Corsair Obsidian 900D Review: Making Room For High-End Gear

[FormatC]

Corsair already offers a heavy tower case called the Obsidian 800D. Now, the company is one-upping itself with the Obsidian 900D. Is this a genuine high-end enclosure, a bomb shelter, or a mess of sheet metal? We put the case through our bevy of tests.

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[slomo4sho]

Thanks for including the acoustics and temperature for a workhorse in addition to the gaming rig.

 

[kitsunestarwind]

I am seriously waiting for this to be come available in Australia, I have the 800D , I love it, but I have no room left and I want/Need more liquid cooling Rad space without resorting to Case Mods, The Corsair 900D will do me perfectly and hopefully won't look so full

 

[greenrider02]

Quite frankly, that is a beautiful case.

 

[ASHISH65]

Good review! Corsair's Obsidian 900D looks so great!!

 

[mapesdhs]

Igor, please at least include the option to show temps in C, not F. 😀

Ian.

 

[slicedtoad]

^yeah, I've never seen any computer related benchmarks done in Fahrenheit , lol.
Very nice review though, Corsair makes some sweet cases, second only to the custom suppliers (mountain mods and the others) but much cheaper.

 

[JJ1217]

[citation][nom]kitsunestarwind[/nom]I am seriously waiting for this to be come available in Australia, I have the 800D , I love it, but I have no room left and I want/Need more liquid cooling Rad space without resorting to Case Mods, The Corsair 900D will do me perfectly and hopefully won't look so full[/citation]

Be prepared to fork out an extra $120 because of the simple fact we're from Australia.

 

[Vatharian]

I don't fully understand your review. Workstation-class rig is up to the challenge for exploring 900D abilities, but gaming rig? You slap off-the-shelf closed loop watercooler on the midrange CPU (TDP wise), one simple GPU and call it 'watercooled system'? What's the point? Get two or three water coolled GPUs in addition to CPU, set up one loop and them evaluate if the case is suitable for serious LC&OC, and if it's possible to arrange radiators such way to get rid of the heat and not kill usability. Point is: for such class of case you put low-end gaming rig. It doesn't tell us will it perform if serious system is inside. If the case performs with high-wattage rig, it will do for any smaller one, but not necessarily the other way around.

 

[Idonno]

My 800D preforms great with a high end system and there is every indication the 900D is even better.

 

[christop]

Good review!! I want one!!!

 

[seller417]

very nice...i hope the price comes down a bit

 

[TheBigTroll]

i hope people buying this case dont fit something like a MVG board

 

[zankuto]

Great case. Did anyone else noticed the teddy bear in the window reflection in the picture in the "illuminated case mod" page lol

 

[soundping]

With all those fans running it probably sounds like a break room full of coke machines.

 

[ericjohn004]

I love minimalistic designs. Although I prefer the Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window, but that's why I own one. The Fractal case is a midtower though and if your looking for something as awesome as the R4, but in a full tower, I'd definitely recommend this case.

 

[ericjohn004]

[citation][nom]Idonno[/nom]My 800D preforms great with a high end system and there is every indication the 900D is even better.[/citation]

They built two different systems in this rig. One to test the heat, and another one to try and replicate what a "normal" buyer would probably do with this case. Not many people go all high end, 6,000$ build. And even if they do, the Opteron build shows that it can handle any heat you throw at it. Because the Opteron build is a lot hotter than a water cooled build. So the with the Opteron build you learn a whole lot more about the cooling prowess of the case vs. 2 480mm radiators anyways.

I see your point, but I think your asking for a bit too much. You wanted them to do a third build? Because to me, it's more important to show these two builds than a 5-6000$ build that most people aren't getting anyways. And to me, it's pretty obvious that you can fit this case with 2 480mm radiators and it would stay cool. So your not really learning anything by doing that.

 

[ubercake]

Not only do I love this case... I am IN LOVE with this case.

 

[sanilmahambre]

Now that's what i call the BIG , BOLD and BEAUTIFUL

 

[JPForums]

I know I can just convert temperatures to C, but given how much more prevalent it is in the computer industry, can we have the temperatures given in C and then convert to F if we'd like. Better yet, include both. Thanks.

 

[Guest]

Hahaha, I almost had a heart attack when I saw the temps! Then I realized it was in Fahrenheit.

Good review though.

 

[grokem]

As much as I hate how all cases include too many external 5.25" bays, I applaud you for actually using them in this review. Almost every mid-tower ATX case or larger has 4 external bays that never get used. I could see an entire article about this topic.

 

[cobra5000]

Funny, how these "high end" cases, still need fan upgrades?!

 

[arkadi]

I have the 800 with h100 best case i had. This one look even better! To big for most ppl

 

[FormatC]

Igor, please at least include the option to show temps in C, not F. 😀
Ian.

Here is the original with understandable temps:
http://www.tomshardware.de/Corsair-Obsidian-900D,testberichte-241254-14.html

I got this case really late and in the end I had only 3 days for testing, photos and write the whole review. I think, the workstation hardware is more realistic to stress big cases in the hard way. Water cooling is interesting but not the way to check out the cooling possibilities of a case.