Corsair CC800DW Obsidian 800D Black Aluminum Full Tower ATX Enthusiast Case
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- The removable CPU backplate panel is perfect for easy heatsink installation
- Unique cable management routing holes guarantee a clean and clutter-free installation
- Tool-free optical drive installation makes building a system easy and faster than ever
- Isolated cooling chambers to keep your components cool-running with maximum heat dissipation
- Four easily accessed hot-swap drive bays make swapping hard drives a breeze
The long awaited Corsair Obsidian Series 800D Full Tower PC case is designed from the ground up for builders. With their first entry into the market, Corsair has released an elegant and feature-laden chassis that true enthusiasts will covet with abandon. Use the pre-cut cable routing holes (with included rubber grommets) to virtually guarantee an airflow-friendly clutter-free interior. Easily upgrade or swap out a hard drive with the fourdrive hot-swap drive bay. Save precious time by using the CPU backplate cutout to upgrade a CPU heatsink. Get rid of those heat concerns you might have, because the 800D features three-zone cooling to keep those hot hard drives out of the path of fresh air to your power supply, CPU, and GPU. And if that isn’t enough, the top comes pre-drilled for up to a triple 120mm radiator, ideal for watercooling. The Corsair Obsidian 800D Full Tower Case is what you’ve been waiting for.
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Corsair CC800DW Obsidian 800D Black Aluminum Full Tower ATX Enthusiast Case
List Price: $ 273.99
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The Best Case I Have Ever Worked With,
This case is amazing to say the least. The package arrived in 1 day, just as advertised by using my Prime account, and at a savings of over $60 in shipping alone. Keep in mind that this case is extremely heavy. Shipping weight on the shipping label said 59 lbs. Can’t beat $4 for overnight shipping on something of this size and weight.
I had to knock the ease of installation down one star because of the sheer weight and size of the case when trying to navigate around the case to get your wiring done correctly. This isn’t a case you can lay down and get everything done. You need to be able to move around the case and get to things easily from all angles. I would suggest having a nice table in the center of a room so you can move around. You will get very tired of heaving this case around if you don’t start off on a table or workbench.
The space and ease of routing cables inside this case is a dream. The use of the grommets to hide your cabling really puts this case in a class of its own. Although other case makers (ie. NZXT) have started to use similar grommets, their implementation is nowhere near as good as Corsair (ie. grommets come out easy and create more of a pain than they should). The only real issue I have is that the motherboard tray could have been moved maybe a half an inch forward to allow more space for cable routing behind the tray. With the sheer amount of cables I have hidden behind the tray, it took awhile to get things zip-tied in a way that would prevent the rear panel from flexing. The inclusion of the CPU power cable extender was a very nice touch, as I can almost guarantee that everyone will need to use it to reach where you need to.
I have never seen another case that allows so much room in the motherboard compartment to allow the components to breathe. I know this case is marketed as the ultimate case for watercooling, and isn’t quite as good for air cooled systems. I would agree with this statement. I noticed that my temperatures rose nearly 5 degrees Celsius over my previous before I installed 3 ventilation fans along the top of the case. Once I had the fans installed, it corrected my temperature issues. This also made the case a little more noisy than my previous case, but still well worth it.
Once everything was installed, I would say this case was easily over 75 lbs. and is nearly as tall as my desk when sitting on the ground This is not a LAN case. This is the kind of case you build, put in place and enjoy it in all its glory. The side window is a nice addition allowing to see the beautiful install jobs you can do with this case. All the cabling is perfectly hidden with ease and makes things look ultra clean.
I’m still in awe of this case. If you are short on space, or need to move your pc often, I would steer you away from this case (something like the new Corsair 600t may be better). If you are going to go with an air cooled system, make sure you have fans to help with the ventilation of the case, and other than that, have fun with this thing. It truly is a work of art!
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|Room enough for the entire family,
I bought this case to biuld a new gaming system for my 13yr old son. When UPS delivered it I thought it was a mistake the box was so huge that my kid could of fit in it, we couldn’t stop laughing at the shear size of the tower when we took it out. Plenty of room for sure just remember to buy longer cables to cover the spacing, most cables neatly route behind the rear wall out of the way of your view and air flow. I’m very pleased with it. Make sure you have the space for this cases hieght might prevent it from sliding under some desks or tables.Older power supplies with short cables might not reach where needed. The fans that came with the case are extremely quite. The quality is top notch on a small note I thought the two plastic covers over the lower hard drive encloser could of been made to giude,engage and latch abit better. Otherwise Enjoy the King of Cases.
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|Corsair 700D – if below $200 buy it,
I purchased this case because I wanted an all black – in and out – case and I wanted one that would allow for plenty of expansion for either air or water cooling. And, I did not want a window on the case. That said, I never strayed in my search far from this case simply because it looked so good. I considered the FT02 from Silverstone and Antec’s 900 and 1200, but this case was it. It is cavernous in the space it has. The rubber grommets for cable management are well placed and abundant – inside is very clean regarding wiring. Bottom power supply has a segregated chamber to isolate heat as do the HDDs. HDD racks come with rubber grommets also to keep drives quieter. It comes with three 120cm fans (one may be 140cm) and room for at least three more up top. I am air cooling at this time and it easily houses the Noctua NH-U12P SE2. plenty of room for long graphics cards. The air is pulled in from the bottom, so placing on thick carpet is not a good idea. I put it on ceramic tiles to keep the air flow optimal (on carpet). The case fans are very quiet. I do not hear them until I place my ear abot a foot from the case. The front I/O items are what you expect. No eSata. The aluminum front is nice also and the only light you see is a white LED on the power switch and the occasional HDD activity white LED. I do not like colors swirling around and lighting up my office area so a simple, classy case is what I wanted and this delivered. I recommend it and unless you have to have the space, there is no need for the 800D. No regrets.
The only issues I have are minor. The I/O panel does not open/close smoothly. It is less elegant for lack of a better word and seems too cheap for the overall case concept. Visually though, nothing is a problem as this is how it feels when you open/close it. Removing the front aluminum block could have been engineered to be easier. It is screwed on, but it seems too much of a hassle to get it off. The filter is also rear-accessed which does not work when this case is pushed into a niche as I suspect most will do. But, pull it out, clean the filter, put it back and problem solved. I will be using this case for a long time as CPUs and Mobos come and go.
Built PC:
CPU: Core i7 930
Cooler: Noctua NH-U12P SE2
Mobo: Asus P6X58-E
RAM: 6 GB Corsair Dominator
HDD: 2 WD Caviar Black 1TB – Raid0
VGA: MSI 5850 Radeon
Sound: Asus Xonar 7.1
PSU: Corsair HX850 (850 Watts)
Case: Corsair 700D
OS: Windows 7 Professional, 64bit
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