Installation
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Power Supply
The Obsidian Series 450D Mid-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. 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 450D case is designed to accommodate ATX, Micro-ATX, and Mini-ITX motherboards. To see how things line up we installed a standard ATX motherboard and 11” long VGA adapter. There is a large cutout behind the CPU socket area and the case uses pre-installed 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” ODD 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 plastic trays are not as robust as some other all metal trays but they are functional and easy to use.
The 450D includes two 2.5” SSD trays located on the back side of the motherboard panel. The 2.5” trays are secured with a single screw each and the SSD slides into the tray and snaps into location. The 2.5” SSD trays are accessed by removing the right side panel.
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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!