Testurteil: "Gold Award"
Test: Einzeltest: Corsair Obsidian 800D Chassis
Zitat: If you are the type to jump right to the conclusion of a review for a quick summary, I highly urge you to go back and read through each page of this write-up. This is a special chassis and you shouldn´t sell yourself short with a brief conclusion on a case that deserves so much more. Starting with the outward appearance, Corsair kept things relatively simple with a solid black paint job. The case features a window on the left side panel which can sometimes be hit or miss but in this instance, I like it. After all, you will want to show off the internals of your system using Corsair´s excellent cable management system. There are plenty of expansion bays, both internally and externally. Five 5 1/4" bays, four hot-swap hard drive bays and two more standard hard drive bays should provide more than enough room for growth. The hot-swap system works great and can facilitate system backups with ease. The inside of the Obsidian is really the crowning jewel for Corsair. They have listened to modders and hardware enthusiasts and created a system that anyone would be proud to call their own. The interior is painted black to match the exterior for a uniform look. The three cooling zones make a lot of sense and seem to work very well together. Even the buttons to remove the side panel work flawlessly. Corsair includes three 140mm fans with the system but there is room for up to four more 120mm fans, three of which are positioned on the ceiling of the case in perfect alignment for up to a triple 120mm radiator. There are two sets of liquid cooling tube holes with rubber grommets in the system which will allow you to route tubing from the ceiling, outside the case, and into the bottom of the chassis where a pump or reservoir can be installed. The preinstalled cooling fans are very quiet and move a moderate amount of air. The intake area on the bottom of the system is covered by a removable mesh filter that can be washed and reused. The cable management system in the Obsidian is by far the best I have ever seen in a computer case. I love the slots cut into the motherboard tray that are covered with rubber grommets. The CPU backplate access panel is just another example of Corsair listening to its customers and implementing features that hardcore users feel are important. So yeah, I think it´s safe to say I like the Obsidian D800 from Corsair. In fact, it is my new favorite case and taking it one step further, it is the best case I have ever used. I have been doing reviews for 10 years and I can´t think of a single mass-produced chassis that offers the features and attention to detail that Corsair has produced with the Obsidian. This is further amplified when you consider that this is Corsair´s first computer case ever. The only thing I can think that people won´t like about this case is its weight. Being constructed of steel makes the chassis very heavy, although an upside to this is that it is very rigid. This is certainly a case that you won´t want to haul around to LAN parties. And as you can imagine, a case of this caliber doesn´t come cheap. As of writing, the Corsair Obsidian D800 retails for $299. That´s a whole lot for a computer case and more than most users are willing to spend. But if you want the absolute best case on the market, the Obsidian is currently THE chassis to own.