Assembly

As the motherboard tray may be removed, we took the opportunity to install our BTF motherboard outside the confines of the chassis. The shape of the tray allows for this without the rear facing headers touching your work surface, which is a small but very nice detail.


Once the tray is in place, you can see that all the connectors are easily accessible, which is something that wasn't perfect in the original 4000D we had reviewed. In the front facing picture you can also see that we have applied the magnetic black cover strip to the right edge of the tray to hide the openings of the tray, which would otherwise be visible here.


To install the fans in the front, you first have to clip the plastic bits unto the rails. They can be moved vertically freely, so you can adjust the height of the cooling units as well. With three 120 mm fans, there may not be a lot of wiggle room but if you do opt for two 140 mm, you will have plenty of freedom to adjust the height of the fan placement.


Installing the GPU, there is also tons of room for the longest units, meaning that you may pair one of these with a thick liquid cooling setup in the front without issue. The GPU support beam is not visible, but does an excellent job in keeping the unit from sagging.


The storage mounting plates use a captive screw to hold in place on the floor or backside of the motherboard. Adding a 2.5" drive means that you can have two of them or leave space for the Corsair iCUE Link hub alongside. Putting the tray back into place is easily done, as you can remove the metal portion of the side to gain access.


Similarly, adding a 3.5" drive is done the same way, using the provided screws. As this unit is rotated 90°, its connectors will face towards the front of the chassis when the tray is placed on the backside of the motherboard, or towards you in a classic sense when it is placed on the floor of the chassis.


Installing the PSU is straightforward and doesn't really need any tools either if you are content with the two captive thumb screws. This setup does hold any unit in place perfectly and the only reason you need to add two more traditional screws would be if you were to ship or transport the system somewhere. Corsair could have included two additional, separate thumb screws to make this part of the assembly completely tool-free.


To install the 360 mm AIO in the ceiling, we moved the Infinirail to the 120 mm position and then secured the unit with plenty of clearance to the motherboard and the fan area in the rear, as well as just enough in the front.


With everything installed, we also replaced the white, semi-translucent backing on the bottom portion of the main side panel with the black one. We managed to route the wiring for the three front fans out of sight behind the solid cover as well. While this doesn't look super clean, all that mess is hidden from view. The Velcro strips down the center of the case are sufficient to hold essentially all wiring nicely. We did end up using a few of our signature red zip ties, just for good measure.

Finished Looks

With the system turned on, the white LED around the round power button lights up gently as well and the fans can clearly be seen.


Thanks to the unique shape of the front panel paired with the unobstructive dust filter, you can see the fans in all their glory. This setup is very nice to see and the three-dimensional surface of the front panel manages to pop even more with a bit of illumination. In the rear, everything is where you would expect to see it. Corsair includes three Velcro strips and a hook for external cable management as well, so that you may keep all your wiring attached to the motherboard backplate as clean as possible. In our setup, we don't have any additional wires attached, so we did not end up using any of these anyway.


Thanks to the clear glass panel, you can easily see all your components within the chassis. The small Corsair logo at the top is a nice touch as well as the glass only sporting black strips on the back and front. Turning the system around, the mesh will certainly emit the glow of any ARGB cooling you may end up installing here as well. But, as we retained the solid cable cover, you aren't seeing anything here with our build scenario.