Corsair iCUE 465X RGB Mid-Tower ATX PC Gaming Case - Black | High Airflow Design, Tempered Glass, Smart Lighting | Perfect for Gaming Rigs & Streaming Setups

SUPERB CASE GOOD DESIGN VERY STURDY PLENTY OF ROOM TO WORK WITH.I'll start off with the pros. This is a gorgeous case. It's got solid construction, and the tempered glass panels let you just sit back and admire your system's internals. It includes three LL120 fans, which make up a large part of the price tag. They retail individually for $40 USD, or as a 3-pack with a Lighting Node Pro for $130. The case I received included a Lighting Node Core which is probably the most basic solution for RGB fan control that Corsair offers, but it's perfectly adequate. It *does* take up one of your motherboard's USB headers though, so make sure your motherboard has room for it before purchasing.Now for the cons. Air flow on this case is okay, but it's not great. The tempered glass front panel is a bit too close to the fans, choking them a little bit. However, let's be honest, if you're looking at a case like this, chances are you're gonna go with AIO liquid cooler for the aesthetic. The case supports up to a 240mm on the top and up to a 380mm AIO on the front. However, between RAM and the chonky VRM heatsinks on most modern motherboards these days, chances are you won't be able to put a RAM on the top, so expect to side mount it. On the note, be aware that the PSU shroud blocks the bottom fan, so if you prefer to mount your rad with the barbs down or want to use a push/pull configuration for your AIO, you're gonna have to settle for a 240mm AIO.Speaking of liquid cooling, the case includes two vertical expansion slots in case you want to vertically mount your GPU. Despite not really indicating as much anywhere in the documentation, these slots are designed specifically for liquid cooled cards, because they're right up against the glass side panel, so any air-cooled cards are probably gonna get real warm, real quick. Unlike the normal expansion card slots, these are shitty punch out slots, which means once they're out, there's no reinstalling them. It also doesn't come with a riser cable or any kind of mounting hardware for vertical mounting, so have fun figuring that out.All of those are relatively minor complaints though. The BIGGEST issue with this case is how completely cramped it is on the backside. Corsair is kind of like the Apple of the DIY PC space, where the more of their stuff you buy, the better it all works, letting you set up truly spectacular RGB effects. But that involves a LOT of extra wires, and managing all of that in the back of this case is difficult. Even if you decide to eschew all of that, just managing the PSU cables is a huge struggle unless you plan not bothering with mechanical drives at all and completely removing the HDD sleigh.while the 465X is a good case i recommend the 5000x for heavier builds.i bought this case assuming it'd fit their AIO coolers in the top but it does not fully.you have to somehow either swap 2 top fans or 2 front fans to put your AIO cooler.(3 fan AIO will not fit at all no matter the formation)this is trouble if you have long ram sticks because it'll hit the top formation or just not fit the cooler at all.(and this review is just for corsair's coolers, no idea how it'd deal with bulkier 2 fan AIOs.)luckily i bought a 2 fan & put it in the front but am considering upgrading.with all that said this is a good case i really like it. it came with plenty of zip-ties.BTW for new builders the motherboard screws come with your case so do not lose them.When I took the back cover off, I thought I was looking at Medusa, only 10x worse. The first picture is actually after I had cleaned things up quite a bit. (This doesn't even include the large bag of a dozen or so cables that came with the power supply.)The two little junction boards were not mentioned in either the case's manual nor any of the videos I had seen. I had no idea what they were for nor where to put them. They had exposed adhesive on one side. This is the first time I've ever seen anything with adhesive for sticking an item to a surface which was shipped without plastic applied to protect things from the adhesive (and vice-versa).The "manual" has pictures of how the panels come off the case, which wasn't too hard to figure out on my own, but the big problem is that the case is meant to go with a variety of motherboards, so it can't tell you specifically where the wires should go. Likewise, the mobo makers can go in a variety of cases, so they can't be specific either. Thank goodness for YouTube, though videos are only of help if they happen to be using the same gear together that you have, and even then, if a vid is a year old, chances are that manufacturers have made changes which to things which no longer match the vids.My old system has 3 monitors and I had a different video running on each one so that if one guy glossed over where something should go, I would stop and try the others.I got stuck with 3 USB cables left and decided to power up without them. Once I was sure it would run, I went back and did some cable clean-up, but when I realized that the back panel would no longer fit and that I would have to do something with the big power supply cable, I left it off for now.The panel for covering the I/O ports is pretty flimsy and did not fit snugly against the mobo's I/O ports. I've included a picture of the I/O ports to make it easier to identify the ports while you are trying to plug into them in the dark.Very happy with my build now it's finally in a case. I used to run it on a test bench and hated having a case but then decided to just go for a really nice one and doing this I only turned to my favourite company corsair! They exel in everything they make and I'm a proud owner of nearly all there product range.This completes my set and looks awesome the fans are amazing and the rgb on them is surreal sexy and just completes my buildIt currently housesR9 3900xRtx 2070 super32gb ramCorsair h150iNearly 10tb hdd space plus ssd for WindowsAnd a 850w psu.90% corsair.Thanks guysThis case is extremely gorgeous to look at, extremely easy to cable manage with brilliant airflow.I've never properly cable managed before and got this case as it has features to help with management. I have managed to hide all wires on a non-modular PSU which people always recommend to not use!I purchased this from Amazon warehouse as a damaged packaging as the issue i.e. no problems with the product. Unfortunately this did arrive with a piece of plastic on the front of the case that has snapped, no plastic was in the box so this was clearly prior to delivery. This is the ONLY reason I have made this four stars.The Amazon reps were extremely helpful and have resolved the issue and can not fault Amazon as it could have just been human error.I would highly recommend this case to anyone because personally it's nice and sleek, the value of the fans alone are £60!I decided to upgrade my old gaming PC by getting a new case, rather than a new CPU or GPU due to the current high prices. Obviously, I will be able to keep the case when I eventually upgrade.The case is fantastic. I got the white one to match my interior decor. It really looks great when up-and-running. It's a mid-tower case so it's not too big for a living room, and it looks good enough to have on show rather than hidden away. It's my first RGB case and I couldn't go back to a standard case. The lights look great and the software (iCUE) is easy to use. My old motherboard has no RGB headers but you don't need any since this comes with an RGB controller.The case is very easy to work with. I transferred my motherboard, power supply and graphics card without any problems. The connections for the front panel headers are clearly labelled. The case has great cable management. There are holes all over the place to feed cables where you need them.Please note that the case comes with three RGB intake fans and no exhaust fan (at the rear). To be honest, you don't need one since the airflow with the three front fans is more than adequate. But I did but another Corsair fan for the rear. It made little difference to running temps (a degree or two) but it looks good. :-)I highly recommend the case. It's not cheap but you get what you pay for. Since cases can last you a decade, it's money well spent.Great case, but just a couple of things to watch out for. Firstly, if intending to use an AIO cooler (I used a Corsair H100i) it wouldn't fit at the top of the cas as using an ATX motherboard there isn't enough clearance before encountering the RAM slots so the radiator needs to be front mounted. The next issue is solely dependent on your motherboard: the included lighting node pro requires a USB 2 header to connect to, so watch this, I needed another one for the H100i and my X470 motherboard only had one USB 2 header - there are work arounds, an internal USB 2 hub, or in my case I choose to use a USB 3 to USB 2 convertor as I wasn't using the internal USB 3 header.Great case. I chose this one because ones like the NZXT h510 Elite have poor front airflow. This one let's you show off the front fans and has great front airflow!It fits my Noctua NH-D15, and looks to have plenty of room for AIOs.Do keep in mind the RGB controller on the back of this case is for 6 RGB connections to the fans only. The other cable on each fan would need to be connected to the fan headers on the motherboard. If you don't have enough headers you can get the commander pro which I bought in addition to this case to power all fans.One minor gripe is the handling of the tempered glass. You have to be careful when you open it up because the glass will smash into a million pieces if broken (that is a trait of any kind of tempered glass).I'm also not a big fan of the front design. To me it looks a little messy but still looks great especially when the computer is on with RGB fans!Overall, brilliant case!