Fractal Design North Charcoal Black Tempered Glass Dark - Genuine Walnut Wood Front - Glass Side Panel - Two 140mm Aspect PWM Fans Included - Type C USB - ATX Airflow Mid Tower PC Gaming Case

This is my favorite case of the past two decades. I migrated my desktop from a Define 7 XL to this and love it.Pros: (1) It can easily fit a Noctua D15; (2) There is plenty of space in PSU enclosure/shroud once you take out the 2 drive trays; (3) the near fully mesh with a side fan bracket means really great access to room temp ambient air, leading to lower fan speeds/noise; and (4) shorter case height relative to define 7 XL means adequate venting on top.Semi-Cons: (5) the large screws are hand sized, but they're much more usable on the threading with a screw driver; (6) While there isn't quite as much space behind the mobo for cable management, it's still enough; (7) While I would prefer only mesh on the front without the wood slats, it's fine; (8) you cannot use the fan bracket in the top slot with a tall cooler like the D15, but it does fit in the bottom pushing air to the side of a GPU. Or, you could just put your GPU on a riser and cut out the middle man. (See diagram) Note: This case would probably be awesome with both a C14 and riser GPU doing intake from the side panel.Potential Cons that are setup-dependent: (9) If you need to use both 3.5" HDD trays, you cannot use a long PSU (see diagram). In fact, even with a short PSU, I'm not sure how fun it would be to manage cables with that near HDD tray; (10) Do not come expecting actual intake from the bottom, the only bottom intake is for the PSU (see diagram). You can install fans on the mesh PSU enclosure/shroud (easiest would be with rubber grommets), which could pull from whatever air the bottom front intake is feeding down there. (A riser would be more beneficial than that.)Future: If Fractal made a v2 (a) with bottom mesh and (b) a little wider so could run double fan bracket, I would probably mount those extra fans. Hopefully they offer a no-wood slats all mesh model, too. Otherwise, I think this case will continue on in my next build. Glad I didn't mess up getting the too-small non-XL North mesh.

compact and fits the design of the house perfectly. I have done the interior of the house with lots of white base with light wooden highlights. And this case fits the house perfectly. I leave my desktop in the living room, so the design of the desktop needed to fit the house. Also, the ventilation of the housing seems to be working as explained. There are a few extra housing units for more fans as well. Without any extra installations, Everything still seems to be running in its optimal temperature.

There are a few really great design features that you notice while building the case such as the location of cutouts for cables that just make the build process s little less annoying. Love to see it. I do wish it supported 140mm on the back though.

Love this case. Replaced a crappy case with this and my temps dropped 20 Celsius with an Rx 6950 XT. Definitely a huge upgrade in performance.It was a pleasure to build in this case too. Very easy to get everything in.Plus covering up all the flashing lights in everything nowadays is great for immersion

The case looks awesome, and is easy to manage cables in. It even comes with straps to manage cables primarily for the front fans. Had no issues mounting my ATX motherboard and the case came with plenty of screws.

I am very happy with my Fractal North case. It looks great, has excellent ventilation, and a lot of provisions for fans. The case is on the small side for ATX boards, which was a positive for me, but if you want more build room I recommend the Fractal North XL instead. I bought the mesh side panel as opposed to the tempered glass version. The mesh panel version comes with provisions for side mount fans which really helps with GPU cooling. That being said, the side fan bracket barely cleared my CPU cooler so the usefulness of the side fans will depend on the size of your GPU and CPU cooler. It is a tight case.Cable management is generally good but the drive bays are basically useless. The power cables occupy the same space as one of the drives. That is not a problem for me since I only have a board mounted nvme but if you use a HDD for extra storage it could be an issue.It comes with two front mounted 140mm fans. These fans are okay, but they're nothing special. They are reasonably quiet and descent build quality but they are by no means high end / premium. If you want additional fans I would recommend a good third party brand as opposed to more of what the case comes with. I learned this the hard way.The case can fit two 140mm fans in the top of the case, however, one of the fans will interfere with your mobo's 8-pin power connector. You can fit both fans but you have to put a fair amount of stress on your power cables to do it.

I. Love. This. Case.Seriously, this is a quality case. plenty of room for good cable management, everything lined up smoothly when installing my parts. It’s really not that heavy of a case either. I love the metal IO buttons and the legs the case sits on. Recommend this case to anyone looking for a classy, aesthetic PC look.

After watching a YT review on this, I bought it for another computer build. The case quality is excellent, the cable management is easy for installation. The fan sizes, noise level, airflow was perfect. I recommend it.