WEBVTT 00:00:00.140 --> 00:00:05.940 I really liked the last fractal case that I covered on this channel the 00:00:03.840 --> 00:00:11.580 fractal Bridge it was a great console style case that was nice and thin but 00:00:07.740 --> 00:00:15.480 here is the fractal Terra a beautiful 00:00:11.580 --> 00:00:17.760 wood clad 10.4 liter small form factor 00:00:15.480 --> 00:00:24.199 case that I don't know first impressions from here looks pretty dang good but it 00:00:21.180 --> 00:00:27.180 doesn't look as good as this 00:00:24.199 --> 00:00:32.099 that's right green the best part about green is that it's a color which is 00:00:29.460 --> 00:00:36.300 pretty crazy I mean we've seen tons of silver and black cases even white cases 00:00:34.980 --> 00:00:39.719 getting a case that's actually a different color is a amazing change of 00:00:38.460 --> 00:00:44.840 pace which is why I'm getting rid of this guy he's got a texture to him 00:00:45.840 --> 00:00:50.940 this one has like almost a painted texture on the outside and it seems like 00:00:48.960 --> 00:00:54.300 it's very prone to scuffs we just took this out of the box and we've already 00:00:52.620 --> 00:00:59.280 kind of scoffed it up what you get inside the box is not a whole lot you 00:00:56.039 --> 00:01:01.020 get a manual and a card that says thank 00:00:59.280 --> 00:01:03.260 you for buying it it's very sweet and nice 00:01:03.539 --> 00:01:09.600 oh that's the warranty stuff fractal has always done a really great job of their 00:01:08.220 --> 00:01:13.740 manuals and a lot of the time when you're building these small form factor cases that have unusual layouts you're 00:01:12.479 --> 00:01:20.520 actually going to want to read the manual because it will include a lot of important tips and features that you 00:01:17.760 --> 00:01:24.060 might not immediately discover so we're going to keep the manual I know 00:01:22.560 --> 00:01:28.080 that seems unusual for this channel I will probably look at it once and then forget about it and then screw something 00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:34.439 up and this will take half an hour longer than it needs to but 00:01:30.420 --> 00:01:38.400 heck yeah case dimensions are 343 by 153 00:01:34.439 --> 00:01:41.040 by 218 millimeters we have a USB 3.0 for 00:01:38.400 --> 00:01:46.560 a USB a that's USB 3.0 so 5 gigabit per second and a USB 3.1 Gen 2 which in case 00:01:45.240 --> 00:01:51.899 that means nothing to you because it means nothing to anybody that's about a 10 gigabit per second Port USBC it 00:01:50.939 --> 00:01:56.700 doesn't say anything about power delivery that's a premium feature that I would love to see in more cases is 00:01:55.200 --> 00:02:01.079 getting a power delivery Port so you can like charge your phone or quick charge your controller or something out of the 00:01:59.520 --> 00:02:05.759 front of it but that's asking for a lot on the back of 00:02:03.780 --> 00:02:10.920 the case that's where you plug it in there is nothing obvious on the outside 00:02:08.399 --> 00:02:16.800 of the case for mounting fans looks like at the bottom there are spaces for 120 00:02:13.500 --> 00:02:19.560 millimeter fans so for two 00:02:16.800 --> 00:02:24.540 but this one's blocked by your power extension the entire case is made of 00:02:21.599 --> 00:02:28.140 incredibly well machined aluminum par for the course for fractal they've 00:02:25.860 --> 00:02:32.640 always been really really great like all of these little rivets not a there's not 00:02:30.720 --> 00:02:36.500 a sharp edge in sight so really really well done side panel release 00:02:37.260 --> 00:02:39.440 foreign 00:02:41.760 --> 00:02:48.120 okay instruction manual so ah okay so at 00:02:46.140 --> 00:02:51.300 the bottom right there you pull out there there's a couple of 00:02:49.500 --> 00:02:54.319 detents and this slides up like that that's actually really interesting 00:02:54.660 --> 00:03:00.480 I think geez Tesla nerd instead of taking off the entire panel using 00:02:58.440 --> 00:03:03.900 detents across the entire structure you have these hinges thankfully if they are 00:03:02.519 --> 00:03:10.379 anyway they've just included some Phillips screwdrivers to remove them from the hinge unless what is this oh 00:03:08.700 --> 00:03:13.920 now they have the case open we can get a really good look at the inside layout so 00:03:12.300 --> 00:03:19.860 it's a typical sandwich layout where you're going to have your GPU here connected with a riser cable this is a 00:03:17.280 --> 00:03:25.500 included Gen 4 Riser cable on this side you have your mini ITX motherboard and 00:03:22.379 --> 00:03:27.300 your sfx or sfxl power supply then we 00:03:25.500 --> 00:03:31.440 have a bunch of nice cables for our front i o now one interesting thing 00:03:29.400 --> 00:03:35.879 about this case is you can put it into two modes you have Max CPU or Max GPU 00:03:34.080 --> 00:03:40.200 mode so basically you can adjust where this midline is in Max GPU mode you can 00:03:38.159 --> 00:03:44.760 fit a three slot GPU but you're limited to just 43 millimeters of height on your 00:03:42.060 --> 00:03:49.560 CPU Cooler if you move it to Max CPU you get 77 millimeters of height for your 00:03:46.500 --> 00:03:52.739 CPU Cooler but are limited to a two slot 00:03:49.560 --> 00:03:53.819 GPU it's a really smart way this is the 00:03:52.739 --> 00:03:58.860 first time I've seen this kind of feature in a mass-produced case it's been a boutique small form factor 00:03:57.360 --> 00:04:03.360 feature for a while and the great thing about it is that it allows case manufacturers to build for more people 00:04:01.920 --> 00:04:06.780 when you get to these really really small sizes you start really limiting 00:04:05.400 --> 00:04:11.640 your audience because if I'm somebody who cares a lot about CPU performance 00:04:09.019 --> 00:04:15.360 I don't want to sacrifice that and have to do a very very short cooler 43 00:04:13.680 --> 00:04:18.239 millimeters is Tiny and if you're a gamer maybe you want the bigger GPU with 00:04:17.220 --> 00:04:23.460 this solution they can serve both audiences and also it allows you flexibility in the future if you ever 00:04:21.359 --> 00:04:27.479 decide to upgrade which is always great I forgot to talk about the accessories 00:04:24.840 --> 00:04:32.460 inside we get a bunch of mounting screws a cleaning cloth that's kind of nice 00:04:29.160 --> 00:04:34.020 cable ties velcro spacers and an SSD 00:04:32.460 --> 00:04:40.380 tray that's right this has support for up to two two and a half inch ssds or 2 00:04:38.400 --> 00:04:43.979 two and a half inch hard drives however there's no three and a half inch mounts 00:04:42.240 --> 00:04:47.340 to be seen I mean I don't know where you'd put it and that's one of the 00:04:45.960 --> 00:04:52.380 sacrifices that you make from going with a 10.4 liter case back to that 00:04:50.280 --> 00:04:56.520 adjustable Center that's what these transport locks are for this is just 00:04:54.660 --> 00:05:00.240 positioning it oh I didn't realize it was modular I didn't realize there was 00:04:58.320 --> 00:05:04.020 this is not ex well explained on their website you don't just have two modes 00:05:01.740 --> 00:05:08.880 you can actually switch the center piece between 00:05:06.180 --> 00:05:12.000 up to seven different settings so you can if you have like a two and a half 00:05:10.199 --> 00:05:15.240 slot card and you want to squeeze in a taller CPU Cooler this gives you that 00:05:13.979 --> 00:05:19.979 Advantage I thought that this was going to be like a flipping mechanism that meant that you could only use two 00:05:18.120 --> 00:05:23.759 different spots this is even better than what I thought you can also remove the 00:05:22.440 --> 00:05:27.539 PCIe this will probably be great for when we 00:05:25.500 --> 00:05:32.039 install our GPU removing these two screws by this Riser board and this one 00:05:29.160 --> 00:05:37.400 screw on the back you can take out the entire 00:05:33.900 --> 00:05:37.400 GPU bracket 00:05:37.560 --> 00:05:44.520 so you can get a little bit more space to work 00:05:41.759 --> 00:05:47.759 install it on your card and then plunk it in one of the problems with PCIe 00:05:46.139 --> 00:05:52.320 Riser cables is that these traces that go all the way from your slots back to 00:05:50.039 --> 00:05:56.639 your motherboard are very delicate and bending them too tightly can just break 00:05:54.479 --> 00:05:59.460 them and then you have you've lost 40 50 so what they've done is that they've 00:05:58.139 --> 00:06:04.199 actually put these little brackets that allow it to Round the Corner nicely 00:06:01.740 --> 00:06:08.639 without kinking so to reduce the odds of you bending this cable Beyond repair I 00:06:07.199 --> 00:06:12.600 just want to talk about this front panel for a second this is really cool so it's 00:06:10.740 --> 00:06:17.699 like one thick hunk of metal right but they've milled out some recesses to 00:06:15.840 --> 00:06:21.120 allow you to route your power supply extension all the way around here and 00:06:19.919 --> 00:06:27.180 reducing the amount of space it takes up it also that depth provides you room for 00:06:24.360 --> 00:06:30.120 your two and a half inch drives oh cool yeah so you can fit two in there 00:06:29.039 --> 00:06:35.460 you just sandwich them together and then you strap them in with the included velcro tie downs and 00:06:33.360 --> 00:06:37.979 away you go depending on your stated cables getting this bottom one here 00:06:36.539 --> 00:06:41.340 could be a little hard to mount that will will burn that bridge when we come 00:06:39.840 --> 00:06:45.720 to it also something that I appreciate is that it looks like everything is screwed in there's no rivets anywhere in 00:06:44.220 --> 00:06:49.919 this case as far as I can see which means you can kind of totally take this 00:06:47.280 --> 00:06:53.400 apart if you need for any reason whatsoever 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keep things uh mean and lean and 00:08:16.020 --> 00:08:23.639 not RGB another interesting thing is that they say that they have room for a 00:08:20.280 --> 00:08:25.919 120 millimeter rad I am not sure where 00:08:23.639 --> 00:08:31.020 so there is space for a 120 millimeter rad it's on the opposite side of the 00:08:28.979 --> 00:08:34.979 power supply and what you do is that there's some standoffs that you can plug 00:08:32.339 --> 00:08:40.740 in there and then this would go right along there 00:08:36.839 --> 00:08:42.240 um what that causes problems with is uh 00:08:40.740 --> 00:08:46.680 one you're blowing heat directly into your power supply which might not be a big issue because your power supply is 00:08:44.760 --> 00:08:50.100 mounted this way so intake from your power supply is going to take that heat 00:08:47.820 --> 00:08:53.880 and pump it out the exhaust the real downside is that it really really limits 00:08:51.899 --> 00:08:57.899 the length of your GPU to just 200 millimeters and as you can see that's 00:08:55.680 --> 00:09:01.740 not that's not very long I'm going to save myself a headache and not use this 00:08:59.339 --> 00:09:04.860 yeah even a 7600 isn't going to fit you're gonna have to use a small form 00:09:03.000 --> 00:09:08.399 factor GPU but hey it's cool that they give you the option 00:09:06.600 --> 00:09:12.360 so credit where credits do they didn't have to do that 00:09:10.080 --> 00:09:18.180 I wanted to use this ID cooling is55 it's a really really great CPU Cooler 00:09:14.760 --> 00:09:20.160 for the price and for the size but 00:09:18.180 --> 00:09:25.200 um I uh made a boo-boo with selecting RAM and uh it fits really great if you 00:09:23.519 --> 00:09:29.700 want to run single Channel you don't want to run a single Channel luckily I 00:09:27.360 --> 00:09:35.160 brought some alternatives like the NHL 9A this is the very small 00:09:33.480 --> 00:09:39.959 low profile cooler that you would have to use if you're using the max GPU mode 00:09:37.800 --> 00:09:43.620 of the case as you can see very different size 00:09:41.339 --> 00:09:48.240 uh do you know what's gonna suck I fell for the great I fell for the 00:09:45.660 --> 00:09:53.760 age-old mistake of not plugging in my CPU cable before I got my motherboard 00:09:51.959 --> 00:09:59.279 mounted oh it won't be so bad hooray so I was 00:09:58.140 --> 00:10:03.660 worried that I'd have to Route this under the motherboard but because the 00:10:01.560 --> 00:10:08.040 power supply is there I do not like I just kind of have it here 00:10:05.580 --> 00:10:12.560 there you go might as well get the 24 pin plugged in 00:10:12.779 --> 00:10:18.420 this is unusual oftentimes this is a very important part of building in a 00:10:16.620 --> 00:10:20.399 small form factor case is figuring out what step you need to plug your cables 00:10:19.680 --> 00:10:24.180 in they tell me to not plug my cables in 00:10:22.740 --> 00:10:28.260 and I didn't trust them but I should have 00:10:27.000 --> 00:10:34.800 no they actually never tell you to plug your cables in I trust nothing I trust no one I hate this world okay this is a 00:10:33.300 --> 00:10:39.300 lot of cable that I have to contend with now and I gotta figure out where I want to put it 00:10:37.980 --> 00:10:44.100 all the cables in and then I'll just cry later that's that's going to be the plan so while I talked about you can have 00:10:42.360 --> 00:10:47.459 this except some of the heat from the GPU and exhaust it out we're gonna go 00:10:46.079 --> 00:10:50.880 this way because we don't really need to do that and because we're not using a 00:10:49.260 --> 00:10:54.300 flow through cooler like a we're not going to be using a Founder's Edition 00:10:52.680 --> 00:10:58.200 card that's going to have air that passes through and needs to go somewhere 00:10:55.800 --> 00:11:03.959 we're just gonna have normal computer we're going to be using the 6900 XT 00:11:01.320 --> 00:11:07.500 which blows things out the sides I appreciate that they give you additional 00:11:05.160 --> 00:11:11.399 power supply screws in the fractal case because sometimes you lose your power 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:16.800 supply screws and it sucks got the GPU in there and then it slots in like that 00:11:14.820 --> 00:11:22.200 wondering and the power's on the top this is a very very clever I like this 00:11:19.860 --> 00:11:26.279 whole mechanism so now we just we'll get our thumb screws in on top 00:11:23.760 --> 00:11:30.360 here so that our GPS fastened in our bracket and then installing the case and 00:11:28.740 --> 00:11:34.079 then there's a bunch of cable time one thing that yes I admit I've made a 00:11:32.519 --> 00:11:39.420 mistake is that I didn't plug in my cables before installing the power supply but I do kind of wish I could 00:11:37.019 --> 00:11:44.100 remove the bottom of this that was a feature in the Dan Case where you could 00:11:41.279 --> 00:11:48.720 take out a little bit of the bottom just so that you could route cables 00:11:46.079 --> 00:11:52.440 easier and it really makes them building a lot more accessible and easy 00:11:51.120 --> 00:11:55.620 as opposed to now where I'm just kind of trying to jam things in and it's kind of 00:11:54.600 --> 00:12:00.000 frustrating I know it's my fault I could just take 00:11:57.600 --> 00:12:03.180 it out but uh I don't want it the nice part about the 00:12:01.320 --> 00:12:06.180 included straps is that there's lots of places that we can loop our cables 00:12:04.740 --> 00:12:11.279 thanks to the way they've done cutouts in this case so I'm gonna be able to tie 00:12:09.060 --> 00:12:15.240 my cables kind of down along here on the bottom 00:12:12.360 --> 00:12:17.459 and uh that'll be a that'll help keep some of the mess out of the way though 00:12:16.620 --> 00:12:22.140 it doesn't really matter because it's like it's how visible are the cables when the side panels are on I guess 00:12:20.399 --> 00:12:26.519 we'll find out yeah you don't even really need to do the cables I think it 00:12:23.940 --> 00:12:33.120 looks pretty slick and the layout of the case does uh hide a lot of the uh a lot 00:12:29.880 --> 00:12:34.980 of the mess is there no uh 00:12:33.120 --> 00:12:37.380 there is no thing on the back which is kind of interesting 00:12:36.360 --> 00:12:41.459 um so there's no way to seal it 00:12:39.420 --> 00:12:45.300 I think that's a fine concession to make for the flexibility 00:12:43.019 --> 00:12:50.519 and I think it also will allow just for some more free airflow one thing that's 00:12:47.639 --> 00:12:54.360 also of note there's not a single dust filter on this this is all just these 00:12:52.139 --> 00:12:57.839 slits so this might be a higher maintenance than you'd want if you live 00:12:56.519 --> 00:13:01.139 in a dusty place like if you have like a couple of cats like I do there'll be 00:13:00.000 --> 00:13:05.339 lots of dander and stuff that gets inside of it but 00:13:03.060 --> 00:13:08.880 is a pretty cool system and 00:13:06.779 --> 00:13:13.260 I found it surprisingly easy to build in and it's very feature Rich 00:13:11.100 --> 00:13:16.440 what I would consider doing is maybe putting slim fans at the bottom 00:13:14.940 --> 00:13:22.920 yes you can pass through cables through here I have it in the middle position right now I have it at four so that's 00:13:19.560 --> 00:13:25.200 why we have gaps on both sides it's 00:13:22.920 --> 00:13:28.860 actually pretty cool man and I really do enjoy the fact that I could give myself 00:13:27.060 --> 00:13:33.420 a little bit more CPU Cooler height and I probably would do that if you were 00:13:30.540 --> 00:13:36.839 doing a dual slot GPU there's no reason to not push it all the way up it would 00:13:35.100 --> 00:13:42.300 have been nice if maybe we got a little bit of extra room on the top 00:13:39.120 --> 00:13:44.519 to get maybe like a 240 millimeter Rad 00:13:42.300 --> 00:13:49.380 but it's just it's the kind of decisions it's the hard decisions that you have to 00:13:46.019 --> 00:13:51.120 make when you are making a 10.4 liter 00:13:49.380 --> 00:13:54.600 case but yeah oh man it looks slick let's let's see if it boots and if it 00:13:53.040 --> 00:13:57.200 doesn't boot uh I will cry but we and we'll just go to lunch 00:13:57.839 --> 00:14:01.639 I heard something's been we got some lights 00:14:04.680 --> 00:14:11.339 it's a good sign green and gold on this master chief Edition GPU looks Stellar 00:14:09.899 --> 00:14:14.220 in the build and I would actually push it towards the side to make it more 00:14:13.320 --> 00:14:22.200 visible if I was building this myself so it costs 180 US Dollars and for that price 00:14:19.860 --> 00:14:25.740 you're getting a really premium build quality with lots of like nice thick 00:14:23.820 --> 00:14:30.899 machined Parts you're getting a cool color you're getting a nice wood accent 00:14:27.899 --> 00:14:33.060 a very flexible building space for being 00:14:30.899 --> 00:14:37.139 10.4 liters I do think they might have been able to get away with some fan 00:14:34.920 --> 00:14:40.560 mounts on the side you're very very dependent on the 00:14:38.940 --> 00:14:45.720 airflow of the components in your case and your CPU 00:14:43.079 --> 00:14:49.860 Cooler and stuff but all in all I think this is an awesome case and I know I was 00:14:48.300 --> 00:14:53.519 very enthusiastic about the Dan Case in our video on LTT 00:14:51.660 --> 00:14:57.779 but this might be where I go thank you so much for watching if you like this watch check out my video for fractal 00:14:55.800 --> 00:15:01.920 Ridge you can fit a 40 and 90 in it you might be able to fit a 49 you can probably you can fit a 490 Fe in this 00:15:00.180 --> 00:15:05.880 too but yeah fractal axles keeps killing it I 00:15:05.040 --> 00:15:12.980 love it fractal uh this video fractal uh cool 00:15:09.060 --> 00:15:12.980 keep going yeah keep going the video