Corsair5000D RGB Mid-Tower Case - 3X AF120 RGB Fans - Lighting Node PRO - High-Airflow Design - RapidRoute Cable Management - Black

I've been building PC's for decades. I used this Corsair 5000D RBG airflow for the first time! I've previously built in Fractal Design, mostly, which are a solid case more focused towards low noise. Overall it's a great case, I would definitely build with it again.PROS:- Very easy to assemble.- Side panels have attached thumbscrews, can't lose easily- Generous space behind motherboard, great cable routing- Great looks- Lots of space (in most cases)- Great airflow- Magnetic dust filter on top panelCONS:- Didn't come with a manual, screws and extra parts aren't labeled - for me this was no issue, but for some people certain things might be a struggle.- Very tight fit for a 360mm AIO up top - you have to have very dexterous fingers to get the 4+4 pin CPU power cables around it once it's in.- Rather noisy - but this is an airflow case, to be expected!

Purchased this after I decided to start a new build after seven years. I got the PC completely built and so far, everything is working great! I really love the straightforward design. The sleek finish along with the quality of materials used gives me comfort because I feel like this case will easily last with no problems. The cable management was great straight out of the box. I really appreciate the Velcro straps as they are a tremendous help. Air filtering is always a concern, so I was very pleased to see how the top and front panels attach and detach easily. The front air filter pops right out and the top filter has a weaker magnet to hold it into place but not strong enough to have trouble removing it. Overall, I give this case five stars. If you are looking for a mid size then look no further. However, if you are going to be using a 4090 I would caution you as this case may be too small.PROS: Straight forward designTop and front panels attach/detach easyAir filters attach/detach easyGreat quality materialsPre installed Velcro straps to help with cable managementCONS: My only concern would be that the size is insufficient if you are using a 4090, but why would you not use a full size case anyway?

This case is mostly well designed and executed ... but has a few weaknesses. One weakness is the much too small space between the rear of any reasonable size power-supply (not included) and all the cables that plug into the PS ... and the 3.5" HDD cage. It is essentially impossible to position the HDD cage at its nominal (and preferred) position close to the power-supply. Fortunately the HDD cage can also be attached in two locations further away from the power-supply ... though this puts the HDD cage in a position that otherwise could have been useful for other purposes. If you have no hard-disk drives ... then you can simply remove the HDD cage and all the space you need in this area.The iCUE in the name of this product seems to refer-to the RGB capabilities being built in. And indeed, this case comes with three small PCB cards (one in a tiny case) that presumably control RGB fans and other RGB products. However, this causes the case to have an absolute huge pile of cables to tie all these bits and pieces together (with each other and the fans at the front of the case), which (to me) is a "huge mess" of cables. The case does have nice cable ties and all cables are hidden by a hinged door AND the outside of the case, but nonetheless, the cables are already a huge mess even before the motherboard and power-supply and their cables are added.If you have a EATX motherboard, hopefully it is not much wider than regular ATX, because there is not much room for a motherboard wider than regular ATX.This is a good case and I understand why the Corsair 4000D, 5000D and 7000D are very popular cases. However, after looking at the execution of this RGB case, I can see that having all the RGB control on the motherboard leads to much cleaner cable layouts. And so, I would spend a bit more for a motherboard with whatever RGB capabilities you want ... and buy the regular non-RGB versions of these 4000D, 5000D, 7000D airflow cases.Incidentally, the airflow characteristics are quite well designed and executed, so you should be able to create a well-cooled computer with these cases.If tiny size is very important to you, and the 4000D or 5000D works for you, they are fine cases, but you will have to spend a great deal of time and effort carefully routing and securing cables. If you can tolerate the extra size, weight and expense of the larger 7000D case ... I definitely recommend the 7000D airflow case over the 4000D and 5000D cases.

The media could not be loaded. Update/Edit: Front fans are PRETTY loud. No idea why. Maybe MSI afterburner is reconizing them as gpu fans, i will mess with it later.For those having trouble: ensure you are plugged in to both the fsn port directly snd the other one that has USB C. Then do all the other plugs normally (put the tiny pin one as CPU_FAN) for the front stuff, power it with your pkwer supply through SATA, i reccomend usong the power one first just in case. then try.The lighting with the ecosystem is great, cool effects. Not very noisey, but mostly because i have a obnoxious gan right next to me.For build quality, it flexes a bit much, I also had to remove the HDD tray to even use my power supply, so that is very strange. Cable management is ok i guess.Airflow: seems good, front pull in, AIO pushes out.Msi motherboard fit is a bit weird at first, but its ok in the end.Assembling it took a long time (whole night!!) but probably because this is my first time.Value for money: Yeah i guess you get what you pay for, nice quality.Weight: Kinda heavy, not like you would be moving it THAT often.