Show Us Your Rig [8]

[shinigami8671]

Yeah you can remove all or just some of the rear ones, above it there is a piece of plastic sticking out which you push down and the lift the whole thing out. Once you've done that you can split them.

Whew, thanks
Is it possible to get the 3.5 inch drive bays separately by any chance? The case looks spectacular, but kinda fragile for my hands.

 

[ganjiry]

Here ya go mate...
There isn't one listed for the Air 540 but the 300R drive bays look the same 300R Replacement hard drive tray (1 unit)
And here's the ssd cages Carbide Air 540 SSD cage Base with 4x SSD Tray

 

[shinigami8671]

Here ya go mate...
There isn't one listed for the Air 540 but the 300R drive bays look the same 300R Replacement hard drive tray (1 unit)
And here's the ssd cages Carbide Air 540 SSD cage Base with 4x SSD Tray

Awesome, thank you for all the help
Now im gonna take the stuff out of current case, clean it up and put it in new one, will post pics later!
Thanks again ganjiry, have some well deserved rep

 

[ganjiry]

No worries mate you're welcome.

Cheers for the rep

 

[ZaLiTH]

Guys need a lil info, anyone of you using the Corsair Air 540 case? Im getting a great deal on it, just for 90$ (usually its 160$). Should I go for it?

Reading the follow up posts, I see you already went for it.. I was going to say AnandTech have a nice thorough review of it. By their standards, it looks to be a pretty darn decent box!

Looking forward to some pics.. *hint hint, nudge nudge*

 

[shinigami8671]

No worries mate you're welcome.

Cheers for the rep

Cheers!

Guys need a lil info, anyone of you using the Corsair Air 540 case? Im getting a great deal on it, just for 90$ (usually its 160$). Should I go for it?

Reading the follow up posts, I see you already went for it.. I was going to say AnandTech have a nice thorough review of it. By their standards, it looks to be a pretty darn decent box!

Looking forward to some pics.. *hint hint, nudge nudge*

Actually I was going through some images of the case and somehow ended up on Anandtechs review so went through it before messing with the case.
Took about 3-4 hours, it was really messy and dusty, plus I couldn't do cable management if my life depended on it so took a fair while.
Accidentaly broke a fin of the 140mm fan in the rear so had to take it out, good thing had a replacement from my previous case.
One fan on the top isn't connected yet either, board can only support 4 fans and had 1 Molex to 3 pin connector.
Looks simply spectacular, money well spent. And looks much neater than my last case as well.
As for the pics, they will have to wait probably, can't find the AA batteries for my stupid camera since I hardly use it lol.

 

[ZaLiTH]

Looks simply spectacular, money well spent. And looks much neater than my last case as well.
As for the pics, they will have to wait probably, can't find the AA batteries for my stupid camera since I hardly use it lol.

That's awesome, sounds like it's coming along quite nicely.. All in good time though.

With regards to cable management, some people have an innate ability to see where the cables need to go straight off the bat. I envy those people though, I've still got to try 10 different ways before I'm happy with it.

Speaking of which, I actually need to redo the cables in my current rig. I got my custom cables a couple weeks back, but I haven't had the time or energy to strip and rebuild it yet. Besides, I've still got another machine to reassemble after a power surge fried the motherboard. Hopefully I'll get a chance to sort these things out this coming weekend.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

Well it's not much of a rig but meet my new to me refurb'd Lenovo L420
14", i5, 320gb hdd, 128 msata, 16gb ddr3 all up I've got $333.00 invested and it's a little screamer!

 

[Wordsworth]

Nice pick up linnemeyerhere. Are you going to put an SSD in it?

Edit: Just saw the disk score, is that an SSD already in it or HDD?

 

[linnemeyerhere]

Nice pick up linnemeyerhere. Are you going to put an SSD in it?

Edit: Just saw the disk score, is that an SSD already in it or HDD?

It has both now, it started with a 320 hdd but had a spot for a msata ssd drive so that's in and the thing is a rocketship. Boots in under 15 seconds but I've yet to add all my software !

 

[Wordsworth]

Ah, I spent more time looking at the pic than the description you gave. Slap of the forehead moment. I'd like to pick up something like this myself sometime in the next six months. I'll have to keep this one in mind and just saw some at Amazon 1 used and 2 refurbished. Have to wait though....

 

[shinigami8671]

Some shots (although not very good ones).
EDIT: see next post!

 

[linnemeyerhere]

Looks wicked from the outside show us some inside shots.

 

[shinigami8671]

Looks wicked from the outside show us some inside shots.

Here you go, had to take the whole thing outside with some better lightning, still doesn't do justice to the case though, my heart skips a beat every time I look at it lol. This right here is true love :3

Some extra ones:

Already starting to pick up dust, will have to clean every couple of days :/

 

[essenbe]

Great build and set up, shinigami8671. Congrats, I know you will enjoy that.

 

[boogieboy]

Great looking saxy case Shinigami

 

[society misfit]

Nice build!


Very happy with my Carbide Air 540. Bit noisier than what I would like, but with some clever fan control it’s acceptable. I’m sure upgraded fans would improve a bit. Another day…

Most recent pic of mine – not much different from my previous post but I did add some braided cables. Also a full shot of the command centre.

The Teac UD-501 DAC and the Bryston BHA-1 headphone amplifier sole purpose was for music. But processing your gaming sound through these 2 devices is absolutely amazing!! Highly recommended for anyone looking to improve their headphone sound proving cost is not so much of a concern (combined they are over $2k)

 

[linnemeyerhere]

Analog Rules !

 

[Layback Bear]

society misfit
The braided cable do look good. Did you buy them or sleeve them yourself?

 

[shinigami8671]

Great build and set up, shinigami8671. Congrats, I know you will enjoy that.

Thanks Essenbe, I surely will!

Great looking saxy case Shinigami

Thank you janaaab!

Nice build!


Very happy with my Carbide Air 540. Bit noisier than what I would like, but with some clever fan control it’s acceptable. I’m sure upgraded fans would improve a bit. Another day…

Most recent pic of mine – not much different from my previous post but I did add some braided cables. Also a full shot of the command centre.

The Teac UD-501 DAC and the Bryston BHA-1 headphone amplifier sole purpose was for music. But processing your gaming sound through these 2 devices is absolutely amazing!! Highly recommended for anyone looking to improve their headphone sound proving cost is not so much of a concern (combined they are over $2k)

MY god, that is one fancy build Misfit! Very nice!
SO separate devices for sound do make a difference. Will have to keep an eye out for a good sound card then I guess