obsidian 250d | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Wed, 06 Jan 2016 12:13:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png obsidian 250d | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 KitGuru Reader Awards – You have spoken! https://www.kitguru.net/tech-news/annual-awards/andrzej/kitguru-reader-awards-you-have-spoken/ https://www.kitguru.net/tech-news/annual-awards/andrzej/kitguru-reader-awards-you-have-spoken/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2016 08:25:43 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=279575 Hot on the heels of the KitGuru Editorial Awards, we have just completed counting on the very first KitGuru Reader Awards! We want to thank the army of readers who took the survey – we very much appreciate the time you spent telling us your favourite products. Since we launched KitGuru six years ago, we've …

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Hot on the heels of the KitGuru Editorial Awards, we have just completed counting on the very first KitGuru Reader Awards! We want to thank the army of readers who took the survey – we very much appreciate the time you spent telling us your favourite products.

Since we launched KitGuru six years ago, we've been paying careful attention to the kind of hardware our audience cares about. With over 316,000 of you telling us what you love/hate over on Facebook, we looked at all of the options and decided to add in a smart spread of categories that should satisfy all of you.

And we added some new options – including sections for wearable technology as well as tablets, VR and more options for motherboards.

Methodology
On 17th November, we explained how the nominations would work, with voting in stages. KitGuru readers chose the nominees – and then voted on the best products in each category. Full details here.

Voting 
From 1st December through to 20th December, KitGuru readers racked up votes on the products that they had nominated. Details here.

To make it easier to present the results, we have divided into broad categories like ‘Central Processing' for CPUs and motherboards.

We hope you enjoy reading all about YOUR selections – don't forget to let us know what we should do differently next time over on Facebook!

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Corsair Obsidian 250D Case Review https://www.kitguru.net/components/cases/henry-butt/corsair-obsidian-250d-case-review/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/cases/henry-butt/corsair-obsidian-250d-case-review/#comments Mon, 03 Feb 2014 09:52:20 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=175597 Today we are going to take a look at the latest case in Corsair’s Obsidian line up, the 250D. This appears to have been designed specifically for those who are looking to build a compact gaming system – therefore putting it in direct competition with the Bitfenix Prodigy. The Bitfenix Prodigy has become a very …

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Today we are going to take a look at the latest case in Corsair’s Obsidian line up, the 250D. This appears to have been designed specifically for those who are looking to build a compact gaming system – therefore putting it in direct competition with the Bitfenix Prodigy.

The Bitfenix Prodigy has become a very popular case amongst the enthusiast audience looking to build a compact gaming PC that is easily transportable to LAN parties and events. Other case manufacturers have recognised this and have designed competing models in response.

Corsair have been producing quality chassis for a few years now and have developed a substantial range in this time. We have been very impressed with their cases we have tested in recent months, so we are interested to see what their first mini-ITX case has to offer.

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Features

  • Aluminum front fascia and thick steel construction.
  • Overall dimensions 290mm (H) x 277mm (W) x 351mm (D)
  • Top window for component visibility.
  • Thumbscrew backplate removal for PSU and hard drive access.
  • Easily removed dust filters on all intakes.
  • Simultaneously fit two 3.5″/2.5″ drives, two 2.5″ drives, one 5.25″ drive, a full sized PSU, a 290mm long GPU, and a 240mm radiator.
  • Front panel USB 3.0, headphone and mic ports, and power and reset buttons.
  • Innovative three panel removal for sides and top panel, with thumbscrews.
  • Front fan 200mm, 140mm, or 120mm compatible (AF140L 140mm included)
  • Side fans dual 120mm compatible (AF120L 120mm included)
  • Rear fans dual 80mm compatible
  • Tons of cable routing tie downs for easy cable maintenance.
  • Tool free installation of all drives.
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