Corsair is not any stranger to constructing prime of the road, large PC instances for these lovers searching for the utmost in storage growth area, cooling capability and extra. In reality, it’s not even a stranger to constructing PC instances that may home two PCs, with its 1000D case already reaching that feat. Nonetheless, the brand new Corsair 9000D RGB Airflow is its most succesful but in the case of cooling, with the brand new Corsair case housing as much as 18 followers.
This colossal new Corsair case additionally features a slide out InfiniRail fan mount system, sufficient area for each a 480mm and a 360mm water-cooling radiator, and room for six SSDs and 5 onerous drives. It’s sufficient to obviously make this a powerful greatest PC case contender, as you’d hope given its mammoth value.
Following on from the 1000D, Corsair’s unique two-system case launched again in 2018, the 9000D is a equally gargantuanly-proportioned case that takes the emphasis away from glass panels and places it again into extra cooling energy. As an alternative of the 1000D’s entrance and right-side glass panels, you get a completely perforated steel entrance panel with eight fan mounts and a plain steel right-side panel.
As for these proportions, this case is 307mm (1ft) extensive, 698m (2.3ft) tall and a pleasingly exactly-matching 698mm (2.3ft) lengthy. Sure, that’s solely a few inches narrower than some smaller ATX instances are tall and lengthy. This colossal measurement is matched by a back-breaking weight of 34.38kg (76lbs), and that’s earlier than it has another elements put in it. A typical ATX case weighs lower than half that. Then once more, you might be actually getting the area to deal with two PCs in a single right here, so it being practically twice as massive and heavy is simply truthful.
The way in which the 9000D accommodates two programs is by mounting one in a standard vertical method – with room for as much as E-ATX boards – whereas the second board is proscribed to a mini-ITX type issue, sitting horizontally behind the case, above one of many energy provides. In entrance of that is the onerous drive storage space whereas additional SSD mounts may be discovered on the again of the principle motherboard tray.
It’s a testomony to how massive this case is when normal 120mm followers look small, hidden behind its entrance panel. The eight mounts right here may be slid out on the InfiniRail system, which makes use of sliding drawer rails to supply fast entry to the fan mounting body, permitting you to mount as much as two 280mm followers, whereas there’s additionally room for a 480mm radiator. An extra eight followers may be mounted within the roof of the case through a second InifniRail tray, with room for a 360mm radiator up right here as properly.
All this and there’s nonetheless ample area for water cooling reservoirs, pumps, piping, gentle strips and rather more round the principle motherboard tray. Two additional 120mm fan mounts sit on the again of the case, within the typical location above the CPU socket the place most instances have room for one fan.
The case comes with 4 front-mount USB-A sockets and two USB-C sockets which might be surrounded by RGB lighting. Any further lighting you’ll have so as to add in your self through any followers, lighting strips and different light-up elements that you simply purchase, all of which may be plumbed into Corsair’s iCUE lighting system. No followers are included.
So, how a lot is that this king of PC instances? Only a cool $499.99, which really isn’t a loopy value contemplating loads of premium instances prices upwards of $300 and supply nowhere close to the capability that this case presents. The Corsair 9000D RGB Airflow is in the stores now each from Corsair’s web site and from retailers similar to Amazon.
For an thought of what kind of elements will probably be greatest to suit into this big case, take a look at our greatest graphics card, greatest CPU cooler and greatest PC fan guides for some concepts.
