Installation
Power Supply
The Obsidian Series 750D Full-Tower case is designed to mount a standard ATX style power supply at the bottom. The power supply slid easily into position and is secured with four screws on the backside panel. It would have been nice if Corsair had provided a padded PSU support/mount to help eliminate vibrations but they didn’t. The power supply can be mounted either with the fan up to pull air out of the case or with the fan down. The dust filter covered opening on the bottom of the case allows outside air into the PSU when the PSU is mounted with its intake fan down.
ATX Motherboard and VGA Adapter
The 750D case is designed to accommodate XL-ATX, E-ATX, ATX, or Micro ATX motherboards. To see how things line up we installed a standard ATX motherboard and VGA adapter. There is a large cutout behind the CPU socket area and the case uses raised pads for standoffs to mount the motherboard. The motherboard slid into position easily and mated up with the mounting holes and rear I/O opening as expected. So did the graphic adapter. Thumb screws are used to secure expansion cards so you won’t have to worry about cards coming loose during transport.
External 5.25” Optical Drive
Our 5.25” Blu-ray player slid easily into position and locked in place without tools as advertised.
Internal Hard Disc Drives
The internal 3.5” / 2.5” HDD trays are one piece plastic. Each tray comes with four steel pins mounted in silicone vibration isolation washers that are used to mount 3.5” HDDs; just flex the plastic tray and drop in the HDD. No tools required. To mount a 2.5” SSD you just pop out the back corner pin and use the supplied machine screws to attach the 2.5” device to the tray.
The 750D includes four 2.5” SSD trays located on the back wall behind the 3.5” drive cages. The 2.5” trays are also tool-less and snap into location. They can be accessed by removing the right side panel.
(Courtesy of Corsair)
Overall, this gives the end user the potential to mount a combination of up to 10 3.5”/2.5” HDD/SSDs!
Now if only Corsair would
Now if only Corsair would manage to ship some of these to Finland… been waiting since the launch and still nothing.
Maybe im a bit dense, and its
Maybe im a bit dense, and its already written somewhere, but what brand is those red/black fans, looks pretty damn good.
To answer my own question i
To answer my own question i guess they are Corsair, sadly i can only find them with a blue design instead of the red.
The rings are swappable on
The rings are swappable on Corsair AF and SP series fans. The fans include blue, red, and white rings in the box.
Fuk. That side panel is ugly.
Fuk. That side panel is ugly. Last thing I want to see is the inside of my PC. I’m not a 14 year old living at my mom’s house.
All PC cases need to have full metal side panels. No one gives a shit at what the inside looks like.
Ready for this guy to scream,
Ready for this guy to scream, “Get off my lawn sonny!”
If you’ve got high end parts and have taken the time for great cable management, a side winow is a must.
Ignore the old codger above. I’m not 14, have a large disposable income and exactly the kind of customer who buys high end multi monitor/gpu’s and other parts. Exactly the customer enthusiast PC vendor wants.
You’re damn right I want a side window to enjoy my toys.
Sorry you feel that way, but
Sorry you feel that way, but the majority of sales are on the other side of this. We launched the 350D with a solid and a steel side panel window, and the window one outsells the solid one significantly. With the 750D we decided to avoid the headache and offer the windowed one only.
If you’d like, you can always buy a second solid side panel off our website and replace the windowed one. Not an ideal situation, and adds cost, but since such a small minority prefer cases without windows, we felt it was the best solution.
I’m a girl, I’m in my 30’s,
I’m a girl, I’m in my 30’s, and I love seeing inside cases. And no it’s not because it’s somehow new to me – built my own computers for over a decade now. The nondescript black boxes get awfully boring after a while.
Go back to your dead-end life with no imagination, and leave the rest of us alone.
That’s your opinion jerk-off!
That’s your opinion jerk-off! Everyone who has a PC with a see-thru side panel isn’t a child…some people like to show off their high-end hardware to their friends. You obviously don’t have any high-end hardware, nor do you have any friends for that matter…
As usual I am envious of your
As usual I am envious of your having all that high end gear lying around to stuff in the box.
Anyway, any chance you can include the build materials, i.e. steel or aluminum or plastic or some combination, in the key feature list?
Dear PCper.
I love your
Dear PCper.
I love your reviews. Please, please please don’t make them video only. I’m not so lazy that I can’t be bothered to read and I love reading your reviews.
Too many websites are getting lazy. I like this one !
Amazing full tower case..I
Amazing full tower case..I buy it the upcoming week…Only 1 question…I read tge case dont have rubber or foam strips for the psu…This mean the psu is most noisy because of vibrations?
Hmm…. I’m 46yo guy, haven’t
Hmm…. I’m 46yo guy, haven’t lived with my parents since I was 17yo and I like side panels and lights. Those dual GPUs look cool 🙂
Id love to meet that 46 year
Id love to meet that 46 year old guy
I’m over the hill and
I’m over the hill and surprised older people are into window panels and lights inside the computer case . I’m searching for a good case (like this one) but without windows or weird case shapes.
Yes, I read I can buy a solid panel for this one.
Very nice the case, but I
Very nice the case, but I dont see the dust filters on down side, only for PSU. I can recommend this the DustEND dust filter (sticker) http://www.dustend.com оr popular the DEMCifilter (magnetic). I dont have any association to them.