For a mid-tower, the Corsair iCUE 5000T RGB is a big case with an equally large price tag. Is it worth it?
When you first lift the Corsair iCUE 5000T out of its large box, the immediate thing that strikes you is how imposing it is. There’s no weight-saving construction here. This thing is steel and tempered glass, and its build quality is excellent. At 530 x 251 x 560mm (20.87 x 9.88 x 22.05 inches), it’s a big case and you’ll need a large desk to accommodate it. Corsair says the 5000T is a mid-tower. If you look at the positioning of the seven expansion slots and traditional power supply placement, that may be so, but when you add the extra height of the feet and the space at the top for a 360mm radiator and fans, it simply looks bigger than a mid-tower. It features room for four 2.5-inch and two 3.5-inch storage drives, and it can fit motherboards up to E-ATX size. It will accept CPU coolers up to 170mm in height, a PSU up to 250mm long and GPUs up to 400mm long. That means it’s able to accommodate almost anything. The front ports consist of a USB 3.1 Type-C port, four USB 3.0 ports and a combo audio/microphone jack. The 5000T is a case that puts a heavy emphasis on RGB lighting. The market is saturated with such cases, but Corsair has gone above and beyond with the 5000T. The case itself features 160 addressable LEDs that are arranged in six strips, made up of two along each side of the top, bottom and front of the case. You get an additional 16 per fan, meaning the 5000T comes with no less than 208 individually addressable LEDs, and that’s without considering those from any other component. Bling! All of the LEDs are connected to the included iCUE Commander Core XT controller. It can control the RGB and speeds of six fans and it can be expanded further with an LED hub for control of up to 12 fans.
