Corsair Obsidian 550D

GeezerButler · 25 Mar 2012 at 10:34

Nexus18 said:
PICCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCS!

I think this is probably my favourite case on the market at the minute! Strongly considering getting one.

Just how quiet is it?

Very

King Damager · 25 Mar 2012 at 10:36

Cable space doesn't look great :S

Also, really don't like those front buttons...

What's it like for fitting Rads? xD

OcUK have these in stock now...

kd

GeezerButler · 25 Mar 2012 at 12:10

King Damager said:
Cable space doesn't look great :S

Also, really don't like those front buttons...

What's it like for fitting Rads? xD

kd

Top of case to top edge of mobo = 5cm

The bottom drive cage is removable.

lflowers · 25 Mar 2012 at 18:06

Hi GeezerButler, how much clearance is the between the door and the front of the drive bays? Wondering whether i will be able to close the door without it hitting the knobs of the Scythe Kaze Master Ace fan controller.

King Damager · 25 Mar 2012 at 18:20

GeezerButler said:
Top of case to top edge of mobo = 5cm

The bottom drive cage is removable.

Hmm, not really then, 50mm really is cutting it too fine, 55mm and you could put a slim + fans in..

kd

GeezerButler · 26 Mar 2012 at 19:54

lflowers said:
Hi GeezerButler, how much clearance is the between the door and the front of the drive bays? Wondering whether i will be able to close the door without it hitting the knobs of the Scythe Kaze Master Ace fan controller.

Sorry for the delay responding - I would say the clearance is next to nothing - no more than a few millimetres...

HighlandeR · 26 Mar 2012 at 20:07

thx for the pics and review GeezerButler

Its still a lovely case, still eats me up knowing they did not leave much space behind the case for better management, it seems however not many cases have really figured this out.

There are quite a few silent cases still around, still using a fractual R2 case myself and its decent the R3 still looks a nice choice but there are still many top choices out there!

lflowers · 26 Mar 2012 at 22:01

GeezerButler said:
Sorry for the delay responding - I would say the clearance is next to nothing - no more than a few millimetres...

Ok thanks for replying

kmetek · 4 Apr 2012 at 16:09

any updates?

GeezerButler · 8 Apr 2012 at 12:40

Still liking the case overall. The door is getting a little easier to use with time. Main problem now is that the case fans are so quiet I'm going to have to change the CPU cooler fan as it's now plainly audible over the case fans....

platypus · 10 Apr 2012 at 13:36

How wide is the case?

I'm after a decent case that can hold a lot of harddrives and is as silent as possible.

Toothy1911 · 10 Apr 2012 at 19:18

It's 224mm (8.8") wide. can hold up to 6x 2.5"/3.5” drives. Probably get more in somewhere if you wanted.

You might want to consider the NZXT H2, if you want more drive space in a quiet case.

Black: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-036-NX&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=35

White: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-045-NX&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=35

platypus · 11 Apr 2012 at 09:33

Ooh that does look good. And its considerably cheaper.

Gara · 11 Apr 2012 at 16:19

GeezerButler said:
Some pics:

I was having some space issues on the back panel but seeing yours shows me what I was doing wrong. (I was putting wires below the cpu cutout, not in the sunken area.

OptimaLnrg · 11 Apr 2012 at 16:42

Toothy1911 said:
It's 224mm (8.8") wide. can hold up to 6x 2.5"/3.5” drives. Probably get more in somewhere if you wanted.

You might want to consider the NZXT H2, if you want more drive space in a quiet case.

Black: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-036-NX&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=35

White: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-045-NX&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=35

I remember this review from the time. Case looks naff.

GeezerButler · 11 Apr 2012 at 22:00

Gara said:
I was having some space issues on the back panel but seeing yours shows me what I was doing wrong. (I was putting wires below the cpu cutout, not in the sunken area.

Aye - it's a shame about the clearance behind the board. It's a nice case but Corsair really should have left bit more room - another 1cm would have made things much easier.

Nice rig BTW

davey101 · 11 Apr 2012 at 22:58

The case looks good

Hostile-17 · 13 Apr 2012 at 12:39

Have decided this will be the next case to replace my ageing Cheiftec case!

platypus · 13 Apr 2012 at 13:28

I have to say I'm mightily impressed with it, save the lack of space behind the mobo tray. Got my 90 degree sata cables though so will take some pics tonight.

Evansd · 13 Apr 2012 at 17:01

I was about to purchase the r3 but this tempted by this again now!!