Joined on 03/14/07
Awesome!
Pros: I love this case. I was looking for a case to replace my Antec 301 'cause I needed a plain (non-gamer) case that would fit the Corsair H100 dual 120mm cooler. I was unable to overclock the CPU due to the cooling limitations of the Antec 301. The H70 Corsair cooler could not perform well enough and air cooling was out of the question. This case is large on the inside, very wide. I transfered my X79 Sandy Bridge-E 3930K rig into this case no problem. The overhead dual fan slots fit the H100 neatly. This case is shorter and wider than the Antec 300/301, very clean and square. The fans are very quiet. I overclocked my CPU to 4.5Ghz and encoded several videos to test the system and the fans barely increased speed. I can barely hear them, even on a heavy load. The CPU temp stayed around 53C and the MoBo temp never strayed above 33C! With fresh, 12 hour-old thermal compound, no less. Very respectable.
Cons: Heavy, but not a con...the insulation is thick and heavy and does it's job well.
Overall Review: This case is heavy due to the insulation, but then that's for the noise reduction; that's what this case is designed for. The center HDD frame is removable, allowing great airflow and still leave room for 3 HDD's on the bottom and 2 SSD's on the MoBo side. This case is just my style, minimalist. Today's options seem to be somewhere between the basic black obilisk and the "gamer" cases that look like the sign outside of a Vegas strip club. If you want a quiet, minimilist case that will accept the Corsair H100 cooler, this is it. In fact, I'm starting to plan for a full liquid-cooled internal system. This case will handle it.
Pros: Worked fine for a while. I bought this for the two HDMI outputs. On screen control is fairly easy and intuitive.
Cons: The volume bezel light went out after 1 month, the video goes out intermittantly, and now I noticed heat...lots of heat, boiling out of the receiver, even when it was off! I thought it was going to catch fire. It's too late to get a refund, maby they can fix it, but I don't have much hope. I think I'm probably going to be out of luck.
Good cooler
Pros: Cools surprisingly well for an air cooler.
Cons: Spendy
Overall Review: I installed this on a Ryzen 5 3600 6-core AMD CPU I bought for a build in an older Lian Li HTPC case, used primarily for 4K encoding. I bought another Noctua fan for a push-pull configuration and installed the cooler on an ASUS board. I encoded videos all weekend and the temp never exceeded 55'C, and idles at 25'C. The CPU runs at 100% for hours during video encodes. I used Noctua's thermal compound, they send enough for ten builds. I usually use Arctic Silver, but Noctua's compound seems to work very well.
Works with the PS4
Pros: I bought a pair of Sony WH-1000XM3 headphones to use with my PS4, I didn't even think that Sony headphones would not be compatible with a Sony PS4. Silly me. I bought this Bluetooth dongle through Newegg, and it works just fine. Initial pairing was slow, but now I pair back and forth between my Yamaha receiver and my PS4.
Cons: I have to re-pair to my receiver every time, but I don't mind. The headphones remember the PS4, and they sound pretty good.
Overall Review: Yes, I would recommend this product.
Awesome!
Pros: It's fast, loaded and booted right up. My Gigabyte MB had the extra mounting screw, so all good there. Installed in 10 seconds. Ramped right up to advertised speed plus some.
Cons: Samsung Magician won't OC it, but I hear they're coming out with a revision that will. The speed test still works. Can't wait.
Overall Review: Git it!
Awesome case!
Pros: I rebuilt 2 systems with Corsair cases, the 750D and the 450D. The 750D was oversized for my use, but the 450D is perfect. For years I've been trying to stuff too much into little "home theater" cases, they just don't get it anymore. I built a brand new system with a Gigabyte MB and an i5-6600K CPU with a Corsair 115i 280mm water cooler, and it works perfect. The radiator is mounted on the front panel with 2-140mm Corsair stock fans, and does a wonderful job of cooling. I hardly ever load this machine up, just light gaming, so it's a little overkill. But I trust liquid cooling over air, and heat degrades CPU's. The fans are also very quiet, and my CPU never breaks 30C. There's plenty of room for extra fans in a push/pull configuration, but I didn't need them. I installed 2-140mm fans in the top, but you can fit 3-120mm fans there, and it might seal the case a little better. I'll give it a try someday. I you plan on building with a micro-ATX board with all-in-one liquid cooling, this case is your best bet.
Cons: None