My New Corsair case & exp with it

BringTheRain · 18 Sep 2009 at 19:30

Hi first off sorry for size and picture quality im struggling to resize them

I have tried my best but they are all over the place.

First off nothing special spec wise.

E6600
500 Gig hd
2 gig of ram
And a make do GPU lol

My first impression of the case is WOW. Its looks great and feels great. BUT that soon fades and niggley bits take over.

Here are some of the things i am not happy with

1 Front door seems to be very hit and miss with closing and opening.

2 Hot swaps are not great, most of the time they leave the HD behind.

3 Paint finish is not that tough at all, you have to be really careful not to mark it.

4 Power supply had to go in on the **** to make it fit.

5 Pci holes dont line up correctly.

6 Can feel very plastic in places.

7 Side fan cover and hot swap cover are very hit and miss fit.

8 General build quality doesn't feel like £210's worth.

BUT i am very happy with the case and love the looks.

This is my first pc in a fancy case really. The spec will improve as will cable management and im unsure on the cathodes at the moment

Flame away

AlanJ · 18 Sep 2009 at 20:49

Lovely case, well done looks good.

Only thing I dont like is the way it shows the PSU, but apart from that it looks great.

Hopefully I will be ordering mine soon

BringTheRain · 18 Sep 2009 at 21:02

AlanJ said:
Lovely case, well done looks good.

Only thing I dont like is the way it shows the PSU, but apart from that it looks great.

Hopefully I will be ordering mine soon

Thank you, they are doing a side panel you can buy soon without window, so im gonna pick of those up and do my own design for the side window

AlanJ · 18 Sep 2009 at 21:14

DAMO RAM80 said:
Thank you, they are doing a side panel you can buy soon without window, so im gonna pick of those up and do my own design for the side window

Good choice, shame they dont do a half window, so it blocks the bottom off!

Are you planning to watercool?

BringTheRain · 18 Sep 2009 at 21:38

I know tell me about it looks even worse as mine is a silver psu lol

I would love to watercool, just for the looks tho lol

PishY · 18 Sep 2009 at 23:08

looks a good case! and nice job dude!

Ace Modder · 19 Sep 2009 at 09:28

Looks good, shame about the ASROCK mobo

BringTheRain · 19 Sep 2009 at 10:07

Ace Modder said:
Looks good, shame about the ASROCK mobo

I didn't buy the Mobo, it came with the pc i brought ages ago. Staying put until it fails for my needs

BringTheRain · 19 Sep 2009 at 13:26

Gonna start to try and stealth a dvd rw drive today :S looks quite hard, but should be do-able

Elzhi · 20 Sep 2009 at 20:02

DAMO RAM80 said:
Gonna start to try and stealth a dvd rw drive today :S looks quite hard, but should be do-able

if its not too much trouble could you write post explaining how did you do it ?

i'd like to get this case but i'm waiting to see if it corsair correct the lack of rubber strips below the PSU, pci alignment issues and power supply alignment issues.

btw did you have to use any extension cables for your PSU ?

beefybarn · 20 Sep 2009 at 20:16

Nice job mate, but you really must change that asrock board just to get rid of the power cable running right through the middle.

BringTheRain · 20 Sep 2009 at 20:59

Elzhi said:
if its not too much trouble could you write post explaining how did you do it ?

i'd like to get this case but i'm waiting to see if it corsair correct the lack of rubber strips below the PSU, pci alignment issues and power supply alignment issues.

btw did you have to use any extension cables for your PSU ?

Yeah i will try todo an update on the stealth, didnt go 100% to plan.

yes i used 2x cpu and 2x 20pin

BringTheRain · 20 Sep 2009 at 20:59

beefybarn said:
Nice job mate, but you really must change that asrock board just to get rid of the power cable running right through the middle.

i have redone that cable now and goes up the side