Corsair Carbide Air 540 Builds

jeckulz · 29 Oct 2014 at 23:07

Bryan Kortez said:
Wish I had the ability to do something like this..

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That build is something of a minor inspiration for my final idea - At least at the front. I have other ideas about the top, but that would be telling

Let's just say I dig the clean, minimalist thing

Andygully · 30 Oct 2014 at 07:20

jolliman86 said:
OK thanks for that. So if I set up the fans like this;

1x140mm AF – Back – exhaust.
3x 120mm SP – Front – Intake.

2x120mm SP - H100/Top – Intake.

Would that work ok?

have the same setup except as mentioned make the top exhaust as heat rises.

Andygully · 30 Oct 2014 at 07:21

just out of curiosity has anyone made a cover for the inside bottom of the case?

jolliman86 · 30 Oct 2014 at 14:17

Andygully said:
just out of curiosity has anyone made a cover for the inside bottom of the case?

I would be interested to see if anyone have bought one of these as well. I really am no good with making things, and the previous post on here about the lightbox/acrylic cover looked really interesting. Unfortunately the shop is closed for a couple of months, and will only re open in the new year. If anyone know anywhere else that could make a cover, doesn't have to specifically be a lightbox, I would be happy with a smart looking cover to be honest.

Dempsey22 · 30 Oct 2014 at 14:29

Andygully said:
just out of curiosity has anyone made a cover for the inside bottom of the case?

jolliman86 said:
I would be interested to see if anyone have bought one of these as well. I really am no good with making things, and the previous post on here about the lightbox/acrylic cover looked really interesting. Unfortunately the shop is closed for a couple of months, and will only re open in the new year. If anyone know anywhere else that could make a cover, doesn't have to specifically be a lightbox, I would be happy with a smart looking cover to be honest.

Working on covering all panels for my build. Excuse dirt of the case, just that way from working on it.

jolliman86 · 30 Oct 2014 at 14:40

That looks awesome. What material are you using?

Dempsey22 · 30 Oct 2014 at 15:14

jolliman86 said:
That looks awesome. What material are you using?

3mm white acrylic sheet for the inside panels
5mm clear acrylic sheet for the top and front covers

traveyb · 30 Oct 2014 at 15:14

jolliman86 said:
OK thanks for that. So if I set up the fans like this;

1x140mm AF – Back – exhaust.
3x 120mm SP – Front – Intake.

2x120mm SP - H100/Top – Intake.

Would that work ok?

What's the reasoning behind people using SP's as front intake instead of the AF's? I thought you would want high air flow into the case?

Jony27 · 30 Oct 2014 at 16:26

It's probably due to the mesh front. Static pressure series would go through it better than the air flow series

traveyb · 30 Oct 2014 at 16:39

Ah yes guess it does "suck" air in better

jeckulz · 1 Nov 2014 at 11:08

Andygully said:
just out of curiosity has anyone made a cover for the inside bottom of the case?

Yes mate.

MasterOC · 1 Nov 2014 at 12:01

So here's mine ... I did have just a single GTX 780ti DHS which looked amazing with the build but Wanted more Power so it got sold.

Anyway I Dub her the ''Panda''

Ive made no real modifications other than aesthetics bits n bobs with l.e.d's .

I plan to replace the stock GPU Power cable with another extention , also im thinking about covering those blue VRM heatsinks. What do you all recommend I cover it with and how ? ( it wants to be white, best of it is MSI released a Black and white version of my board I just didn't want to wait ) id also like to board up the bottom as my 1TB is now external

One with my 780ti

^I do think that's better looking but I needed More POWERRRRRRRR!

jeckulz · 1 Nov 2014 at 22:26

Nnnnnnnice!
Quite like the look of the SLI array - The Standard PCI power is grating on me though!
Always go braided

Looks great though, nice to see a white one.

As for covering the blue accents- if you're super concerned about performance, then get some thin alu sheet and bend it roughly to shape, and cover with some vinyl film maybe - You could stick them on with heat sink adhesive.
Or, if you're handy with a scalpel, you could always just lay the vinyl directly onto the heatsink and cut to the heatsink design/shape once the vinyl is heated into the form of the heatsink (hairdryer works well).

haxxbaxx · 2 Nov 2014 at 13:38

looking nice

Cenedd · 4 Nov 2014 at 14:22

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Edit: Ok, that makes it more challenging to understand what I'm talking about. In the picture posted by Zoomee towards the bottom of page 30 of this thread, you can see a metal connector in the red water line from the pump that has wires coming out.

@zoomee: Is that just an inline temp sensor we can see in the middle of the pic on the pipe from the pump or does it do flow as well? What is it? Cheers

russell664 · 4 Nov 2014 at 15:56

This is mine:

Both my GPU's are in RMA as I post this though.

However, this is my first loop and I really like it!

Smurfin · 6 Nov 2014 at 00:14

Just got my air 540 in white, and wondered what fans I should buy?

My rig is:

Gigabyte z77x-u3dh mobo
i5 3570k processor
16mb vengeance LP RAM
SLI MSI Gtx 970s
XFX 750w pro psu

I currently have a Noctua nh-d14 cpu cooler, which works great but looks like a pig, and I was thinking of changing to a Corsair H105?

Given all of this, what fans should I buy and what configuration should I set them up in? After coming from a quiet Fractal Design R4 case, noise control is crucial! (I should add I've got an aftermarket fan controller too).

Any advice appreciated

Thanks

Andygully · 6 Nov 2014 at 07:21

AF120's seem to be a popular choice.

Tefal · 6 Nov 2014 at 07:22

is there a versio nwith te window on the right?

jolliman86 · 6 Nov 2014 at 13:22

I don't think I have ever seen one with the window on the other side.

Quite glad mine doesn't have one on that side though as it is a complete and utter mess of cables.