Corsair Obsidian or Haf 932

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Posted: 01 Jan 2010 at 6:37am

Definitely the HAF 932.

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Posted: 01 Jan 2010 at 8:03am

Please explain why you choose which chassis.

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Posted: 01 Jan 2010 at 8:25am

Also quality of build, and looks is important.. Plus how quiet, and how much dirt gets inside should be considered.

Myself I have thrown away better cases than the HAF, and refuse to do a build with one. lol But that is just my preference.

If one case will lower your CPU temps 2C, is that worth the noise, the dirt, the plastic? maybe yes? maybe no?

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Posted: 01 Jan 2010 at 10:03am

You speak in a very unclear way to me.
Are you saying Obsidian is more expensive?

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Posted: 01 Jan 2010 at 10:23am

yes it is more expensive, but I feel a better value for me.. Some cases are 1/2 the price of the HAF 932 and twice the case in my opinion, but a lot of people love the HAF...It comes down to preference. And what you want out of a case. The HAF does have good air flow..

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Posted: 01 Jan 2010 at 12:44pm

The HAF932 is also a dust magnet.

How clean is your living area?

Why are you limiting yourself to these two cases?

There are better cases out there.

If you think you are stuck with the choices on the DS site...it is my

understanding you can pick out ANYTHING on the market and have it shipped to DS if you are willing to pay the price and it makes sense to the technical

DS to use the item.

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Posted: 01 Jan 2010 at 1:11pm

The corsair has a dust filter....

I think DS will allow you to use other cases, but I think it adds a significant cost... The Corsair case is very good, for a standard style case I feel it has a ton of good attributes, and few cons..

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Posted: 01 Jan 2010 at 3:33pm

HAF 932 because it's king of air-coolers nothing beats it except maybe the Antec 1200, and the beautiful thing is the HAF is easily set up for watercooling, if you ever decide to upgrade to wc the HAF has mounts for a 360 rad on the roof.

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Posted: 01 Jan 2010 at 3:45pm

any case with a fan is a dust magnet, if you have a fan it will suck dust.

for air cooling I would go with the haf 932

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Posted: 01 Jan 2010 at 4:12pm

the corsair is easier to adapt to water in my opinion, and I have to highly disagree with you DST, a sealed case with good dust filters compared to a HAF 932 in the dust department is not even remotely close, the HAF will have a ton more dust/hair ECT.. a ton more.. especially if it is setup to have slight positive pressure, like it should.

I can go 2 years with a case like this, and have the same amount of dust in a few moths with an open air no-filtered case.

The HAF is a decent case, just not the type I like, it is all about personal preference. If I want a great case for an air cooled rig, I still would never ever pick it, maybe to make a custom hamster cage ?

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Posted: 01 Jan 2010 at 4:18pm

filters helps but the corsair case does not have the same airflow as haf.

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Posted: 01 Jan 2010 at 6:46pm

Another question about the Corsair Obsidian (hailstorm) case.

In a reply to a question about this case in the config thread, DST4ME stated he hadn't received his case yet but the top fans wouldn't be there since his system will be water cooled. The picture of this case with WC still shows the top fans in place although I believe they are the upgrade fans (white WC tubes with 3 white fans at the top of case).

So my question is are the top fans removed when you order WC with this case or is that something DST4ME ordered special.

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Posted: 01 Jan 2010 at 6:54pm

water cooling has to have fans, DST's rig will have more fans than most hailstrom cases. lol

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Posted: 01 Jan 2010 at 7:07pm

There are still better cases than the Corsair....I never saw what his budget was though....

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Posted: 01 Jan 2010 at 7:10pm

has anyone seen a review on thr Corsair?

From the looks of it, the way it is compartmentalized,

I would think heat would be an issue unless you are going with WC.

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Posted: 01 Jan 2010 at 7:15pm

Question for Justin.Kerr, DST4ME or anyone else with experience with this case...What do you guys think of the Cooler Master 840?

Edited by AndydViking - 01 Jan 2010 at 7:16pm

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Posted: 01 Jan 2010 at 8:01pm

I don't see how the Corsair is compartmentalized. It air cools air cooled rigs fine.

I guess, it would help to know if you plan on air cooling, or water, because the cooler master 840 is a great water cooling case, it just matter if you like the looks, and what you want out of a case. it can put a triple radiator on top and a double on the bottom, but positive pressure gets out of hand that way.

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Posted: 01 Jan 2010 at 8:43pm

@Justin.kerr ...I was thinking of the Cooler master 840 in regards to air cooling. Was thinking of throwing the new noctua nh-d14 in it.

Thought this might help the origional poster as well because it's priced between the two cases mentioned and the 840 looks kick ass to me.

CM 840 any good for air cooling rig?

Edited by AndydViking - 01 Jan 2010 at 8:46pm

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Posted: 01 Jan 2010 at 8:50pm

yes. the 840 is a decent case, but I think it will cost a lot, I may be wrong, but it seems like if you want a different case than what is listed in the configurator, the price is, fairly high, in relation to what the cases in the configurator cost at retail stores.

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Posted: 01 Jan 2010 at 11:45pm

o.k...before you hear decide here is more on this case...a forum mentioning overheating if air cooled:

also some more info:

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Corsair 800D is certainly a nice case, full of nice features, but we think it is highly overpriced, especially when you can get a Zalman MS1000-HS2, which has six hot-swap hard drive bays (two more than this model from Corsair), for USD 175. Of course this model from Corsair brings some extra features, but we don’t see why it should cost so much more, and therefore we can’t recommend it.

Strong Points

Hot-swap hard disk drive bays.
Support for 2 1/2" drives on all hot-swap bays.
Air filter on the bottom panel.
Rear panel and interior are painted black.
Hole for accessing the backplate from the CPU cooler on the motherboard tray with lid.
Holes for routing cables on the motherboard tray with rubber covers.
No sharp edges where you could cut yourself while building your PC.
Screwless mechanisms for fastening drives.
Thumscrews for fastening daughter boards.
Aluminum front panel.

Weak Points

No noise absorbing mechanisms for the hard disk drives.
Slot covers could be meshed.
No eSATA port.
Doesn’t come with the top fans.
No support for external 3 ½” devices (who still uses floppies anyway?).
Too expensive.

from all of this, as justin said, IF you can afford it (and i would add if you use liquid cooling) this is your case.

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Posted: 01 Jan 2010 at 11:56pm

the 840 is a great case too, its the sleeker version of haf, otherwise its pracctially the same, you are just missing the side fan, and its a bit more covered.

you can always buy it and send it to DS to avoid the extra costs.

and justin is right I'm gonna have lot of fans.

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Posted: 02 Jan 2010 at 5:07am

if theyd just take off that dam HAF bullsh*t from the sideof the case, and used less plastic, it would be a miracle case.

so my preference would be Lian Li or Obsidian

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Posted: 02 Jan 2010 at 5:42am

What Lian Li case are you talking about. Please If you guys think some cases are eaven better than the HAF 932 & Corsair Obsidian please post them and explain the statement. Btw, I am a fan of the holes in wall of the motherboard btw.

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Posted: 02 Jan 2010 at 8:09am

there are many, many cases out there, it maters what you want out of a case, if you like the looks of it, and the price, there are good cases out there for $20.00 and good ones for $1500...

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Posted: 02 Jan 2010 at 10:19am

GOOD CASE FOR AIR COOLING

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Posted: 02 Jan 2010 at 12:45pm

the HAF 932 is a great air cooling case. but like I said earlier, it matters what is important to you, great airflow with lots of dust and noise, and plastic and well the looks? The Lian Li they offer has great airflow, and a great air cooled case, but it is a lot more $$..you have to decide on what is most important to you.

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Posted: 02 Jan 2010 at 1:54pm

The most important: Air flow. Not the looks.
(reason why I like obsidian is not because the holes look cool, but they provide good air flow)
Money is not a problem at all. Noise doesn't matter either.

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Posted: 02 Jan 2010 at 3:13pm

for the price then a HAF 932 is good, keeps things cool inside.

If you want airflow and don't care about price, then have Digital Storm order you a mountain mod case, speced out like this. It will have 26 fans, will hold all the possible hard drives, power supplies, ect possible, be upgradeable for ever. and in any color you want.

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Posted: 02 Jan 2010 at 9:23pm

wow that case is huge

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Posted: 03 Jan 2010 at 3:59am

What's the specifik name for that chassis? Gonna do some research

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Posted: 03 Jan 2010 at 4:01am

Are these chassises good?

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Posted: 03 Jan 2010 at 5:19am

the mountain mod? yes, I feel they are about the best case out there, build quality, airflow, upgrade ability. The one I speced out for you will last a lifetime. It is one of the only cases out there that will allow you to upgrade no matter what new stuff comes out, unlike almost all other cases. If you ever want to try water cooling they are the best, if you want to go with a bunch of hard drives for a huge media storage, this case will hold 78 hard drives.. 2 power supllies...the possibilities are near endless.. Just make sure that they put nice dust filters/screens on the intakes fans and you will have a great case, just keep in mind the dimensions... it is big..really big.

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Posted: 03 Jan 2010 at 9:06am

Do you know the dimensions? And btw, do they have wholes in the bottom for fans in the bottom intake?

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