Cases Corsair 800D case

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  1. happyhammer7

    happyhammer7 What's a Dremel?

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    I am looking at water-cooling my rig, which is currently housed by a corsair 650D. I know this case is somewhat restrictive in terms of W/C potential. I do love this case so will use it for my server build.

    Anyway, I cannot afford a water-cooling setup until a couple of months but was wondering would the air cooling for the 800D be sufficient short term?

    I will need to upgrade the fans but I wanted to upgrade them so they will be useable for when I do W/C.
     
  2. Bloody_Pete

    Bloody_Pete Technophile

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    I've seen a couple of people use it for air, but even they say it's not great...

    Consider the Elysium...?
     
  3. happyhammer7

    happyhammer7 What's a Dremel?

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    Funny you should say that, was just watching this

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICPvEjUDgz0

    Cannot believe this case is £140.
     
  4. Bloody_Pete

    Bloody_Pete Technophile

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    I've seen it for £125 on Eclipse computers...

    P.S. I have one sitting across the room from me, there are pics in my thread of it... It's a really great case!
     
  5. Drekz

    Drekz What's a Dremel?

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    The Elysium completes the full-tower package all at a very attractive price tag. Those grommets for cable management are also amazing, something that I thought only Corsair offered :) The side panel for additional fan mounting options is also pretty nice and you don't get anything like that on the 800D.
     
  6. happyhammer7

    happyhammer7 What's a Dremel?

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    Never brought from them before, are they any good?
     
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    jamsand Minimodder

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    ^ only ever had one order from them so can't say much but did exactly as they said with no hassle. also the Elysium looks amazing for watercooling specially a that price xigmatek seem to be owning the chassis market atm first with Utgard now Elysium.
     
  8. Bloody_Pete

    Bloody_Pete Technophile

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    I haven't ordered from them for years, never had a problem when I did though :)
     
  9. Jipa

    Jipa Avoiding the "I guess.." since 2004

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    And when talking about a case, they would really have to BLOW to screw something up :D It's not like you'll have to deal with warranty, anyway.
     
  10. Sentinel-R1

    Sentinel-R1 Chaircrew

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    I run an air cooled 800D, and the posts above are correct. With stock fans and no extra fans installed, the airflow is less than acceptable; however, if you upgrade the fans and install fans in the 3x roof mounts, then yes, it's OK. Not great by any stretch but OK.

    It doesn't affect me too much because my office is AC'd at 18 degrees 24/7 so I can live with higher Delta temps.

    It also depends what hardware you're going to put in. I'm running X58 S1366 gear which is way hotter than Sandybridge, and you could get away with a more compact watercooling case for Sandy and pocket a lot of change too.
     
  11. happyhammer7

    happyhammer7 What's a Dremel?

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    I am running the same, hence my initial concern. You really could bake an egg on this kit.
     
  12. happyhammer7

    happyhammer7 What's a Dremel?

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    Can you acutally mount an SSD in this case?
     
  13. Bloody_Pete

    Bloody_Pete Technophile

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    Only with adapters...
     
  14. samkiller42

    samkiller42 For i AM Cheesecake!!

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    The Corsair 700/800d are both aimed at Watercoolers, which is where it excels.
    I did install 3 Gentle Typhoon 1800rpm fans to the roof, which are controlled at 50%, and my CPU temp is 46c under a Corsair H50. My GTX580 is currently at 46c too.

    Sam
     

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