![]() You will need to wedge your fingers in the gap between the doors and the chassis to pop them open, and we’d like to see a clear grip point. Both the left and right side panels are attached with rear-mounted hinges, but they lack any sort of handle or notch to grasp. ![]() (Photo: Michael Justin Allen Sexton)Īfter you get the case set up somewhere stable, your relationship with it will be a lot less strained. Ask a family member or friend to help move it around. Nothing on the chassis can serve as a handle to help you get a grip, and the sheer depth makes it tricky to situate on any but the biggest desks or workbenches. This is quite large compared with most other cases, but mere numbers don’t quite do justice to explain how cumbersome this case is to move around in person. (Think monolith.) The 7000D Airflow weighs in at 43.6 pounds empty and hulks up your desk with measurements of 23.6 by 9.8 by 21.7 inches (HWD). This case’s physical characteristics are impossible to ignore. (That said, it might not be, as it’s priced at the luxury end of the scale, at $259.99 MSRP.) The Design: Living Large ![]() But apart from the mass, we found little to complain about, and the case is well worth considering if it's in your price range. The case’s weight makes it difficult to move, especially once it is built out with a slate of high-end, full-ATX hardware. The massive size has its pros and cons, but it ultimately means you can fit a lot of high-end hardware inside, including multiple 360mm or even 480mm water coolers and all the drives most mortals can afford. Then there’s Corsair’s iCue 7000D Airflow, which did not get the memo: It’s one of the largest mainstream PC cases we have reviewed in some years. With the spread of M.2 SSDs, 10TB-plus hard drives, and the death of optical drives, PC cases (even ATX towers) are trending smaller these days. ![]()
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