Review System

Assembly

Installing a motherboard is done by traditional means, with spacers and screws. Corsair has pre-installed the spacers, including one with an alignment pin in the center to prevent any issues with placing the board properly. There is loads of space above and towards the front of the board, with the two large routing holes in the shroud also nicely lining up with the connectors on the motherboard's bottom edge. That said, with a somewhat compact cable channel, things are a bit tight on the front-facing right edge, so odds are you will take it off just like we have. The GPU does not interfere with the cover, and even a standard AIO setup should fit just fine. In reality, the Corsair 7000D Airflow is so large that most GPUs are not long enough to even get close to the side intake area anyways.


Adding an SSD to the 7000D Airflow is done by simply taking the frame off the case and screwing the drive down. Once filled, just pop it back into one of four possible locations.


You do not need any tools for a 3.5" drive as you can snap it into place before sliding it back into the cage underneath the shroud until the two latches on either side of the tray snap down to secure the drive.


Adding a 360 mm AIO is a breeze simply because there is so much space. As you can see, there is a large gap to the motherboard edge and AIO fans.


To add your PSU, slide it underneath the metal shroud and screw it down through the rear of the chassis, which is pretty straightforward as well. There is plenty of space, so fitting a potent unit to power all your gaming gear shouldn't be a problem.


With everything installed, the Corsair 7000D Airflow looks very clean on the inside, and all the wiring behind the motherboard tray has its proper place for the most part. Corsair could have moved the 2.5" trays up and added another cable trench along the bottom, just as an additional extra to the 7000D. We had to use a 24-pin power cable extension to reach the motherboard nicely and did not end up using the metal cover over the rubber-grommet-equipped routing hole.

Placing the inner cover on the backside of the motherboard works, but the pressure of the cables pops it off the magnets on the bottom. It would have been better had Corsair instead gone with screws or some sort of clipping system. This could become a little annoying for those with the iCUE 7000X variant of the chassis—the 7000D Airflow just covers it up with its actual metal side panel.

Finished Looks

With the system turned on, there is really not much to see. A clean, white power LED also lights up right underneath the button to let you know the system is up and running. Naturally, if you opt for the RGB variant of the chassis, you will have slightly more to play around with visually.


The subtle glow of the RGB components shines through the air vents of the case. These RGB-lit parts are also somewhat visible through the heavily tinted side panels. Some brands do go as far as offering different intensities for the tint of their glass side panel, but I think Corsair easing off on the tint just a bit for the hardware inside to show more would have been enough.