Corsair Carbide Air 540 Builds

MrMD · 9 Jan 2015 at 21:40

andy_mk3 said:
The front intake comes with a great bit magnetic air filter

Awesome saved me some money there.

Got it ordered

Even got some braided cables too,cant wait to rebuild my rig,Lots of green

mushtafa · 9 Jan 2015 at 21:45

Love how nice these look from the side window, until you see the pic with the back side removed! Wires everywhere haha

mushtafa · 9 Jan 2015 at 21:46

Just a thought, when did these cases get released? I wonder if a V.2 is on the horizon any time soon?

andy_mk3 · 9 Jan 2015 at 22:04

Quick pics of mine now it's all built up. I'll post some more when I have more time and I'm not half asleep

Telecaster · 11 Jan 2015 at 23:40

Very nice that, Andy.

Valrak40k · 12 Jan 2015 at 00:56

kedge said:
Very nice, an optical illusion, i thought for a split second that you had modded a fan in the side window.

I only just noticed that

MrMD · 12 Jan 2015 at 10:43

my 540 is meant to arrive today, will post pics later

andy_mk3 · 12 Jan 2015 at 20:01

Telecaster said:
Very nice that, Andy.

Thank you! I am pleased with it. It is a little noisier than I hoped (H105 pump I think mostly).

Pic of the dark side:

The fan controller on it's side in the front panel didn't play well with my OCD so in the back it went! It's pretty much set and forget anyway, I have the fans at around 700rpm and all my temps are very good.

MrMD · 31 Jan 2015 at 03:38

So i built my Cube

My camera is bit derp tho,as i may have recently dropped and semi broke my s4 mini lol

Using nzxt led cable for the lighting,in person its a dark shade of green,nowhere near as bright and obnoxious as it appears in the photo.Gpu sag is thankfully not quite as bad as it looks from that angle either

Had a rather annoying issue moving all parts tho,the PSU mount screws would not turn properly,i actually snapped a screwdriver trying to untighten them so i could move the bracket to accommodate my Leadex PSU.Was rather infuriating in all honesty,spent close to 40 mins trying to get them to loosen,ended up using a kictchen knife :confused:

Still need to tidy a few of the cables down the bottom and the zip tie the GPU cables so it looks neater.

Very happy with the case overall tho.So now i can prepare for my CPU loop.

Im eyeing up a D5/xres combo, that CS tells me should be bak in stock in 2 weeks.Kinda wanna mount in it in the main chassis ,would it be possible to use the bracket and mount on it the central front 120mm fan slot? in this case between the two Enermax fans?

I also had another idea.I think it would be cool to find a way to mount in the ODD bays,and find a clear plexiglass 2 slot 5.25 cover.So that you could see the res from the front of the case.I know the ODD bay it self can be removed,it could even be possible to mount a pump where the bracket would normally mount.

Any one got any ideas/suggestions?

Sarah469 · 4 Feb 2015 at 15:44

@MrMD I had trouble mounting an xspc photon170 D5 res/pump in the front of the case, it ended up going in the back above the PSU

like this:

Legend · 4 Feb 2015 at 17:56

Does anyone with this case know if it's possible to add a 3.5" drive in the 5.25" bay with an adapter like THIS ONE? The fact this case only has x2 3.5 mounts at the bottom is somewhat annoying, as I'd want my SSD's on display there, and as I don't use optical drives I was thinking I could requisition the 5.25" bays for an HD or two. I see a lot of people doing the bungee mod, but is that because an adapter won't work?

Dirk Diggler · 4 Feb 2015 at 18:04

Are you only adding one drive? If so, just screw it to the back of the case. Effortless!

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MrMD · 4 Feb 2015 at 18:07

Legend said:
Does anyone with this case know if it's possible to add a 3.5" drive in the 5.25" bay with an adapter like THIS ONE? The fact this case only has x2 3.5 mounts at the bottom is somewhat annoying, as I'd want my SSD's on display there, and as I don't use optical drives I was thinking I could requisition the 5.25" bays for an HD or two. I see a lot of people doing the bungee mod, but is that because an adapter won't work?

The ODD bays are tooless,but those adaptors should work fine,as they are same dimensions of CD drives ect.Most people wouldnt use them tho as they would block access to the top vertical groments which would affect cable routing.

Sarah469 said:
@MrMD I had trouble mounting an xspc photon170 D5 res/pump in the front of the case, it ended up going in the back above the PSU

I can see how it could be problematic to fit a 170 res in the front lol

Im thinking of only a 100/110m(mostly for ease of access to Fill ect) res myself,hopefully i can find a way to mount one that size in the front somehow.

All else fails it will go above the psu tho

andy_mk3 · 4 Feb 2015 at 18:08

I bungee modded mine. I could hear the drive vibrating when screwed to the back.

Legend · 4 Feb 2015 at 18:10

Is the bungee mod OK then, no issues with that? Never tried it before. Where did you get the cord from?

andy_mk3 · 4 Feb 2015 at 18:16

I bought a length off eBay. I've used it for a few years now. Nice and secure plus no vibrations.

BigDools · 5 Feb 2015 at 19:15

my 540 nothing special just lots of air

andy_mk3 · 5 Feb 2015 at 19:22

Damnn I really need to get me some PSU cables. That looks lovely. Not far off mine really, apart from mine's blue themed.

BigDools · 5 Feb 2015 at 19:31

They are custom cables i don't think i am aloud to mention who from but they make the difference when it comes to the finished look , the yellow on the gfx does spoil the theme but i will be water cooling at some point . picture below was before the cables

ZXSpectrum · 12 Feb 2015 at 11:47

Does anyone know if you can fit an Alphacool NexXxoS Monsta 280mm Radiator in the top of the case without it obstructing components on the motherboard?