Corsair 450D

[packetpusher]

Does anyone have prior experiences with the 450D? Good or bad?

[Goodman2265]

I want it, Looks hella sexy,god price, put them LED fans in front BINGO

[Kermit]

Mine actually arrives tomorrow!!! I'm planning on building the system soon, so I'll follow the thread and post soon.

[Clyne]

I have a 750D, which is basically the bigger brother to the 450D.

You would probably find this, lack a lot of stuff/space in the 450D.

If you wait for the right time, you can get a 750D cheaper than a 450D.

@givingtnt thinks his 450D is small and wants my 750D meanwhile i really don't know about @Flight1sim as he has a 450D.

[packetpusher]

Mine actually arrives tomorrow!!! I'm planning on building the system soon, so I'll follow the thread and post soon.

Please! I want to see the case in someones build. It looks really nice!

[Clyne]

Mine actually arrives tomorrow!!! I'm planning on building the system soon, so I'll follow the thread and post soon.

Cable Management will probably be hard due to a lack of cable hooks.......

[packetpusher]

I have a 750D, which is basically the bigger brother to the 450D.

You would probably find this, lack a lot of stuff/space in the 450D.

If you wait for the right time, you can get a 750D cheaper than a 450D.

@givingtnt thinks his 450D is small and wants my 750D meanwhile i really don't know about @Flight1sim as he has a 450D.

Is it really that starved of space?

[Kermit]

Cable Management will probably be hard due to a lack of cable hooks.......

 

But you have almost an inch of clearance for cables, plus zip-ties always work...

 

I'll post a few pics too if possible

[Clyne]

Is it really that starved of space?

Well first off, you barely have any drives to put. Only 3 3.5, 2 2.5 drive bays, 2 5.25 drive bays.

It would be fine if you were just getting a single card setup, 2 card is just pushing it to the limit. 

If you had the space to place the 750D, then get the 750D instead. It has a lot of space for whatever you can throw at it, meanwhile not so much for the 450D.

[packetpusher]

Well first off, you barely have any drives to put. Only 3 3.5, 2 2.5 drive bays, 2 5.25 drive bays.

It would be fine if you were just getting a single card setup, 2 card is just pushing it to the limit. 

If you had the space to place the 750D, then get the 750D instead. It has a lot of space for whatever you can throw at it, meanwhile not so much for the 450D.

I mean, I have 2 HDD's now. No ssd's (yet) and I might be able to use both of those 5.25 drive bays. One for an optical drive and another for a NZXT Hue.

[Clyne]

But you have almost an inch of clearance for cables, plus zip-ties always work...

 

I'll post a few pics too if possible

Cable management on the 750D is fine.....the 450D has less hooks tho.....

[Kermit]

The 350d is really similar, down to a few inches. Not the same, but pretty damn close.

 

Here's a really sick build where OP outlined a few notes on the case.

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/95937-the-lightning-350d-build-update-4314/

[TW1ST3R]

Airflow is really good, however there is the tradeoff of having a fairly average front dust filter.  Thankfully the bottom filter is of much higher quality.  Positive air pressure helps quite a bit with dust management, I haven't had much dust build up in mine for the year I've had it (running 4x intake, 2x exhaust).

 

Front panel looks great with LED fans

 

Space is fine for pretty much any air-cooler I think.  Might be a couple of compatibility issues with 280mm radiators in the top? I vaguely remember Linus mentioning something about H105 incompatibility or something.  When it comes to GPUs, if you're running two triple-fan cards in SLI/CF you probably won't be able to use the drive cage in the bottom position due to length, but may be able to squeeze it in hanging from the ODD bay with about 2mm to spare (depending on your cards).  There's enough room to do 2-way SLI/CF, but not quite enough for 3 to be viable (in regards to having enough breathing room/airflow).

 

Unless you have a need for a large amount of drives, you shouldn't have a problem.  The cage supports 3x HDDs or SSDs, there's 2 SSD mounts behind the motherboard tray and you can always use adapters to stick things in the ODD bays.  But honestly I don't really see why you would have that many drives unless you're running RAID.

 

Cable management could use more hooks, but there is still a decent amount of room back there.  I'd recommend having a fully-modular PSU though, those 24 pin motherboard cables on semi-modular/non-modular PSUs take up way too much room, not to mention look pretty ugly with those coloured wires and see-through sleeving.  I do wish there was a front panel audio cutout below the motherboard though.

 

Anyway I'm fairly happy with mine, if you're looking for a mid-tower with good airflow it is a solid option.  Check the links in my signature for some pics if you want to see more.

 

Edit: If you're looking for something with a bit more room for HDDs, GPUs and cable management, you can always go for the 750D with the new airflow front panel - same style as the 450D.  It is definitely larger though so keep that in mind.

[Clyne]

I mean, I have 2 HDD's now. No ssd's (yet) and I might be able to use both of those 5.25 drive bays. One for an optical drive and another for a NZXT Hue.

You seem like you would benefit from a 750D because of it's "futureproof".

You already got 2 drives, you only got 1 more 3.5 and then 2 2.5 drive slots.

You are most likely to upgrade to more drives in the future....

[TomvanWijnen]

Here is a link to my 450D build. I just made the pictures, but because it's still dark in my room, I had to use the flash which screws up the picture quality .

I'd say that 3 way configurations would easily fit, you can see that my GTX 680 is easily shorter than the HDD cage. Cable management was not bad, I could easily hide most cables. At the back I used no tyreps or anything, only like one or two twist ties, because I didn't want to make it "permanent" .

http://imgur.com/a/gFVE6

EDIT: oops the pictures are in the wrong order...

[EJ993]

I have 350D myself, and love it! Did my first ever pc build with it. Cable management was fairly easy Id say. Would definitely recommend something from corsair D series. I you want, you can check what I have done with my build!

 http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/404391-first-build-black-red-beast/

[givingtnt]

I have a 750D, which is basically the bigger brother to the 450D.

You would probably find this, lack a lot of stuff/space in the 450D.

If you wait for the right time, you can get a 750D cheaper than a 450D.

@givingtnt thinks his 450D is small and wants my 750D meanwhile i really don't know about @Flight1sim as he has a 450D.

the 450d is not just small. its farely cheap. id rather have gotten a define r5 or define s instead.    the front filter is broken and the plastic panel has scratches everywhere (plexy glass)

 

other than that its fine. just a bit overpriced at the 100$ I payed for it

[Clyne]

the 450d is not just small. its farely cheap. id rather have gotten a define r5 or define s instead.    the front filter is broken and the plastic panel has scratches everywhere (plexy glass)

 

other than that its fine. just a bit overpriced at the 100$ I payed for it

100 bucks seems fine for a Obsidian case......

[givingtnt]

100 bucks seems fine for a Obsidian case......

yeah. but still its not the best. cable management is a bitch in this case. 

[Kermit]

Okay so the case arrived today, but i'm still waiting on my SSD, HDD, and power supply.

 

I'm terrible with the camera, so these are the best three pics I grabbed from the 30 I took.

(Album->>) http://imgur.com/a/dI8fM

 

Because the PSU hasn't arrived yet, I had to post the system with a spare 500w Dynex I found laying around. The system works, but I cannot review the 450d's cable management to full extent until I finish the system. From my experience thus far, this definitely has to be one of the best cases I have worked with (out of 7 or so). Routing SATA, front panel connectors, and fan/CPU block cables has been fairly easy, although my motherboard made it difficult to connect the bottom front fan (cable was just long enough, but still had to stretch). So far the cables are mostly cable-tied down, and when I finish the system they will be replaced with zip-ties.

 

The chassis is relatively light (15 pounds), for example compared to the Enthoo Pro (28 pounds). 

 

When I finish the build, I'll finish my review and add pics of the cable management.

[Clyne]

Okay so the case arrived today, but i'm still waiting on my SSD, HDD, and power supply.

 

I'm terrible with the camera, so these are the best three pics I grabbed from the 30 I took.

(Album->>) http://imgur.com/a/dI8fM

 

Because the PSU hasn't arrived yet, I had to post the system with a spare 500w Dynex I found laying around. The system works, but I cannot review the 450d's cable management to full extent until I finish the system. From my experience thus far, this definitely has to be one of the best cases I have worked with (out of 7 or so). Routing SATA, front panel connectors, and fan/CPU block cables has been fairly easy, although my motherboard made it difficult to connect the bottom front fan (cable was just long enough, but still had to stretch). So far the cables are mostly cable-tied down, and when I finish the system they will be replaced with zip-ties.

 

The chassis is relatively light (15 pounds), for example compared to the Enthoo Pro (28 pounds). 

 

When I finish the build, I'll finish my review and add pics of the cable management.

The things that i was worried about was the 450D are the cable hooks on the back.

There's not that much compared to the 750D.

[Clyne]

yeah. but still its not the best. cable management is a bitch in this case. 

It's always those cable hooks.....

[givingtnt]

 

thats what. 9 extra that I don't have. I have like 2-3

[Clyne]

thats what. 9 extra that I don't have. I have like 2-3

Always mod the case.....

750D beats the hell out of my old case.

[Corsair Joseph]

the 450d is not just small. its farely cheap. id rather have gotten a define r5 or define s instead.    the front filter is broken and the plastic panel has scratches everywhere (plexy glass)

 

other than that its fine. just a bit overpriced at the 100$ I payed for it

 

Not sure if you really want to call the 450D cheap, because I've personally compared it with other cases including ours, and I don't think cheap is a word that best describes it. Anyway, If you'd like us to send you a front panel and side panel replacements, you're welcome to submit an RMA request and I'll personally sort it out for you. You just have to send me the ticket # once it's been assigned to you.