Packaging

The Corsair 9000D RGB Airflow ships in such a large box and, more importantly, is so heavy that it doesn't actually fit on our table nor do I have the physical fitness to lift this package up by myself. As such, you get an image of the box on the floor. That said, the branding on the cardboard is very much the same as other Corsair enclosures; quite minimal.


Opening the pack up, it looks like Corsair understands that lifting this chassis is not something that is easily achieved, so it ships the side panels in separate boxes on either side of the case itself. Unfortunately, as you can see in the initial image at the top of this page, UPS didn't really treat this package well, with a large rip that has gone through and ended up damaging the steel panel as can be seen at the end of this review. On the upside, that damage is purely cosmetic, but while the box was handled badly during transport, Corsair uses very compact spacers to hold these panels in place within these inner packages. Considering that each panel weighs as much as some cases do whole, that is obviously not adequate. If this had happened to the glass panel, it would have certainly shattered.

Once those secondary boxes are pulled out, you can remove the foam spacers and black cloth bag, which then allows you to lift just the case out of the box and not have to deal with the added heft of the side panels.

Contents

The Corsair 9000D RGB Airflow ships with a plastic box full of all the screws you could potentially need. On top of that, you get a vertical GPU mounting expansion slot bracket, two iCUE connection cables as well as some additional parts for the so called "InfiniRail" fan mounting system. A microfibre cloth is also included, but we are missing Velcro straps for cable management, which could have been useful to have.