Thank you for this. Friday night when I saw this post I immediately placed an order directly with Corsair and cancelled my Newegg order.
I am happy to say I just got my shipping notification from Corsair.
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Corsair Obsidian Series 250D Mini-ITX Case Review @ [H]
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Thank you for this. Friday night when I saw this post I immediately placed an order directly with Corsair and cancelled my Newegg order.
I am happy to say I just got my shipping notification from Corsair.
Mine was delivered straight from Corsair today. So they are now officially in the wild.
Sadly though, due to a water pipe breaking in my home yesterday afternoon, the case is at work and I am at home dealing with the dryout process. To add the most gloriously awesome insult possible to injury, the case is in the middle of downtown Seattle right now, where there are 500,000+ people attending the Seahawks parade. So even though I have an hour available right now to go get it I can't do so.... It would probably take me an hour just to find parking.
Sadly though, due to a water pipe breaking in my home yesterday afternoon, the case is at work and I am at home dealing with the dryout process. To add the most gloriously awesome insult possible to injury, the case is in the middle of downtown Seattle right now, where there are 500,000+ people attending the Seahawks parade. So even though I have an hour available right now to go get it I can't do so.... It would probably take me an hour just to find parking.
Got my new system built last night. Quick warning for those considering this case..
You can not properly fit a normal 200mm front fan (A thin one should work if you could find one) + 240mm radiator in this case. At least not any way I can see.
The radiator has two mounting options, a lower set of holes that are closer to the back and a higher set that are closer to the front. If you use a 200mm fan you pretty much have to use the lower set of holes because otherwise you won't have room to connect the 120mm fan closest to the front of the case. However, you can't use the lower set because the lower tube of the radiator (H100i in my case) ends up having to be severely bent to avoid the left-most I/O ports on the motherboard (In the case of the ASUS Z87i-Deluxe these are the 4 USB 2.0 ports). I did actually get this to work anyway, but the lower tube is kinked a bit and the USB 2.0 ports have a lot of pressure on them, to the point that the upper two can not be used.
Currently I do have it connected in the manner described above, but that is because I ran out of time to undo it. Tonight I will be removing the 200mm fan and will revert to the 140mm. It is unfortunate that Corsair could not find a way to make these parts work together given that this case is clearly intended to complement the H100i.
You can not properly fit a normal 200mm front fan (A thin one should work if you could find one) + 240mm radiator in this case. At least not any way I can see.
The radiator has two mounting options, a lower set of holes that are closer to the back and a higher set that are closer to the front. If you use a 200mm fan you pretty much have to use the lower set of holes because otherwise you won't have room to connect the 120mm fan closest to the front of the case. However, you can't use the lower set because the lower tube of the radiator (H100i in my case) ends up having to be severely bent to avoid the left-most I/O ports on the motherboard (In the case of the ASUS Z87i-Deluxe these are the 4 USB 2.0 ports). I did actually get this to work anyway, but the lower tube is kinked a bit and the USB 2.0 ports have a lot of pressure on them, to the point that the upper two can not be used.
Currently I do have it connected in the manner described above, but that is because I ran out of time to undo it. Tonight I will be removing the 200mm fan and will revert to the 140mm. It is unfortunate that Corsair could not find a way to make these parts work together given that this case is clearly intended to complement the H100i.
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Damn Dirty Ape
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isnt a 110 a 140mm with no 'i'?
Yeah, I mean 100i. Mistyped it. As a matter of fact while I was typing 100i the first time in this post I accidentally typed 110 and had to correct it. Apparently my fingers are broken.
I think you could. There is a lot of room to work with for the PSU. The main issue would be making it look nice, but even that shouldn't be a big deal if you leave the 5.25" bay in, since it sits above the area you will be packing all your excess cords into anyway.
amazon has them. mine shipped yesterday.
uberjeff
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I have the case and it looks awesome. Unfortunately a few bent pins on the CPU socket meant an exchange for a new motherboard. Sadly I'd disassembled most of my previous system before I noticed. I was really looking forward to building it this weekend.
Do you have pictures of them?
dmoney1980
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question for the 250d owners - how would you rate the front "aluminum like" finish on the front? Does is look good?
It is a piece of thin aluminum attached to a plastic back plate. Looks like any other Corsiar brushed aluminum finish imo. Looks good!