Corsair Launches First Case – Obsidian Series 800D High-Performance Chassis  

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Posted by admin — June 2nd, 2009, 8:36 AM


corsair obsidian 800d 300x257 Corsair Launches First Case Obsidian Series 800D High Performance Chassis

Fully-featured chassis designed for high-end system builders and liquid-cooling enthusiasts


Corsair, a worldwide leader in high-performance computer and flash memory products, today at Computex 2009 announced its entry into the PC chassis category with the launch of the Corsair Obsidian Series 800D.


Flexible, roomy and sturdy, the Obsidian Series 800D full tower chassis was designed exclusively by Corsair and incorporates features demanded by the enthusiast market.


“The Obsidian Series 800D is a true builder’s case,” said Jim Carlton, VP of Marketing at Corsair. “It will reliably last you through years of motherboard, power, memory, cooling and component upgrades, while its advanced features and superior cooling performance allows you to build your ultimate dream system.”


The steel structure of the Obsidian Series 800D has a matte black coating both inside and out, and is finished with a brushed aluminum faceplate for a professional, high-end look. It supports up to five 5.25 inch and six 3.5 inch drives in total, is compatible with ATX, Extended ATX, and Micro ATX motherboards and incorporates advanced features that make it ideal for demanding system builders. These include four hot-swap SATA bays, a cut-out section in the motherboard tray for easy CPU cooler installation and a unique cable management system that decreases cable clutter to increase airflow. The tool-free design also allows for easy entry and simple installation of 5.25 inch drives.


Cooling performance is vital for any high-end chassis, which is why the Obsidian Series 800D has a total of seven fan positions and three isolated cooling zones for the power supply, hot-swap SATA bays and main compartment. A dust-filtered 140mm fan draws in cold air at the bottom of the chassis and exhausts it at the rear and top of the chassis, forcing fresh air over the graphics cards and CPU. The SATA hot-swap bays are cooled by a separate 140mm fan, which exhausts out of the rear of chassis via a sealed chamber, preventing the heat generated by the drives from entering the main compartment. The power supply also has a dedicated intake and exhaust, which is also isolated from the main compartment.


For those in need of even greater cooling performance, the Obsidian Series 800D features a pre-drilled section in the roof to support single, dual and triple radiators, or up to three additional 120mm fans.


The Corsair Obsidian Series 800D chassis will be available in stores in early July at an estimated price of US $299, and is backed by a two-year limited warranty. Complete customer support via telephone, email, forum and Tech Support Express is also available.


Source: Corsair






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  • bojangles

    Can we get a video review of this? This case looks amazing for the price!

  • FiXT

    If we were to do a review on it, we most likely would not be able to say anything until until publication time… so here I am… saying nothing ;)
    But boy is this one sexy case! It seriously rivals most Silverstone offerings and is the perfect price for what it offers. Corsair clearly put a ton of R&D into it.

  • dragoonxx

    yeah, a ton of R&D and LOTS of listening to people’s advice…the hotswap sata backplane uses an actual sata connection, black one right angle sata connectors, and is “server grade” construction
    if it wasn’t for it’s pricetag, I’d be buying one just to have

  • mattlef

    I’m pumped to see this case…

    might make me wait if its well worth the wait to upgrade

  • FtGF

    Awesome case but with only 7 expansion slots they dropped the ball. This case would have been perfect with 8 for tri-sli + physics and soundcard. Would have been all over it. Oh well next time.

  • KeepSix
  • FtGF

    Wow after watching the video I’m impressed. But like I said would have been the perfect case to run with a classified if they had 8 expansion slots. Almost tempted to ditch my Lian-Li

  • FiXT

    Sweet a video! Looks better in real life :P

    8 Expansion slots on a chassis is VERY rare given the fact that 99% of consumer motherboards only require 7. Only the occasional server motherboard has 8+ PCI slots.

    But as you pointed out with the eVGA Classified, an 8th slot on the bottom for venting would be nice if you wanted to TriSLI with other goodies – but it would also require some very tricky redesigning with the whole layout of the chassis for a single motherboard.

    I don’t think your above mentioned scenario would be a problem (tri-sli with PCI and PCI-Ex1 in use). There is no slot at the bottom, but there is venting to exhaust the air from the cooler out and for most video cards, the bottom slot is just an exhaust space… even if it was a DVI port, in TriSLI you wouldn’t be using it anywho :D

  • FtGF

    Ya actually you are right. I’m just trying to justify not buying it! Cause I want it so bad. :)

  • dragoonxx

    actually…this case does have 7 slots+1 vent slot, corsair has a tri sli system at computex
    and IIRC, they were also re-designing the backplate cutout for the classified and a few other boards (making it a bit larger, the classified is a bit further down and to the right from most boards)
    it’ll be a matter of a day or two until the pics are up of the two obsidian builds they did for computex (one WC SLI and a tri-sli)