Review on Fractal Design Core 500 by Micha Grt ᠌

you can install a video card with a liquid one, but it is difficult to remove the hoses from it, since there is only a place for fittings from above (on the right - they rest against the wall of the cover, on the left - into the radiator coolers). but from above it is still necessary to lower it lower in order to pass under the coolers. even if you throw out the 140 cooler, and attach a metal plate to this place, on which to screw the pump and reservoir (a pump with an integrated reservoir will not fit either horizontally or vertically), use a thin radiator, to which to screw thin coolers, then there will be room where - something two or three centimeters between the coolers and the pump / reservoir. in this position, the tank is a little more than completely useless, since it is not located above everything else, which means that there is a problem with getting rid of the system from air. in addition, this space is not enough to position the radiator with the fittings backwards, and if you place them in front, they can rest against reobass, which, in turn, cannot be placed otherwise than on self-made corners. in general, a case that can carry a coolant is absolutely not suitable for it, except for the case of liquid cooling of only one processor (without a video card), but such a configuration makes absolutely no sense. modular bp 160 is already putting pressure on the video card. it is impossible to connect more than two disks if there are no flat angled connectors of the desired orientation. stock cooler is maintenance-free cheap stuff. the perforated upper plane negates the possibility of placing anything on it - it will block the blowing, you can’t put the same cup - if it spills, then directly on the mother. without a longitudinal plate for mounting the radiator, the case lacks rigidity. the grid under the power supply is external plastic, and not internal magnetic, like the other two. I've seen bad cases, but this one is the worst of them