Fractal Design Core 2500 - Compact Mid Tower Computer Case - ATX - Optimized High Airflow and Cooling - 2x 120mm Silent Fans Included - Brushed Aluminium - Water-Cooling Ready - Black

Perfect, easy to mount, well designed; my RAID fit perfectly, as well as my modular power unit. Best case of this range!

Wanted case that to house 4 HDDs and a 120mm CPU cooler and this fitted the bill. General installation is a bit fiddly but relatively straight forward if you've built a PC before. There is no sound proofing so if you need something to reduce noise then this isn't for you. However, for a general use PC it's fine.

The case is well made and the design in the photographs make it look great. Be aware, the case does not really support 2x 5.25" optical drives, especially if you decide to use a 240mm radiator at the top of the case. I think you will also struggle with a 120mm fan at the top. The space for wiring is very limited and you cannot run cables to the rear of the case, there just isn't enough room to shut the side door. Also I found the HD Audio cable for the front wasn't long enough to route cable neatly, I had to stretch it to fit my motherboard. Overall, difficult to build, but once completed looks nice. Cabling isn't as tidy as I would like. I really liked the HDD caddies, the fans are very quiet and it does accommodate a 120mm radiator and fan to the rear after removing the one already supplied. I moved it to the front of the case. But at this price it is very good.

Really nice looking case with plenty of room to work with. I would definitely recommend for the price. The only thing bad is that you have to be careful not to scratch paint off whilst installing the stand-offs.

The Core 2500 is fine for the price, I needed a narrow case to fit where an older computer was and this was one of the only options. It's a solid enough case and I had no issues with the screw holes for the stand-offs. There are some odd things, however. The SSD mounting location is bizarre, access to the screws is completely blocked by the power supply. With an open case like this it isn't too difficult to remove the PSU but why should I be doing that? There are plenty of other places they could've chosen to mount it. I also found that the HD audio cable is too short to neatly reach the header on the motherboard, without going across diagonally in front of the board or behind the back plate and through a hole. This header location has been in roughly the same location for as long as I can remember so I can't think of a reason to make it short, other than penny-pinching. Seems to be a consistent issue with Core cases, if you have an add-on sound card you would definitely need an extension cable.

Nice case, easy to install stuff. Looks good. Good quality look and feel.

Ideal size and ideal number of disk carriages.

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excellent rapport qualité prix pour cette tour design sobre, passe dans un bureau bonne connectique et ventilation bien pensée ras

Men bättre en ett par andra jag har som är väldigt trångbodda i mid Tower klassen.

Ich habe mir das PC-Gehäuse aufgrund eines guten Ergebnisses einer Computer-Fachzeitschrift zugelegt (wobei fairer Weise anzumerken ist, dass ich kein Experte auf dem Gebiet bin). Die Verarbeitung und das Design übersteigen die Erwartungen - wobei das Design natürlich eine Geschmackssache ist. Dennoch überzeugen die verwendeten Materialien und der ausreichende Platz für die zu verbauenden PC-Komponenten - natürlich sollte man vor dem Kauf dennoch die einzelnen Maße der zu verbauenden Komponenten gegenprüfen. Auch die Geräuschkulisse (wenn die integrierten Lüfter auf höchster Stufe laufen) ist angenehm. Einziger ästhetischer Kritikpunkt: Sofern man beispielsweise ein DVD-Laufwerk einbauen möchte, muss man an der vorderen Gehäuseabdeckung die hierfür vorgesehene Aussparung raustrennen (einfach raus drücken), damit das Laufwerk herausfahren kann. Hierdurch leidet meines Erachtens etwas das Gesamtdesign. Dennoch - alles in allem ein solides, schlichtes und gut verarbeitetes PC-Gehäuse. Sehr gutes Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis - daher 5 Sterne.

Great, affordable, usual Fractal Design Quality. Using it for a server and it's perfect for that.

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