Corsair iCUE 7000X RGB Case Review

hey guys i'm ryan with extreme hardware i got a joke for you what's huge has 440 millimeter fans and has glass all over the corsair iq 7000 x rgb let's jump right in and see what it's all about so while sff cases seem to be all the rage right now corsair seems to have taken a different direction and launched their four thousand five thousand and seven thousand series of mid and full tower pc cases having two versions of each the 4000d 5000d and 7000d are all focused on airflow while the 4000x 5000x and 7000x are more aesthetically pleasing with timberglass on all three sides as well as yep you guessed it rgb with iq software integration so here is the iq7000x rgb in all its glory priced at a whopping 329 usd let's find out if it deserves your hard-earned cash so where do i start with the rgb well i'm super glad that corsair sent over the white model it's just freaking gorgeous black is so black but i gotta tell you this thing is a big boy with enough room to fit multiple 420 or 480 millimeter radiators corsair isn't fooling around what i do find interesting since corsair has launched their own line of custom water cooling gear is all i could find is a couple seconds of video on the product page you would think with a case this big which has the room for cooling that the 7000x has this would have been a focus now build quality is nothing short of great here corsair really has built up a name for themselves in which they pride themselves on quality and the 7000x rgb does not disappoint the whole chassis feels very solid very well built which should last for several builds to come tempered glass is at a trifecta with the top side and front panels all being occupied by thick four millimeter tempered glass with no tint but having a white outline the top panel has a gray rubber corsair branding tag as well as a yellow one on the inside dust filter below i also want to point out that the attention to detail here the side tempered glass panel has two gray rubber strips on the top and bottom to help dampen the impact when shutting the side panel to me this is a really smart design choice especially with such a large tempered glass pane not to mention that tempered glass adds some serious weight to an already heavy design front i o is also very good on the 7000 x 4 usb 3.0 type a ports as well as a usb 3.1 type-c port and a combo headphone mic jack flanked by the power and reset buttons are on the very top now corsair being corsair loves rgb lighting they got rgb in just about everything they produce hell i'll go far as saying is if you were looking for some rgb fans corsair would be at the top of that list not because of the awesome rgb implementation that's controlled with iq but because they're already one of the best for air and water cooling alike so having four included 140 millimeter fans the sp-140 rgb elites which cost 70 usd for a 2 pack means there is a 140 usd value in just fans alone moving to hardware support the 7000x supports pretty much all motherboard sizes including eatx however i take that one to grand assault depending on the sidewall configuration that said i wouldn't put a mini itx motherboard in the 7000x like some other publications i've seen the motherboard tray unfortunately is not removable or invertible something competitors have also done for less money gpu length however should not be a concern here either unless you are mounting a monster rad as i see this as a non-issue the basement psu area is an interesting design choice included with the 7000x as well as the 5000 series are two swappable psu plates this allows for a much cleaner look if more room is needed however if the low profile plate is used the first of the two three and a half inch hard drive cages which house three three and a half inch hard drives each must be removed same thing goes for a longer than normal psu which also does not have a removable bracket the other three and a half inch hard drive cage must be removed to accommodate a longer psu so in reality both hard drive cages would have to be sacrificed if using a high-end psu and extreme water cooling but the question here lies who still uses internal three and a half inch hard drives i know i don't ssd or two and a half inch drive storage on the other hand is pretty decent with three quick disconnect mounts on the back side of the motherboard tray continuing on the back side which is mostly sectioned off with panels offers a way to contain the cable mess that often ensues once inside the door which can be easily removed by lifting up shows the very nicely done cable routing sections as well as the included commander core xt smart controller controlling up to six fans and rgb lighting for each the commander core xt can also monitor temperatures and even tie into other iq enabled products also included is a separate fan hub with an additional six pwm fan controllers in case you need to make sure you occupy all 12 120 millimeter or 740 millimeter fan slots in the 7000 x rgb which brings me back to water cooling support again very little references made from corsair other than a little product video on the page description however radiator capacity is actually something to be proud of here if 120 millimeter radiators are used up to three simultaneous 360 millimeter radiators can be used one in the roof side and front if 140 millimeter is more your style then two simultaneous 420 millimeter radiators can be used one on the roof and one in the front i should also note that you can fit a 480 millimeter radiator in the front and side locations if a single large radiator is desired building on the water cooling topic corsair has made things easier both the top side and front panel sections can be completely removed for a much easier ready to install and fan installation this feature is very much welcomed now how about we put in a system in here and test some thermals and noise levels i'm not going to go easy on the 7000 x so my current workstation is going in there for a while the test system which is an amd ryzen threadripper 3970x cpu the msi creator trx40 motherboard t-force delta r 3200 megahertz 4x8 gigabyte kit of ddr4 nvidia's rtx 2080 super fe model corsair's mp600 pro xt 2 terabyte pcie 4.0 m.2 ssd review for that is coming soon corsair iq h-150i rgb pro xt liquid cpu cooler and evga's p2 750 watt psu [Music] [Music] all right guys the build is complete and i gotta say building in the corsair iq7000x rgb had great moments as well as wtf ones i mean the things that corsair did right were really right things like excellent water cooling support the four included sp-140 elite fans the commander core xt and as well as the removable sections allowing for a much easier building process things i thought that were missed like only having two cable grommets which would have made cabling much cleaner also not having a removable psu bracket really is a bit of a nitpick but it's really a nice feature to have however in such a big case i guess i can overlook that corsar includes this nifty vertical pcie adapter not to mention having three adjacent slots for mounting your gpu vertically which is pretty sweet but another miss here is not including a pcie gen4 riser cable to go along with the extra mounting options especially at the high price point of 329.99 so in the end is the corsair iq7000x rgb worth it well that's up to you if you look at corsair's pricing the 7000d has a msrp of 259.99 which is exactly the difference in the top and front tempered glass panels from the 7000 x could corsair have included those airflow focused panels with the 7000x absolutely i guess i could wind and complain about pricing all day long but in reality in today's world tech isn't getting any cheaper alright guys that's going to conclude my look at corsair's iq 7000x rgb full tower case if you could like and subscribe that would be awesome i'll see you in the next one

Channel: ExtremeHW

Views: 3,414

Keywords: Corsiar, Full Tower, 7000D, 7000X, RGB, water cooling, white, MSI, Nvidia, Threadripper, AMD, Crucial, Team Group, TForce, ExtremeHW

Id: I7syvc2fNCc

Length: 14min 4sec (844 seconds)

Published: Mon Oct 04 2021