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Review on Fractal FBA_FD CA NODE 202 BK Design Node 202 by Ada Bronowicka ᠌

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Excellent quality, absolutely not expected for such a price.

In the era of thin smartphones and atx laptops, coffins that are extremely wasteful of space should be a thing of the past. In 3.5" hard drives, there is also no point in our time. But nevertheless, I still had such a hard drive. And it was decided not to sell it, but to use it in a new assembly. Considering the use of a not very long video card, I drilled a couple of holes in the side panel and fixed hard drive 3.5". Also fixed the SSD drive. The CPU fan that was advised here is Deepcool Gabriel, not the most ideal for this case. It can only be installed by removing the dust net. And also with a slight shift with the help of fasteners (shown in the photo). SFX power supplies tend to be expensive. Most even gaming components are now quite energy efficient (calculators). For most builds, an honest 400-450W will suffice. I can advise the Chieftec SFX-450BS 450W block, cheap, quiet, with honest power. You can not overpay for detachable connectors, all wires fit into this case without any problems. Its only drawback is that you will most likely have to buy a 4pin-8pin atx adapter (100). This connector was needed for my motherboard. A computer with an intel core i5 processor turned out to be almost silent under load.

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Pros
  • Very high quality case. Metal of decent thickness. Excellent ventilation. You can assemble a powerful and quiet computer in a stylish thin case that does not get tired of computers in large cases.
Cons
  • The slider that additionally fixes the video card was tightened too tightly. To loosen it and move it to the desired position, it was difficult to remove the cover on plastic latches.

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