WEBVTT 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:06.560 Welcome to our review of the fractal design node 202 we first checked out 00:00:04.359 --> 00:00:10.759 this case uh quite some time ago at computex 2016 and have actually had it 00:00:09.040 --> 00:00:15.559 in the office for a while but the release has been a little wonko as in to 00:00:13.559 --> 00:00:19.800 say actually buying the case has been a bit of an issue seriously there is even 00:00:17.880 --> 00:00:24.599 a Reddit thread with people discussing if it even exists now that it does seem 00:00:22.560 --> 00:00:28.960 to exist for people looking to buy it let's take a closer 00:00:28.960 --> 00:00:34.879 look 00:00:34.879 --> 00:00:39.879 ibw Revolt 2 has been redesigned from 00:00:37.960 --> 00:00:43.760 the ground up to utilize its small form factor to hold the power you need to 00:00:42.000 --> 00:00:47.239 game with confidence check out the link in the video description to learn more 00:00:45.960 --> 00:00:52.359 you can see right off the bat that the form factor is quite small when laying 00:00:49.360 --> 00:00:59.039 flat it has a width of 377 mm a height of 146 mm and a depth of 47 mm this case 00:00:56.840 --> 00:01:05.000 is designed for sfx power supplies up to 130 mm long ITX motherboards and 00:01:02.239 --> 00:01:11.159 standard siiz graphics cards or 310x 145 by 47 mm graphics cards that 00:01:09.240 --> 00:01:15.920 was a lot of specific dimensions and there's a reason for that the density of 00:01:13.080 --> 00:01:20.040 this case is pretty damn High not the highest but high enough that it doesn't 00:01:17.759 --> 00:01:24.079 really allow for a ton of play in terms of what you can put inside if you're 00:01:22.360 --> 00:01:27.119 interested in this case you should be checking the dimensions of the 00:01:25.520 --> 00:01:31.720 components that you're planning to put inside of it this isn't a shot at the 00:01:29.439 --> 00:01:36.880 case that all it's just a heads up that you need to be aware of its limitations 00:01:34.399 --> 00:01:41.439 during your planning phase starting at the front of the case you have two USB 00:01:38.399 --> 00:01:43.799 3.0 Jacks in a black finish dual audio 00:01:41.439 --> 00:01:48.119 jacks for your headphone and microphone and an illuminated power button just to 00:01:45.600 --> 00:01:51.840 the right of said Jacks there's also a fractal logo on the right hand side 00:01:50.000 --> 00:01:56.479 which looks a little odd when you set the case up vertically but fits right in 00:01:54.280 --> 00:02:00.640 when it's placed flat looking around the case is pretty standard Fair fractal 00:01:58.560 --> 00:02:04.920 went with an unsurprising matte finish all around and definitely didn't skimp 00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:08.239 on breathability with mesh areas scattered around everywhere that they 00:02:06.399 --> 00:02:11.959 might be useful moving on to the inside of the case we see an elegant yet 00:02:09.759 --> 00:02:16.800 simplistic setup comprised of three main zones the power supplies little area the 00:02:14.760 --> 00:02:21.640 motherboard split off and the graphics cards whole section all have their own 00:02:19.080 --> 00:02:26.319 kind of areas like I said if you go for the option that includes a power supply 00:02:23.120 --> 00:02:28.200 you'll be equipped with a 450 W Integra 00:02:26.319 --> 00:02:31.920 which should be able to handle basically everything modern that you would throw 00:02:29.519 --> 00:02:36.000 inside this case the power supply area also somewhat supports a little bit of 00:02:33.800 --> 00:02:39.640 cable management room just in front so you can stuff some of your extra cables 00:02:37.959 --> 00:02:44.040 away and leave some breathing room for the air coolers on your CPU and GPU you 00:02:42.480 --> 00:02:48.680 will very likely need this Cable Management Area unless you plan on 00:02:46.319 --> 00:02:54.040 stuffing all of the spare cables under the graphics card because some of the 00:02:51.000 --> 00:02:55.879 even included cables are hella long I 00:02:54.040 --> 00:03:00.440 don't know why someone would need a USB 3.0 internal header cable that if you 00:02:58.760 --> 00:03:04.599 stood two of these cases beside each other would be able to be plugged into 00:03:01.959 --> 00:03:09.280 the other one that being said at least it is a blackedout cable if you do 00:03:06.360 --> 00:03:13.760 spring for the included power supply and get the included cables that are kind of 00:03:11.519 --> 00:03:17.480 straight out of 2005 with colors all over the place that may be a little bit 00:03:15.159 --> 00:03:21.040 disappointing although it also may be fair considering that there is a lack of 00:03:19.040 --> 00:03:25.440 a side window the motherboard area is fairly unsurprising although it does 00:03:23.120 --> 00:03:29.319 support the start of the PCI Express Riser card you might notice that in the 00:03:27.720 --> 00:03:33.280 Glam footage that the screw holes for ours are a little bit off feel free to 00:03:31.680 --> 00:03:36.680 ignore this completely this is a pre-production sample and they have 00:03:35.040 --> 00:03:39.640 revised this part of the case so that this is no longer an issue on the 00:03:38.120 --> 00:03:44.040 graphics card side of the place you naturally have the installation area for 00:03:41.879 --> 00:03:47.439 the graphics card an angled support bracket which you can move around to 00:03:45.720 --> 00:03:52.360 support whatever kind of graphics card you decide to put in there and some 00:03:49.360 --> 00:03:54.599 shared room for the front IO cables 00:03:52.360 --> 00:03:59.200 there's also a bunch of extra room under the graphics card for support for 120 mm 00:03:57.159 --> 00:04:03.680 fans two of them straddling the middle support bar of the case is an SSD cage 00:04:01.799 --> 00:04:07.400 that you can mount two drives in this cage is relatively easy to get to the 00:04:05.640 --> 00:04:11.920 only drawback is that the cable management of installing an SSD on the 00:04:09.560 --> 00:04:15.920 graphics card side of the case is a little messy there are fan filters but 00:04:14.120 --> 00:04:20.000 some of them are rather difficult to get to the filter for the power supply and 00:04:17.840 --> 00:04:24.280 the GPU are only accessible if you take the case apart completely I mean taking 00:04:21.959 --> 00:04:27.680 the top off and the bottom off although I must say that they are I am happy that 00:04:25.840 --> 00:04:32.400 they're included and last but not least is the stand it's fairly stand Fair 00:04:30.479 --> 00:04:35.960 sorry for the pun it's made out of plastic and is actually quite solid it 00:04:34.120 --> 00:04:38.960 does an adequate job of keeping the case standing upright there's little rubber 00:04:37.320 --> 00:04:42.360 feet on the bottom four of them one in each corner and they do an adequate job 00:04:41.000 --> 00:04:46.360 of keeping it from sliding around the desk it looks fine but you can do 00:04:45.080 --> 00:04:50.600 something that Hardware conu did in their video which I think is quite awesome we're just going to call them 00:04:48.440 --> 00:04:54.039 out if you place it down and then put the case down horizontal on top of it it 00:04:52.880 --> 00:04:58.880 makes it kind of look like the case is levitating it looks super cool in 00:04:55.880 --> 00:05:00.720 conclusion the node 202 is clean quite 00:04:58.880 --> 00:05:05.520 dense and even even slightly cheaper than the RV z01 from Silverstone in 00:05:03.560 --> 00:05:09.759 terms of positioning I think fractal did a great job for price and what you get 00:05:07.560 --> 00:05:15.039 with it it didn't exactly knock my socks off but I also wasn't expecting it to 00:05:12.400 --> 00:05:18.720 these small ITX cases that still support full size graphics cards are actually 00:05:17.280 --> 00:05:24.319 quite attractive right now and there's a fair amount of them the idea that a tiny 00:05:21.400 --> 00:05:28.319 case with a tiny GPU like an R9 Nano is awesome but still not catering to what 00:05:26.440 --> 00:05:31.199 most people's desires are so I think this was the right direction to go 00:05:29.759 --> 00:05:36.199 thanks for watching guys if this video sucked you know what to do but if it was awesome get subscribed hit that like 00:05:34.120 --> 00:05:40.400 button or even consider becoming a contributor on our Forum or supporting 00:05:38.360 --> 00:05:45.000 us directly by using an affiliate code to shop on Amazon buying a cool t-shirt 00:05:43.120 --> 00:05:48.360 like this one or with a direct monthly contribution to the Forum again I don't 00:05:46.600 --> 00:05:52.280 know why you'd get two I just felt like saying it twice it's probably fine if 00:05:50.840 --> 00:05:57.560 you're wondering what to watch next click this button to see a mystery video 00:05:55.759 --> 00:06:02.199 I really just definitely forgot to write this part of the script so I'm going to 00:05:59.680 --> 00:06:06.880 give Taran a link Oculus versus Vive Taran just said so it's going to be that 00:06:03.880 --> 00:06:09.880 video there we go 00:06:06.880 --> 00:06:09.880 cool