Review on Black Solid Fractal Design MicroATX Case - FD-CA-DEF-Mini-C-BK by Kero Graceious ᠌

Name: Black Solid Fractal Design MicroATX Case - FD-CA-DEF-Mini-C-BK
Item: Black Solid Fractal Design MicroATX Case - FD-CA-DEF-Mini-C-BK
Rating: 5

November 30, 2022

A wonderful product, it's nice to use.

Thin walls like a tin can with sound insulation glued on, apparently for rigidity, but still the vibration from the hard drive basket (by the way, the sled has a backlash) and from the case itself is practically not felt.
From the very noise of hard drives, nothing saves when they turn off (one ssd is working) silence is grace.
The modular design allows you to remove the hard drive cage and install a fan, or you can install one hard drive in place of the cage.
The wires on my power supply do not come unfastened, with the help of Velcro, I was able to lay them all quite easily and close the door easily.

I’ve been using it for a year now, I’m generally satisfied, the case is really quiet, I’ll say this, it dampens quiet noise, that is, noise from fans at low speeds and unpleasant noise from chokes. It stands two meters from the bed, I leave it for the night and sleep peacefully.
As for the wall thickness, I compared it with zelman z3, this fractal design has definitely thicker walls.
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Pros

Good design. capacity and free space. Dust filters - bottom, front, top. Noise isolation - side doors, front, top plug. Ventilated hard drive cage, side openings.

Cons

The upper dust filter, for an ideal location (that is, put it and forget it), it is not enough to add 1-2mm mesh along the edges, you have to align it in the center so that it looks beautiful. The backlash of the side doors is about 1 mm up and down, the door is fastened with screws at the back, and on the other side the door slides down a little, visually there is an uneven gap from above. The usb and audio connectors are certainly convenient, but if they are not used soon they will become clogged with dust, this is a personal opinion. The front panel is fastened with ordinary latches, in order to clean the filter you will have to remove it, I don’t know how many times these latches will be enough, but they look like they are of high quality. A bright LED under the power button shines forward, if you look at an angle there is no discomfort. The power button is not located in the center of the hole, but rests up, because of this, the backlight does not glow around the button but in a crescent, it is pressed with a click like on old computers, for such money I would like to see something better.