I got this for my new AM4 build. I considered so many cases, but this one, functionally, seemed closest to my old HAF X, with bags of room and huge airflow.The top PSU is a mixed blessing, but for air cooling it works well. Though my PCIE cables only just reach the GPU.Cable management isn't easy, there isn't enough room behind the motherboard tray. But that's so often the case and if you are patient you can make it work. It won't comfortably take the Corsair Shifts, which is a design flaw, as they would have been great together.The fans aren't exactly quiet, even in a sensible fan curve, but they do shift air and they put it where you need it. The fan hub is useful, though not essential. I put three fans through it, the other two in my m/board, because I wanted different curves, tied to the CPU and GPU temps.Having the front IO ports on top, facing up, is annoying, but I get that having then in the more potential forward facing position would spoil the look.The lid being plastic feels wrong and contributes to the whole thing being hard to lift, as it's hard to grip solid metal.The biggest flaw is that with the panels off the case has too much flex. When I moved it to lay it down, to add a new GPU, I saw just how much the motherboard then twists in the case. It hasn't caused a fault to develop yet and it's not something I'd do often, but it's very disconcerting.So the case isn't perfect. There's a few little gripes, with the flex being the only serious problem. It does look great and has amazing air flow, even if I still prefer my old HAF X for function and robustness.Good value in the class of cases it's in.

This is my new forever case, the cooling is amazing and with all the fans included its a great value.

Prima di scegliere questo modello ho fatto una ricerca molto approfondita di quello che c'era a disposizione sul mercato, valutando anche altre alternative come il Corsai 4000D e il Lian-Li sup01, alla fine questo qui ne è uscito vincitore... e col senno di poi devo dire che la scelta è stata eccellente.Questo case della Fractal sprizza qualità costruttiva e cura per i dettagli da tutte le parti ed ogni scelta costruttiva è stata fatta con un senso dietro. Gestire il cable management sul retro è davvero semplice ed ogni volta che avete bisogno di fare qualcosa vi trovate un accorgimento che è stato progettato proprio per permettervi di farlo nel migliore dei modi.Poi che dire dell'airflow? il case vi arriva già con 2 ventole da 180 sul front e 3 da 120 sul bottom, tutte PWM, che rendono le temperature all'interno glaciali. Per chi ha configurazioni molto spinte consiglio di aggiungerne anche una sul back, come ho fatto io, per agevolare l'uscita dell'aria calda.Infine il case è dotato di uno splendido Fan Hub che, oltre a rendervi la vita facile nella connessione di tutte le ventole presenti, vi permetterà anche di gestirne le curve di velocità dal bios in maniera unificata ottimizzando il loro comportamento con le varie temperature raggiunte. In questo caso consiglio solo una configurazione un pò diversa rispetto a quanto scritto nel manuale: in quest'ultimo si suggerisce di attaccare tutte le ventole all'hub, inclusa quella della CPU. Io trovo questa configurazione troppo poco flessibile perché vi ritroverete poi a non poter differenziare la velocità delle ventole del dissipatore da quelle del case. Vi suggerisco piuttosto di attaccare la ventola della CPU direttamente al connettore CPU_FAN della scheda madre e di usare l'hub integrato del case solo per le ventole del case.Per concludere non posso che consigliare questo case al netto però di un paio di "svantaggi" che elencherò di seguito:- il case è davvero grosso: non si tratta solo di altezza, ma anche di larghezza e profondità. Prima di acquistarlo valutate bene le dimensioni perché quando vi arriverà a casa la prima impressione sarà di aver comprato un workstation server per un data center invece di un case per uso casalingo!- il prezzo è impegnativo: io l'ho preso a 200 euro e in questo caso lo consiglio, spesso però di trova anche al di sopra dei 280 euro ed in questo caso vi suggerirei di aspettare.

I really like this case with the solid side panel. I know tempered glass looks great and generally pretty durable, but I prefer the idea of metal since this won't really be a showpiece.The fans are pretty quiet unless running at high speeds, and building inside this case was really easy. Lots of room and the cable ties make it easy to keep things fairly organized. A 4090 easily clears inside this case without bending the 4X PCIe -> 12VHPWR adapter severely.The biggest negative I've discovered is the lack of handles on this case or easy way to pick it up. The top panel is plastic and not designed for picking up from, so you pretty much have to carry it from the bottom any time you want to move it. In other words, not the case to go for if you want to haul your rig around to LAN parties.Something that's not necessarily a negative or positive but just to be aware of is that the front panel audio connectors don't seem to have a TRRS connector, so you'll need to split out separate headphone/mic jacks. Would have been nice to see a Y adapter come with the case so that you can connect your typical 3.5mm gaming headset.This is my favorite case to date though. No, it's not the quietest, but for an air cooled build it offers unrivaled performance. If you're thinking of adding water, maybe look at saving a few bucks with a Meshify 2 or 2XL.

I wanted a case with no glass panel or RGB and was excited when this case got great reviews for air cooling as I admit to being a bit of a fractal fanboy and still shy away from AIO's if I can help it. If I had known the compact was going to come out I might have waited for that but hey, that's life.Running a 13700K with an AK620 +3070 and I did have to undervolt to keep from throttling at full load for extended periods but under typical workloads/gaming the AK620 does a surprisingly good job. I'll mention here I was going to get a Noctua NH-D15 but my old system motherboard (an old Xeon workstation) decided to crap out on me at the worst time so I had to settle for what Microcenter had to get back up and running ASAP.This case was easy to build in, easy to cable manage, came with all the fans needed and does a great job with those fans. While on the expensive side decking out most cases with good 2x180mm + 3x140mm fans would add quite a bit to the cost so it's actually not that terrible. And as no RGB gang I'm happy Fractal still offers solid side panels on some of their cases, but I know I'm in the minority on that one.