![]() The radiators are going in the top of the case, one in each chamber, and the pump/reservoir will be in the power supply chamber. COVID hit Optimus' assembly and shipping, causing delays.įor those unaware, this is a cuboid style case broken into two chambers, the motherboard side and the power supply side. EK-Quantum Kinetic TBE D5 reservoir/pump comboĪside from the graphics card, I have everything on hand except for the CPU water block.32GB G.Skill Trident Neo DDR4 3600 CL16 RAM.Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Impact X570 mDTX motherboard.RyXT (a placeholder until Zen 3 comes out).It's not going to fall off, but I would go careful lifting this when its full of HDDs, make sure you have a firm grasp on the case structure not the front panel! PC DIY 101 really, but FYI.So, I am not sure if this thread is better served here or under cases.Īs the title states, I am still flip flopping back and forth if I should go for the RTX 3080, which will offer no challenges what-so-ever in getting it to fit my Fractal Design Node 804 case, or if I can go with the RTX 3090 in the same case but with a few potential challenges. Only minor gripe, though negligible: The front panel is strong plastic, but is push-fit, which is useful for accessing the front SSD slots but feels like it could get looser the more you open it. PSU/HDD isolation from the mobo/CPU is well done, and lets you hide all the inevitable cable clutter from having so many HDDs. There's a window, slimline optical drive slot (which you could repurpose into ANOTHER 2.5" slot with a converter!) all the screws are good quality thumbscrews, and the steel panels feel very strong, no bending. Going back to good old micro-ATX bypasses all of that, while still remaining small and providing upgrade capabilities. They usually only come with 1 or 2 120mm fan slots, need a tiny SFX PSU which all have loud fans, get hot and cost too much, and as soon as you fill them up with hard drives the rig feels a bit "sweaty". The issue with mini-ITX cases in my experience is airflow. It looks donning - a nice, not too chunky cube that you can tell hasn't wasted any space - so long as you populate it with disks and then check all your temps, to find everything is still nice and chilly. It can house 8 very well cooled hard drives - 8x2TB disks only touch 33C when they are all going nuts in a RAID verify (I have fitted one additional 140mm Fractal fan only ~£10), 2 additional 3.5"/2.5" hard drives should you need that many, and 2 SSDs in the front (in RAID 1 for OS) which don't need cooling.Ĭase is very sturdy and has good soundproofing and washable filters. With that said, this is the best of the best for home server cases. Then I found this at almost half the price and wondered, why push for mini-ITX? Micro-ATX kit is cheaper, more commonplace, has more ports/things you want for a long-term server, and is only slightly bigger than mini-ITX when you consider the case dimensions and other hardware you need to fit in there. Only let down by poor quality control and after sales service by the manufacturer.Įxcellent Home Server case For ages I was hoping to get a mini-ITX home server, with the Silverstone DS380B case as a starting point. Overall, a good case for my purpose, good cooling and looks fairly good. Not sure about graphics cards as I am not using one. Holds plenty of storage and there's plenty of room to work with, although if you are using a large air cooler, I would check the height requirements. On the plus side, the cooling is good, I'm using it as a NAS and I replaced the stock fans with 4x Noctuas and it runs very cool and near silent. Would not buy another Fractal product because of this. ![]() Just a small revision with a few extra holes would fix this.Īlso, the chassis itself is very flimsy and not braced, so when doing your build, you can feel it flexing quite a lot as you move it round, again, a small revision could fix this.Įmailed Fractal weeks ago and they never responded. Poor quality control and after service from Fractal Great case with a few minor annoyances, but mine arrived with a small dent in the top and the HDD LED was a loose wire in the box and should have been glued into the front panel.Ĭable management is not very easy in this case as there is nowhere to tie the cables. ![]()
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