Fractal Design FD-CA-DEF-MINI-BL Define Mini Series Micro ATX Case - Black Pearl

Had issues with another cheesy gaming case. Sound issues with the cheap headphones jacks. sent back, bought this and couldn't be happier. the cables are properly insulated/ sheildedThe build quality is awesome. Othe people complained about the screws stripping threads, They are all metal and dry, first thing I did was apply the tiniest bit of grease to each thread before build and they glide in and out effortlessly. even good metal threads when dry can strip so always use lube. Remember the old saying "there is always time for lubrication."There is loads of room, can't believe it a mini. you could get big grapics card in this. It is quiet, very quiet, padding etc all over the case, filters for the dust and loads of cooling. It is the best case on the market in my opinion. really easy to get the wires tucked away out of site, albeit I do have modular cables.I was alittle concerned that it wouldn't be cool enough, I have all the extra holes covered up and no water cooling, a standard CPU cooler and it is well below 40 degrees all the time. I did spend money getting very energy efficient PSU though, so that may help. If your energy is not being used efficiently, its getting converted to heat so very energy efficient PSU will help you further down the line. rather than throwing power into your case/system and trying to spend money getting rid of it, get good a PSU and only take the power you need.mush less heat.Had other cases that have some stupid front USB3 connection that comes out back and back in to spare slot in back, this one actually goes into motherboard provided you have a reasonably new motherboard with usb3 connectors, so looks tidy as it should do. I just love the front of it. Who needs "redtube" when you can just rub your hands all over the front of your new smooth computer tower facia ;-)Very reccomended.

Very pleased with this case. I fitted an ASUS H170-Plus motherboard with a Skylake Core i5, 4 HDDs and an SSD. My use case was fairly basic, so I used the supplied fans which are very quiet along with the Intel stock cooler. When the case is closed, it is extremely quiet even with four mechanical hard drives. The mounting for the drives is flexible (two cages, that can be re-oriented for air-flow or removed). The supplied fixings are easy to use, and accommodated a 2.5" SSD easily. I did not attempt to fit an optical drive.The aesthetic of the case is clean and simple: the outside is almost all black though the removable PCI blank brackets are white, along with the fan fins. There are removable dust filters for the PSU and front intake fans, which helps keep the interior clean. The power LED is blue, which may be a problem for those creating colour co-ordinated build but I was happy enough with it.

Solid case, with little flex on the side panels, good dust filters on the front and bottom, sound dampening foam works well enough, big rubber feet dampens vibrations, front door hides ugly 5.25 inch drives, reset button included, accommodates long psu's, rubber gromets for cables around the motherboard make for a much cleaner build, included fans are nice and quiet.Included fan controller looks terrible when install ( green PCB and multi-coloured wires ), front I/O cables aren't painted black to the ends so more multi-coloured wires:(, no dedicated ssd mountings spots, they just go in comparably huge 3.5 inch bays, front intakes are surprisingly restricted.I would recommend this case because it doesn't do anything which would really hinder your build but its design is uninspiring and really a bit boring, I wish I'd spent a bit more and got a nzxt h440.

Despite being a micro-ATX box, this case is bigger than my 10yr old, Super-Flower, full ATX case. Granted my old case didn't have any cable management, but even so ,it's big. I checked the dimension when researching these cases, so this shouldn't have been a surprise.There are other, pro reviews that'll go into all the features of this case, but from my point of view, it's a good case, very quiet with just a CPU fan and PSU inside (using on-board graphics for now) There's loads of space around the motherboard, in fact it's quite dwarfed in there with such a lean spec build as this one. There are 2x 120mm fans supplied, which barely have to do anything but do so ever-so-quietly. There's a removable drive cage, for the fitting of massively long graphics cards, and covered vents on the top for additional fans if needed.The power switch has a stupidly bright blue LED on/inside it - why so bright?My only real gripe is that it appears this case has been partially assembled before: paint missing around screw-holes and some screw heads chewed by tools. Possibly a return, possibly a demo-piece. who knows..?As it happens I'll be building another PC fairly soon, and whilst I'm not that sure about the size of this box, for what goes in it, I'll probably buy it again as it does everything else so well. It's probably overkill for my modest needs, but it looks lush, and at the end of the day, looks and noise will be with you for a lot longer than the memory of assembling it in the first place.

Absolutely beautiful case. Soundproofed with removable foam, includes a fan controller with wires that are actually long enough, great cable routing, extremely tidy and easy to work with. Heavy and feels strong, no sharp edges. There are rubber gromits on the drive caddies to prevent vibration noise. Even though I built a server with 4 HDDs in it, it's practically silent. Definitely recommended.

What a lovely case. Really nice to work with and you can really keep those cables tidy.All the fixings were of great quality and spares were provided. Lovely and quiet, although slightly warm.It can even fit a monster graphics card and CPU cooler. It took the Noctua NH-D15S without any problems, which is seriously impressive!

Fractal Design è garanzia di qualità, i suoi case sono sempre costruiti con cura, ottimi materiali e a prezzi assolutamente ragionevoli. Il Mini fa parte della serie Define ed è indicato per piccoli o medi sistermi casalinghi, da ufficio o HTPC in standard mATX. Bella la rifinitura nera opaca delle parti in alluminio e acciaio, bellisimo il pannello frontale in alluminio spazzolato mentre quelli laterali sono insonorizzati con un profilo spugnoso. All'interno offre non poco sapzio a disposizione per essere un case mini, è possibile installare schede video full-length, è dotato di un buon sistema di cable management con cinque grandi aperture per i cavi più quella dietro la CPU, due gabbie per HDD rimobiili, e isolate e infine due buone ventole da 120 molto silenziose con spazio per altre 4. Insomma un ottimo case che consiglio a tutti.

Habe das Gehäuse als Ersatz für mein Silverstone Raven 2 gekauft, da dieses mir zu groß war.Was ich erwartete:- Ein kleines, edles, leises und dennoch gut zu kühlendes Gehäuse, welches in meinen Schreibtisch passt.Ich brauche kein Windows oder ähnliches.Verbaute Komponenten:Intel Core I5-2500K @ 4.1 Ghz 1.144 Volt VcoreAsus P8Z77-M ProVTX3d 7950 Boost V3ASUS Xonar DGXBe Quiet Straight Power E9-CM 480WTermalright HR-02 Macho Towerkühler (Ja er passt ohne Probleme rein, ein Seitenlüfter ist aber nicht mehr möglich)1x Samsung 840 250GB und 1x WD Green 2TBVerbaute Lüfter: Front: 2x Enermax T.B. Silence 120m Heck: 1x Enermax T.B. Silence 120m Oben: 1x be quiet! Silent Wings 2 140mm Unten: 1x Enermax T.B. Silence 120mGeregelt werden diese über das Mainboard mit passender Software. Der untere HDD-Käfig ist genietet und kann mit einem Bohrer problemlos entfernt werden, sodass die vorderen Lüfter ungehindert in den Innenraum blasen können. Man könnte vorne so auch noch eine Wasserkühlung anbringen.Die Lüfter die dabei waren sind nicht so gut. Sie sind auch gedrosselt noch recht laut und sollten ggf. gegen leisere getauscht werden.Das oben genannte System ist in diesem Gehäuse leicht unter zu bringen und kann auch gut gekühlt werden. Im Idle ist nicht zu hören und unter Last bleibt es dennoch sehr, sehr leise. Die Schallisolierung ist sinnvoll angebracht und lässt fast keine Wünsche offen. Besonders gut gefällt mir die Verschließung der nicht genutzten Lüfterplätze. Es sieht gut aus und hat kein unnötiges "Blingbling". Die Kabel für die Frontanschlüsse sind ausreichend lang und hinter dem Mainboardtray kann man gut alle Kabel unterbringen. Es gibt keine scharfen Kanten und alles passt gut in einander.Bei Fragen zu den Innenmaßen oder sonstigen Unklarheiten einfach melden. Ich hoffe ich kann dann weiter helfen.

Antes de nada decir que sí que se corresponde el producto con la imagen. Contacté con Amazon por teléfono para consultaro y me lo confirmaron, pudiéndolo comprobar yo mismo cuando me llegó.La caja es perfecta. No es excesivamente grande, y es muy muy silenciosa (siempre que los componentes ayuden, claro). Está insonorizada con material aislante y se nota. Además refrigera muy bien, pudiendo tapar el agujero para el aire del disipador de la cpu que necesites, según si es perpendicular a la caja o no. El espacio interior es suficiente para trabajar cómodamente y los materiales aparentan buena calidad.De todas las cajas que he tenido es la que más satisfecho me ha dejado. La recomiendo al 100%.

Un boitier très réussi pour celles et ceux qui, comme moi, recherchent à la fois esthétisme, optimisation du volume tant extérieur qu'intérieur, conception sans faille, fabrication de qualité et tout ça dans un prix contenu autour des 80 euros... C'est l'avantage de ce format micro-ATX par Fractal dont l'évolutivité est bien réelle grâce aux nombreux emplacements prévus pour recevoir même des configurations de jeux assez puissantes. Ce n'est pas mon cas. J'y ai installé une config économique et surtout évolutive à base du nouveau chipset P77 à socket 1155 sur carte mère Asus pro + i3 2120 + RAM 8 Go Kingston + petit ssd Kingston + Hdd WD 1to + graveur Plextor dvd + carte graphique Asus AMD HD 6570 et 1 ventilateur Be Quiet 120 mm sur l'arrière (en extraction, branché sur la carte mère) en remplacement et complément de celui fourni par Fractal que j'ai replacé en fond de boitier (aspiration)sans toucher à celui de la façade (aspiration). Les 2 ventilateurs Fractal sont raccordés au variateur fourni avec.Tout ça fonctionne parfaitement et rapidement dans un silence pas encore connu jusque là! Pas de regret pour l'ancien PC de marque. Pas de souci non plus pour la quincaillerie fournie avec le boitier, largement excédentaire au besoin. Cependant, les caoutchoucs au passage des compartiments gagneraient à être un peu plus rigides (faut quand même trouver quelque chose!)...En toute bonne foi et sans intérêt particulier avec les fournisseurs. Mm.

【使用環境】Corei5、簡易水冷、ミドルクラスのグラフィックボード、マルチモニタで1日15時間程度の使用。頻繁に高負荷で動かします。【外観】シンプルで気に入ってます。HDDアクセスランプがないのが残念ですが、特に不満ではありません。本当にMicro-ATXなのかと思うほど大きいです、小型PCとは正反対のベクトルに作られた製品だと思います。【メンテナンス性】非常に組みやすいです。HDDをトレーにネジ固定した後、マウントにセットする方式なので、完全にドライバレスではありません。　裏面配線も十分にできますが、吸音材がぶ厚いので見た目の大きさほどの余裕はありません。【冷却性】ファンの数に依存しますが、12cmで1000rpmのファンを6個の環境です。夏場にファンコンで思いっきり絞っても問題ありませんでした。もともと気密性が高いのでハイエンドのグラフィックボードを積むとフロントハッチを開けっ放しにしないと苦しいかもしれませんね。当方の環境では余裕たっぷりでした。【静粛性】上記のようなファンの使い方ですが静かです。寝てても環境音の方がうるさいです。板金がぶ厚いので、ファンの音が低音に聞こえる気がします。ビビリ音のようなものはありません。最初からついているファンは使っていないので評価できません。【堅牢性】かなりしっかりした作りです。めったな事では歪まないと思います。【総評】小さい事によるメリットよりも、大きい事によるメリットを選ぶ方にはいい製品だと思います。「大きさと重さは一切気にしない、むしろそれがいい」という前提で☆5つにしました。