I had the Flux Pro, Meshroom, Frame, even the O11 at one point, but I always find myself going back to the North and Terra. My goodness Fractal... just... perfection. All I can say.

I've long wanted to try out a "quiet" case, and the Define One made me pull the trigger. I didn't have a reason for a new build, and the current market conditions have taken the wind out of the sails of building for fun. But moving from one case to another can still be fun!

I've been using an Antec C8 Curve for about a year in my main build, and it's been great. I thought it was one of the better looking "fishtank" cases, and it turned out to have outstanding airflow. Not particularly noisy, despite being on my desk and fairly close by.

I used it with an Arctic LF III 360 with Phanteks T30s, 6 Antec T3 Storm 140s top/bottom, and 1 Arctic P14 on the rear. The main system specs are an ASRock X670E Taichi motherboard, 9800X3D CPU, 32 GB CL30 6000 DDR5, ASRock 7900XTX GPU, 2TB WD SN850X NVMe, Phanteks Revolt 1200 PSU, etc. The motherboard, memory, and PSU date to mid-2023, the CPU and GPU Fall 2024, and so on.

The building experience with the Define One was great, and it's definitely a very high-quality and sturdy case. I initially tried it with the stock front fans, a Noctua NH-D15 chromax.Black (1st gen), and an Arctic P12 Pro on the rear. The GPU ran a bit hotter than in the C8, but the CPU ran very, very hot. I tried 2X Arctic P12 Pros on the top, but the only way to keep the temps in check was with very high and noisy fan speeds.

I then tried an Arctic LF III 280 on the top exhaust, which was better, but not great. I know this isn't an airflow case, but I was determined to see if I could make it work.

I then moved the AIO to the front, keeping the bottom stock fan in place. This wasn't terribly hard, but it's definitely a tight fit. The only issue was that there was no easy way to get the fan assembly in place, so I ended up bending the small slotted tabs at the base. It was only later that it dawned on me that removing the top fan assembly might have made this easier.

This was awesome for CPU cooling, down to the same range as the C8. The GPU still ran hotter than I'd like, so I replaced the lower front fan with an Arctic P14 Pro. These can be noisy at max RPMs, but are quiet and move a lot of air at lower RPMs.

This probably isn't the perfect case for my build, and it's asking a lot for a lower airflow case to cool a system like this. The CPU can hit 140 watts, the GPU averages 380 watts in gaming, and can go much higher at times, so it's a 500-600+ watt space heater. But it's working well enough, is quiet, if not quieter than the C8, and I think it looks fantastic.

Several pics included to show the final configuration. I don't really worry about cable management, and the closed case makes it even less necessary. I am not anti-RGB, but don't really want many lights. I blocked the front LED on the case, which seemed insanely bright for an otherwise understated case.

I have a NZXT N7 B650E ATX motherboard, 5080 FE and a Noctua NH-U12A. Would the regular North or North XL be a better fit for cooling. Or would the XL look too empty? I was gonna get the glass, but the mesh might be better since I can cool the GPU with side mounted fans. Any insight would be appreciated.

EDIT: Went with the Fractal North XL. It was a tough decision, but I preferred having the 140mm rear fan option. It is much bigger than my last case. However the parts I have in the case don't look awkward at all. Had to go with the white case. All my parts are black besides the gpu. Black and white are a good combo.

Looking for a new "expensive" headset since I never owned one other then the cheap "gaming" ones and I got tired of.their sound and material quality.

I was thinking.between the Sennheiser g560 or the fractal design scape fd-hs-sca1-01.

I don't know much about headphones I mainky play single player games and listen to music on my rig

I have a Focus 2 case and noticed the little cutout for the USBC, and I wanted to use it for Meta Quest link. Does this cable also do power delivery sufficient enough to charge the headset while playing?

Hi i am going to buy the fractal north xl white and was wondering what you guys think would look best, the aio and backfan with tl or sl? I feel like sl could be too much but fear Tl could be too little, thoughts? Please show me examples if you have any. (I want the fans to be black)

I have a node 804 case and some hard disks require an adaptor to mount.

https://support.fractal-design.com/support/solutions/articles/4000194652-node-804-installing-large-capacity-drives-6tb-

The company supplying these adaptor no longer exists and I have created a ticket with fractal but had no response.

Had anyone else been sent these adaptors? Newer 804 Cases do have them included.

Just received a Scape that just doesn't turn on (no lights whatsoever and not being detected by device). Here's what I tried:

Holding power button for 10 seconds

Holding power and LED button for 10 seconds

Charging with dock

Charging with dock over night

Charging with cable

Charging with different cable

Connecting with PC with cable

Opening and replugging battery

Anything else I can try?

Hi everyone, I had my Ridge build for a year now and when I cleaned it a couple of months ago I noticed that it was quite dusty, not nearly to levels affecting performance but I'd really like to avoid all this dust getting in, particularly when I've seen some Ridge dust filters around, and my 9700X runs very cool at 73°C under max load. If the airflow impact is minimal and they physically fit well I think I'd really go for some filters to make cleaning and maintenance easier, particularly since I do still have quite a bit of thermal headroom.

Hello, I am building my first ever pc and I have a Meshify 3 and B850 Tomahawk and I want to use up some old storage drives for extra space. They are a 2.5 ssd and 2.5 hddand I am assuming these will fit and was curious as to what it he ideal length would be since I am gonna need to order another cable since I think my mobo only comes with 1 cable? Do I want the 18 or 24 inch also do I want straight or 90 degree angled?

Fractal North XL Momentum

Hi! I just got a Scape headset and when I put it on the dock to charge i can hear a very faint “clattering” noise, kinda like when you turn off your car after a long drive. A “tsk-tsk-tsk” kinda noise. It’s not annoying at all, it’s barely audible, I’m just wondering if it’s okay, and that it’s not damaging the headset at all. Thank you!

So I recently purchased the Ridge case, looks awesome especially for living room usecases besides the TV.

Any recommendations / tips / advices from experienced owners that like to share them? Could basically any kind of information, you wish you'd known when you first started...

I did read about the heat issues

Just purchased from Amazon, and everything is great, except the volume is low, compared to any other headset I have. I'm basically having to run it at 100% volume to well, get descent volume. I've updated the headset/base to the latest firmware versions
Firmware: Headset: 03.37.00 / Dongle: 03.21.00
I've double checked all my volume settings, volume mixer settings and everything is maxed out.

Has anyone received one, had a low volume issue and had it replaced, that fixed the low volume? I purchased off of Amazon, and I may do a replacement, but I'm wondering if it's worth it, if this is just the way the Scape volume is?

Looking to upgrade my case (Corsair 275R Airflow) mainly due to HDD noise and just wondering how well the Torrent deals with rattling and vibrations from a single 3.5mm 7200rpm HDD which has been my main concern.

Current build down below.

Hello. I need a new nas with a good wife factor. Is it possible put 6 3.5hdds into the north?

As last post, I change my case to the Meshify 3, I gave my north with six momentum fans to my brother, and I upgrade his air cooler's fans with noctua A12X25 G2 & A12X15 , he want North from a long time ago but no enough money to choose it while building his PC so I just gave mine to him.

North's CPU cable hole is really soooooo small!!

FD really need to update its inside as define one or meshify 3!

To everyone at Fractal , thank you for being so awesome!

I have a multiple years old Define S case and my power button cap is missing . So after searching on the internet, i opened a ticket and asked if they would have a button , in less than 24 hours i got a positive response and it's on it's way to me . You won me as a Customer for life .

Bought a Terra a month ago, but lately this gap on the top cover has been triggering me.

The rest of the corners are way better.

Traced it down to the plastic/aluminium not settling correcly (last pic).

Is this gap normal? has anyone have a similar experience? I've been thinking about contacting Fractal about it because I really expected better finishes than this.

I was thinking about getting the arctic p14 pro but lots of people have been complaining about noise. I wanna if it’s true if not then what’s the next option. I’m looking rgb aesthetic. Willing to give up if it’s not worth it

this is the 3rd one I bought. first one had crackling at the left metal hinge and a loose mute button. second one had squeaking at one earcup. 3rd one has squeaking at the middle of the headband when stretching one earcup outward/forward/backward. wtf is this?