Corsair Obsidian 550D review

And here we have removed the 'one-click' cover that will give you direct access to the two front mounted fans.

Internals then. First impression, plenty of room to work in for a mid sized tower. The second thought would be the all black design, including cables and connectors. The grommet holes have black rubber inlays to hide cabling, as yes, cable management is a primary feature of the chassis. You can make it all really clean and tidy.

You'll get 8 PCI slots to play around with so in theory you can house up-to three dual-slot graphics cards in here, four if you are lucky. You secure the graphics cards or other cards with a thumbscrew. Above the card slots the aforementioned four round holes with rubber inserts. All the way on top we see the 1200mm rear ventilator. It can be PWM controlled and is a low noise model.

Popular these days is to make a big gaping hole in the motherboard tray. This actually is a CPU back plate cutout which allows you to remove and install a new CPU cooler much easier. Typically you'd need to take out the motherboard to install a new cooler, now you can access it from both sides without that unpleasant experience of removing a motherboard from the chassis.

Corsair is making sure you have plenty of room to work with. On the backside panel you can already see it again, insulation material to prevent noise.