Corsair Crystal Series 280X, any good?

[jonnyp1993]

Hey

I'm looking at the corsair 280x, I really like the look of it. It looks clean and stylish enough to sit in my room with the rest of my cinema setup.

But what is it like? Is the airflow good? What is cable management like ? Is everything going to be seriously cramped up ? I can't seem to find any decent close up photos with a build in.

Sorry for all the questions!

Any input would be great

Thanks

 

[jonnyp1993]

It does look rather nice with everything in!

I'm only running a gtx970 and going to buy a aio cooler, so should be good in that sense.

What is airflow like?

Thanks

 

[jonnyp1993]

Sounds perfect to me, thanks again, you've been a big help and iv made my decision , will get one ordered ens of month!

 

[jonnyp1993]

Love my 280X RGB, very unobtrusive on my desk, and genuinely was a pleasure to build in (not just saying that as a Corsair employee)



Let us know if you do a build, would love to see some photos!

Does look rather nice yours mate

I'll be doing a simple build log when I do get round to building it

 

[jonnyp1993]

look forward to it love seeing how peoples builds get on here .

lot of requests dont get posted for the finished article, which is a shame as lots of people look through it, experienced or not and aren't able to see the finished article in the thread

I'm looking forward to it , it's been 4 or 5 years since I had my last gaming PC, that was in a corsair 540 all custom painted etc, will have to see if I still got some pictures

 

[jonnyp1993]

be interesting is Demcifilter do filters for the 280X soon.

have Lian Li dynamic and stock filters are aweful for airflow

Not a fan of filters iv heard of them reducing airflow, I'm not fussed about a clean pit of dust every now and again

 

[jonnyp1993]

removing the front filter woul give fans a nicer shine/glow

Sounds good to me , soooooo shiiiinnyyyy it's so beautiful, I can't help it!