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All the elegance of its award-winning big brother in a smaller, mid-tower package? We take a look at the new Obsidian 650D.
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All the elegance of its award-winning big brother in a smaller, mid-tower package? We take a look at the new Obsidian 650D.
A great shame about the noise. I have a 700D and it's pretty noisey out of the box (IMO).
It looks like the same drive mounting mechanism, I have found this to be very poor on the 700D, transmitting vibration from the drives to the case which can act as a resonating box. I ended up replacing them all with silicone mounts I had to make myself, a vast improvement. It's a shame Corsair haven't taken the time to sort out these issues.
Still, minor or none issues depending on whether case noise is something you care about. I have no doubt the case will be excellent in all other regards. For me though, the noise and lack of a "no window" option rule out this case.
Looks a beautiful case the cable management and layout would make a new-build an absolute breeze - personally I will wait until corsair (or somebody else) release a case with usb3.0 header support on the front IO ...:rockon:
One more thing to note is that the new white 600T also has the same fans as this which run @1,000 rpm max.:secret:
Yes they have USB3.0 ports at the front but it has to be routed through the case to the IO shield at the back of the case. What I mean is an internal USB3.0 header cable that connects directly to the motherboard.
I think the new Coolermaster Enforcer is the only one available at present:
http://www.coolermaster.co.uk/produc...roduct_id=6715
As far as I'm aware there's an adapter included that converts the USB3.0 cables back to header pins for internal connection.
The pictures on Scan's site:-
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/corsa...30-upgrade-kit
Appear to show an adapter, which I assume is for this purpose (I may be wrong).
Am i right in saying that header adapter is USB 2.0? Thought USB 3 was much wider
http://members.westnet.com.au/crimso...sb3_header.jpg
Case looks great, been waiting for the reviews, particularly thermal performance.
But i think it will do. Bulldozer better hurry up :D