Fractal Design Node 304 - Black - Mini Cube Compact Computer Case - Small form factor - Mini ITX – mITX - High Airflow - Modular interior - 3x Fractal Design Silent R2 120mm Fans Included - USB 3.0

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Getting the I/O shield in is easy enough, but Fractal Design makes you install the standoffs on your own despite the fact that mITX boards only ever have four and they're all in the same place.

The PSU is installed on its side and the one thing to note is that the case supports PSUs up to 160mm total depth for non-modular designs; for modular designs, you need to find units of a maximum of 140mm deep.

I'm pretty sure that in Poland all Nvidia cards have a bit higher pricing overhead than AMD, so it might be even cheaper to go Red instead of Green. Come join the discussion about computing, builds, collections, displays, models, styles, scales, specifications, reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more!

What is also nice about this design is that there is room enough to install a tower cooler as long as it is shorter than 165mm tall. Antec comes to mind ( earthwatts 500 ) I've owned one now for 4-5 years and am perfectly happy with it. Now, if these case manufacturers would only isolate the PSU in a way where it draws in air from the outside while exhausting hot air out.While the surface is brushed, the only thing that even attracts the eye is the small white Fractal Design naming next to the power LED lighting slit that allows users to see the light from the front of the chassis.

I don't think this is a dire situation, but it's one of the places where I feel like the SFX power supply standard really needs to proliferate and would be more ideal. The book is quite thick, but covers many languages as it continues, and is why there is only the one images, as to add them along with the text would have taken much more manual to get it done, and this way saves you some money as well. The short, single-slot Zotac GeForce GTS 450 Eco, however, went in just fine and was surprisingly easy to install and remove.

There are three, but really you're going to want to use the bare minimum, which for the purposes of testing was just one. Removing one screw and loosening two thumbscrews will allow each bay to lift out of the top of the chassis. Dont get me wrong, I agree with the front mounted psu, its the only way to keep an itx form factor with adequate cpu cooler space(I myself prolly gonna stick a havik 140 in there). Just under the "a" in Fractal you can also see a white LED glowing as it accesses the storage drive inside the chassis. If you use another browser, the steps to clear the browser cache will vary, but we provide a step-by-step guide for different desktop and mobile platforms.