Corsair CC-9011078-WW Obsidian Series 750D Airflow Edition Windowed Full Tower ATX High Airflow Performance Computer Case - Black

My self-build i7 desktop's Antec case was exhibiting signs of old-age (I have been running this system since 2010). Disintegration of the power and reset switches, bits of cracked plastic, thoughts of replacing the motherboard/CPU etc in the near future motivated a search for a new case.I wanted a full ATX Tower - to provide space for any conceivable major, future, upgrade, better ventilation then the old case provided, a design that would accommodate lots of 3.5" and 2.5" drives (I have lots!), and better front panel USB support - preferably with USB 3.0 . Other requirements were for - a reasonable price ~£150 max, lots of space and a design providing for a neater layout of cables.I read a lot of reviews and looked at lots of alternatives and eventually settled on a Corsair CC-9011078-WW Obsidian Series 750D Airflow Edition. This cost £135. It is a big beastie - bigger than my old case - but I have bags of room so its footprint was not an issue. Indeed, the size is a positive advantage as I found the Corsair case so easy to work with that it took longer to dismantle the kit from the old case than it took to install it in the Corsair.Everything looked so much neater - the Corsair has various features that assist in cable management. I was so pleased with the result that I went and bought some LED strips to illuminate the case innards and although I say so myself it all looks great.The case comes with 3 fans and there is scope for adding more. Dust filters seem effective and generally my system (as indicated by "Speccy") is running a few degrees cooler tan hitherto. This bodes well for the possible upgrade to a AMD Ryzen 3900 that I'm contemplating as one possibility (AMD stuff runs hot in my experience!).There is a decent manual which provides all the information needed. I only had a couple of problems.....a couple of the SATA leads between the motherboard and a couple of SSD's and HD's proved too short with my original choice of location for the drives. This required some re-positioning of the disks but this only took a few minutes to perform.Criticisms - only a minor one.......the case stands on four feet (these are an integral part of the case). This means the case sits proud of my desk (it is, literally, on my desktop!) because there is an air intake on the base to provide for PSU ventilation. This makes it impossible to position the unit so to overhang my desk a little. This is no big deal of course and I can live with it.

What an amazing case! This thing is HUGE.Build quality is excellent, no sharp edges. Hard disk drive bays are great, it takes about 3 seconds to install a regular drive. However, if you have more than 4 SSDs then these will need to be screwed in using four holes on the bottom of each caddy, there are 4 screwless SSD bays.In one of the pictures, it shows the 750D with all the drive bays installed. A word of warning, it does NOT come with all the bays. It comes with two meaning a possible maximum of 6 hard disks. I happen to have 10 and wanted to use this for a server chassis. So I have had to source and buy the extra two hard drive cages from another site because the only seller on Amazon is selling them for £45 when they cost under £5 if you just do a quick google search for the part number (part number for drive cage is CC-8930032).I really like the case, am actually buying another one today for my new gaming rig build.I liked the metal spike in the middle of the motherboard tray which keeps the motherboard perfectly aligned while you put the screws in. Which also means you can assemble the entire thing upright.The only slightly negative things I have to say (besides it not having all the damn drive cages) is that it could have come with some fans on the top. It has a metal mesh top for airflow, but no fans. But it appears to have the right size/spaced holes in it so I'll just buy a few and add them. The plexiglass window on mine was slightly damaged but to be honest I don't care. It's not a gaming rig and It's not a fast-n-furious LEDs/Neons everywhere thing for me but I suppose it does allow you to see the fans are all spinning. For me this box sits in my garage under loved but working hard in the background doing all my server stuff, the case has made it look and feel much more professional. I think it will last many years and upgrades.Pro's:Very sturdy build, no sharp bitsLots of screws and thumbscrews providedLooks amazingCan hold up to 12 HDDs (might need to buy additional drive cages, see above)Good cable management system for neat cables.PSU fan filterEasy access to fans at front with a pop-off cover.Cons:I have a modular PSU and the gap between where the cables of the PSU go and the drive cage is VERY tight (see 3rd picture)Does not come with full complement of drive cages, out of the box it has two for a max of 6 HDDsUSB2 and USB3 on the front... no USB 3.1Overall very pleased, in fact so pleased I bought it again.