Building System inside Obsidian 250D
Components used for Obsidian 250D Test build:-
Motherboard- Gigabyte GA-z77N-wifi
CPU- Intel 3770k
Graphics Card- Saphire HD 7770
Power Supply- Corsair GS 800
Hard drives- two 2.5” SSDs and one 3.5” HDD
CPU Cooler- Intel stock cooler
I would say I had a lot of expectations going into this build and most of it were fulfilled with a few issues, but we will get to those soon. So let’s get into build pictures and details.
Let’s start with installation of power supply. Obsidian 250D might be a Mini ITX case but it can hold even a full ATX power supply. For today we are using GS 800 and as you can the metal part which was surrounding the power supply mount
Comes off and after getting the power supply in becomes a holding bracket. Getting this non modular power supply needs some pushing and some cable arrangements beforehand. And you want the power supply fan facing down to make use of fan filter and the fact that there is a motherboard directly on top of the power supply.
A view from the top with power supply installed. As you can see you can very easily hide away cables in the spacing between front fan and motherboard tray, so even a non-modular power supply can look good and be managed very easily in 250D.
After getting the power supply installed we get on to installing a motherboard. With motherboard installed you have enough space on both the right and left of 250D, if it be a dual slot graphics card or a radiator with enough space for cables. As you can see I have a Intel stock cooler installed but I was planning to go with a custom water build but sadly I only had 60mm 240mmradiator with me and 250D can only take the regular 30mm or less radiator option of thicker radiator would have been really sweet and could have given a very strong plus point for water cooling enthusiasts but you still have an option of installing a thicker radiator in the front of 250D.
A look at the back of 250D with motherboard installed.
Installing a graphics card was really easy in 250D, with enough space for any graphics card out there. And a clever lock in clip for securing graphics card.
Installing hard drives in Obsidian 250D took some work, as you can see the 2nd SSD in just hanging out there since I had a regular power supply with those thick SATA power cables I could not get cables to bend enough to get the SSD in it’s slot just a minor issue which can be solved by using power supply with thinner cables, also 250D does not do much about noise or vibrations made by mechanical drives.
Other than that, the back mounting of hard drives really works and makes a sense in 250D letting you connect all the need cables To drives outside and then letting you slide them in with ease. But a thinner mesh on drive access cover would have been really good or a dust filter.
A look after installing all the components inside Obsidian 250D.
As you can see on the left side the 5.25” drive tray also helps in hiding all those cables even with the top panel removed. Getting the SATA ,front IO and 24pin ATX With ease while looking good and neat.
A look from top 250D acrylic window.
the Corsair Obsidian 250D sitting quietly on my table.
