Corsair 4000D, schwarz, Glasfenster

Corsair startet sein neues Gehäuse in drei Varianten. Das 4000D soll mit seiner geschlossenen Front dezent wirken, das 4000D Airflow legt den Fokus auf gute Belüftung und das 4000X RGB kommt mit einer bunten Beleuchtung. Die Unterschiede sind gering, das Gesamtkonzept gemessen am Preis aber gelungen.

Gamers Nexus: Corsair sent us the 4000D, 4000D Airflow, and 4000X for review. This review looks at the Corsair 4000D and 4000D Airflow thermals, case build quality, noise, and more vs. other PC cases.

Aside from a bit too much marketing chatter like AirGuide technology, anti-vortex vanes, and words like RapidRoute we feel the new 4000D series is simply put a well-executed product series. Good looks, good performance, and a decent feature set. Not just that, the base model as tested costs 80 USD, which we feel is spot on. The overall looks are in line with many other chassis of course, but yeah how many times can you re-invent the wheel anyway? I can nag about the wish for two more USB connectors and perhaps a separated MIC/LINE out connector, but my nagging would stop there.

Don’t buy the 4000D. The 4000D Airflow, however, is worth consideration. It fits in comfortably with recent airflow-focused cases we’ve reviewed in performance, with the biggest knock against its value being the lack of a full set of fans--it’s an $80 case with two fans that doesn’t vastly outperform the other mesh-fronted cases we’ve recommended in price or performance. We’re of the opinion that cases should include a full set of fans, especially in the sub-$100 range where liquid cooling is less common and it’s entirely plausible that a customer might only use the stock fans. The Lancool 215 is one of the best alternatives that we’ve reviewed recently in terms of that key price to performance ratio: it’s $70, and it outperforms the stock 4000D Airflow by a modest margin.