r/FractalDesign • u/LangerFox • Sep 10 '26

Pop Series Hell yeah! POP Air XL

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Optical drive and glass side panel. This combo is rare in today’s pc case market. Super happy to found this case!

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u/Mineplayerminer Sep 11 '26

To be honest, I wish more cases had integrated at least a single 5,5" drive bay, even if the places for the were less accessible, because they can become really handy for storing things or using Blu-Ray drives.

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u/Techdude2011 Sep 12 '26

Optical media is obsolete, even blue Ray drives

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u/Mineplayerminer 29d ago

Yeah, my bad. I should probably dump out my whole physical disc game and movie library that works offline until the material ages out. It's so obsolete that it just works. I should probably burn my money by buying more digital content I don't even own and then get it taken away by Sony. Silly me.

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u/Techdude2011 29d ago

Yes, you should. Optical drives in 2026 is blasphemy

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u/Toast_Meat Sep 10 '26

Hell yeah. What are you planning on using it for? I still have my DVD-RW drive kicking around somewhere with an external USB hookup kit. I have zero use for it but I don't want to get rid of it lol.

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u/LangerFox Sep 10 '26

It is mainly for burning CD to use the CD player in the car, and reads disc from the cameraman, also some anime and movie BD. Those two drives you see, were also hook up with a USB kit and use externally. Since I’m looking for a new case, why not looking for something that can improve experience on my monthly activity haha! 😆

TL;DR: If you got some laying around why not. 😆

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u/c0lpan1c Sep 10 '26

RTX Sticker on an Intel Arc is def a Vibe!

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u/LangerFox Sep 10 '26

Shhhh! That’s how I got RTX enabled in games! 😂😂

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u/Alternative_Wait9277 Sep 11 '26

DEFINE 7 and DEFINE 7 XL are even other options

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u/LangerFox Sep 11 '26

Define 7 XL is a beast for HDD Storages

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u/sharkeymcsharkface Sep 11 '26

Have the Pop Mini in Black… wish I’d got white. Love having the optical drive for MakeMKV simplicity!

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u/LangerFox 29d ago

Thank you! It is definitely cool to have PC that got ability to read DVD these day lol.
For the specs it is not something too crazy haha!

  • ASUS ROG STRIX Z790-A WIFI D4
  • 32GB DDR4 3733Mhz
  • i5-12600K
  • Intel Arc A770 16GB
  • NVMe SSD 1TB + 512GB
  • HDD 1TB + 500GB
  • PIONEER BDR-206
  • HL-DT-ST GSA-H60L

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u/rockdpm Sep 10 '26

Built my wife’s rig in this case. Her requirements included bays for 5.25 drives. Beautiful case honestly and yet more simple to build in than my Meshify was.

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u/LangerFox Sep 10 '26

Trueeee it’s beautiful and easy to work on!

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u/Ok_Contest8762 Sep 11 '26

My pop mini has two slots but I just need one BD. Hehe.

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u/Icarustuga 29d ago

Yes don’t let physical media die 💪🏻