WEBVTT 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:07.620 you want to waste your money go buy a fancy case for your computer no but 00:00:05.040 --> 00:00:12.480 seriously think about it every single dollar that you throw away on a metal 00:00:10.500 --> 00:00:17.220 box to stuff under your desk that's money you could have spent on faster 00:00:14.639 --> 00:00:22.260 Hardware games or Doritos and Mountain Dew that is why Sigma Gamers built their 00:00:20.340 --> 00:00:27.180 PC components to a two dollar sheet of wood except that they mostly don't there 00:00:25.380 --> 00:00:31.920 are actually benefits to enclosing your computer like safety which is why the 00:00:29.519 --> 00:00:35.880 market is absolutely flooded with options that promise everything from 00:00:33.600 --> 00:00:41.040 better cooling to better compatibility or cable management to extras like fan 00:00:38.640 --> 00:00:47.579 controllers and RGB lights all of which raises an obvious question with so many 00:00:44.460 --> 00:00:50.340 choices out there why the ever loving 00:00:47.579 --> 00:00:55.800 Advertiser friendly content is everybody buying this one and why is everybody 00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:59.820 checking out our sponsor enlisted enlisted as a World War II MMO Squad 00:00:58.440 --> 00:01:03.480 based shooter that's free to play and all lot of fun try it for free down 00:01:01.739 --> 00:01:06.840 below today and get some special bonus items for signing up 00:01:05.159 --> 00:01:11.820 buying a case is a little like dating while there are plenty of fish in the 00:01:09.000 --> 00:01:16.860 sea most of them are clearly awful fun reason or another so it's easy to at 00:01:13.860 --> 00:01:19.680 least narrow down our choices but what 00:01:16.860 --> 00:01:26.040 is it about the Corsair 4000d that ticks so many boxes that both Newegg and 00:01:22.920 --> 00:01:28.140 Amazon agree that is the number one best 00:01:26.040 --> 00:01:33.060 selling case well it starts with the price going all the way back to the 00:01:29.700 --> 00:01:35.280 early 2000s a hundred US dollars give or 00:01:33.060 --> 00:01:38.759 take has been the target for your mainstream gamer case you know it's 00:01:37.140 --> 00:01:43.200 something that's got everything you need and nothing you don't and somehow in 00:01:41.700 --> 00:01:48.840 spite of the rising costs of both materials and shipping Corsair is still 00:01:45.840 --> 00:01:50.220 Landing right on that Target but that's 00:01:48.840 --> 00:01:54.659 hardly enough to stand out from the crowd and frankly not even enough to 00:01:52.619 --> 00:01:59.520 justify buying a case at all the thing is the ATX standard hasn't changed much 00:01:57.360 --> 00:02:04.020 in the last 20 years which means that if you're building a new rig today your old 00:02:02.100 --> 00:02:09.000 case or even when you found on the side of the road is probably compatible with 00:02:06.540 --> 00:02:13.260 your new parts the only downside to this approach is that it might take a bit of 00:02:10.860 --> 00:02:18.060 coaxing and this isn't the sort of thing that new Builders tend to be comfortable 00:02:15.540 --> 00:02:22.319 with that is where Corsair's biggest contribution to the case category comes 00:02:20.160 --> 00:02:27.120 in right on their first try with the 800d courser made it clear that their 00:02:24.660 --> 00:02:31.379 cases were designed so anyone could build a PC in them every Cable 00:02:29.280 --> 00:02:35.280 Management hole had a purpose instead of Simply plonking a couple holes in the 00:02:33.239 --> 00:02:40.080 back and calling it water cooling ready they went out and bought aftermarket 00:02:37.800 --> 00:02:44.220 radiators they built test systems and they refined the design to ensure that 00:02:42.120 --> 00:02:48.720 once it got out into the real world it would be intuitive to build in while 00:02:46.260 --> 00:02:54.480 also meeting Enthusiast expectations and 12 years later this DNA is all over 00:02:51.720 --> 00:02:59.220 Corsair's case designs and it works without any incentive whatsoever nearly 00:02:56.819 --> 00:03:04.140 half of the last 10 of our Intel extreme Tech upgrade recipients have chosen a 4 00:03:01.739 --> 00:03:08.580 000 series case from Corsair and why shouldn't they there's a lot to like the 00:03:06.420 --> 00:03:12.480 look of the airflow variant may be a little plain but at least it's an 00:03:10.319 --> 00:03:16.500 offensive and Corsair makes it easy to upgrade to the RGB version later on they 00:03:15.060 --> 00:03:21.060 also include thoughtful Cable Management features like this two-piece cable tray 00:03:18.780 --> 00:03:23.580 and the fully removable panel here that covers all the connectors that need to 00:03:22.440 --> 00:03:28.200 make their way over to the motherboard the hard drive mounts are fully tool-less with all screws and 00:03:26.459 --> 00:03:32.099 accessories nicely packaged in a little box that occupies one of the hard drive 00:03:29.940 --> 00:03:36.480 sleds and as one of the top providers of AIO liquid coolers naturally Corsair 00:03:34.440 --> 00:03:41.159 made radiator compatibility a top priority up in the roof we find space 00:03:38.459 --> 00:03:45.659 for a dual 140 mil and on the front a triple 120 though with that particular 00:03:43.620 --> 00:03:49.739 size you may have to have your tubing up top Aesthetics are never an afterthought 00:03:47.700 --> 00:03:53.280 for Corsair and while you can stick with a standard GPU orientation and hide your 00:03:52.019 --> 00:03:57.299 two and a half inch drives away behind the metal board tray they also support 00:03:55.260 --> 00:04:01.140 vertical GPU mounts with an aftermarket Riser and putting your ssds on display 00:03:59.340 --> 00:04:04.560 on top of the power supply basement if you're into that sort of thing making 00:04:02.459 --> 00:04:08.400 life easier for first time Builders the cutouts are all folded over to reduce 00:04:06.360 --> 00:04:12.599 the chances of Nicks and cuts there are Cable Management anchors absolutely 00:04:10.319 --> 00:04:15.840 everywhere the center standoff has a little stud to hold the motherboard in 00:04:13.860 --> 00:04:19.019 place while you screw it in and those embossed arrows on the side panels that 00:04:17.579 --> 00:04:22.500 show you what direction to push when you want to pop them off are real nice to 00:04:20.880 --> 00:04:25.979 have by the way if you enjoy behind the scenes Shenanigans you may want to pop 00:04:24.060 --> 00:04:29.040 off to Floatplane where we've got an exclusive with me accidentally setting 00:04:27.479 --> 00:04:33.000 our props on fire twice there's still some room for 00:04:30.960 --> 00:04:36.479 improvement Corsair falls behind and some nice to halves like the screw 00:04:34.800 --> 00:04:41.100 organizers that phantax provides with their cases or the removable radiator 00:04:38.940 --> 00:04:45.840 mounts that make water cooling a fair bit easier and in my opinion Corsair has 00:04:43.800 --> 00:04:50.820 settled into a bit of a design rut in recent years with many of their cases 00:04:47.940 --> 00:04:54.419 looking kind of samey though In fairness to them pretty much every other 00:04:52.259 --> 00:04:58.639 mainstream case maker is in the same rut where the 4000 Dr flow really sets 00:04:56.699 --> 00:05:05.280 itself apart though is right in the name airflow while Corsair will gladly sell 00:05:01.560 --> 00:05:07.740 you a 4000 X or a regular 4000d if you 00:05:05.280 --> 00:05:12.479 prefer solid panels we will have those links down below we've seen time and 00:05:10.320 --> 00:05:17.639 time again that with the latest power hungry CPUs and gpus you will end up 00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:22.560 leaving real world performance on the table if you don't take cooling 00:05:19.440 --> 00:05:25.800 seriously the 4000d airflow does just 00:05:22.560 --> 00:05:28.199 that merely the entire front top and 00:05:25.800 --> 00:05:32.759 back of the case is perforated and even long gpus will get plenty of fresh air 00:05:30.479 --> 00:05:36.660 through the filtered front panel all of these positive aspects of the 4000d 00:05:34.620 --> 00:05:40.080 apply to both the black and to the white versions like the convenient captive 00:05:38.580 --> 00:05:44.520 side panel thumb screws and the well-rounded front i o but we wanted to 00:05:42.840 --> 00:05:48.780 take a moment to appreciate just how fine of a job Corsair did with the white 00:05:46.800 --> 00:05:52.440 in particular small touches like choosing to produce gray clips for the 00:05:50.580 --> 00:05:57.180 push pins and color matching the magnetic strips of the top fan filter go 00:05:54.660 --> 00:06:01.740 a long way to the cohesiveness of your overall build speaking of magnets or 00:06:00.180 --> 00:06:05.639 actually those aren't available yet but we finally have ShortCircuit hoodies go 00:06:03.600 --> 00:06:09.360 and get them guys there are a few more points of concern worth discussing here 00:06:07.259 --> 00:06:13.740 of course there's packing foam is what I would describe as single use only and is 00:06:12.120 --> 00:06:18.000 not suitable for protecting the case with the additional weight of a fully 00:06:15.660 --> 00:06:22.560 built system inside it and even if yours arrives in one piece that easy to access 00:06:20.100 --> 00:06:26.400 mesh filter on the front intake can be a little bit saggy from the factory 00:06:23.819 --> 00:06:30.479 causing a brushing sound as it contacts the intake fans you'll notice that the 00:06:28.680 --> 00:06:35.580 other filters like the one for the power supply use plastic support frames to 00:06:33.000 --> 00:06:39.840 prevent this so it seems like they were emitted in the front to keep the front 00:06:37.259 --> 00:06:43.620 panel look clean especially on the 4000x which uses that same filter behind a 00:06:42.000 --> 00:06:49.440 tempered glass front panel the other issue is uh down below larger power 00:06:47.039 --> 00:06:52.560 supplies will have trouble fitting in the basement especially if you want to 00:06:51.240 --> 00:06:56.639 keep your hard drive cages in place Corsair has accounted for this somewhat 00:06:54.840 --> 00:07:01.380 by allowing the cage to move toward the front of the case by 40 millimeters but 00:06:59.039 --> 00:07:05.100 even then you can forget about plugging in an extra modular cable for GPU 00:07:03.240 --> 00:07:08.340 upgrades or when adding another Drive you'll have to pull your power supply 00:07:06.600 --> 00:07:13.020 all the way out we also mentioned vertical GPU mounting as a nice to have 00:07:10.440 --> 00:07:17.639 feature but you're limited to two slot gpus in this particular chassis and even 00:07:15.720 --> 00:07:21.479 those can end up being a little too close to the tempered glass panel 00:07:19.259 --> 00:07:25.740 offsetting the advantage of choosing an airflow first case design finally on 00:07:23.699 --> 00:07:30.360 that note there are other cases in this price bracket that include more than 00:07:27.720 --> 00:07:34.440 just two basic black fans though you're probably giving up 00:07:32.759 --> 00:07:39.539 something else like for example Corsair's excellent post sales support 00:07:36.539 --> 00:07:41.099 so your mileage may vary bottom line if 00:07:39.539 --> 00:07:46.500 you're one of the sheeple who saw the 4000d airflow and went popular me likey 00:07:44.580 --> 00:07:51.120 you actually made a really good choice but it isn't the only one if you want to 00:07:49.560 --> 00:07:57.780 Buck the trend and pick up a comparable offering at around the same price fractal design has the mesh if I see 00:07:54.780 --> 00:08:00.060 phantax offers the eclipse p360a and 00:07:57.780 --> 00:08:04.740 Cooler Master has their nr600 any of those will satisfy your airflow Cravings 00:08:01.919 --> 00:08:09.539 also without breaking the bank now these cases being mid towers as well have some 00:08:07.080 --> 00:08:14.460 of the same constraints seen on the 4000 series with regards to fitting large 00:08:11.639 --> 00:08:18.180 radiators and large power supplies and they aren't without issues of their own 00:08:16.020 --> 00:08:22.020 the meshify doesn't support longer graphics cards and has poor access to 00:08:20.220 --> 00:08:26.220 the front filter the phantax struggles to fit dual 140 millimeter radiators and 00:08:24.300 --> 00:08:30.300 Cooler Master uses an SSD mounting system that's not very well liked with 00:08:28.620 --> 00:08:33.899 that said you'd likely still be very very happy with any of those alternate 00:08:32.159 --> 00:08:38.940 choices depending on your specific build or or okay okay you 00:08:36.839 --> 00:08:45.120 go with the popular one that's I said if perfectly good choice just 00:08:41.640 --> 00:08:46.980 like our sponsor MSI looking for a GPU 00:08:45.120 --> 00:08:52.980 for your next build check out the MSI RTX 3070 TI ventis 3x hgoc that's a lot 00:08:51.779 --> 00:08:57.300 of words but it's a good 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