SSD / 2.5-inch drive support is comparatively generous you get three 2.5-inch drive sleds behind the motherboard tray and room to fit two more within the hard drive cage (if you aren’t installing bigger 3.5-inch drives. It’s surprising that a case this big only allows for two 3.5-inch drives, so buyers with lots of storage beware on that front. As noted earlier, there is no button on the top or front for cycling through lighting presets.ĭesktop drives are still supported in this chassis, but barely. ICue is Corsair’s name for its RGB and system monitoring software, and this is how you’ll control all 208 of the case’s addressable lights. That means you can’t plug devices with standard RGB headers into the case (at least without some unofficially supported conversion cable), but honestly, with three RGB fans and all the extra lights, you probably won’t feel the need to add even more lighting. This is what brings this 5000T’s RGB goodness to life, along with it being a convenient fan hub, allowing for up to six fans (three more than the trio that’s included in the box) and six of Corsair’s RGB headers. Speaking of RGB (again), behind the motherboard tray is where you’ll find the Corsair iCue Commander Core XT, a large RGB / fan hub. As usual, your best bet for E-ATX motherboard support is to opt for a full tower that’s specifically designed for the biggest motherboards. This case can technically fit E-ATX motherboards, although the Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master, for example, is pushing it and will require you to remove the cable cover. Our Noctua NH-D15 cooler stands at 165 mm tall, just 5 mm short of the side panel, so be mindful about how high you seat the fans. You may still cut things close with larger components though. For reference, our Gigabyte RTX 3070 Ti Gaming OC is a triple-fan card and there was still plenty of room for the case fans to move air. You get 6.69 inches (170 mm) of clearance for CPUs and 15.75 inches (400 mm) for GPUs. For some perspective, that’s just an inch shorter than its full-tower sibling, the 7000D Airflow (23.6 inches).īecause of that size, the largest CPU tower coolers and graphics cards should fit in here without issue. The iCue 5000T isn’t all about aesthetics it’s as much of a pleasure to work in as it is to look at. (Image credit: Tom's Hardware) Internal Layout of the Corsair iCue 5000T Granted, the company wants you to use its iCue software to control the lighting (iCue is, after all, in the case’s name), but it would still be nice to have a simple way to cycle through a few presets without having to dig into menus with your mouse. That said feels a bit odd that there isn’t an RGB button or controller here. The top IO is brilliant– it offers more USB ports than some motherboards. There's radiator support up to 360 mm on the top, front, and on the motherboard tray. And with a case this big, my liquid cooling support expectations were high, and they were met. In recent years, Corsair has courted the DIY cooling community with its Hydro X lineup of custom cooling parts. Attaching it is fairly simple, but do pay attention to making sure it’s attached before trying to move the case. There were a handful of instances where I could’ve sworn that the front panel was connected, though it wasn’t, causing it to fall off. The tool-less trend continues with the top and front panel, though the top panel takes quite a bit of force to remove, whereas the front panel is almost too easy to remove. This is important to me because I’m always tinkering, so I was happy to see that the side panels were tool-free and swing open on the iCue 5000T. One of the first things I do with any case is see how the side panels open. When I heard about the iCue 5000T, I hoped that Corsair would incorporate the features we saw in the 7000D Airflow, especially given its kind of insane $400 price. This case looks just as good with the RGBs turned off as it does with them on. That said, when you look at the case in its powered-off state, it doesn’t look like a case that was designed to be lit up like the Las Vegas strip, which is oddly my favorite part about the 5000T. But between its front fans and three of the four sides, the Corsair iCue 5000T, for 208 addressable LEDs in total, the iCue 5000T is pure RGB opulence. Most cases on the market feature some RGB, whether it’s as subtle as one LED strip or a few fans. 3x USB 3.0 Gen 2 Type-A (5 Gbps), 1X USB Type-C (up to10 Gbps), 3.5mm headphone/mic jack
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