Features:

  • Generous Expansion Room for Building High Performance Systems
  • Nine PCI-E expansion slots, up to ten 3.5" or 2.5" drives and three 5.25" drive bays. Compatible Corsair Liquid Coolers- H55, H60, H75, H80i, H90, H100i, H105, H110
  • High Airflow Front Mesh Design Quiet, efficient air cooling performance for your CPU and GPUs
  • Modular Drive Cage System. Compatibility: E-ATX, ATX, Micro ATX, XL-ATX and Mini-ITX motherboards
  • Save space and customize your layout for your storage or airflow needs
  • Fast, Straightforward Builds. Two modular drive cages house three 3.5” or 2.5” drives each,Four tool-free dedicated SSD cages, sideways mounted
  • Smart design features like tool-free drive installation, thumbscrews, and excellent cable routing make this a true builder's PC case
  • 2 year warranty
It's Actually a Good Deal

The case is Gorgeous and is extremely well made! I say this case is actually a good deal simply because the case comes with three LL-120 RGB fans with a fan hub and a Corsair Commander Pro. If you purchase the Commander Pro separately that would run you about $64 and a three pack of Corsair LL-120 fans with the hub would cost you $110. That's $174 that I would have spent on buying these items separately. If you subtract the cost of these items from the price of the case, that's like saying I paid $76 for the case. Anyways, the glass on the case is like a smoked black color and is beautiful. The glass panels on the left and right side are like doors that swing open and are held in place by magnets. There are hinges on the back side of the case for the doors and are held in place by a single screw, so the sides can be removed. These doors are easily the best feature of the case. I am making good use of the included Commander Pro, fan hub, and the three LL-120 fans. I have a total of six fans running (4 LL-120's (three were included) and two LL-140's) all connected to the Commander Pro and fan hub so no issues there. Overall the airflow is amazing! There are also fan filters that are held in place on the bottom, front, and top of the case. There is the ability to vertically mount your GPU to the case if you purchase a PCI Express extension cable. If you are running an air-cooled card I would recommend not doing this as there is not much room between the case and the video card in a vertical setup and you starve the fans of air. My graphics card easily saw an increase in temps of over 40 degrees C in the vertical setup. Cable management is decent in this case, but my only gripe is that there is a removable channel to hide your cables in and it can be a real PITA to route all of your fan/power supply cables in it. This took lots of patience and zip ties to make all the cables fit in the channel. It was worth it in the end to do it though as it adds to the aesthetics to the case. The fan hub and the commander pro can be positioned anywhere on the case, but tape is used to secure these items to the case. Magnets would have been a better choice in my opinion. Finding a spot for these items can be a challenge as well. I removed one of the hard drive mounts to adhere these items to the case. Lastly, whoever decided to pack my case up decided that it would be a great idea to adhere the corsair commander to the inside of one of the glass doors before they shipped it. It was not fun trying to pull the commander off of the door. The tape was very well adhered to the glass panel and I thought I was going to break the door! Anyways, I also had to use Goo Gone to remove the residue from the glass so I was slightly annoyed. Fortunately, I was able to use the same tape to re-adhere the commander pro to the case, so the quality of the adhesive is really good. I'm not taking a star off for this though. So between the value of the case, the good looks, air flow, doors that swing open and overall build quality it is not hard to say that this is easily the best case that I have owned thus far. Last thing to note is that there are only two usb ports and one usb c port on the front of the case and there is no way to mount an internal DVD/Blue Ray drive with this case, so keep that in mind.

Fantastic case.

I upgraded to this case after using a funky old mini tower for quite a while, and this is a really nice upgrade. It's very big (which is what I wanted) and it looks cool without looking too "gamer". The cable routing options are nice, and there's a big enough gap between the case and the back of the motherboard tray that even with a lot of bulky power cables and whatnot routed back there, the case closed very easily without anything getting stuck or wedged. The motherboard and power supply all screwed in nicely. The 3.5" hard drive mounting brackets are great. The plastic is quite flexible which feels weird at first but it means they won't shatter when you flex them to attach them to drives. The fact that there are so many of them is really nice, as i've seen quite a few cases that are huge but have nowhere to put drives. There are cutouts which make cleanly routing the sata cables easy too, which is great. The three 5.25" mounting bays up top work great too. The fans pre-mounted in the case are all dead silent, i attached them to a fan controller because I expected noise problems but turns out I didn't need to worry about that. I added two LED 140mm fans on the top which look cool through the screen on the top. Overall I'm extremely happy with the case. There are a few negatives, but they're not dealbreakers. First, because of the size of the case, the thin steel just seems a little flimsier than I expected. The case as a whole feels sturdy and fine, so I don't think it's a problem but still when I look at some of the pieces they seem quite thin. The other downside is that the 5.25" fan controller I got doesn't quite fit properly with the tool-less mounting. It fits, but I could only put a screw on one side, the tool-less clamp can't be removed and blocks all the other screw holes. This is probably more the fault of the fan controller having too shallow of a mount, and it does still work ok with one screw, but that was the one real problem I had. In the end, I'm super pleased with this case. I think it'll handle quite a few upgrade cycles, and it really looks awesome without being too obnoxiously GAMERRRRrrr like many cases are these days.

Best case I've built in - perhaps ever

I've been building PCs for 25 years, my first one was an 80286-20 with a 20MB MFM HDD, so I've seen technology get better and better and usually everything gets simpler with time. Nowadays with overclocking there are needs around using watercoolers, extra fans - funny looking lights (to me, I'm old), etc. Amazingly, power supplies, outside of the connectors they now use, have remained relatively the same over the years. So have the screws. The wattage has increased for today's demands, but otherwise they are fancy transformers of AC into DC. Nothing exciting. Until I bought this case, the cases themselves fell into this same category: I saw no real substantial improvements from AT-designs to ATX, mini-ATX, etc. for 25 years. With this case, Corsair though now makes a PC builders' life much easier, the motherboard standoffs are already installed (thank you, Corsair) and the backplate only requires 2 or 3 cusswords to line up with the motherboard at the time of installation instead of 50. The airflow is better than most, and there's a lot of room to add more fans (and I recommend using corsair fans, they are the quietest for the CFM/airflow they provide) if you so desire. As other reviewers have mentioned, this is a big case (full size so it's easy to fish around wires when you have to). The most important aspect to me, as one reviewer put it, is that it didn't look like it just came out of a Transformers' movie - this is an elegant looking, grown-up case. It'd look equally as nice in an upscale office environment as it does at home. It's an easy case to build in. It's got airflow. It looks nice. I submit that having a caster kit available would be nice, but for many of us it's not terribly necessary.

Corsair is one of the top brands for good reason!

PROS- Construction- Solid, thumbscrews for everything, hinges are so smooth for the glass doors, the fan brackets are knuckle savers! Packaging- this thing is heavy and half glass and arrived without any cosmetic flaws iCue Software integration for Corsair software (it really is nice!) Fans are wonderful, quiet at normal speeds and the translucent frames over the LED lights eliminate the hot spot effect of the diodes. PSU cover and the backside cable raceway assure a clean build. Fits the H150i Pro 360mm radiator and fans up front with zero issues Magnetic dust covers are quite strong. Filtering ability remains to be seen. CONS- Rear 120mm spot is slightly overlapped by my MSI z370 Gaming Pro Carbon AC mobo's I/O heatshield. I was able to shift the fan outwards and mount two screws through the grill and still shut the case door though. This is more an issue with the MSI mobo than anything though. A few more mm of clearance would have been nice since there is so much room though. The storage drive setup is clever but makes routing your sata power and data cables a little more challenging. Pretty much forget about using 90 degree connectors on the drives. It takes a little massaging to get them flat enough to not push the door open. There is a gap around the edges of the doors. This may pose an issue allowing dust to get into the system. At least opening the case is a breeze...one that can let dust in...I might add some felt or weatherstripping to the case to seal up the near 1/4 inch gap. Might make the case even quieter doing so which is never a bad thing either. I had a noisy fan come with this case. Corsair support has a replacement fan on the way. Overall I am quite satisfied with the build and its general ease of use and simplistic good looks. My first build without an optical drive and it won't be missed. I initially was going to place the tower under my desk but I can't help but have it perched proudly alongside my monitor!

The ultimate gateway case to RGB Rainbows.

This case is gargantuan. After being unable to find Rosewill Blackhawk Ultra for my X299 system, I started to think I wouldn't find something to suit my needs. There's barely 4 inches of extra space in my X99 Blackhawk Ultra system, leaving little space for cylinder reservoir for a watercooling loop, and modern cases all axed the optical drive bays. Then I saw this, the 1000D. No, it doesn't have the optical bays I wanted, but look at it! It's practically a piece of furniture. I watched a few YouTube videos and I was sold. Not only would it fit what I wanted, it would look completely crazy! SOLD! This comes on a huge box. A box that might be used for hiding in like Snake. ! The glass doors come unattached, so the case is a bit easier to move around once you get it out of the box, but it still weighs a lot! It's, very solid, and feels well made. Installed an Asus Rampage VI Extreme board with an Intel 7900X, cooled with a Corsair H115i AiO, and 15 Corsair LL fans. Backed with Corsair Vengeance RGB RAM, and all powered with a Corsair AX1600i PSU. Tossed in an MSI RTX 2080 Trio for good measure. The case has room to spare. The back side for cables has a ton of room to work with, and though it looks like a rats nest thanks to 15 fans, it closes easily and leaves it looking clean. Absolutely fantastic, brilliant design! I love this case! The swinging glass door design is great. I wish there was room for a single optical bay, but hey, with the easy open design, you could actually put an external USB one inside the case. With this case and all of the rainbow RGB from Corsair, I feel like I've hit an extreme that I can't come back from. Overall, I'm very happy with it!

CORSAIR OBSIDIAN 1000D

Yes $500 is alot for a PC case. But if you are married, dating, or OJ simpson. It comes in a box big enough to dispose of their judgement!! lol As for the case good luck with instructions, corsair has a pdf poster online that basically tells you squat. enjoy your $500 puzzle. But the case looks amazing once fully installed with your rig and lighting. Corsair went with a eat a $#@! philosophy when it came to cable management. and made a hidey hole for all the cables, With french doors to hide your shame. Radiator trays are interchangeable. PSU shroud slide towards the front of the case once you remove the thumb screw on the back and the one hidden inside the hidey hole by the french doors. But seriously it is an amazing case, And built like a tank. Lots of ventilation as well. Also if this purchase causes a divorce you can live out of the box. or become a realtor and rent it out as low income housing

My new favorite case!

Ive been a big fan of the Corsair Obsidian series cases for many years now. In fact I've reused an old Obsidian 650D for the last 7 years and my previous 3 PC builds. It's a fantastic case, but at this point in time it's really lacking in some of the modern day features that cases have nowadays. Ive been building PCs for over a decade now,and I've gotta say, not only is the Obsidian 500D SE RGB gorgeous to look at, it was an absolute pleasure to build in! Yes, it's a bit pricey. I've actually never spent this much on a case before. But considering that it comes with 3x LL120 RGB fans, a Commander Pro and Lightning node pro, it really is a fair price for the case. Those accessories alone will run you around $150 buying them separately! If RGB isn't your thing, I recommend checking out the regular 500D, which is equally gorgeous and not nearly as expensive. If you're looking to get into RGB, this is DEFINITELY the case to check out! The case is quite spacious. You can fit up to a 360mm radiator up front, a 280mm up top (with room to spare! Unlike the 570x case.) There's more than enough room to do a push/pull setup with a 360mm rad in the front. The cable management on this case is pretty darn great! I managed to run all my cabling and make it look nice and clean enough where I'm not embarrassed to show off the rear side of the case through the sexy smoked tempered glass. Heck, I'm even considering putting a RGB lighting strip back there! Speaking of tempered glass, I absolutely love the doors on this case. They're hinged, but also easily removable to get completely out of the way if necessary when working inside the case. I prefer this hinged design much more than the bolted on design of the 570x case. I have very few qualms with this case at all. Only minor criticisms that don't even merit the removal of a star. The first being the PSU shroud... Corsair recently released the 570x Mirror Black Edition and the Obsidian 500D SE RGB. They made a few changes/ improvements over the originals. I got to do a hands on build in the Mirror black case and one feature they added was an RGB Corsair Logo on the PSU shroud that you can program in Corsair iCue software. The 500D SE is much like the original, but is geared more towards RGB enthusiasts,and yet they didn't put that RGB Corsair logo on the shroud! To me, adding it to the SE case is a no-brainer! The shrouds on the 570x MB and 500D are identical! They very easily could have put that RGB logo shroud in the SE. But, oh well... Its still drop-dead gorgeous. I also didn't care for the placement of the Commander Pro and lighting node. But that's personal preference really. The lighting node comes attached to the small side of the PSU shroud, facing the front fans, and the Commander pro comes attached to the floor of the case, coverings the holes where you'd normally mount a reservoir in an open-loop cooling setup. However, it was not difficult for me to relocate them to the back. Where the HDD trays are located. Some people even move them inside the PSU shroud, in which there is a good amount of space to do so in, especially if you don't have a massive PSU. But I'm not using any HDD's, so I removed the trays and mounted them there. I think Corsair assumed that many people would move the controllers because they even included new double sided tape in the accessories box! So, no biggie. I actually enjoyed changing the layout up on all of that. All in all, I absolutely love this case. Its simply stunning to look at when all assembled. It comes package with lots of goodies for the money, and theres still some room for further customization. I will probably be using this beauty for many years to come!

Solid, great-looking case! Easy to build and manage cables! Tons of space!

I purchased the Corsair Obsidian 500D to rehouse my current system from it's original case (stock Asus from Best Buy). I love my Asus computer, but after four years, it's time to begin updating. Since I'm building on a budget, I wanted to start with the case so that I would have all the room I needed for future upgrades. This case is large and has plenty more space than I will ever need for a home build. This case is solid and looks great. I would suggest some lighted fans and LED light strips if you really want to show off your components. The glass doors are sturdy and they can be easily removed while building. Mounting fans is easy and the dust filters are great for homes with pets! The back panel also allows for easy vertical mounting of your graphics card. I really like the HDD and SDD holders on the back side, however I could not install my current HDD because the cables because they would stick out a bit and prevent the glass panel from closing. However, this is a not a fault of the case and it will not be an when I install a new drive/cables in the future. Because there is so much room in this case, I had no trouble relocating my old HDD to unused space. I am look forward to upgrading and doing more with this case. I would like to address some of the concerns that I have read in other reviews. I had no difficulty removing screws for the fan plates or cable covers. I suspect that if anyone had trouble with these screws, they simply did not realign the covers properly. The PSU box has lots of space to hide your cables and a vertical cover on the back side allows you to hide cables running up to the front power panel, hard drives, or to the other side of the case. There are also a number of places to attach zip ties for easy organization. I saw one review that gave this case a lower rating because a disk drive could not be mounted. If that is important to you, then you probably should look for another case. I rarely use a disk drive myself, and you can always purchase a USB connected drive if you need one.

LOTS OF SPACE

This case is HUGE. I didn’t get a full perspective from Linus’ video. Once I took it out of the box I was stunned by how big the 1000d actually was. It overall was a great case to work in. Kinda annoying when you hook all 8 case fans in the front rack up when slide it out you can because the cords are still plugged into the commander pro. Not a huge issue but still something I found rather annoying with the case. If you have the means to purchase I recommend it.

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