Corsair 600T Fan Questions

[stahlhart]

I'm planning on going with the 600T for my new system build (which will happen as soon as I can get a P67 motherboard ). Anyway, this case comes with 3 fans -- one 120mm, and two 200mm. For other owners of this case: were the fans that Corsair supplied with it good enough for you, or did you upgrade these, and if so, what were your choices?

I'm wondering if there are options like Scythe or Nexus, particularly for the 200mm size, that will keep the case cool without introducing a lot of unnecessary noise. Thanks in advance...

 

[Cebu]

The reason I didn't get a 600T is that some people on Corsair's forums complained about the lack of sufficient cooling from the 200mm fans and there are virtually no replacements for them since the stock fans are 20mm thick and the aftermarket fans won't fit. That was a deal killer for me. That is why I went with the HAF 912.

 

[stahlhart]

Thanks for the feedback -- I have concerns about those 200mm fans, as there don't appear to be too many options at that size on the market, at least compared to 120mm.

I'll take a look at the 912.

 

[Rifter]

well they dont move a ton of air they move enough to cool my SLI 460's and my i7. All overclocked.

Also you can replace the top 200mm fan with 2 120mm fans if you really decide you need more cooling.

 

[stahlhart]

I'm been whiling away the time waiting for Intel to fix the P67 by waffling on which case I'm going to build with. I narrowed it down to one of the HAF mids, the CM 690 Advanced, or the 600T.

I really like the 600T for the black interior, the cable management and the understated exterior. The 690 Advanced has most of this, but one concern there is the motherboard mounting plate -- it looks like two of the underside mounts for the cooler are going to be inaccessible unless you completely pull the motherboard out; the 600T looks to have the entire CPU underside area accessible through a larger opening.

Perhaps if there was enough pull out of the top and back, the front intake wouldn't matter as much. Does Corsair offer 200mm replacements if any ever go bad?

 

[ViviTheMage]

They cool my i5 2500k oc'd, and my 2x6950's unlocked and oc'd a-ok. On high speed, they're rather loud, but attached to the fan controller, they're really quiet.

 

[Cebu]

I love the 600T and wanted in bad. However, I am not fond of the white lights on the fans so I would have changed those out immediately with some higher rated fans with different colored lights. Other than that I absolutely loved the look and layout of the case. I am a big Corsair fan and have their PSU, ram and H50 cooler, so I was surprised that Corsair would develop a case that would not allow something as simple as replacing the fans with aftermarket products. Hopefully they will release a second edition of that case with those modifications. I would buy it in a second.

 

[irse]

I don't know how my modification will work becasue I'm waiting on the SB fix but I took out the front fan and replaced it with a Scythe 140mm fan (1700 rpm). I had to cable tie it to the honeycomb in the front. The Corsair is rated at 76 cfm while the Scythe is rated at 92.4 cfm. Don't know if the Scythe will actually bring in more air since it's still a smaller fan and don't know how loud it would be. The other modification I was thinking about making is to cut out the center part of the honeycomb to see if more air will come in and maybe use a lesser rpm fan. I do have two 120mm Scythe fans on top and a 120mm Noctua fan blowing out in back. Corsair had the back fan mounted blowing in so I changed that to blowing out.

I believe the XIGMATEK 200mm x 20mm fans are the same ones that Corsair uses and if my modifications don't work, I'll pick up one of those. Don't really want a light and especially a white one.

 

[KIAman]

I just recently got this case. The 200mm fans are super thin and don't fit many aftermarket fans. The 120mm back fan is modifiable to whatever you want. The CPU portion cooling is excellent but the GPU gets pretty toasty.

I flipped the top fan as an intake and added a 120mm fan on top of the HD rack pointing directly at my HD6950 and that helped to cool my GPU down about 10c.

As to cooling efficiency, I don't have much of a reference point considering my last case was some generic POS.

My setup and temps.
i5-2600K 4.5Ghz@1.35v idle 29c load 40c
HD6950 flashed HD6970 @ 920/1350 idle 51c load 84c
Intel 80GB SSD and 3 Harddrives idle and load 32c
I have my case fan to the lowest setting.

Edit: And the LED light is irritating in the dark, but tolerable in the light
Edit2: I have to give a thumbs up on how quiet the case is. The loudest thing is my HD6950.

 

[Rhezuss]

I dunno if you made you mind but I'd swear by my Coolermaster CM690 II Advanced. Lots of features and nice touches here and there.

http://www.coolermaster.com/product.php?product_id=6638

Go see the specs of this case, it's really awesome and look sharp!

 

[stahlhart]

Thanks everyone for the responses.

I'm assuming by the comments here that there's no on/off switch on the case for the fan LEDs. I think I'd rather keep things outside dark save for the power and HD indicators, so I'll probably have to do something about that as well should I go that route.

I'll probably change my mind at least a dozen more times by the time the motherboard ships. I do like the 690 II still, and the 600T both.

 

[stahlhart]

600T owners: what did you do with the cable for the panel-mounted USB 3.0 connector?

I'm finding it somewhat silly that Corsair expects you to route this outside of the case and plug it into one of the I/O panel ports, rather than provide a motherboard header connection.

 

[Rifter]

600T owners: what did you do with the cable for the panel-mounted USB 3.0 connector?

I'm finding it somewhat silly that Corsair expects you to route this outside of the case and plug it into one of the I/O panel ports, rather than provide a motherboard header connection.

Most motherboards do not have a USB 3 motherboard header to connect to. So Corsair provided it with the only way most motherboards will be able to connect it.

 

[stahlhart]

Most motherboards do not have a USB 3 motherboard header to connect to. So Corsair provided it with the only way most motherboards will be able to connect it.

That's what I get for asking questions when I'm half asleep . Thanks...

If I go this route for the case, I'm going to see if I can do something with the motherboard's included USB bracket -- mabye either take one of the connectors on the bracket and substitute it for the one in the case, or vice versa.

The other thing I'm going to look at is seeing if there's a way to ground exterior conductive surfaces of the case that electrically bypasses the motherboard -- this morning I bumped into my CM 534 and rebooted -- it has rounded metal grilles on the front corners. I'm reading comments in reviews that the control panels on some CM cases (and this Corsair) have similar problems with static discharge. Probably more of a problem this time of year due to lack of humidity.

 

[KIAman]

I have an Asrock motherboard that came with a front 3.5" USB3 panel. I hid that panel inside the case and connected the front case USB3 to it.

Works like a charm.

 

[Rifter]

The frame of the case should be grounded as the PSU case should be grounded and its screwed onto the case. If the PSU/case are painted where they connect then scraping off some paint to get metal to metal contact should take care of grounding the case. This is of course assuming the PSU you are using is properly grounded and plugged into a properly grounded outlet.

 

[stahlhart]

The frame of the case should be grounded as the PSU case should be grounded and its screwed onto the case. If the PSU/case are painted where they connect then scraping off some paint to get metal to metal contact should take care of grounding the case. This is of course assuming the PSU you are using is properly grounded and plugged into a properly grounded outlet.

Well, there appears to be a secure enough ground to these parts of the case, as they effectively discharge the static from one's finger as it comes into contact with any of them -- what I'm left wondering about is why that static hit causes the PC to reboot.

And it isn't just me -- if you read reviews for cases like the 600T, the CM690, Storm Scout, etc. it appears that a lot of people have this trouble, either from touching metal on the case or plugging in USB devices.

 

[Rifter]

I would think thats a issue with the rest/power button not being properly insulated from the case then.

Edited to add i have never had this issue with my 600T, i ground myself to my PSU all the time to kill static as well, having 2 cats in the winter is bad for static.

 

[stahlhart]

I would think thats a issue with the rest/power button not being properly insulated from the case then.

Edited to add i have never had this issue with my 600T, i ground myself to my PSU all the time to kill static as well, having 2 cats in the winter is bad for static.

We have two cats here also. I'll have to take a look at the button mounting on the current case -- I should be able to come up with a way to isolate them, just to see what difference it makes.

Went to Micro Center today and looked over the 600T in person, and I really like it.