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Zandvliet
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Hi all,

 

I'm on a crossroad, or maybe on a tripleroad (or whatever) and would like your opinion. I'm wondering if I should change my location of my case, I currently have it like:

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But I might put it like:

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Because I really like my window mod and would like to look inside my case. However, my case (CM Cosmos II) takes up a lot of space... so my third option is a new case and I really like the Corsair Carbide air 540.

 

What would you guys do?

 

Cheers!

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You wouldn't be able to fit an air540 where you have the case in the second picture for sure.. I have one.

Please quote my post, or put @paddy-stone if you want me to respond to you.

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Considering that you did all of that work to mod the window, you should keep it on your desk, because you have the room for it on your desk, and you have better access to it to remove a cable from the back, or something else.

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I'd Reccomend having it on the Right side under your desk, You can look and drool at through your pc window without it being distracting while in games. You'll also have more space on your desk aswell.

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15 minutes ago, paddy-stone said:

You wouldn't be able to fit an air540 where you have the case in the second picture for sure.. I have one.

It would fit, I could move my monitors a bit. Even without moving it, it will fit. I took a measurements to be sure

 

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16 minutes ago, MiketheGingerGuy said:

I'd Reccomend having it on the Right side under your desk, You can look and drool at through your pc window without it being distracting while in games. You'll also have more space on your desk aswell.

I thought about that as well, but I didn't like the esthetics (see photo) and I would have to buy new cables.. again... Also I move with my chair to the right to access my drawers and then I would bump into the case I think

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2 hours ago, Zandvliet said:

It would fit, I could move my monitors a bit. Even without moving it, it will fit. I took a measurements to be sure

 

OK, doesn't look like it to me.. I have tried several places and still end up with it back on the floor, lol. I wish you luck with it, I love the case, but it is BIG :)

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So for those who are interested, I changed the orientation of my desk. Resulting in:

 

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