Corsair Carbide Air 540 Builds

WuMyster · 24 May 2014 at 23:00

canuseemygrapes said:
I chose white over the 3 colours available..
1 can of White plasti-cote and some of the annoying black parts are now the colour they should be.

Also changed the 2 Led 140's from the front with my friends Phanteks Enthoo Primo fans, better fans, nicer to look at and no leds

got a pic?

Footyslayer · 25 May 2014 at 00:48

I don't really want LED's as I am going to add a seperate blue LED strip inside the case, just a subtle shine and not OTT!

I'm still leaning towards the ones I posted as they have a lot more blue in them and I don't really want to be spraying the fans.

Unless there is a benefit I am missing in going for other fans?

Alternatively there are these but again not too blue...

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-006-CS&groupid=701&catid=2331&subcat=1816

canuseemygrapes · 26 May 2014 at 23:04

Sure WuMyster:

pics of paint (2 coats of)
and enthoo fans (mounted to the outside)

clicky me

PH-F140SP (included fans from enthoo)
Speed (rpm) 1200±250 rpm
Max Airflow 82.1 CFM
Static Pressure 1.33mm H2O
Acoustical Noise 19 dB

Air 540 comes with AF140L

pipson · 27 May 2014 at 03:16

My white build coming along:

Andygully · 27 May 2014 at 07:18

Do you see any improvement on the h100 with push pull? rather than just pull.

WalderX · 27 May 2014 at 11:26

pipson said:
My white build coming along

Very nice, love the white 540 - still main contender for my next case

pipson · 27 May 2014 at 22:34

Andygully said:
Do you see any improvement on the h100 with push pull? rather than just pull.

Dunno to be honest - the cooling on the air 540 is better than the ronin where i only had pull set up and i havent tested only pull on the corsair 540

southy1978 · 3 Jun 2014 at 20:41

So many sexy builds in here! My 540 arrives tomorrow hopefully for a new build!

RetrogamerX · 3 Jun 2014 at 20:43

Andygully said:
Do you see any improvement on the h100 with push pull? rather than just pull.

You would only see a 2c difference at most. Maybe 3c

pipson · 4 Jun 2014 at 15:43

RetrogamerX said:
You would only see a 2c difference at most. Maybe 3c

really? got any proof to back that up? i would be a bit disappointed if thats true! considering the cost of 2 fans!

RetrogamerX · 4 Jun 2014 at 20:29

pipson said:
really? got any proof to back that up? i would be a bit disappointed if thats true! considering the cost of 2 fans!

I don't have figures right in front of me, but I've been doing push/pull for years. I've done both ways and tbh it was mostly 1c maybe 2c better at most. I got 3c using a h100i 3770k clocked at 4.5. I'm sure you can find the same figures if you Google it. So tbh it's not worth it. I only do it because it looks cool, otherwise I only use 2 fans.

Andygully · 4 Jun 2014 at 20:53

The reason i asked was i have 2 corsair sp rad fans already and wondered if the investment of 2 more was worth while.

RetrogamerX · 4 Jun 2014 at 20:59

Andygully said:
The reason i asked was i have 2 corsair sp rad fans already and wondered if the investment of 2 more was worth while.

Well you would see a 2c drop at least. better then a poke in the eye. Also push/pull looks cool in the 540

mightymouse · 4 Jun 2014 at 22:47

from a scientific point of view the only way to cooler it more is to have cooler inlet temp to the cooler and hence a higher flow rate of air through the radiator would achieve that. by using a push pull i would say that you are forcing more through especially as the radiator gets dusty which will have higher delta P hence requiring more pressure

pipson · 8 Jun 2014 at 03:07

do you think ill have problems installing a XSPC RayStorm 750 EX240 on the 540?

Terrier_Jimlad · 8 Jun 2014 at 11:59

Jumped ship from the Obsidian 350D (M-ATX) to a 540 to for my SLI/future needs

One thing that shocked me was the noise. I have swapped the default 140 fans for the AF140 Quiet LED editions, but the overall noise is significantly more than my 350D which ran the AF120 Quiet editions, temps are significantly better I guess.

Poor little mATX board looks tiny inside hehe

Loxa · 8 Jun 2014 at 12:39

Terrier_Jimlad said:
Jumped ship from the Obsidian 350D (M-ATX) to a 540 to for my SLI/future needs

One thing that shocked me was the noise. I have swapped the default 140 fans for the AF140 Quiet LED editions, but the overall noise is significantly more than my 350D which ran the AF120 Quiet editions, temps are significantly better I guess.

Poor little mATX board looks tiny inside hehe

The fans you get with the case are a bit on the loud side.

Terrier_Jimlad · 8 Jun 2014 at 13:22

I know, hence I swapped them, but even with the full retail quiet editions, still a tad loud for my liking

gpuerrilla · 8 Jun 2014 at 13:34

Can you run them at a lower speed through a controller?

Terrier_Jimlad · 8 Jun 2014 at 17:49

That's pretty much what I've just done, had an Akasa and Zalman controller sat in the loft so got one of them out.

Turns out the main source of the noise is the two front AF140s, if I drop them down to half speed then they are much much quieter. The back AF140 however doesnt make much difference in noise when at half or full speed, I guess it's something to do with the noise from the front grill taking in the air or something

Baffled lol