Corsair Obsidian 350D Case Review
by Dustin Sklavos on April 25, 2013 11:00 AM EST- Posted in
- Cases/Cooling/PSUs
- Corsair
- MicroATX
Testing Methodology
For testing Mini-ITX and Micro-ATX cases, we use the following standardized testbed in a stock configuration as well as with add-on graphics cards to get a feel for how well the case handles heat and noise. As we've retired our Micro-ATX board from the testbed, Micro-ATX enclosures will be using the Mini-ITX testbed.
Mini-ITX Test Configuration | |
CPU |
Intel Core i3-2120 (65W TDP) |
Motherboard | Zotac Z68ITX-A-E |
Graphics Card |
Intel HD 2000 IGP Zotac GeForce GTS 450 Eco ASUS GeForce GTX 560 Ti DCII TOP |
Memory | 2x2GB Crucial Ballistix Smart Tracer DDR3-1600 |
Drives | Kingston SSDNow V+ 100 64GB SSD |
CPU Cooler | SilverStone NT07-1156 with Cooler Master ThermalFusion 400 |
Power Supply | SilverStone Strider Plus 1000W 80 Plus Silver |
Each case is tested with just the Core i3's integrated graphics as well as with a discrete graphics card. The system is powered on and left idle for fifteen minutes, the thermal and acoustic results recorded, and then stressed by running four threads in Prime95 (in-place large FFTs) on the CPU, and OC Scanner (maximum load) is run when the dedicated GPU is installed. At the end of fiteen minutes, thermal and acoustic results are recorded. If the enclosure has a fan controller, these tests are repeated for each setting. Ambient temperature is also measured after the fifteen idle minutes but before the stress test and used to calculate the final reported results.
We try to maintain an ambient testing temperature of between 22C and 24C. Non-thermal test results aren't going to be directly comparable to the finest decimal point, but should be roughly comparable and give a broader idea of how the enclosure performs.
Thank You!
Before moving on, we'd like to thank the following vendors for providing us with the hardware used in our testbed.
- Thank you to Puget Systems for providing us with the Intel Core i3-2120.
- Thank you to Zotac for providing us with the Z68ITX-A-E motherboard and GeForce GTS 450 Eco.
- Thank you to Crucial for providing us with the Ballistix Smart Tracer memory.
- Thank you to Kingston for providing us with the SSDNow V+ 100 SSD.
- And thank you to SilverStone for providing us with the power supply and NT07-1156 heatsink/fan combo.
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shadess.debellator - Monday, July 22, 2013 - link
Great review. Case looks really good. Do you think Scythe Grand Kama Cross cooler will fit inside ?okron1k - Monday, September 16, 2013 - link
i love the look of this case, however i think it was a big mistake to not include support for more 3.5" drives. a removable hard drive cage that would sit in the middle between the ssd mounts and the bottom cage would have been perfect.xslavic - Saturday, April 19, 2014 - link
Great little case.cant be smaller.Liqtech 240 almost is inside of one 5.25" slots.3cm between my psu and the edge of the pcb.Just enough to squeeze in that space about 50cfm of cooling from the two front 140mm fans.
What i found usefull is the ppssibilty to remove the 2x3.5" case i use one ssd + 1 wd black 2.5" and thats enough fro me having a separate nas for my content.
Would recommend it if you will pay the 96 eur i paid for it.