Corsair Forgot How to Make a Case: 6500D Airflow & 6500X Review

Sponsor: Thermal Grizzly Aeronaut on Amazon & Hydronaut (Amazon) As we continue our search for the best PC cases in 2024, we turn now to the Corsair 6500 Series ATX gaming cases. This review of the Corsair 6500X and 6500D Airflow PC cases evaluates the build quality and tests for thermals and noise levels. Our testing includes various fan configurations, like side vs. front intake, bottom mounted fans, and more. We benchmark the Corsair 6500D Airflow & 6500X vs. the Hyte Y70 Non-Touch, Antec C8, Montech King 95 Pro, Fractal Torrent, Lian Li O11D, and more. Unfortunately, Corsair’s build quality and general design approach for the 6500 has really lost its way from the company’s previous designs. The 6500 has several oversights, like the interaction of drive cages and back-connect motherboards (BTF, Stealth, etc.). Grab a GN PC Building Modmat! Grab the GN GPU Tear-Down Toolkit! Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Quality & Design Problems 03:30 - Competition & Alternatives 06:34 - Oversights & Problems with Corsair’s 6500 11:22 - Positives of the Corsair 6500D & 6500X 16:55 - Thermal Test Methodology 17:46 - CPU Thermals: Noise-Normalized 20:19 - GPU Thermals: 100% Speed 21:34 - CPU Thermals: Standardized Fans 22:38 - GPU Thermals: Noise-Normalized 23:06 - GPU Thermals: Standardized Fans 23:34 - VRM & RAM Thermals 24:09 - Conclusion: Corsair 6500 Cases RELATED PRODUCTS [Affiliate Links] Corsair 6500D Airflow on Newegg: Corsair 6500D Airflow on Amazon: Corsair 6500X on Newegg: Corsair 6500X on Amazon: Hyte Y70 Non-Touch on Newegg: Hyte Y70 Non-Touch on Amazon: Antec C8 (NO FANS) on Newegg: Antec C8 (NO FANS) on Amazon: Lian Li O11D EVO RGB on Newegg: Montech King 95 Pro on Amazon: Montech King 95 Pro on Newegg: ** Please like, comment, and subscribe for more! ** Links to Amazon and Newegg are typically monetized on our channel (affiliate links) and may return a commission of sales to us from the retailer. This is unrelated to the product manufacturer. Any advertisements or sponsorships are disclosed within the video (“this video is brought to you by“) and above the fold in the description. We do not ever produce paid content or “sponsored content“ (meaning that the content is our idea and is not funded externally aside from whatever ad placement is in the beginning) and we do not ever charge manufacturers for coverage. Follow us in these locations for more gaming and hardware updates: t: f: w: Steve Burke: Host, Writing, Test Lead Patrick Lathan: Testing, Writing Mike Gaglione: Testing Vitalii Makhnovets: Camera, Video Editing Tim Phetdara: Camera