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Corsair Air 540 Build

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Hey everybody. I don't use forums much but I would like to show my personal build in the Corsair Air 540 case.

 

I've been using the Zalman Z11 Plus case for a few years now and it is small for my preference. With my terrible cable management I can barely get the side panel on.

 

So these pictures will show me moving my parts over into a new case.

 

Yes I have optical drives installed. Don't ask me why I have two. I burn DVDs for my parents and grandparents from our vacations and trips. They still prefer to watch on DVDs. 

 

This is my 5th build. (i think)

 

Spec:

Case: Corsair Air 540

CPU: AMD FX-8350

CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i

RAM: Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz CL9

Motherboard: Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3

Graphics Card: EVGA GTX 460 (getting out of date but still serves me well)

Sound Card: Asus Xonar DG

HDD: WD - 1TB Green, 750GB Black

SSD: Crucial M4 128GB

PSU: Thermaltake Smart 650w

Front Fans: Enermax T.B Vergas Duo (Took me forever to find these) (http://www.enermax.com/home.php?fn=eng/product_a1_1_1&lv0=4&lv1=39&no=128)

Lighting: Logisys Blue Cold Cathode x 2

 

Old case. Pretty damn dusty if you ask me

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New case unboxed

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Back of Z11 case. Had to move around a lot of cables to get the panel to fit

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Moved the two front 140mm fans to the top

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and starting to populate the front with Enermax Vegas Duo 120mm fans

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Front fully loaded

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Motherboard transfered with H80i

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Inside look at the front fans and where the cables go

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Vengeance ram

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Front view

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Hard drives in, cables ready

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Graphics card in and wired up

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Tried my best to make the cables look nice

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Full side view

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Side of the case and all its glorious space

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Back of case

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Power on

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Niiiiice :D

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Nice build ,with the cable management ,grab a bag of black zip ties ,measure hold tie .

Hot swap-able cables for the HHD's bottom unscrew those take them out completely Then

connect the connectors in = 2 unwanted yuk looking cables gone. Keep them tho.

May come in handy some day ... as they still work ...

(Make Sure connections or firm)

 

If you want you can see what i have done with my build in the same case

Link in my signature . Any questions about the case do ask.

 

Also last thing the SSD Cages can be pulled apart then only use what you need ,Store the rest as you

may want to use them again when SSD's go down in price . Have fun :)

Case: | TT Core x71 | Mobo: | Gigabyte Aorus Elite DDR4 | Cpu: 13600K | 1.310V | P-Core 5.7GHZ | E-Core 3.2GHZ | Cpu Block: EK Quantum Velocity2 | Ram: Team T-Force Vulcan Z 4x8GB 3200MHz DDR4 | Gpu: Gigabyte GTX G1 970 Bios Hacked 1.275V | Gpu Block: EK | Cooling: Custom Loop | Rads: 4 | PSU: Corsair RM 1000w

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