Corsair Carbide Air 540 Builds

RetrogamerX · 12 Aug 2013 at 20:10

Roalith said:
Hmm, they seem perfectly fine to me - although I have got mine running off a Bitfenix Hydra. They do get loud when it's cranked up admittedly, but otherwise running on low voltage they're fine

I'm using a fan controller too and on low the fans were pretty quiet, but could still hear them. The AF140's were so quiet I couldn't even hear them at all. their so quiet at first I thought they weren't on. lol That's how much better the af140's are. Worth every penny I spent on them.

foster grant · 13 Aug 2013 at 00:22

Retro if you dont mind me asking, what Fan Controller are you using please ?

Andybtsn · 13 Aug 2013 at 00:32

What do people think to the ssd bays in the rear? Too much movement for my liking

foster grant · 13 Aug 2013 at 00:44

I like that about the case......Although I would rather have my SSDs on show as one looks into the case rather than the HDDs ....but yeah...i like it

mcleish · 13 Aug 2013 at 11:02

Andybtsn said:
What do people think to the ssd bays in the rear? Too much movement for my liking

One seems to be locked in, but a bit loose. The other seems quite snug.

mcleish · 13 Aug 2013 at 11:04

foster grant said:
I like that about the case......Although I would rather have my SSDs on show as one looks into the case rather than the HDDs ....but yeah...i like it

Im sure I read that you can fit your SSD in the front. I looked at the trays and there are holes that you screw your SSD down onto. I gave it ago, but the bottom right holder (The thing that clips into the side of your HDD) gets in the way. :confused:

foster grant · 13 Aug 2013 at 11:53

Yes you can......but I have four Hard drives in total

RetrogamerX · 13 Aug 2013 at 11:57

mcleish said:
Im sure I read that you can fit your SSD in the front. I looked at the trays and there are holes that you screw your SSD down onto. I gave it ago, but the bottom right holder (The thing that clips into the side of your HDD) gets in the way.

You can. I have mine in front. I took out the SSD bays in the back. Only have 1 SSD and put that in the hot swap bay.

foster grant said:
Retro if you dont mind me asking, what Fan Controller are you using please ?

I use this one
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=bb-000-nx&groupid=701&catid=2331&subcat=189

I didn't have room for my Recon controller. Using it for DVD drive and NZXT Hue. So I bought this one. It works better then the recon.

foster grant · 13 Aug 2013 at 14:00

OK thanx for that Retro

This is my setup so far.....it's not as nice looking as some of the setups I've seen on this thread ...but for now it is how it is lol

Obviously I still have some cable work to do , And I still need to get a couple of 140mm Fans

mcleish · 13 Aug 2013 at 18:49

Looks good! How come you took the stock fans out?

foster grant · 13 Aug 2013 at 20:22

Cheers

I think it looks not so good....bit too empty

I just took them out and swapped everything over from my other case

RetrogamerX · 13 Aug 2013 at 20:29

mcleish said:
Looks good! How come you took the stock fans out?

Because the stock fans are rubbish.

Nice build foster

foster grant · 13 Aug 2013 at 20:41

RetrogamerX said:
Because the stock fans are rubbish.

Nice build foster

Sorry the pics are not so clear lol

Plus I do like my Enermax

Thank you

mcleish · 14 Aug 2013 at 11:21

RetrogamerX said:
Because the stock fans are rubbish.

Nice build foster

Fair. Must admit, I am looking for some silent fans. Right now the stock ones dont bother me, but I know they will come a later date.

RetrogamerX · 14 Aug 2013 at 12:59

foster grant said:
Sorry the pics are not so clear lol

Plus I do like my Enermax

Thank you

Better pic's mate. Very nice

zom247 · 15 Aug 2013 at 11:38

Got my case today but wont be able to build it till next week. I'll try and remember to take some pics whilst building it!

mcleish · 15 Aug 2013 at 20:13

Enjoy it! Its a great case to build into.

RetrogamerX · 15 Aug 2013 at 20:19

mcleish said:
Enjoy it! Its a great case to build into.

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dunny87 · 16 Aug 2013 at 13:27

has any one had any vibration noise issues ?

ive got a h100i at the top, and i have a very annoying noise which stops if i push on the rad a little, have made sure it was screwed in fully.

open to ideas on fixes, maybe some anti vibration washers :S

GoogalyMoogaly · 16 Aug 2013 at 13:56

mcleish said:
Enjoy it! Its a great case to build into.

Not sure I'd go this far. It's not a bad case though.

dunny87 said:
has any one had any vibration noise issues ?

ive got a h100i at the top, and i have a very annoying noise which stops if i push on the rad a little, have made sure it was screwed in fully.

open to ideas on fixes, maybe some anti vibration washers :S

My H60 does seem to vibrate at certain fan speeds. Don't think this is specific to this case though.