WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.259 computers I love them you love them but don't you think they're just a little 00:00:04.259 --> 00:00:09.840 too dang big gross what I'd rather have 00:00:07.259 --> 00:00:13.860 is something small like the fractal Ridge look at that it's just little I 00:00:12.480 --> 00:00:19.260 mean it's not the littlest you can get but it's pretty dang small at just 12.6 00:00:16.379 --> 00:00:22.460 liters it supports up to a three and maybe even a half slot graphics card 00:00:21.060 --> 00:00:26.880 that's over 337 millimeters in length let's take a 00:00:25.500 --> 00:00:32.940 look I live in a small apartment because I live in Vancouver and real estate prices are absolutely obscene which is 00:00:30.359 --> 00:00:36.420 why I like small computer this fractal Ridge comes in white but it also comes 00:00:34.860 --> 00:00:40.500 in black and that's the one we're going to unbox today and build a computer in 00:00:38.520 --> 00:00:47.040 oh what fun so we got Ridge accessories I appreciate 00:00:43.020 --> 00:00:49.079 fractals attention to detail and uh just 00:00:47.040 --> 00:00:52.980 putting in a clearly labeled box it's not just a nondescript box that you will 00:00:50.700 --> 00:00:58.680 forget in the future we have a block that I am uncertain as to what 00:00:56.760 --> 00:01:03.420 it's for and we have a base stand so this case can be mounted both vertically 00:01:00.719 --> 00:01:09.780 and horizontally depending on where you want to put it we got a bunch of screws 00:01:05.339 --> 00:01:12.360 we got a pce Gen 4 adapter interesting I 00:01:09.780 --> 00:01:18.180 thought we had a riser cable inside the box is 00:01:14.640 --> 00:01:21.659 the case itself a nice recyclable paper 00:01:18.180 --> 00:01:24.080 packaging and some nice I can't remember 00:01:21.659 --> 00:01:28.380 what this is PF pftft this is the styrofoam that the keyboard 00:01:26.939 --> 00:01:32.400 nerds want so I'm going to give this to ploop as a gift for front i o we have a 00:01:30.420 --> 00:01:39.780 combo 3.5 millimeter headphone microphone Jack two USB 3.0 and a USBC 00:01:36.540 --> 00:01:41.520 it's 3.2 Gen 2 not gen 2x2 I don't 00:01:39.780 --> 00:01:46.799 believe oh and it's a magnetic front panel this has a nice fabric it is 00:01:44.159 --> 00:01:49.439 pretty thick every single panel on this is removable which is going to be great 00:01:48.240 --> 00:01:53.159 because when you're working in a small form factor case things can get a little 00:01:51.420 --> 00:01:58.380 tricky trying to get into all those tiny crevices and so here we see the included 00:01:55.700 --> 00:02:01.500 140 millimeter fans as you can see right here there's a split down the middle you 00:02:00.240 --> 00:02:07.259 would put your motherboard and the rest of your components here and then an entirely separate section and intake on 00:02:05.460 --> 00:02:10.020 one of the sides for your GPU so these two fans will affect the thickness as 00:02:08.880 --> 00:02:16.440 you can I don't know if you can really see it Mark but as you can see it goes it kind of Clips over into the or the 00:02:13.980 --> 00:02:20.580 third slot so your mileage may vary I also appreciate captive thumb screws 00:02:18.060 --> 00:02:23.879 that makes things a lot easier so these side panels they don't like just slide 00:02:22.440 --> 00:02:28.020 off they actually have these two ball mounts or what are these called I don't 00:02:26.340 --> 00:02:32.280 know they got those two balls that you stick in there 00:02:29.640 --> 00:02:37.560 so this top panel is actually screwed in on both sides on a 140 millimeter fan 00:02:35.459 --> 00:02:41.340 and no one does that anymore so here's what you already can mount the 80 00:02:38.879 --> 00:02:45.720 millimeter fans sadly we can't mount on the top because we have our i o cables 00:02:43.739 --> 00:02:49.860 that come in here as well as a pass-through cable so that we can mount 00:02:47.459 --> 00:02:52.319 our power supply which is going I think this is where the power supply is we do 00:02:51.180 --> 00:02:56.160 have to take this off to get our power supply in there so we're just taking off 00:02:54.480 --> 00:03:00.959 the top panel because we're gonna get to building now from what I've seen so far 00:02:58.440 --> 00:03:06.480 it looks like there is two two and a half inch SSD mounts for 00:03:04.560 --> 00:03:10.440 three and a half inch Drive mounts it looks like there actually isn't any 00:03:08.220 --> 00:03:14.580 options which is disappointing I tend to store a lot of media and like having 00:03:12.599 --> 00:03:18.120 backups and stuff like that and so usually my computer always includes some 00:03:16.440 --> 00:03:20.819 sort of large capacity hard drive instead of a riser cable you can see 00:03:19.560 --> 00:03:24.900 they actually have a riser board so this will plug into the motherboard and then 00:03:22.800 --> 00:03:28.500 it passes on through to this side so that you can plug your GPU in a great 00:03:27.000 --> 00:03:33.180 value add it's nice that they include that there are still some cases that don't include it or they include it for 00:03:31.260 --> 00:03:38.700 an extra cost usually it's like 30 or 40 dollars Cable Management looks okay in 00:03:36.599 --> 00:03:42.299 an empty case uh it looks like we'll have a decent amount of space in this 00:03:40.200 --> 00:03:45.840 kind of middle area but it can always get hairy once you get Hardware involved 00:03:44.220 --> 00:03:49.680 we have some mounting channels along this middle bar right here that are 00:03:48.180 --> 00:03:54.780 actually specifically for cables other than that I don't see other specific 00:03:52.680 --> 00:03:58.560 mounting points I guess around here if you're running a cable along the edge 00:03:56.040 --> 00:04:02.040 but we'll see what happens when we build it after this message from our sponsor 00:04:00.420 --> 00:04:05.280 thanks to secret lab for sponsoring today's video 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ASRock 00:04:39.000 --> 00:04:45.360 Phantom gaming b650e it's it's it's the 00:04:42.419 --> 00:04:51.419 only am5 ITX board we have we're going to be putting in some Kingston Fury 00:04:47.520 --> 00:04:55.860 Beast ddr5 we got 32 gigs of that a 00:04:51.419 --> 00:04:58.560 ryzen 7600 X and it will be cooled by an 00:04:55.860 --> 00:05:01.500 NHL 12. now CPU cooling is going to be probably the biggest sacrifice you'll 00:04:59.940 --> 00:05:06.360 have to make if you're going for a gaming machine here there is just not 00:05:03.840 --> 00:05:09.600 much vertical space for cooling you're not going to be able to get a super 00:05:07.500 --> 00:05:14.040 large cooler this does have radiator support basically where these fans are 00:05:11.340 --> 00:05:17.100 you can fit a 280 millimeter rad that basically will limit you to probably a 00:05:15.300 --> 00:05:20.160 single slot graphics card at best and those don't really exist unless you're 00:05:18.600 --> 00:05:25.680 water cooling which would be a pretty bold Loop to try and put a 240 ML or a 00:05:23.460 --> 00:05:29.759 280 millimeter rad in here I'm not going to try it I've also brought a selection 00:05:27.539 --> 00:05:33.780 of gpus so we can do some size tests to see what you can fit in because 00:05:31.139 --> 00:05:38.639 sometimes they say the dimensions but if you really believe and are willing to 00:05:36.479 --> 00:05:43.100 Force things into their spot you can fit in a little bit more so I'm going to 00:05:40.020 --> 00:05:43.100 break a 40 90 today 00:05:48.240 --> 00:05:56.820 the maximum cooler height is 70 millimeters which is not very tall yes 00:05:54.000 --> 00:06:00.780 66 millimeters tall so it just slides in under it something we won't be able to 00:05:58.020 --> 00:06:05.120 do is put a 120 millimeter fan on the top I we probably will not have space 00:06:02.699 --> 00:06:05.120 for that 00:06:13.320 --> 00:06:20.220 we've encountered some fitment issues with our selected cooler the issue is 00:06:19.259 --> 00:06:26.100 that with the way we've currently installed the brackets it'll either go over the top 00:06:23.520 --> 00:06:30.240 or if we pronounce it the other way it's going to block that PCIe slot just 00:06:28.500 --> 00:06:34.199 barely and because we're using a because it uses a board and not a cable 00:06:32.460 --> 00:06:40.139 pretty close actually I think we're okay so while the cooler does technically fit 00:06:38.400 --> 00:06:44.160 we also kind of need to be able to screw this riser in I think from that side maybe we 00:06:43.139 --> 00:06:49.979 can screw it in from the other side and be okay no because you need the pressure coming in so this is going to be a not 00:06:48.419 --> 00:06:54.960 ideal okay I'm trying to put the motherboard in it's something to note this pass through from the power supply 00:06:52.919 --> 00:06:59.520 to the back is going to get in the way of you installing your motherboard so 00:06:56.460 --> 00:07:02.699 we'll need to just quickly take this out 00:06:59.520 --> 00:07:05.280 in the accessories you get some rubber 00:07:02.699 --> 00:07:09.660 washers for vibration dampening some SSD mounting screws SSD surf screws case 00:07:08.520 --> 00:07:14.160 screws which ones are the motherboard screws it would be nice fractal if you 00:07:11.940 --> 00:07:21.360 labeled these in the future so this case can support a 00:07:16.259 --> 00:07:23.280 sfx or an sfxl power supply sfx 00:07:21.360 --> 00:07:26.880 sfx long just to make my life easier I'm going to 00:07:24.479 --> 00:07:30.479 go with the sfx power supply because it's going to give me more space to work 00:07:28.259 --> 00:07:34.800 around in so this is going to be fun I got a screw I got to screw through all 00:07:32.580 --> 00:07:37.740 of that this is pretty bad okay all right let's try this again oh you know I 00:07:36.539 --> 00:07:41.699 did this a little backwards don't make fun of me internet because sometimes I 00:07:39.720 --> 00:07:45.419 forget the good advice that I'm supposed to provide and I put the power supply in 00:07:43.680 --> 00:07:48.840 without any of the cables plugged in and now it's going to be a whole pain in my 00:07:47.160 --> 00:07:54.240 took us to get everything wired incorrectly mistakes were made 00:07:51.539 --> 00:07:57.900 fun fact about these fans they come with a four pin and a three pin header so you 00:07:56.520 --> 00:08:02.880 can daisy chain them together so you only use one port on your motherboard for both of the fans wow you know how I 00:08:01.740 --> 00:08:06.720 talked about how this is going to be an issue screwing it in it's not because 00:08:04.800 --> 00:08:12.300 look at this look at what fractal thought about you can take out 00:08:09.720 --> 00:08:17.220 that and now I can screw this back on and insert it directly into the PCIe 00:08:14.880 --> 00:08:21.720 slot on the board also the computer's not posting but we'll figure that out 00:08:19.199 --> 00:08:25.919 don't you worry we put everything into the case we tried 00:08:23.639 --> 00:08:28.500 to test to see if it worked and it uh didn't after a little bit of 00:08:27.180 --> 00:08:34.020 troubleshooting we're here on another day and we have a new entire system in 00:08:31.800 --> 00:08:42.419 it turns out that it was the CPU that was the issue so now we have a Rog strix 00:08:38.180 --> 00:08:46.200 x570i motherboard with a ryzen 5800 X 00:08:42.419 --> 00:08:48.540 CPU we have 32 gigabytes of ddr4 3600 00:08:46.200 --> 00:08:51.480 Mega transfers per second to RAM and then the rest is the same one of the 00:08:50.279 --> 00:08:56.640 nice features is that they have this great pass through so you can get cables to the other side of the computer that's 00:08:54.779 --> 00:09:00.420 a lot of extra cable that I'm going to have to contend with especially because 00:08:58.560 --> 00:09:04.500 this is just going to have the side panel on it so as with any ITX case you 00:09:03.360 --> 00:09:08.880 should always consider maybe getting custom length cables since this is a 00:09:06.720 --> 00:09:12.899 tool-less amount it should be as easy as just uh just kind of pushing around 00:09:10.620 --> 00:09:16.980 there hey look at that yeah I was like fractal gave us the included cable ties 00:09:15.240 --> 00:09:20.880 which is great because uh as you can see there's a lot of cables here as I showed 00:09:19.019 --> 00:09:25.560 earlier there are these 80 millimeter fan mounts just in here you won't be 00:09:22.800 --> 00:09:29.519 able to fit them in with the 140s just because of this lip you might have to do 00:09:27.360 --> 00:09:33.360 the 140s afterwards also you should note that this removes some of the potential 00:09:30.959 --> 00:09:38.040 height of your GPU I think using these 80 millimeter fans at the top it's not a 00:09:35.940 --> 00:09:42.300 terrible idea this is the divider that means that this case is not separated 00:09:39.720 --> 00:09:47.519 into two Chambers so as your CPU heats up that's going to kind of just exist 00:09:44.100 --> 00:09:48.959 because there's no intake or outtakes on 00:09:47.519 --> 00:09:52.320 the CPU side you're kind of going to rely on your CPU fan just pulling away 00:09:50.580 --> 00:09:55.860 heat or blowing heat out we have it configured to blow upwards and exhaust 00:09:54.540 --> 00:09:59.519 heat taking away from the motherboard but if you start to saturate it it is 00:09:58.019 --> 00:10:04.140 going to kind of just linger in the case so this might be a better way to get 00:10:01.200 --> 00:10:07.140 some more exhaust man it is so nice that you can take off literally every side of 00:10:05.640 --> 00:10:12.740 this that made building in it so much easier but what about a 3080 TI that 00:10:10.260 --> 00:10:16.440 looks like it's going to fit no problem with the founders Edition at the very 00:10:14.760 --> 00:10:24.240 least now there's a lot of really beefy 3080 TI's this is a 40 90. 00:10:20.339 --> 00:10:26.399 famously thick I'm not hopeful that's a 00:10:24.240 --> 00:10:28.880 that's a no-go I think it's it's gonna be the plastic shroud that's I can't 00:10:27.720 --> 00:10:34.440 like see what happens I'll get it get rid of 00:10:31.680 --> 00:10:37.860 the other fan yeah yeah I know right and they're gonna and 00:10:35.940 --> 00:10:43.380 because it's like a four slot GPU it's gonna go right up against the intake 00:10:41.279 --> 00:10:46.440 it's three it's four slots it's more than three it's automatically four 00:10:45.060 --> 00:10:52.800 there's no such thing as a three and a half slot GPU Moment of Truth 00:10:49.279 --> 00:10:54.240 so dang close if we just get a little 00:10:52.800 --> 00:11:00.180 bit of a extending action going oh yo 00:10:58.079 --> 00:11:02.940 shut the front door does it actually go in 00:11:01.140 --> 00:11:08.040 what is it what is what is preventing me from succeeding here 00:11:05.279 --> 00:11:12.839 holy crap if this actually works I don't think that this is actually designed to 00:11:09.839 --> 00:11:14.339 support cards this big uh uh but we're 00:11:12.839 --> 00:11:18.779 going to places where fractal would probably not recommend going who says I 00:11:16.380 --> 00:11:26.279 need a 40 90 but I also need small form factor again it's slightly separated so 00:11:22.980 --> 00:11:28.019 probably gonna be okay come on just a 00:11:26.279 --> 00:11:31.339 little bit of that there's a little bit of a 00:11:32.100 --> 00:11:37.800 and then are they supposed to go in there they 00:11:35.940 --> 00:11:42.560 slide to these little these little brackets I gotta slide this 00:11:39.779 --> 00:11:48.540 thing into this is such a heavy card what huh 00:11:46.079 --> 00:11:52.140 but then this is not mounting I don't know how it would work with another card 00:11:49.620 --> 00:11:55.620 then oh my god what have I done I'm bending the this case it's okay it's 00:11:54.240 --> 00:11:59.399 metal that bends back yeah that came off they give you this 00:11:57.899 --> 00:12:04.800 little extender that extends the height here 00:12:02.579 --> 00:12:09.540 so now we're cooking with gas if you want a 00:12:07.620 --> 00:12:12.540 40 90 and I don't recommend doing this you're going to want to have at least 00:12:11.040 --> 00:12:15.660 one of these little bracket Parts unattached because you're going to need 00:12:14.100 --> 00:12:20.160 you can you're gonna need some bending to happen here yeah it's just it'll get 00:12:18.060 --> 00:12:24.480 back into shape it's just like I me I say that every year how am I going to 00:12:22.019 --> 00:12:27.420 connect the power that's going to be the issue it's in all the way this is just 00:12:26.459 --> 00:12:32.279 needs to be this just needs to be a 00:12:29.640 --> 00:12:37.459 pressed up so I think we're gonna freaking do oh no I 00:12:34.500 --> 00:12:37.459 forgot about this piece 00:12:37.920 --> 00:12:43.320 shut up we're still good we're still 00:12:41.399 --> 00:12:48.660 good so we're using a little bit of extra 00:12:44.700 --> 00:12:51.899 Manpower yeah yeah you've got ample 00:12:48.660 --> 00:12:53.399 extra man power Bell 00:12:51.899 --> 00:12:57.120 um because uh this is not how it's supposed to go and we need to put a little bit of extra pressure to get 00:12:55.560 --> 00:13:00.420 these screws to line these screw holes to line up uh we're almost there I'm 00:12:58.620 --> 00:13:04.920 just getting this last panel screwed on we put a 40 90 in it I guess through our 00:13:02.639 --> 00:13:08.760 bending in tomfoolery this uh this button doesn't really press at the front 00:13:06.779 --> 00:13:12.480 now when we put the magnetic front panel on so that doesn't really press in like 00:13:10.680 --> 00:13:16.320 it used to and maybe even is actually pressing it 00:13:14.279 --> 00:13:19.220 right now and it's turning it off I think that's literally what's 00:13:17.399 --> 00:13:24.540 happening this is 130 which is a really good value for a 00:13:22.980 --> 00:13:29.220 small form factor case these can get very very expensive there's lots of 250 00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:32.700 dollar like specialty cases that are going to be of a similar size to this 00:13:30.600 --> 00:13:36.720 thermally this looks like it won't be the best performer it's probably not as 00:13:34.560 --> 00:13:41.160 ideal as say a sandwich layout where you can fit a couple more radiators but at 00:13:38.760 --> 00:13:45.240 just 12.6 liters I think fractal has really succeeded in making a product 00:13:42.720 --> 00:13:49.980 that is both accessible not just by price but to build in and would be a 00:13:48.000 --> 00:13:52.800 great place to begin if you want to start messing around with small form 00:13:51.420 --> 00:13:57.600 factor stuff so you can either put it vertically on this stand you put it on 00:13:54.959 --> 00:13:59.820 the stand like this or you can mount it horizontally now the Eagle Eye among you 00:13:59.040 --> 00:14:05.880 might have noticed that there's some random little big holes all over this that's not just for mounting fans it's 00:14:03.600 --> 00:14:10.139 also for mounting this case on its side and then you can have your case in a 00:14:08.279 --> 00:14:13.680 console like fashion so if it fits it so it can fit in as a home theater PC you 00:14:11.940 --> 00:14:16.800 can keep hearing it turning on and off I think fractal has a winner on their 00:14:14.940 --> 00:14:20.820 hands this is a great case at a great price it's easy to build in it's very 00:14:19.200 --> 00:14:25.200 flexible in terms of configurations thermally I think it would perform 00:14:22.860 --> 00:14:27.959 pretty well I have heard some other reviews saying that there have been some 00:14:26.519 --> 00:14:32.160 issues just because you're limited by your CPU Cooler height you could put in 00:14:30.060 --> 00:14:37.560 a Rad but then that's going to get all sorts of complicated over on this side 00:14:33.959 --> 00:14:39.660 but 130 bucks it's an awesome deal good 00:14:37.560 --> 00:14:42.600 job fractal I really like this case I kind of want it for myself if you like 00:14:41.339 --> 00:14:47.339 this video why don't you go and watch our video on the fractal North which is 00:14:44.579 --> 00:14:50.839 a bougie ass looking case I can say bougie ass can I say that