Corsair Obsidian 250D Review

👤by David Mitchelson Comments 📅05-02-14
Exterior

At the front of 250D the professional styling continues with a brushed aluminium front fascia which is detachable. The Corsair emblem can be seen in the lower region and in the upper region is a detachable 5.25” cover and front panel connectivity.

Around the back, at the bottom there is an opening for mounting the PSU on the right side whilst on the left there is a ventilation mesh for the HDD cage area. Above this there is an opening for the rear IO of the motherboard and two PCI expansion slot covers which both feature ventilation and thumbscrews for easy removal. In the top region of the case there are two placements for adding in optional 80mm cooling fans.


The front and back of 250D


The front panel connectivity on 250D consists of just two USB 3.0 ports (connect via USB 3.0 header), headphone and microphone jacks and a power button on the far left.


Front panel connectivity


To remove the front panel on 250D the two areas at the top of the panel need to be pressed in. Upon removing this panel there is a large removable dust filter covering a front mounting 140mm intake cooling fan. There is sufficient space and allocation to mount a 200mm fan here too.


Removable front panel with dust filter and 140mm fan


Corsair has given the 250D a removable top panel too. Two thumbscrews secure this panel into place and it features a useful Perspex window, allowing a preview inside the configured system.


The top panel is removable and features a Perspex window


The underside of 250D features four rubber pads to prevent the case from slipping on smooth surfaces. Also apparent from this view is the inclusion of a dust filter for the cooling fan on the PSU. This is removable and the case doesn’t not need to be rotated onto its side to detach this filter due to the clearance and filter lip.


The underside of 250D


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