Corsair Starts Selling Wood PC Case Panels

Warm on the heels of Fractal Design’s properly-been given, wood-accented North circumstance (which we awarded circumstance of the year for 2022), element mainstay Corsair has began providing wooden panels for its existing 4000 (opens in new tab)– and 5000 (opens in new tab)-sequence Personal computer situations, starting off at $55.

The panels occur in packs of two, just one for the front of the situation and a single for the major. And they appear to be laser-slice to match the Airflow variants of both of those circumstances, to preserve related thermal features of the metallic panels that ship with these scenarios. In fact, the products site says that Corsair has “rigorously tested” the panels to “ensure the same significant airflow as 4000D AIRFLOW and 5000D AIRFLOW panels.”

That must suggest there won’t be any temperature considerations, nevertheless I do surprise about the fragility of the narrowest elements of all those cuts. If you are heading to set your case on the floor (which is very likely a popular prevalence, specially with the more substantial 5000-series circumstances), I would be careful to set this panel out of the way of swinging ft or little kids.

You can decide on in between three styles / shades of wooden to match your choice or decor, with bamboo getting the lightest, sapele sitting in the middle with a lighter bronzish-brown shade, and teak staying the darkest. Note that both the teak and sapele panels are expressly named out as veneer (that means they aren’t sound wooden, at the very least of those people kinds) even though the quicker-growing / less expensive / lighter bamboo is detailed as “renewably sourced,” so far more probable good bamboo. The 4000 sequence panels (shown over) sell for $55, and the larger 5000 series panels are priced at $75.

The situations do seem unique and eye-catching, at minimum to my eyes, with these wood panels. And I could see entrepreneurs of these popular Corsair situations selecting them up as an simple way to significantly alter the look of their programs. But $75 in specific for the 5000 collection panels appears like a good deal – primarily when the entire Fractal North circumstance is now promoting for $130 (opens in new tab). To be good to Corsair nevertheless, there is definitely far more wooden in these panels than there is in the North’s slatted entrance panel.

Regardless of value, the Fractal North case has arguably been the most very well-gained scenario in years, producing greatest-of-the-yr lists at many notable web pages. And given its relative affordability, it is very likely promoting perfectly (despite the fact that the two color variants are presently sitting down at 86 and 90 on Amazon’s listing of very best-selling cases (opens in new tab)). So it is not surprising to see Corsair abide by fairly speedily with some wood-based equipment of its very own.