A Detailed Look – At the Inside
Looking into the 450D case from the left side reveals a typical ATX mid-tower case layout with the power supply located at the bottom instead of up top.
The top section inside the enclosure is dominated by the motherboard area, which features a large cutout opening behind the CPU area for easy access to mount CPU coolers. Preinstalled standoffs are used to mount ATX, Micro-ATX or Mini-ITX motherboards. There are several grommeted openings around the motherboard area for neatly routing cables and wires.
In the upper right are two external 5.25” drive bays, which include easy to use, tool-less drive locking mechanisms.
Looking down towards the bottom of the 450D case reveals a single HDD cage towards the front, behind the intake fans, and the power supply mounting area towards the back.
(HDD cage removed)
The 450D case comes with one removable 3.5” HDD cage that can be positioned to suit your personal needs (a second drive cage can be purchased separately if you need more storage room). The drive cage contains three slide-out HDD trays. The tool-less trays can mount either a 3.5” or 2.5” HDD / SSD. If you are not using any 3.5” drives, the cage can be removed to make more room for cable routing and/or two additional 120mm fans/radiator.
Removing the left side panel provides access to two 2.5” SSD drive trays mounted behind the motherboard and also offers room to neatly route and conceal cables.
I see that your case reviews
I see that your case reviews are still lacking the PcPer touch as most of the imagery is from Corsair!?
Do you really not think as a reviewer you should be testing things yourself!? Like installing a full system and testing the thermals, instead of filling your review with promo material from Corsair. The reader might as well just go to the Corsair page and read that.
Still disappointed, might have to look elsewhere for better reviews in the future…
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Should you maybe look past
Should you maybe look past the first page…?
Great review with great real
Great review with great real world applicable detail–thank you!!
Recognizing the 450D is an ATX case, and the 350D is M-ATX, in terms of quality of build, do you have a preference?
Also, with an eye on heat and sound (quieter), if running 2 GPUs in SLI or even a single GPU (ex. GTX 780)–which case would you choose–350D or 450D?
Thank you very much!!
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“Also, with an eye on
RE:
“Also, with an eye on heat and sound (quieter), if running 2 GPUs in SLI or even a single GPU (ex. GTX 780)–which case would you choose–350D or 450D?”
(Should have included . . . ) . . . case/system to be on desk and used as workstation, flight simulator and HD video editing computer.
Thanks again!