Air 540 vs. Thermaltake Core X9?
It just arrived...
WOW.
I loved my Air 540 but the X9 is a hand's down victory. Just slaughtered the Air 540. One of the biggest things is just the space. So many times I felt like I was cramming everything in the 540, I know i'm not going to have that here with the X9. The absolute painful trying to get your fingers or screwdriver or needle nose pliers into spaces because a cable came out or something. the X9 gives you unhindered access from both sides and the top which makes me so happy. I feel like the 540 could be a much better case if it was bigger, not as big as the X9 necessarily but the 540 felt cramped for me after you get a 360 rad and a few GPU's in there. One thing I thought stupid about the 540 was I put a bay res in there because it was a gifted XSPC RASA RX360 watercooling kit and then I had no 3.5" HDD space even...
It's huge.
It's (like they say) full modular, but when you really see it and start taking stuff off it's incredible the sense of customisability and opportunity you feel. I got goosebumps
I have taken some pictures and I will be posting stuff in my build log. If anyone wants to see a particular shot or angle ask me I'm really keen to see how the flat motherboard design looks, still not sure if it will be cool or compromise
Build log: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/422719-the-rift/
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