1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:05,839 My doctor always told me never go back to front, but I said, you know, I'll do 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:11,280 my own research. And so when Corsair's the Frame 4500X came out, I just had to 3 00:00:09,519 --> 00:00:15,759 try it because you know what? When you don't see cables in your build, it looks 4 00:00:13,759 --> 00:00:23,279 incredible. Had to get a little height adjustment done here. But uh 5 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:25,439 we've got our accessory box. I like how 6 00:00:23,279 --> 00:00:30,560 it's nicely labeled. 4500X. What comes in the box? Oh, it's actually a really 7 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:34,399 nice little screw case. And I totally did uh accidentally rip the box by 8 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:41,200 pressing it flat. So maybe don't do that. You know, too late for this one. 9 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:43,280 Um not sure what this is. 10 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:46,879 It's just like a strip, magnetic strip or something. Sure. We've got a nice 11 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:50,879 little screw box here. I love to see it. I hate when you just get like a few bags 12 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:54,365 thrown about. Uh you have no place to put everything once you're done. Uh and 13 00:00:52,800 --> 00:01:03,520 it comes with plenty of cable ties. [gasps] What is this? What is this F panel 14 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:04,879 connector? Ooh, I Okay, one one thing 15 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:10,799 that's weird, I don't know if this was us, uh, or if it comes like this, but if 16 00:01:08,960 --> 00:01:16,720 you're going to put the prong protector, whatever the hell these are called, please put two so that all the prongs 17 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:21,040 are actively protected instead of just like one row of them. Um, but this is 18 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:25,840 great. This means that we can uh very easily hook up Oh, actually, wait, this 19 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:31,840 is backwards. this. So, this is a male F panel connector. Normally, they're 20 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:33,840 female. Here's all the female ends. Um, 21 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:38,799 I don't know why they've included this. Maybe it's for BTF stuff. I'm not sure. 22 00:01:36,079 --> 00:01:43,200 But, we've got a small front panel extension. We'll get to that later, I 23 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:49,119 guess. Don't worry about it. This is the easiest way to take a case out of the 24 00:01:45,439 --> 00:01:53,280 box. As long as the cardboard handles 25 00:01:49,119 --> 00:01:56,799 aren't in Oh my god. Get out here. 26 00:01:53,280 --> 00:02:00,159 As long as those aren't stuck in. 27 00:01:56,799 --> 00:02:02,159 Look at that. Easy. This thing is huge. 28 00:02:00,159 --> 00:02:05,816 Uh, it's an ATX case and I believe it can support the ATX. [music] 29 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:12,400 Look at this. They've gone and curved 30 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:16,160 the glass. They saw what the competition was doing and they said, "Hey, we got to 31 00:02:13,599 --> 00:02:19,440 get in on that." Uh, it's a pretty cool thing. I like how it looks. It looks a 32 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:23,840 lot more clean than when you've got that like, you know, just [music] hard angle 33 00:02:21,920 --> 00:02:27,920 here with probably some metal brackets at least at the bottom and top if not 34 00:02:25,599 --> 00:02:34,800 all the way down. Um, other than that, it's very similar to the previous frame. 35 00:02:33,519 --> 00:02:39,840 All right. Well, it's taking the peel, too. 36 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:44,000 Oh, it's an allaround peel. That makes sense. The glass is curved. I don't know 37 00:02:42,319 --> 00:02:48,400 why I didn't think of that. What's really cool is that look, it just sli 38 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:52,080 pops off and slides out super easy. I still want to be super careful with this 39 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:56,319 thing. Uh I'm terrified of just bending it the wrong way and it shattering 40 00:02:53,519 --> 00:03:01,519 everywhere. Um but that was really simple. Let's take our inside peel off. 41 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:05,280 This peel sucks. I This is the least satisfying peel I've ever done in my 42 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:08,319 life. Like on one hand, I'm terrified of just putting the pressure in the wrong 43 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:14,319 spot and breaking the glass, but on the other hand, it's like really stuck on. 44 00:03:12,319 --> 00:03:18,480 Oh, it's got directions on it. Wait, are those there permanently? I I hope not. I 45 00:03:16,640 --> 00:03:21,920 hope that's a second peel. What does this say? So, okay, it's telling me how 46 00:03:20,640 --> 00:03:28,159 to actually do that. Well, I did it right. You just pull it forward and then you rock it out. Honestly, 47 00:03:26,239 --> 00:03:32,720 it's pretty sweet. And with this whole front and side panel off, I bet you it's 48 00:03:30,959 --> 00:03:36,159 going to be super easy to build in. Can you pop the top off, too? Uh, I don't 49 00:03:34,799 --> 00:03:42,720 know if those screws are captive or if they're still supposed to come out. They It came out pretty easy. How does this 50 00:03:40,879 --> 00:03:46,400 open? Okay. Well, that's the side panel. That 51 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:49,920 came off really easy. What the hell was the point of these two screw? There's 52 00:03:47,599 --> 00:03:54,080 got to be one more screw. All right. I give up manual time. It turns out I'm 53 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:58,879 just dumb. You're supposed to take this part off first, 54 00:03:56,879 --> 00:04:04,000 which makes perfect sense cuz it's Yep, that's the single piece. All right. And 55 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:12,000 then this guy should just ah slide backwards and then out 56 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:17,680 out damn spot. There we go. Wow. Okay, that was actually not too hard. I'm just 57 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:19,440 over complicating things. Um, as for the 58 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:24,479 material and like the design and all that, I actually really like this kind 59 00:04:21,199 --> 00:04:28,320 of just like singular line. Um, it's 60 00:04:24,479 --> 00:04:32,400 really Okay, my one complaint is 61 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:33,520 there's no filter up here. And 62 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:40,160 I guess it depends whether you're exhausting or intaking. But if you're going to intake from up here, um, you 63 00:04:38,639 --> 00:04:43,919 might want to try to buy a magnetic filter. Magnetic filter. Magnetic filter 64 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:48,560 is not going to work cuz this is all plastic. I don't know what you're going 65 00:04:45,919 --> 00:04:52,000 to do. I'm a little annoyed. Don't do it this way. Don't put your intake here. 66 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:57,520 Put your intake here. Cuz this actually does have a very nice little attached 67 00:04:54,639 --> 00:05:01,600 screen. So, you know, intake here, exhaust here, or just exhaust out the 68 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:05,680 back, whatever you want to do. Just not like this. Not like this. One super 69 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:12,639 handy feature that Corsair has got, I don't know if this is the Infinite Rail or if it's down here, but this does have 70 00:05:09,280 --> 00:05:15,280 support for 120 or 140 and 160. And it's 71 00:05:12,639 --> 00:05:18,280 really easy. You just unscrew both sides. 72 00:05:19,039 --> 00:05:25,520 You need 120s. Now, it's ready for 120 mil fans. That's 73 00:05:23,280 --> 00:05:28,720 great. You need something bigger, pop it back in. 74 00:05:27,280 --> 00:05:33,680 Okay, I'll leave it for 120s actually. But you just put it back and then you screw it down again. This is actually a 75 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:37,680 really uh great feature. I mean, that being said, they could have just put a 76 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:41,840 lot of holes in it. I've never really I guess it all depends on whether you want 77 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:46,000 the beauty of something that looks like it's supposed to be there or if you just 78 00:05:43,919 --> 00:05:48,960 want a cheap versatility of like, let's just put a bunch of holes in here and 79 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:53,759 then you can put a fan wherever you want. Uh, but there might be a little bar that goes across it or whatever 80 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:57,280 because it's meant for 120s, but you bought 140s and they fit, but you've got 81 00:05:55,680 --> 00:06:00,560 this metal. I don't know. Either way, I think it's a cool feature. I like the 82 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:04,240 idea that I can just like slide my fan rail over if I want to adjust for bigger 83 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:08,560 fans or smaller fans. Um, and then if we look at this guy, I don't know if this 84 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:12,639 is supposed to be a little GPU support bracket or something or a brace. Um, I 85 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:17,600 guess we'll find out what it's for later. I'm not sure they needed to tape 86 00:06:15,280 --> 00:06:25,120 all this stuff down, but I'm not going to complain about it. 87 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:28,960 And hey, free masking tape, am I right? 88 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:30,560 Free. You love free masking tape. Now 89 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:34,240 that we've got that foam and tape out of here, let's take a look at our other fan 90 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:37,520 on the bottom. Another great place for intake. As long as you don't have pets, 91 00:06:35,840 --> 00:06:41,840 but you know, even if you do, you've got a filter for it. Uh, I like that they 92 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:45,919 still got a power supply shroud, but it's got tons of ventilation in here. 93 00:06:44,639 --> 00:06:49,120 power supplies probably aren't going to get that hot unless you're putting a 94 00:06:47,759 --> 00:06:52,639 really beefy unit in here and you're sucking back a lot of juice. But, uh, 95 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:56,080 you know, I'd rather it have ventilation and not need it than need it and not 96 00:06:54,160 --> 00:07:01,680 have it. Other than that, we've also got this like 97 00:06:57,840 --> 00:07:05,120 massively thick cable sleeve 98 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:08,319 for all of the IO on the front, which is 99 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:11,360 on the bottom of all places. When will 100 00:07:08,319 --> 00:07:14,639 they learn? We've got our power button, 101 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:16,880 headphone jack, couple of USBA ports, 102 00:07:14,639 --> 00:07:20,800 and then a USBC port. With this thing mostly apart here, um, it seems pretty 103 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:26,080 open and easy to build with. I'll give you an actual answer once I'm done building in it, but seems reasonable. I 104 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:33,919 can fit my whole hand in if you want to put a radiator. Seems like it's got no problems at all. Um, my only kind of 105 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:35,039 complaint is it just looks weirdly bare. 106 00:07:33,919 --> 00:07:38,720 And I guess that's kind of the point of it just being a frame. Uh there's also 107 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:44,479 no parts in it to be fair as well, but like there's no um rubber grommets or 108 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:47,919 anything. Oh, to be, you know, I don't hate them. These are nice and smoothed 109 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:50,560 down. A lot of the time, especially on cheaper cases, these are just like 110 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:57,680 punched out and they're still kind of sharp. All of these Oh, especi Yeah, 111 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:59,680 these are all nice and smoothed down and 112 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:03,360 soft. Okay, thanks Corsair. I don't you know, I'm not going to complain about 113 00:08:01,599 --> 00:08:07,039 the lack of rubber grommets. They will hide your cables a little better once 114 00:08:05,039 --> 00:08:11,599 the build is fully complete, but if we're doing BTF, it actually should be 115 00:08:09,199 --> 00:08:17,039 okay. One thing to keep in mind is it does only come with these three fans. 116 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:20,720 However, they're all reverse bladed. So, even though they're pointing this way 117 00:08:18,639 --> 00:08:24,720 and you see all this nice RGB and stuff, even though this looks like the front of 118 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:30,080 the fan, they're actually intake, which is great. Um, my only other 119 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:32,320 concerns before I build in this, 120 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:36,080 I've never done BTF, so I don't know how messy the cables are going to be on this 121 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:39,839 side of the board. Um, and on top of that, there just doesn't seem to be a 122 00:08:37,519 --> 00:08:44,800 lot of like we've got this very clear uh cable routing space here and a pretty 123 00:08:41,519 --> 00:08:46,880 clear one over here, but um something a 124 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:51,600 bit more like a channel or a conduit would probably be a little nicer or 125 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:56,160 easier to use. But they've got some they've got ample straps and ample tie 126 00:08:54,240 --> 00:09:00,160 down points as well. One thing I completely didn't even see because it's 127 00:08:57,760 --> 00:09:03,440 just black on black. Uh they've got little stamps for all of the different 128 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:10,480 measurements and stuff you might need. So yeah, it can do EATX. Um it's also 129 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:12,480 going to support one HDD and two 2 and 130 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:18,640 1/2 in SSDs. And these are all labeled where the on the IQ link uh holder spot. 131 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:24,320 I still don't know what the hell this thing is for though. But I guess we're going to find out after this word from 132 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:27,839 our sponsor. Thanks to Masa for sponsoring this video. If you're looking 133 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:32,480 for a healthier option to satisfy your crunchy cravings, Masa's seed oil-free 134 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:38,160 tortilla chips are made with just three ingredients. 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I 144 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:15,600 just I don't really think it's all that necessary personally, but it's not hard 145 00:10:14,079 --> 00:10:21,040 to get into the screws. You just kind of go through these nicely pre-drilled 146 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:22,160 holes um to get it. One, two, three, 147 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:26,800 four, >> 2, five. Maybe there might be a fifth screw 148 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:31,519 up here underneath all these cables. Or it's just a clip. Either way, there's only a few screws you got to take out 149 00:10:29,279 --> 00:10:34,480 and then the world is your oyster. I don't know how necessary that is. I'm 150 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:39,279 not going to be using this as like a test bench or anything. I I just keep 151 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:41,920 the side panel off until I test stuff and then I test it. And then if it no 152 00:10:40,560 --> 00:10:47,600 work, I just, you know, fix it. And if it does work, you you put the side panel on and you're done. Uh, so anyway, we're 153 00:10:45,519 --> 00:10:52,959 just going to build it normally, except back to front. What is back to front? 154 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:58,320 I'll tell you. There are a few things I'm waiting for before I even think 155 00:10:56,160 --> 00:11:03,279 about like upgrading my computer or building a new one or anything like 156 00:10:59,519 --> 00:11:05,600 that. One of them is for BTF uh to 157 00:11:03,279 --> 00:11:09,279 become more standard and more widely available. Right now, it's only so many 158 00:11:07,839 --> 00:11:16,079 cases and so many motherboards that actually support it. But essentially, what you're trying to do, all of your 159 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:18,800 connectors are on the back covered in 160 00:11:16,079 --> 00:11:21,760 foam. Look at that. It's supposed to make the whole thing look a whole lot 161 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:26,079 cleaner, but I'm not really going to be able to give you an answer until I've actually installed it. But yeah, they've 162 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:34,480 actually got every single header on the back. That's crazy. Your fan headers, 163 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:35,920 ATX, CPU power, everything, even ARGB. 164 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:40,880 Look, the video is about the case, not the motherboard. But please, everyone do 165 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:44,320 this. Look at this PCIe lock. Look at how easy to access that is. And I don't 166 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:48,640 even have anything installed. Even if I put a giant GPU in this thing and a big 167 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:51,959 old CPU cooler, which I'm going to do, that's genius. 168 00:11:53,958 --> 00:11:55,978 [music] 169 00:12:02,079 --> 00:12:07,440 I am so nervous putting this down that I'm like bending pins all over the 170 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:11,440 place. Um, but I'm going to trust that I didn't do that and I'm going to screw it 171 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:15,760 down. We've got our board installed and our 172 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:21,200 cooler is on here. Now, look at this. Look at how cool this is. CPU optional. 173 00:12:18,399 --> 00:12:28,399 Where's our normal CPU fan? AIO pump chassis fan. CPU optional it is. 174 00:12:25,519 --> 00:12:31,200 We can just pull it through and put it in. 175 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:36,639 Look at that. Look at how clean. I'm okay. We'll do the rest of the cables and then show you how clean it actually 176 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:40,639 looks. But like honestly, this is great. No like pulling a cable out and then 177 00:12:38,639 --> 00:12:45,519 tidying it here and then looping it back in to just go to a header. Like just put 178 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:50,680 them on the back. Oh, I love this. I love it. All right, let's keep going. 179 00:12:52,639 --> 00:12:58,880 Okay, we're all wired up. It's obviously not cable managed. Uh we've still got to 180 00:12:57,279 --> 00:13:03,680 throw our GPU in, but everything else is ready to go. And uh you know, I got to 181 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:06,399 say it was actually a pleasure plugging stuff into the back because you don't 182 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:11,200 have to do any of those stupid like, "Oh, here's my HD audio cable. Let me fish it up through the bottom and then 183 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:16,639 try to plug it into this ATX board that goes all the way to the bottom of the case." Um, there was none of that. I 184 00:13:14,639 --> 00:13:20,880 just pulled the cable through or up from the power supply. I said, "Where's my, 185 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:26,880 you know, header?" I found it and I plugged it in. It was very refreshing. 186 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:31,519 And the next time I build a PC for myself, I'm 100% not getting this case 187 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:35,600 necessarily. It's pretty good. We'll talk about the price and everything later, but I'm definitely getting 188 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:40,880 something that's at least BTF compatible. Now, let's throw the GPU in. 189 00:13:38,079 --> 00:13:43,839 We've got this beautiful 4070 Ti. So, we're going with this cool white and 190 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:47,680 black theme that I actually really like. A really cool thing about the BTF stuff 191 00:13:45,680 --> 00:13:53,519 is you see these connectors here. Now, a PCIe slot can normally do 75 watts, but 192 00:13:51,040 --> 00:14:00,000 with these extra guys here getting juice from the back of the board, it can do a 193 00:13:55,040 --> 00:14:02,320 whole lot more than that. Moment of 194 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:08,480 truth. I got to remember that the IO is on the 195 00:14:04,079 --> 00:14:11,120 bottom here. Hey, look at that. It's 196 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:15,440 beautiful. And there's no cables in sight. I like it. Let's put everything 197 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:19,600 back together. All right, that's tidied up enough. I kind of wish I definitely 198 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:24,000 at this point wish there were some more obvious grooves um or conduit or 199 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:26,560 whatever to hide these cables. But you slap the packed panels on, you probably 200 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:32,440 aren't even going to see them. Look at the front though. 201 00:14:28,959 --> 00:14:32,440 That's clean. 202 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:43,800 [laughter] No. >> Wow. >> My cables, they're too bulgy. 203 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:51,199 >> Wow. Oh man, it's cool cuz you get like a reflection on this side too cuz the 204 00:14:49,839 --> 00:14:56,160 glass is so clean. So it looks like I'm looking into a double computer. It looks 205 00:14:54,079 --> 00:14:59,839 pretty snazzy overall and it was super easy to build in. And while I didn't put 206 00:14:58,079 --> 00:15:04,000 any top fans in cuz I don't really think we need them uh in this build at least, 207 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:11,199 they would be super easy to do whatever size you want. Um overall the 4500X from 208 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:12,639 Corsair is a solid case. Uh but it is a 209 00:15:11,199 --> 00:15:18,560 little expensive if you want some of these features. It costs $260, 210 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:22,560 which considering 211 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:28,720 everything, I don't think that's unreasonable. I think it's definitely on 212 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:31,199 the expensive side, though. Um, and so 213 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:34,720 you might, not even might, it's probably going to be out of a lot of people's 214 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:38,480 price ranges. But if you can afford it, I mean, hey, it looks sick. But to be 215 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:43,440 fair, that's for the IQ Link version. If you only spend 190 bucks, you get it 216 00:15:40,959 --> 00:15:49,040 without that. And hey, you don't need IQ as decent as it is if you're using all 217 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:50,800 Corsair stuff. Overall, 218 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:54,240 I think it's pretty sweet. I think the airflow, like, we haven't tested airflow 219 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:58,320 in this thing, but I bet you it's pretty solid with the amount of uh openings 220 00:15:56,959 --> 00:16:03,440 that we've got just on the top of the case and the side of the case here. Um, 221 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:10,079 I really like it. It's the kind of case I would love to be given, but I don't 222 00:16:05,759 --> 00:16:12,800 necessarily want to go and buy. Um, but 223 00:16:10,079 --> 00:16:17,440 when I do finally build a new PC, if I can get this one for a good price, this 224 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:20,560 might be it. And this might also be the end of this video. And if you want to go 225 00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:25,440 take a look at others, check out the last time I built a computer in the case. I love building computers and 226 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:29,120 cases. I love it. Jamie loves it, too. 227 00:16:27,279 --> 00:16:33,360 >> I love computers and cases. >> There you go. See you later.