big thanks to MSI for sending us the compy Texs this year we would not be
here without them also thank you to linda.com all right guys welcome to the
random field of glowing sheep in the background where we will be checking out
the fractal core 500 the core 500 is basically a tuned down version of the
node 304 now why is it not called a node
something no one was actually able to tell me so we're moving on from there
the front of the case is a brushed faux aluminum actually plastic front panel
with a surprising 5 and a 1 Quin Bay in terms of IO you've got two USB 3.0 audio
in and out power button with a white LED
a hard drive activity white LED and a reset button there's meshing pretty much
everywhere the front has meshing just on the side of the actual bezel uh the top
of the case has a large meshed area which is actually filtered and your rad
will probably go there the left hand side has a large meshed area as well the
bottom has a kind of not super huge but
also meshed area and the right hand side has a smaller meshed area moving on to
the inside of the case there's tons of storage there's one two and 1/2 in Bay
just inside the front panel just kind of before you actually get into the rest of
the case then on the far right hand side there's two more 2 and 1/2 in slots on
the far side of this little metal plate
and then on the inner side there's two 3 and 1/2 in Bays for uh hard drives and
then just below the 5 and 1/4 in Bay in the front there's one more hard drive
spot leaving you with three spots for 3 and 1/2 in hard drives and two spots for
2 and 1/ 12 in hard drives or ssds for
cooling you can install a 240 mm Radiator in the top or possibly a 280 if
it kind of fits but you're very likely going to have some compatibility issues
there in the back of the case you can fit a 140 mm fan but it already comes
with one so they've got you covered there for graphics card you've got
pretty much all the clearance you could want you can fit basically as long as a
graphics card as you would like but you may have noticed by now that the power
supply positioning is a little bit weird it's not at the back of the case you
don't actually see a large power supply spacing at the back of the case although
you do see an input for power supply power without one even being installed
there that's because there's an extension or a pass through that goes throughout the case and your power
supply actually gets installed much closer to the front under that 5 and 1/4
in Bay kind of on the right hand side what do you guys think about the core
500 let me know in the comments down below over on the Forum or on Twitter at
Luke LFR also her Ask Josh about it Josh
isn't here at computex this year I wanted to talk to him about what the
core 500 was like but I couldn't cuz he
wasn't
here anyways thanks to MSI for sending us here this year there's a huge part of
the reason why we're actually here they have a whole bunch of cool stuff that
they're launching at compex as well check that out in the bitly link in the description down below and that includes
a bunch of laptops with Broadwell processors and stuff like that also
thanks you to linda.com linda.com computex you get a 10day free trial and
you can start learning things immediately as you guys know like the
video just like the videos favorite share subscribe follow all that good
stuff thanks for watching I'll see you guys next time if you want to see all the rest of our computex content stay
subscribed to l seps