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Mayhem1911
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So, I recently picked up a Corsair Air 540 and decided to go with a nice red theme.  This will be an on going project pics will be added periodically. For now here's the Temporary parts list.  Final goal is to go with a full custom loop, and mod the case (via paint)

 

Chassis: Corsair Carbide Air 540

Mobo: Asus Maximus VI Formula (ROG Edition)

Prosessor: Intel Core I7-4770k

Video: EVGA GTX 770 Classified

TEMP WATER: Corsair H100i

Ram: Gskill Ripjaw 16GB

SSD (Primary Drive): Kingston SSD Now 120GB

Storage: 640GB WD Blue, 1TB Segate

Power: Corsair RM750

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This case is made for air cooling why even bother with liquid cooling.

 

More airflow to rads DUHHHHH!!! Either cooling excels in this case 

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This case is made for air cooling why even bother with liquid cooling.

IT's made for air flow, rads need that too...

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This case is made for air cooling why even bother with liquid cooling.

You may want to rethink this statement...

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More airflow to rads DUHHHHH!!! Either cooling excels in this case 

I don't see how you would get anymore cooling to the rads because they are already on the outside of the case so they can get all the air they need.

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IT's made for air flow, rads need that too...

its made for airflow across the inside of the case the rads go on the edges of the inside but intake air form outside so there would be no point. Infact any case would be just as good for watercooling unless it has a big slab of cement in front of all the intakes.

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Why?

Rads still need air flow lol

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its made for airflow across the inside of the case the rads go on the edges of the inside but intake air form outside so there would be no point. Infact any case would be just as good for watercooling unless it has a big slab of cement in front of all the intakes.

Now you're  just talking out of your ass. you know you're wrong, just admit it.

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Now you're  just talking out of your ass. you know you're wrong, just admit it.

Seriously I don't get why you think I'm wrong. The rads shoudl be pulling air from the outside of the case not the warm air inside so choosing this case over any other dosent matter. My entire point was this case was designed for airflow use not to block all the vents with big rads.

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Now you're  just talking out of your ass

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Rads don't need airflow inside the case they intake air from outside.

It as plenty of room for not just rads but pumps and other things needed for watercooling, and a lot of it can be hidden too. 

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Nice Work Mayhem. Hope to see the Watercooling parts go on your build soon. Cant wait to get my Watercolling bits tomorrow and start work on taking my system apart and getting it into my air 540 aswell. Might post a thread but who knows. Going for a green theme with 3M carbon wrapped case

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I don't see how you would get anymore cooling to the rads because they are already on the outside of the case so they can get all the air they need.

An interesting thing to note is that the air 540 is actually amazing in its cooling performance. You will see lower temps if rads are inside than out. It has something to do with the shape and design that they used. It gets better cooling performance than the InWin D-frame. An open air case.

 

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seems dumb to liquid cool a case made for air but hey have fun :P

 

well it's made for optimal Airflow, that dosent need to be just AIR, You get the space for WC so why not go for it if possible?

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Looks nice m8, have same case and as soon as my Orders start dropping in im going full wc loop

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