Conclusion and Verdict
When I first reviewed the Corsair’s smaller FRAME 4000D earlier this year, I thought it was a fairly decent chassis, but its interior lacked sufficient space around the top area where the motherboard would sit. This made it a little difficult for attaching the motherboard 8-pin PCIE/CPU cable. Something I pointed out in my review.
The new Corsair FRAME 5000D fixes this problem. It’s slightly larger than the FRAME 4000D measuring H 556mm x W 250mm x L 542mm in dimensions, and supports all the latest ATX motherboards, including E-ATX and reverse connector motherboards from Asus, Gigabyte and MSI. Not only that, there’s now enough room at the top to access the 8-pin PCIE/CPU connectors on the motherboard with ease.\
For cooling, the chassis comes with 4 x pre-installed RS140 ARGB cooling fans included, 3 in the front and 1 at the back of the chassis.These fans an be daisy-chained so no controller is needed. Excellent.
The FRAME 5000D features a fully-modular design that can support triple 360mm radiators, and a full size graphic cards of up to 450mm in length. For our PC build we used Corsair’s iCUE LINK 420 RX RGB AIO cooler mounted on the top of the chassis.
The chassis also comes with Corsair’s InfiniRail fan mounting system (as found on the original FRAME 4000D), which allows you to easily slide the rail to mount the fans exactly where you need them for targeted airflow.
For our graphics card, we installed a MSI GeForce RTX 5080 Vanguard SOC LAunch Edition (360mm in length), and again we didn’t encounter any issue and the card fitted nicely with plenty of room to spare. However, although the chassis can support GPUs with length of up to 450mm, the GPU anti-sag stabilization arm actually prevented one of my GPU fans from spinning. In the end, I did not use it to support the GPU.
Just like our previous PC build using the FRAME 4000D chassis, mounting the tempered glass panel can be a little precarious. The side glass panel can easily slip if you don’t positioned it correctly. And here’s another thing you need to be aware of.
Other nice touches includes the cable shroud, plus you also get loads of velcro straps to keep unused cables out of sight, giving you a clean and organized interior. For storage, there’s a removeable bracket which allows you to install up to 6 x 2.5″ SSDs and 2 x 3.5″ HDDs.
No MSRP just yet (will update as soon we have it). In the meantime, you can buy the Corsair FRAME 4000D RS ARGB Modular Mid-Tower Chassis for around USD $109.99 (with Fans) / USD $94.99 (No fans) from Amazon – https://amzn.to/41675ok
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Final Thoughts
If you’re an enthusiast who needs a mid-tower chassis that can give you plenty of room for watercooling components, then the Corsair FRAME 5000D chassis is definitely worth considering. It can support up to triple 360mm radiators (up to 420mm radiator on the top), and graphic cards up to 450mm in length, which you can mount horizontally or vertically. The chassis also comes with 4 x pre-installed RS120 ARGB cooling fans, as well as their unique Infinirail fan mounting system.
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