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powelly · 3 Apr 2011 at 00:41

Apem said:
Was wondering the same why have 2 sound cards very strange?

do you not read the thread? just stare at it mindlessly maybe?

EniGmA1981 · 3 Apr 2011 at 07:36

maj said:
Just the one intake in bottom half of case. Having only the one intake fan, and putting it where it is, does seem a weird design though. Cooler is a long way from where the only air intake is. However, my temps have been fine so far so will just leave things as they are.

Best place for an intake is front+bottom

(lol @ front bottom) ...this way it drawers cold air in and it gets passed over the expansion cards as well as finding its way into the cpu fan

Larrs888 · 3 Apr 2011 at 16:43

Well I ported my Fractal R2 contents of to the new Corsair Obsidian 650D, let me know what you think.....

Before:

$fractalr2before.jpg$

After :

John101 · 3 Apr 2011 at 20:29

Nice build Larrs888! Id love to get my hands on the 650d.... such a nice case

Apem · 4 Apr 2011 at 01:41

Corsair do nice cases shame that can never get a window right.

{SAS}TB · 4 Apr 2011 at 06:42

That's why your best off cutting your own

Larrs888 · 4 Apr 2011 at 18:23

The window seems's ok to me but yeah I'd prefer it a little more like the one on the 800D. I might get a white cathode to light it up a bit more, perhaps next time I need to order some bits I'll stick one in the cart.

Quint · 4 Apr 2011 at 18:48

Last minute update to my recent build......an extra GTX285 and the motherboad fan. (I'll get some better photos soon).

~REALiTY · 4 Apr 2011 at 20:16

Rodneypooleg said:
Last minute update to my recent build......an extra GTX285 and the motherboad fan. (I'll get some better photos soon).

Love it

cravin penut · 4 Apr 2011 at 20:18

Nice sleeve larrs!

wentalong · 4 Apr 2011 at 20:49

wish my cable managment was as good as some of this

but i think im always going to be sticking with air, water cooling for the cpu maybe, like a A50 or something, but otherwise waterCoolings wayyyyy to expensive for me

maj · 4 Apr 2011 at 22:10

wentalong said:
wish my cable managment was as good as some of this but i think im always going to be sticking with air, water cooling for the cpu maybe, like a A50 or something, but otherwise waterCoolings wayyyyy to expensive for me

Just takes time, patience and practice really. A good case and a modular PSU really does help things though. A tidy air cooled computer can just look as nice as a water cooled one imo.

V F · 4 Apr 2011 at 22:22

I love how the motherboard has a plastic cover over most of it... Is that to protect all the capacitors? and will this become a standard for the future?

What sort of ambient temps is in that case even with SLi?

terminator2k2 · 4 Apr 2011 at 22:25

like all these corsair cases.......very nice

Apem · 4 Apr 2011 at 22:28

Rodneypooleg said:
Last minute update to my recent build......an extra GTX285 and the motherboad fan. (I'll get some better photos soon).

Ahh you found some screws for the fan then

EniGmA1981 · 5 Apr 2011 at 06:57

Is that motherboard fan blowing air away from the board by design? or have you mounted it upside down?

Quint · 5 Apr 2011 at 07:50

V F said:
I love how the motherboard has a plastic cover over most of it... Is that to protect all the capacitors? and will this become a standard for the future?

What sort of ambient temps is in that case even with SLi?

Asus call it "TUF Thermal Armor" to prtect the board and help ditribute air across the board. I doubt it will become standard but who knows.
http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=ZYgjt71bzlh62Zk9

Without the fan on the mb it was getting hot, all the temps shot down once installed.

Since I've gone SLI PCIE-2 is getting hot, I don't think the small fan air is reaching it enough, I could do with another fan somewhere but the case (Corsair 600t) isn't desgined for any extra. I could buy the windowed side panel though, it comes with a mesh windows which you can install 4 extra fans, I doubt it'll be quiet though.

Apem said:
Ahh you found some screws for the fan then

Yes mate, I didn't buy the mb from OcUk in the end, I contacted the re-seller (as Asus didn't reply), they sent the screws next day. I Bought the fan from ocuk though, had to drill the holes slightly bigger then it went in a treat.

EniGmA1981 said:
Is that motherboard fan blowing air away from the board by design? or have you mounted it upside down?

The fan is installed with the name up, blowing down onto the board, due to the design if spreads the heat across the board. Had I bought a cpu fan blowing air down I wouldn';t have needed it, asus put this in the design.

V F · 5 Apr 2011 at 15:55

Rodneypooleg said:
Asus call it "TUF Thermal Armor" to prtect the board and help ditribute air across the board. I doubt it will become standard but who knows.
http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=ZYgjt71bzlh62Zk9

It's pretty smart.

Since I've gone SLI PCIE-2 is getting hot, I don't think the small fan air is reaching it enough, I could do with another fan somewhere but the case (Corsair 600t) isn't desgined for any extra. I could buy the windowed side panel though, it comes with a mesh windows which you can install 4 extra fans, I doubt it'll be quiet though.

Or one big 200/230mm fan? slower but quieter...

Quint · 5 Apr 2011 at 18:05

Do you mean get the side panel and use one big 200/230mm fan instead of 4? I might be able to live with that.....

sheldore · 5 Apr 2011 at 22:03

Here's mine

Just built this week, very happy with it.

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