Modding My Corsair 800D! | 'Colossus 3.5'

Let's be honest, the airflow on the Corsair 800D chassis sucks a lot! I'm going to fix that! In today's video, I show you guys my airflow mod on my Corsair 800D Gaming PC named Colossus.

Colossus 3.5's specifications, you can find them below:
CPU: AMD RYZEN Threadripper 1950x (All Cores OC'd @4Ghz)
Motherboard: ASUS ROG Zenith Extreme
RAM: 32GB G. Skill Trident Z RGB @3200Mhz
GPU: ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (OC'd @2Ghz)
M.2 SSDs: Samsung 960 PRO 512GB (OS Drive), Samsung 960 PRO 256GB (Scratch Disc #1), ADATA SX8200NP 240GB (Scratch Disc #2)
HDD: x2 WD Red NAS 6TB 7200RPM
Cooler: Enermax Liqtech II TR4 360 (re-built, cleaned and filled with CryoFuel)
PSU: Seasonic SS-1000XP (1000W)
Case: Corsair 800D (duh!)
Misc: Sound BlasterX AE-5, Lian-Li Strimer 24 & 8 Pin RGB PSU cables, CoolerMaster Masterfan SF120R & SF360R, Kaislin Vertical GPU Mount, EZ-DIYFAB USB3.1/3.0 5.25" Front Panel

Tools used through-out the video:

Mesh used for the front panel from MNPCTECH:

360mm Radiator Bracket used for Masterfan SF360R:

#Corsair800D #CaseModding #AirFlowMod

[MaxellAdGuy]

You get my Sub because you credited my guide. Thank you!

[jondicken]

I have done the same mod to my 800d, it looks amazing! Thanks for the idea!

[andljoy]

That looks nice ! I scrapped my 800D a while ago as it was just too big switched to an O11 dynamic . That front mod is awesome, would have been nice to see an updated modern 800d from corsair.

[calumb]

Thanks so much for this video, It’s exactly what I was looking for!
Everyone else seems to have moved on from the 800D but I still love mine and was looking for a way to add front fans to help cooling, so I hope you don’t mind me copying your idea!

[oliva]

this helped me out a lot just bought this case few weeks ago and was looking at was to mod it and the front bracket is was something I was looking at doing. thanks so much putting the links to everything, maybe everything easy to get.

[xbrandon]

my son just got this case and mentioned wanting to look into more fan options... this is an amazing mod and will likely help us mod his

[TonkarzOfSolSystem]

Wow, I've been looking for something like this for a while. Glad to see it's not only possible but looks great.

[MrButtonMonkey]

Very fun to hear your experience.. I am in Ontario, also bought it 10 years ago at the ridiculous msrp hahaha, never knew about the rubber mount and rubber plate.

[edwardellis]

Really like what you did to the 800D I also have owned one since its inception. I just cleaned mine up and getting it ready for a build. My front IO hinge broke on mine and I'm looking to do something similar to what you have done was looking for ideas to remove the 3.5 hard drive cage since I've gone to NVME or SSD for my builds now. You earned my sub nice job.

[guillermocuevas]

This video is awesome! I bought a Corsair 800D for 20 dollars on OfferUp it was missing all the optical bay covers but after watching this video you inspired me to mod it thank you

[BrokenBMW]

Never thought I'd see the exact same mods i did to mine! We even got the same preference in newer cases too. I've had my 800D since I saw the skull crusher case mod on youtube a while ago. The 800D is a buy it for life product, best quality case I've touched ever.

[keithputz]

I love my 800D, so so so much. The airflow is fine if you set it up correctly for chambers. Did a smoke test and it was very good surprisingly.

That said, I wish I could the old usb 3.0 upgrade they released, I didn't buy it at the time and am sad about that.
I DID get the SATA3 upgrade pane though!

[CoLdBLaDe]

Cool mods! I have mine filled with drives. the 5.25" bays will be getting two 5.25 in. Drive Bay to Triple 3.5 in. HDD Cooling Box from Evercool. WIll be throwing in 4 SAS drives for a total of 26TB. The case is huge, heavy and built to last.

[nikushim]

Quick swap bay was one of the best features of the case. Top mount was meant for a 360 radiator block and Top rear grommets for a external radiator, so with a good loop you didn't really need all the air flow. Sadly Corsair stopped selling replacement parts for the thing like a year after it was released.

[voidwarhammer]

Great Vid! I am rebuilding mine right now! Glad to see others still love theirs too. I see you have the upgrade USB 3.0 front panel as well. I was lucky enough to find a NIB front panel on eBay a few months ago. I am going with all Corsair parts this time, although there are some better out there. Went with a iCue H150i Elite Capellix for the top 360, all new Corsair ML and QL fans with light node and light strips. I wish the bottom 3.5" bay was easily removable, as I would like to add a fan there - don't use it. I still use the 4 hot swap bays, and love them. I removed the lame SATA 2 backplate and use these drives with a RAID card. I also still actively use two of the 5.25" bays for ripping/burning. I just found Etsy (lol) and an awesome 3D printed (3x5.25") bay to 120mm fan mount for one extra intake while still keeping my drives. :)

[FilteredDreams]

Nice build! Low-key Corsair is doing great with the cases lately to me.

[ryanatwood]

How did you remove that small black billet frame above the HDD Drive dock swinging door & below the 5.25 bay covers? On your YouTube video you said it comes out but it's a permanent piece right? Thank you!!

[osegoodproductions]

hey thanks for this! i am putting together a 10th gen intel build but wanted to mount my GPU's radiator on the front, similar to how you have done with the intake fans. can you please let me know how you attached that 360mm bracket? it appears that it was bolted into the 5.25 bay. Can you share the bolt/washer size you used? Thanks.

[BuzzBazzJ]

How, what and where did you get the vertical mount for your gpu? Also, i have the same case and removed the firewire and other unused connectors, desoldered them, fit some blue leds between some of the “open” parts and covered them with hotglue to make “cheapo optical” diffusers, then I had some black gaffer tape I cut to size and it looks mint.

[nautique_la]

this is exactly what I want to do. What did you use to cut the metal top off the SATA drive bay thing you removed? I need to do this to my 800D also. A Dremel rotary tool or something like that?