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Review on Fractal Design Node 304 - Black - Mini Cube Compact Computer Case - Small Form Factor - Mini ITX – mITX - Enhanced Airflow - Modular Interior - Includes 3x Fractal Design Silent R2 120mm Fans - USB 3.0 by Bhavin Kokani ᠌

Revainrating 5 out of 5

The right product for me, there were no problems.

Bought for a home server for 4500r. I read that the fans of this case do not start in the "quiet" position of the reobas. I'm starting. Perhaps this glitch with the start depends on the quality of the PSU. I placed a fanless power supply, 5 disks (WD Green / Red), a mother, a Celeron G1820, a low-profile cooler per cent in the case. Didn't add any other boards. As a result of the load on stress tests and operations of copying terabytes of data from disk to disk, the following temperatures were revealed at the lowest and quietest cooler modes. - Percent above 45 degrees does not heat up on stress tests per cent. With relative idle time (copying data), the temperature is 39-41 degrees. - The temperature of hards is 39-42 degrees after two hours of intensive copying (the temperature of hards in the normal mode of distributing torrents and reading files for a media player is 36-38 degrees). - The power supply is generally cold (although this is probably not due to cooling inside the case, but due to a small load on it.). I made the Reset button myself and brought it out through the "technological hole" in the back wall. On the "quiet" position of the fans is not audible. On the "medium" rustle is slightly audible, but still quite comfortable. At "full" power - the fans are not quiet at all.

Pros
  • Compact Stylish Quiet at low fan speeds Well made Built-in fan speed controller Convenient installation of components inside the case The presence of anti-vibration pads in the baskets for hard drives with a set of screws for 6 disks Presence of anti-dust filters
Cons
  • No reset button It is inconvenient to unscrew the extreme screws of the disk cages