Corsair iCue 7000X

Mit dem Corsair iCUE 7000X RGB erweitert Corsair das Sortiment an schicken und funktionalen Gehäusen. Hinter drei gehärteten Glasscheiben finden zahlreiche Lüfter oder Radiatoren ihren Platz. Neben dieser Glasvariante gibt es aber für noch mehr Kühlleistung die 7000D Airflow Variante. Die beiden Full Tower sind beide in Schwarz und Weiß verfügbar und bieten einen geräumigen Innenraum. Welche weiteren Features in dem Gehäuse stecken, können wir euch dank Corsair näherbringen.

Auf ein neues Oberklassegehäuse von Corsair mussten wir länger warten. Dafür gibt es jetzt gleich eine neue Serie - die 7000er-Serie. 7000D Airflow und iCUE 7000X RGB könnten optisch kaum unterschiedlicher sein. Aber beides sind ausgewachsene Full-Tower mit absolut extremen Nutzungsmöglichkeiten, darunter mehreren 480-/420-mm-Radiatorplätzen. Im Doppeltest finden wir heraus, was die neuen Oberklassegehäuse von Corsair auszeichnet.

As a chassis, the 7000X is nothing new in terms of design and structure, and in fact I had a 5000D flashback. You can only invent the wheel one time, right. Well, that's not entirely the case with the 7000X. Corsair added easily to open hinged side panels, tempered glass panels at front, side and top and also included four 140mm SP RGB fans at default. These all come together at an expensive iCUE COMMANDER CORE XT HUB, which on its end ties towards iCUE software. And therein is an evolutionary step made as you can control anything and everything, including thermal probe sensors. Of course, this is a beautiful-looking chassis. The tested model's dark design paired with aesthetics and overall features will definitely please many. The top side has been revamped, the nice option for an LCS next to the motherboard, it all is nice. The cooling performance is adequate for this 7000X model; need more? Opt for the AIRFLOW version with mesh; however, that's at the cost of the clean looks. The included fans are moderately silent but perform 'mid-range.' There's lots of room in the front and top for a nice LCS, even 420mm, and you get easy access there as well. Overall the chassis is easy to use and fairly maintenance-free, with the easy to clean magnet-based dust-filters. You'll have enough storage options alongside proper cable routing and management options. Corsair offers a compelling and good-looking product that is very feature-rich thanks to everything iCUE. However, there remains one main issue, pricing. The 7000D Airflow will go on sale for 260 euros; the 7000X RGB has a price tag of €330,- I am always willing to spend a bit more on a proper chassis as this one oozes quality, and it as well is the product you'll be looking at all the time in that gaming room of yours. As a quality versatile and fantastic looking chassis we can recommend the iCUE 7000X RGB chassis. But that price, daumn son.

Whenever we're dealing with Corsair products it's easy to take some things as read and assume that things such as build quality go without saying. However, not everyone is as well versed with current manufacturers as we are and so it does bear repeating. Almost without exception any time a Corsair product arrives in the office we can be assured that it will be built to the kind of demanding standards that anyone spending big wedge on a premium item expects. Manufacturers often speak of "military spec" as a positive, except we know that anything for the military or any government backed scheme is always built by the lowest bidder. Corsair stuff is always what people think they mean when they quote the military term. Robust. Rugged.