Corsair Carbide Air 540 Builds

NoNameNoNumber said:
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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Check my build log, im using different rads to you but during my mission i have run into a few issues. It might give you a few ideas.
 
Nickolp1974 said:
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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:O

I dunno I just want to overclock it myself I guess and paying extra to have it overclocked seems so I dunno lazzyyyy lol.


I want to get my order all from OCUk so im looking at all the rads we have here in OCUK.

Thanks for your help bud and everyone elses.

I would like to ask one last thing and that is could you guys suggest a 240 and 360 from what we have at OCUK to add to my order as im not sure the max thickness I can go for (newb).
 
My new current basket what do you guys think am I missing anything or doing anything wrong? any suggestions? I am more worried about if the radiators will fit thats all.



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 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 TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD316G2133HC11ADC01) £129.95
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £116.99
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 EK-CoolStream RAD XTX (240) £64.99
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
1 x XSPC EX360 120mm Radiator - Black £47.99
1 x Akasa 5.25" FC Six Channel Brushed Aluminium Fan Controller [AK-FC-08BKV2] £24.98
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 Aerocool Shark Evil Black Edition LED Fan - 140mm £7.99
5 x Aerocool Shark Evil Black Edition LED Fan - 120mm £6.98 (£34.90)
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 : £2,053.48 (includes shipping : £20.10).

 
Allnamestaken said:
GRr about to hit the buy button lol.
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DO IT!

I recently dropped my coin on:

XSPC AX360 Radiator (White)
XSPC AX240 Radiator (White)
EK-FC780ti Waterblock
EK-FC780 ti GTX Backplate
EK Supremacy CPU Block
Silver Bitspower C47 Connector x30
Silver Bitspower C39 90 x8
Silver Bitspower Fillports x8
Silver Bitspower Stop Plug x4
Silver Bitspower 90 x6
Laing D5 + EK-D5 X-Top
XSPC photon 170
Noiseblocker B12-4 x7

Intel 4770k
Asus GRYPHON z87
Samsung 840 Evo
16GB Dominator Platinum
Corsair RM750
GTX 780 Ti

- Adam
 
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Allnamestaken said:
Adam does my build match up? Im trying to get secondary and tertiary opinions haha before i order incase I get something wrong loL!
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Your 240 is too thick, i recommend a max thickness of 45mm

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-084-XS&groupid=962&catid=1523&subcat=1525 would be ideal

Again back to the 4770 bundle, there is a profile for 4.6ghz when you buy, but some are hitting near 5.2ghz with those chips


@Adam, the AX rads are superb and the best looking rads on the market imo.
 
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Don't waste any time replacing those default case fans :| they are some of the noisiest I've heard - got one apache on the exhaust but need to sort 2 more for the front.
 
I got those sorted, im just not sure if I want the orange led ones. You got any suggestions?

Hey Nico, lol that bundle adds £200 ontop of my current build cost lol just because of the overclock. :(

I dunno I have always found fun in overclocking my chips so it might be a risk worth taking just ordering and hoping.

EDIITTTT - I decided on the flashy ram!

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) £116.99
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 Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £61.99
1 x XSPC EX360 120mm Radiator - Black £47.99
1 x XSPC EX240 120mm Radiator - Black £37.99
1 x Akasa 5.25" FC Six Channel Brushed Aluminium Fan Controller [AK-FC-08BKV2] £24.98
1 x Alpenföhn 140mm Wing Boost 2 Plus PWM Fan £13.99
1 x NZXT CB-LED20-WT 24x White LED Sleeve - 2m £13.99
5 x Alpenföhn 120mm Wing Boost Pure Plus PWM - Black £9.95 (£49.75)
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
6 x XSPC G1/4" 45° Rotary Fitting (Black Chrome) £3.49 (£20.94)
Total : £2,043.85 (includes shipping : £22.20).

 
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If your going to go flashy its the case to do it, full orange loadout against the black would look great.

Personally I've used/going to use Akasa Apache fans with mine just coz they are sooo quiet but also a bit boring and functional looking.
 
benccritchley said:
How come you decided upon a bay res rather than a tube?
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Because everybody else had a tube res with this case, just wanted to do it different, not usually a fan of bay reservoirs because of long messy tubes but this case allows you to do it in other ways. Also using same res in my next build which will be under way tomorrow :D
 
Nickolp1974 said:
Because everybody else had a tube res with this case, just wanted to do it different, not usually a fan of bay reservoirs because of long messy tubes but this case allows you to do it in other ways. Also using same res in my next build which will be under way tomorrow :D
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Fair enough! What will that involved?
 
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