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February 2014
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The editors liked
Professional aesthetics
Good build quality
Good cooling performance
Can house high-end graphics cards
Plenty of fan options
Allocation for 240mm radiator
2.5” and 3.5” drive support
Solid build quality
Room for a highend graphics card
Can house a 240mm radiator
Ample aircooled potential
Toolfree storage bays
Multiple dust filters
Understated design
Supports 240 mm radiator
Well designed internal layout
The editors didn't like
Cable management is tricky
Some space not utilised
A bit big
For a SFF chassis
Does little to minimise noise
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Published: 2014-09-26, Author: David , review by: uk.hardware.info
Abstract: 2014 could be the year of the small desktop. An ever growing number of motherboard manufacturers are introducing Mini ITX boards, as well as a lot of new cases that are being put on the market. We thought this called for a new test on Hardware.Info of t...
Professional aesthetics, Good build quality, Good cooling performance, Can house high-end graphics cards, Plenty of fan options, Allocation for 240mm radiator, 2.5” and 3.5” drive support
Cable management is tricky, Some space not utilised
The Obsidian family has gathered lots of appeal over the years and rightly so, the models within this range are professional, elegant and aesthetically pleasing. The only piece missing from the puzzle is the inclusion of a Mini-ITX option, which is wh...
Understated design, Supports 240 mm radiator, Solid build quality, Well designed internal layout
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Overall we are very impressed with what the Corsair Obsidian 250D has to offer. Even though Corsair are clearly targeting a similar market to that served by the Bitfenix Prodigy, the two cases are very different. The Obsidian 250D is a much more subdued...
We have to admit that on opening the box, we got pretty excited with the Obsidian 250D. Its water-cooling potential all but matches the BitFenix Prodigy despite being smaller, it has excellent GPU cooling and while it's CPU cooling isn't amazing, it ha...
Abstract: The Corsair Obsidian series is by far one of the coolest chassis ranges on the market today, they've amazed us here at eTeknix and countless others around the world with their extremely competent feature sets, design, build quality and versatility. The se...
Solid build quality, Room for a highend graphics card, Can house a 240mm radiator, Ample aircooled potential, Toolfree storage bays, Multiple dust filters
A bit big, for a SFF chassis, Does little to minimise noise
It has taken the best part of five years for Corsair to add a Mini ITX chassis to its burgeoning product line. This prolonged absence from a growing market opened the door for rivals, who were quick to fill the gap with high-performance solutions that ha...
Excellent construction quality, Excellent use of space within the compact chassis, Comes with two retail fans, Can hold a 240 mm all-in-one liquid cooler, Includes a fully sized 5.25" drive bay, Dust filter on all intakes, Graphics cards of up to 290 mm w
PSU-mounting frame a bit too thin, No USB 2.0 connectivity possibile, HDDs very easily accessible, which makes them prone to theft, Fairly sharp edges on the front aluminum panel, Quality and engineering comes at a price
The Corsair Obsidian 250D sells for around 75 euro including taxes or 90 US dollars excluding taxes. Excellent construction quality Excellent use of space within the compact chassis Comes with two retail fans Can hold a 240 mm all-in-one liquid cooler Inc...
Abstract: What does it take to make a gaming computer? First of all, it must have a fast graphics card because nearly any mainboard today lets you install a top-performance CPU and a lot of high-speed system memory. So it is this inability to fit in a good enoug...
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Published: 2014-02-11, Author: Ryan , review by: pcper.com
Abstract: The Corsair 250D is unlike most other Mini ITX designs out today in that it supports a lot of full size components. You'll be able to use a standard ATX power supply, many self contained water coolers, full size graphics card and won't have to suffer thro...
All air intakes filtered, Most functional mini ITX case yet, Accommodates four drives, ATX power supply, and 5.25″ drive without requiring you to pick and choose which you want, Easy to build in
Flimsy latch mechanism for 5.25″ bay drive, No documentation on radiator mounting, Very large for a mini ITX case
On the box for the 250D, Corsair says “If you want to build a Mini ITX system without compromising expansion, flexibility, or performance, the Obsidian Series 250D is your answer.” And this is in fact true: you will not compromise expansion, flexibility, ...
