Hey, guys.
I'm building a new system in the Corsair Obsidian 1000D case. I've been building systems for 30 years, but this is my first liquid-cooled build and the buzzword for this build is "overkill". I've spared no expense or extravagance in building this system, but I'm running into clearance issues with my radiators/fans. I chose to go with the default tray configuration, so I put 2 x Corsair XR7 480mm radiators along with 16 x Corsair QL120 fans on the front tray and 1 x Corsair XR5 420mm radiator along with 6 x QL140 fans on the top tray. With everything assembled, the front tray went in just fine, but when I tried putting in the top tray, the front-most bottom fan up top won't clear the top fans on the front. Even if removed the one offending QL140 fan, there would still be no room to run any tubing to the inlets/outlets on the XR7 radiators.
I went back and looked at Corsair's Obsidian 1000D YouTube video more carefully and found that while it looks like they're using the default tray configuration, they're actually using a 4 x 120mm tray up top and only placing a 360mm radiator with 6 x QL120 fans in the first three slots, which is how they avoid any clearance issues. So I decided to go with an 8 x 120mm tray up top with 2 x XR5 360mm radiators and 12 x QL120 fans. The only problem is that I can't seem to find ANY trays for the 1000D... like... ANYWHERE.
From searching the web, I've seen plenty of posts indicating that stock issues on these trays apparently date back to 2020. While I can't imagine there's been absolutely no stock in 2 years, this seems to be the standard. I've seen a few 8 x 120mm trays scattered here and there, but they're either ridiculously expensive and/or coming from outside of the United States. The tray itself is supposed to retail for only $10 (https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Accessories-|-Parts/PC-Components/Cases/Obsidian-1000D-8x-120mm-Fan-Tray/p/CC-8900160), but that doesn't help if it's not available. I found this place over in the UK: https://www.watercoolinguk.co.uk/p/Corsair-Obsidian-1000D-8x-120mm-Fan-Tray-black_74154.html. Reasonably priced, but they won't ship internationally unless the order exceeds $150 and it wouldn't ship for three weeks. I found this nice Canadian guy selling it on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/403554214401?hash=item5df5b4a201:g:9l8AAOSwI7ViI9xz. With only three sales to his name, he's selling it for the low, low rate of... $100. And the shipping for this extremely heavy 10-ounce item? A bargain at only $65. Perhaps this is why he has only three sales...
Where am I supposed to find a tray?! They keep building these cases with 8 x 120mm trays in the front by default, so surely they could build a few extra trays???
I'm building a new system in the Corsair Obsidian 1000D case. I've been building systems for 30 years, but this is my first liquid-cooled build and the buzzword for this build is "overkill". I've spared no expense or extravagance in building this system, but I'm running into clearance issues with my radiators/fans. I chose to go with the default tray configuration, so I put 2 x Corsair XR7 480mm radiators along with 16 x Corsair QL120 fans on the front tray and 1 x Corsair XR5 420mm radiator along with 6 x QL140 fans on the top tray. With everything assembled, the front tray went in just fine, but when I tried putting in the top tray, the front-most bottom fan up top won't clear the top fans on the front. Even if removed the one offending QL140 fan, there would still be no room to run any tubing to the inlets/outlets on the XR7 radiators.
I went back and looked at Corsair's Obsidian 1000D YouTube video more carefully and found that while it looks like they're using the default tray configuration, they're actually using a 4 x 120mm tray up top and only placing a 360mm radiator with 6 x QL120 fans in the first three slots, which is how they avoid any clearance issues. So I decided to go with an 8 x 120mm tray up top with 2 x XR5 360mm radiators and 12 x QL120 fans. The only problem is that I can't seem to find ANY trays for the 1000D... like... ANYWHERE.
From searching the web, I've seen plenty of posts indicating that stock issues on these trays apparently date back to 2020. While I can't imagine there's been absolutely no stock in 2 years, this seems to be the standard. I've seen a few 8 x 120mm trays scattered here and there, but they're either ridiculously expensive and/or coming from outside of the United States. The tray itself is supposed to retail for only $10 (https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Accessories-|-Parts/PC-Components/Cases/Obsidian-1000D-8x-120mm-Fan-Tray/p/CC-8900160), but that doesn't help if it's not available. I found this place over in the UK: https://www.watercoolinguk.co.uk/p/Corsair-Obsidian-1000D-8x-120mm-Fan-Tray-black_74154.html. Reasonably priced, but they won't ship internationally unless the order exceeds $150 and it wouldn't ship for three weeks. I found this nice Canadian guy selling it on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/403554214401?hash=item5df5b4a201:g:9l8AAOSwI7ViI9xz. With only three sales to his name, he's selling it for the low, low rate of... $100. And the shipping for this extremely heavy 10-ounce item? A bargain at only $65. Perhaps this is why he has only three sales...
Where am I supposed to find a tray?! They keep building these cases with 8 x 120mm trays in the front by default, so surely they could build a few extra trays???
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