Corsair5000D Airflow Tempered Glass Mid-Tower ATX PC Case - Black

The media could not be loaded. Airflow is the word here. It's obviously the focus of this very capable case. If you want maximum fresh air - this is the case. Six intake fans. Four exhaust. The readings speak for themselves. I have a Ryzen 9 5900x that is supposed to stay below 90C. I have yet to see it go above 65. I have a great CPU cooler in the Noctua NH-D15 as well.That is the bottom line. You can keep reading about this build, and what I put in it and why, but you don't need that info to know this is a quality, SOLID case with many options, and lots of attention to detail. Go online and watch ANY review of this case and you can see the accolades from people who evaluate this stuff all day, every day. This is a popular case for a reason. It's a good one. You'll read below about my inexperience with this kind of case and build, yet I had no issues just putting the whole thing together intuitively.The cable management compartment is real nice. You can be neat as you want to, wires showing are wires showing. This case makes it real.easy to hide everything.The single drawback to this case? (If you 2ant to call it that...) It's HUGE. It's just.... Big as hell, and I can't find a piece of furniture made for PC cases that will fit it. It's sitting on the desk right now, while I decide how to deal with this. Make sure you want all this case. It's BIG. 20"X20"X9.5".The rest of this beast is centered around an EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 10GB, and 64GB 3600MHz, and a Samsung M.2 980 Pro Gen4. The whole package smokes. There are a couple monitors hooked to it now, and I'll buy a proper gaming monitor soon. It will also be used for VR stuff.This is my first gaming rig build. I am an audio guy. I've built many high powered PCs in the past (though it's been a couple years since I have built one for my own house, from scratch,) but nothing like this. The biggest concern I've ever had for graphics is being able to run dual monitors for recording studio software. Memory, processing power and tons of storage is the name of the game in audio PCs. The audio gear that interfaces with those is all outboard, and typically can move from one PC to an upgraded one no problem.The case made this easy. A whole bunch of modern parts I'd never used or installed wasn't an issue or hard. No crazy compromising or going without something I wanted. The case is huge and fits a LOT.This is a whole different thing. I've never built a PC with a case window, lights, or this many fans. I've never had such an insane CPU cooler, or one of these 'second cpu' Graphics Card monstrosities. And I've never had my own machine with an M.2 drive.Oh. And this isn't REALLY for me. It's for my 13 year old son. He is into animation and gaming in these (sandbox?), Minecraft / Roblox user created worlds and characters. The rig he was using was an i3 with a 4GB GPU. Worthless. He is now blown away and I can't keep him off it..I got the white case and some other white elements, like the side intake fans have white LED rings, and the MOBO has some white and silver elements. I also did one "mod." (Picture/ Video) I put in two chunky, round, white led lights in the case and wired them to the power and HDD LED connections on the MOBO. It's a cool effect. There's lots of room for lights or any other stuff you want to put in for decor.

The Corsair 5000D is a fantastic, well designed case with excellent construction and well thought out cable management. It has superb airflow, it's easy to build in, and it looks great. There are multiple, easy-to-clean dust filters, as well as plenty of fan and radiator mounting options. My only criticism is that, like 99% of consumer PC cases today, there's not really a good way to expand beyond two 3.5" spinning hard disk trays. Sure, on gaming rigs, it really isn't needed these days. But it limits the flexibility of the case for those who might want to convert it into say, a NAS server, after the hardware becomes obsolete for gaming purposes. Otherwise, this is among the best ATX computer cases.

First things first... The GOOD: This case has more than enough airflow to keep the latest Intel Chip cool. It's not too heavy even though it's a big case. The air filter screens on the front and top are a nice touch. They seem to be good quality. This case comes with two optional shrouds / guards that you can use to aid in cable management and aesthetics. Nice touch. Keeps everything tidy and neat looking. The tempered side glass panel has a nice dark tint to it. Looks great. The other side has a double side door set up. It keeps the cables snug on that side. Plenty of room for 2.5" SSD drive mounting on the side behind motherboard. This case also has tons of room to mount a CLC cooler on the front or top. You can even mount a push-pull fan set up. The BAD: This case only came with two total fans. That probably won't cut it if you're running a semi-current processor. I had to spend additional money on a set of front fans. The power supply compartment is just a little bit small if you use a 1000 watt or higher PSU. I removed the 3.5" internal HD cage to give more room. Might be a problem if you're planning to install 3.5" drives. Over all this case is a 5/5.