Corsair Carbide Air 540 Builds

WuMyster · 12 Apr 2014 at 19:37

skylineboy said:
if you're looking for something less flashy on coldzero site they have a "midplate" as well which gets rid of the ghastly bay drives below.

Ricardo's work is excellent as well very quick delivery too

A black midplate would certainly look very nice.
I can vouch for Ricardo as well. Lightbox came with a damaged LED strip, he sent a replacement straight away and I received it from Spain the next day!

Word of warning, the lightbox (and i presume the midplate) will require you to take out everything below the back 140mm fan including stand offs.

skylineboy · 12 Apr 2014 at 20:15

WuMyster said:
Word of warning, the midplate will require you to take out everything below the back 140mm fan including stand offs.

saw an installed pic, although I'm sure he can make some adjustments but would need to get in contact with him with measurements

Jasseh · 13 Apr 2014 at 18:51

Any recommendations on best fans to replace the stock fans that came with this case and also the 2 stock fans that came with my H100i? I've had my 540 since July and still haven't got around to replacing the fans yet (had planned to straight away).

I'm thinking 3 120s on the front rather than 2 140s.

Dirk Diggler · 13 Apr 2014 at 18:54

AF120's for the front, SP120's for the H100i, AF140 for the rear. All quiet edition.

WuMyster · 13 Apr 2014 at 18:56

People recommend SP120s at the front. Better at pulling with the resistance from the dust filter.

Dirk Diggler · 13 Apr 2014 at 18:58

WuMyster said:
People recommend SP120s at the front. Better at pulling with the resistance from the dust filter.

Couldn't you say that about all dust filters? Not being argumentative, I've got SP120's on the front of mine but that's because there's a rad there. I always assume static pressure for rads only?

WuMyster · 13 Apr 2014 at 19:00

Yeah that what I was implying anyway. I read a very detailed analysis over at OCN and tried it out myself. Temps dropped by a few degrees so ive stuck with static pressure fans on dust filters since.

Dirk Diggler · 13 Apr 2014 at 19:23

WuMyster said:
Yeah that what I was implying anyway. I read a very detailed analysis over at OCN and tried it out myself. Temps dropped by a few degrees so ive stuck with static pressure fans on dust filters since.

Every day's a school day, mate. Cheers. :cool:

Jasseh · 13 Apr 2014 at 21:20

String said:
AF120's for the front, SP120's for the H100i, AF140 for the rear. All quiet edition.

WuMyster said:
People recommend SP120s at the front. Better at pulling with the resistance from the dust filter.

Thanks, will order them soon

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Any downsides to getting the LED versions? AF140 is out of stock here at the moment. I'm not ordering yet so it may be back in stock before I do.

WalderX · 15 Apr 2014 at 08:59

Nice looking builds gents

LtMatt · 16 Apr 2014 at 08:37

Danny75 said:
Hi Matt,

The 540 Air Demciflex filter for the bottom is 148 x 313mm.

So this "should" work:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Silverstone SST-FF142B Magnetic Fan Filter - 320x155mm £5.99
Total : £8.96 (includes shipping : £2.48).

I finally got this and it fits. Problem is theres no way to make it stay there. Unlike the other filter on the front there are not any magnetic bits. I used sellotape for now, but it looks terrible. Luckily you can't see underneath the case and it doesn't show from inside.

ICEx21 · 16 Apr 2014 at 09:02

I'm thinking of getting this case as the case I've ordered (760T) still hasn't turned up (from another site), I was just wondering if someone can advise me if the following components would have any problem fitting in this case.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-490-AS

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-501-IN

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-007-SF

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-239-MS&groupid=701&catid=56 x2 in crossfire

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SC-091-CL&groupid=701&catid=11

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-025-CS&tool=3

Apart from the above I also have 3 SSD's and 2 normal drives to fit in.
I realise there are a lot of components so would I have any space and heat issues?

Dirk Diggler · 16 Apr 2014 at 09:04

ICEx21 said:
I'm thinking of getting this case as the case I've ordered (760T) still hasn't turned up (from another site), I was just wondering if someone can advise me if the following components would have any problem fitting in this case.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-490-AS

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-501-IN

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-007-SF

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-239-MS&groupid=701&catid=56 x2 in crossfire

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SC-091-CL&groupid=701&catid=11

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-025-CS&tool=3

Apart from the above I also have 3 SSD's and 2 normal drives to fit in.
I realise there are a lot of components so would I have any space and heat issues?

2 HDD in the front hot swaps, 3 SSD caddy in the back above the PSU. Shouldn't be a problem for the drives, haven't looked at the links.

EDIT:

I've looked at your other components and see no reason why they wouldn't fit, standard stuff really.

skylineboy · 16 Apr 2014 at 09:13

@ICEx21 : it will fit but I'd get different fans as they would be loud. Something like Corsair quiet edition sp120s for the rad.

ICEx21 · 16 Apr 2014 at 09:24

@String Thanks mate, I was a little unsure as having 2 cards in crossfire and a sound card I thought they might be hugging one another increasing the heat and also because of the gfx cards length.

@skylineboy Thanks, I definitely plan on getting those corsair fans, especially after seeing some of the builds in here and I really love the black and red theme. I already kinda screwed that up by getting the white PSU but nobody will see that

Dirk Diggler · 16 Apr 2014 at 09:31

ICEx21 said:
@String Thanks mate, I was a little unsure as having 2 cards in crossfire and a sound card I thought they might be hugging one another increasing the heat and also because of the gfx cards length.

@Skylineboy Thanks, I definitely plan on getting those corsair fans, especially after seeing some of the builds in here and I really love the black and red theme. I already kinda screwed that up by getting the white PSU but nobody will see that

ICEx21, post in the general hardware forum about compatibility of GPU's and soundcard. That's a Mobo issue more than a case issue. Just to make absolutely sure before you buy.

WalderX · 16 Apr 2014 at 15:27

LtMatt said:
I finally got this and it fits. Problem is theres no way to make it stay there. Unlike the other filter on the front there are not any magnetic bits. I used sellotape for now, but it looks terrible. Luckily you can't see underneath the case and it doesn't show from inside.

Sometimes sellotape is the only way! I used it to stick my LED's to inside of case lol

skylineboy · 16 Apr 2014 at 17:32

WalderX said:
Sometimes sellotape is the only way! I used it to stick my LED's to inside of case lol

I pulled the filter out of the plastic and glued it to the underside of my case. I will give it a Hoover every time I clean it out but ideally I want to block it off with black plexi at some point

canuseemygrapes · 16 Apr 2014 at 19:50

well here is mine so far...

going for something like this...

Roalith · 17 Apr 2014 at 08:43

My 3 stock fans have started developing an annoying wobble/grinding noise - have checked each of them independently, and they're all doing it through the full range RPM on their fan controller. Slightly annoying