Wednesday, July 22nd 2020
Corsair 4000D Case with RapidRoute Cable Management Listed, New Cooler Pictured
Here are some of the first pictures of an unannounced "4000D" case by Corsair, and an unnamed new AIO CLC. The four digit model number and the upscale looks of the case may guide some to think this is a high-end case from the Obsidian family, but is actually priced at USD $80, and is an ATX mid-tower. The case has been rearing its head in Japan for a couple of weeks now, and has only now surfaced on Amazon, although there has been no formal announcement by Corsair. Also spied in one of the pictures is a new CPU cooler.
The 4000D debuts a new case design language and set of innovations by Corsair, named RapidRoute. An indentation in the motherboard tray, along with Velcro-based static cable ties, better positioned vias, and improvements to the case's internal connectors for the motherboard's USB 3.x, and front-panel headers. The USB 3.x cable, for example, now uses a clean single sheath instead of two sheaths; as does the front-panel cable. The case appears to feature 3x 120 mm or 2x 140 mm front intakes; ditto along the top panel, and a spacious motherboard tray that includes two perpendicular expansion slots. The front panel connectivity is contemporary, with a 4-pole combi headset jack, a type-C USB 3.x port, and a type-A port. Both appear to be capable of high-current (USB-PD). There will be four variants of the 4000D, all-black, white+gray, and their sub-variants that have a mesh front intake.
The 4000D debuts a new case design language and set of innovations by Corsair, named RapidRoute. An indentation in the motherboard tray, along with Velcro-based static cable ties, better positioned vias, and improvements to the case's internal connectors for the motherboard's USB 3.x, and front-panel headers. The USB 3.x cable, for example, now uses a clean single sheath instead of two sheaths; as does the front-panel cable. The case appears to feature 3x 120 mm or 2x 140 mm front intakes; ditto along the top panel, and a spacious motherboard tray that includes two perpendicular expansion slots. The front panel connectivity is contemporary, with a 4-pole combi headset jack, a type-C USB 3.x port, and a type-A port. Both appear to be capable of high-current (USB-PD). There will be four variants of the 4000D, all-black, white+gray, and their sub-variants that have a mesh front intake.
15 Comments on Corsair 4000D Case with RapidRoute Cable Management Listed, New Cooler Pictured
Case manufacturers: "You get 1 USB A and one USB C. Period."
wat
- Where are my front USB ports. Just a single of each type? This isn't a frickin' Macbook Air. Hell, the USB-A port headers and cables are always wired for a PAIR, as an abosolute minimum - so Corsair and NZXT (to name just two offenders) are going out of their way to remove one of them for no obvious reason than this 'minimalism' fad. That fad can f*ck off, right now.....
- These vertical GPU mounts in a desktop - the riser cable blocks off all of the other expansion slots so I don't mind them as a feature as long as they are implemented as a replacement to the horizontal expansion slots in the back of the case. I've seen great implementations where 5 of the slot covers are on a bracket much like the removable PSU brackets and you can just unscrew this bracket and rotate them all 90 degrees. Adding them as extra static slots the way Corsair have done it has two major drawbacks:
- They move the GPU out of the direct airflow from the front intakes and push the GPU's intake fans close to the still, dead, boundary layer of air next to the glass, which hinders the intakes somewhat, too.
- The make this case around 50-60mm wider than it needs to be, just for this one feature. It increases the size of what *could* have been a nice, compact airflow-style case from 37L to 48L. Now rather than being the optimal size and shape for an air-cooled build it's a 30% larger, space-wasting mess, just for those twenty 'influencers' who will mount a waterblock to their GPU and put it on display for their streams.
Rant over. You don't have to agree with my rant, but I feel like I can't be the only one who is getting pissed off with these vanity features that get in the way of real life. I certainly didn't ask for an oversize case with insufficient ports on the front panel, and I can't imagine other people were specifically asking for it either.But I do like the mesh front & USB C on the I/O panel, but the single A port was a cheap, money-grubbin stunt IMHO
I have already waited several months with hopes for the O11D XL to become available in my country, It did not. And 2 months ago I gave up and ordered an Evolv X, built quality is night and day vs the corsair.