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Review on Fractal FBA_FD CA NODE 202 BK Design Node 202 by Adhi Surya Buana (Ad ᠌

Revainrating 5 out of 5

The best thing for the money, Im glad I chose this option.

Bought a little over a week ago (surprisingly, in a couple of days the prices for it doubled), for 5500. You can immediately take it from a 450W power supply unit, because. Now the price does not differ much between the C and WITHOUT PSU case. Another question is, will the 450w that comes with this case be enough for you? I'll talk about BP below. With an ASUS Z170I PRO GAMING, i7 7700k (SCALPED!) motherboard with a GELID Solutions SlimHero cooler, which handles this hot stone in such a cramped case, keeping the temperature in stress tests 70-75 degrees. P. S. Initially, I installed Noctua NH-L9i, which was initially reckless. The maximum dissipative TDP is 65W. Roasted up to 95 degrees . I immediately went back to take it back. the latter claims up to 135. RAM, Corsair CMK16GX4M1B3000C15, 1 bar was borrowed from a stationary assembly (large case, Full-Tower format) stood up like a native one, with a gap between the radiator of less than 1mm (to remove the bar, you have to twist the cooler, to "land" "land" the extreme the cooler practically does not interfere with the slats) The power supply - see for yourself at your taste and color, you are limited only by the form factor - SFX, it does not fit into this case anymore. From the entire list of manufacturers, I liked Corsar. I haven't even heard of the rest. Personally, I took the Corsair SF600 600W for myself, there is the same model, but for 450w - Corsair SF450 450W, but I took it with the expectation that I would put a video card there, which should be released soon from AMD. Let it be better to have a small margin than to think whether 450w is enough or not. P. S.s. this cooler, as you noticed, does not fit in height; the case supports the CO height of 58mm, while this one has 59mm. What to do? 1. I sawed off the stiffeners at the filter grille above the processor with a file, which gave me a little headroom. 2. I did not lay the wires too tightly in the case, so that when they closed the lid they protruded it a little - again, a small margin was added. You can install Scythe Slip Stream (SY1212SL12H), but the specs are worse than the standard cooler.

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Pros
  • Price, size (minimalism), durability, definitely recommend
Cons
  • The only thing is that assembly - disassembly is problematic, especially the bottom cover - be careful with the latches, carefully squeeze out with a flat screwdriver, it's most convenient. Putting it on, doing everything according to the instructions (for the first time). It is very easy to break the audio and usb ports (at the right angle). Sooo problematic cable management, but what did you want from a Mini-ITX case, slightly larger than the xbox one)

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December 20, 2022
I assembled it on i5 10400f with nvidia 1080 video card, it does not heat up.

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