Corsair Obsidian 350D

[stan92]

Is the Corsair Obsidian 350D made mostly of aluminium/other metal or plastic?

[Glenwing]

It is metal.

[WildTurtle]

Its made out of steel for most of its construction and a brushed aluminium plate at the front.

[stan92]

ok thanks guys are their any full aluminium cases? also is aluminium stronger? @WildTurtle , @Glenwing

[DaftBehemoth]

It's sitting right next to me. It's mostly metal, but some of the internal components have some plastic (such as the SSD cage) also, the bezel around the front is plastic, though the actual front cover itself is metal. All around it feels very sturdy yet light.

[DaftBehemoth]

ok thanks guys are their any full aluminium cases? also is aluminium stronger? @WildTurtle , @Glenwing

Aluminum is lighter but less sturdy. 

[stan92]

ok thanks all

[Analog]

Aluminum is lighter but less sturdy. 

 

And also very expensive.

[stan92]

why use aluminium then? looks???

[IPCharger]

ok thanks guys are their any full aluminium cases? also is aluminium stronger? @WildTurtle , @Glenwing

Caselabs and Silverstone are good options for full aluminium cases. People mainly use it for the looks but it is more expensive and a fingerprint magnet.

[slasher0161]

why use aluminium then? looks???

Looks and weight. Solid steel cases are heavy as hell and especially impractical when your paying for freight by the kg for the cost of freighting a steel case I can freight 2 whole computer builds less case.

 

The side effect that aluminium is more corrosion resistant is nice but that only really applies for people like myself who live where for at least 6 months of the year its above 85% relative humidity and the other 6 months it hovers around the 80-85% mark.

[stan92]

Ok thanks all

@slasher0161 where do you live to get that humidity?

[slasher0161]

Ok thanks all

@slasher0161 where do you live to get that humidity?

 

Cairns, Queensland, Australia.

Where my house is its forest and hill behind and only a couple of km's away from the reef.

 

This is comfortable weather at the moment.

 

Its an interesting place, only place I have found that in the middle of summer it can be 0300 with the temp still around 30c.

Biggest complaint about the place is the internet is shit and they have no intention of upgrading it any time soon (I have driven to places more remote and assisted in installing better internet connections than I can get at my place... Go figure).

[stan92]

@slasher0161 wow lol. I'm in Adelaide, i won't have to worry about humidity damage should I? Also how could it affect pc cases?

[slasher0161]

@slasher0161 wow lol. I'm in Adelaide, i won't have to worry about humidity damage should I? Also how could it affect pc cases?

 

 

Honestly man even here unless I sprinkled salt all over my case twice a day and rubbed it in for good measure it won't rust for years. I picked up an old antec case for my htpc that had sat in someones shed being damaged by a leaking roof and cyclones and god knows what else and the only thing was when I resprayed it the rear fan grill had about 1mm of surface rust. If the case is painted all over you really have to go out of your way to cause damage.

 

I wish I had the results of an old experiment I did comparing corrosion on aluminium blocks vs steel blocks vs cold galv'd steel blocks. Basically over a 2 month period the aluminium was untouched, the galv steel was only affected where there was imperfections in the cold galv, and the normal steel block had 1.5mm of surface rust.

 

This was with being heavily misted in salt water 6 times a day for the full 2 month duration and kept in sealed tanks (so the environment was extremely humid) from the top of my head the salt water mix was around 100ppm.

 

I didn't mean to scare you before with mentioning it just its a side note for people who like to hoard things (I'm terrible for that I have such a vast collection that I need to clear out the shed a bit, still spewing I threw out a few sheets of plexi glass thinking I wouldn't have a use for them).