Corsair Carbide Air 540 Builds

[Allnamestaken]

How the **** do you take the front panel off on this thing O_O

 

[Rroff]

How the **** do you take the front panel off on this thing O_O

Over the fans? you have to unscrew the top panel at the back, slide that off towards the back, then the front panel slides upwards and outwards - it can be a little tricky first time.

 

[Nickolp1974]

How the **** do you take the front panel off on this thing O_O

Right hand side, undo the 2 little screws and pull

 

[Allnamestaken]

You should have seen the amount of stuff that came im too tired to continue this evening lol.

Check my build log guys.

 

[Adam182]

You should have seen the amount of stuff that came im too tired to continue this evening lol.

Check my build log guys.

Add you build log to your sig - Adam

 

[Andybtsn]

Downgraded to a 780, changed lighting theme and added a second storage drive.

 

[setter]

Andy, are all your fans alpengohn's and what sizes did you use? Just found the red clover models on ocuk. They look ideal for what im planning. Ive used the blue ones as replacements for the stock k2 cooler fans. Still undecided though in wether to pick the black or silver/gunmetal version of the 540.

 

[Rroff]

Using Akasa apaches on mine - which was a bit of a waste of time in a way as the fans + 780 + PSU are pretty much silent but the pump whine on the 1250 is very much not silent heh :|

 

[setter]

Mostly akasa pirahas in my rig along with a few silverstone air penetrators for intake. My case in sig has woeful airflow. The 5 pirannhas (2 on cooler) are all ran via a PWM splitter from one of the cpu fan headers. 9 fans in total.

 

[Andybtsn]

Andy, are all your fans alpengohn's and what sizes did you use? Just found the red clover models on ocuk. They look ideal for what im planning. Ive used the blue ones as replacements for the stock k2 cooler fans. Still undecided though in wether to pick the black or silver/gunmetal version of the 540.

5 x 120mm's and 1 x 140mm, mate.

 

[pipson]

Andy what led light is that on your case? and is it only green or can you choose others?


Also can anyone recommend a decent fan controller?

 

[setter]

Cheers, ill likely go for 7x 120's (2 for cooler) and 1x 140mm. All will be ran via PWM using splitters as the board has dual cpu fan headers.

Anyone here own the silver version of the 540?. Hard to tell the true colour from the shop pics.

 

[Andybtsn]

Andy what led light is that on your case? and is it only green or can you choose others?


Also can anyone recommend a decent fan controller?

NZXT Hue mate, £40 odd, changes all colours

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-115-NX

Not sure on fan controller, haven't had one in a while.

 

[pipson]

NZXT Hue mate, £40 odd, changes all colours

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-115-NX

Not sure on fan controller, haven't had one in a while.

I was looking at getting that and then i leaned towards a purple-ish built and debating whether to get http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-028-CS x2, + a single and + 140 one for the rear.

But im not too sure yet, as im still waiting to get paid lol to buy my new rig

 

[hakank68]

Andybtsn, looks like a great rig you have there even the xbox one, any way you can upload a picture of your setup, it looks really amazing

 

[Andybtsn]

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18531160&highlight=username_andybtsn

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=24873552&postcount=12383

There you go mate, few things have changed!

 

[pipson]

Are Alpenföhn fans better than Corsair ones?

 

[setter]

I haven't used corsair fans myself. But i have a few alpenfohns here. Was very impressed with their cooling ability. Theyre also of incredibly good quality, the frames covered with a layer of rubber. Noise at full speed isn't very loud either.

 

[Rroff]

Are Alpenföhn fans better than Corsair ones?

The stock corsair ones in the 540 are quite noisey though the airflow is fairly good.

 

[pipson]

I haven't used corsair fans myself. But i have a few alpenfohns here. Was very impressed with their cooling ability. Theyre also of incredibly good quality, the frames covered with a layer of rubber. Noise at full speed isn't very loud either.

Your build looks really good.