5000D CORSAIR AIRFLOW FULL
5000D CORSAIR AIRFLOW PRO

Zooming back out, a few other features of the case do demand attention. Color us impressed with Corsair getting the little, and not just the flashy, details right. Quite honestly that is enough points of contact that you could probably hang off it and not worry about things going ‘crash’. To be precise that beautiful hunk of glass is held in place with two (albeit non-captive) case screws at the back, two ‘plunger’ style friction locking tabs on the side of the back side, and four metal tabs/hinges at the front. This side panel is secured much better than how Lian-Li does things (which admittedly is faster… but not as secure). Which is just another thing we cannot say about every ‘mid-tower’ case available – including the 011 Dynamic and its 155mm max clearance.įor those who have concerns over the security of that big hunk of glass hanging off the case fear not. So we seriously doubt any air based CPU cooling solution will not fit.

5000D CORSAIR AIRFLOW FULL

With that said the inclusion of two of them means that there is a veritable ton of space between the motherboard and that pretty full coverage tempered glass side panel – Corsair rates the 5000D at 170mm of clearance. Other than that edge case… they are pretty much going to be ignored by 99.999 percent of the general public. With the 5000D however, they are the perfect way to get a bit extra fresh air into the case directly in to the flow of the video card fans via an aftermarket fan and a 3D printed PCIe expansion slot adapter. To be honest, we typically do not care all that much about vertical slots on solid side panel cases.

To be fair, the most likely reason Corsair classified the 5000D as a mid-tower case, and just like the 4000D, is it only has 7 PCIe slots – with an additional 2 vertical slots – and not 8 or 9 PCIe slots. So yes, the 5000D really is skirting the very edge of ‘mid tower’ classification.

5000D CORSAIR AIRFLOW PRO

To put that in perspective our personal “Full Tower” Phanteks Enthoo Pro (v1 not the “improved” Pro 2) is 535mm tall, 550mm long, and 235mm wide. To be precise it is 520mm / 20.47-inches tall, 520mm / 20.47-inches long, and a whopping 245mm / 9.65-inches wide. Stepping back for a moment and looking at the ‘500 foot view’ the 5000D is a rather stunning looking case.

5000d corsair airflow