Corsair Obsidian 900D Review: Making Room For High-End Gear
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.
Outside Corsair's Obsidian 900D
Although this a huge case, its industrial design could best be described as minimalist or monolithic. Let’s instead call it timeless elegance; there are no styling gimmicks, and nothing about the enclosure reeks of pacifying a focus group. The advantage of this design philosophy is that, even after several years, it doesn't appear dated. You'll never feel embarrassed about any of the 900D's style elements. In short, I very much like what Corsair did with its latest Obsidian. And even though it appears to have sharp edges and pointy corners, everything is actually round and smooth. Big ups to Corsair for its aesthetic.
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slomo4sho Thanks for including the acoustics and temperature for a workhorse in addition to the gaming rig.Reply -
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 fullReply -
slicedtoad ^yeah, I've never seen any computer related benchmarks done in Fahrenheit , lol.Reply
Very nice review though, Corsair makes some sweet cases, second only to the custom suppliers (mountain mods and the others) but much cheaper. -
JJ1217 kitsunestarwindI 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 fullReply
Be prepared to fork out an extra $120 because of the simple fact we're from Australia.
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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.Reply -
Idonno My 800D preforms great with a high end system and there is every indication the 900D is even better.Reply