can take the core out. :;
 
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