At this exact time last year I was still in email limbo with Fractal Design, as I was trying to obtain samples and see what all the hype surrounding their products were all about. In the short span of ...
We should have been one of the ten or so places that got to review the Fractal Design Node 804 chassis for its launch day review, and we were on the path to making that happen, but we ran into an ...
As much as we liked the idea, we're beginning to accept the fact that home-theatre PCs will never be more than a hobby for a niche set of consumers. And, seeing as Microsoft now favours the Xbox as ...
If you have a lot of data—photos, movies, backups, or other files—a home server is a great way to keep them all in one place for use throughout your house. The Fractal Design Node 804 is my choice for ...
A Fractal Design Node 304 landed on my porch this morning. These are my thoughts, before I do any building. First, SPRCR regards this case highly. And several members of this forum do likewise. You ...
It’s no surprise to our regular readers and other TG staff members that I go coo-coo crazy over cases, even going so far as to change my forum title here at Techgage to “basket chassis”. What really ...
So here we line up the PSU into the ATX compatible mounting bracket, we just slide it in and secure it with four screws. We now connect a power cable extender that leads to the backside of the node ...
This week I’ve been able to spend time with the Node 605 HTPC chassis from Swedish manufacturer Fractal Design. We’ve had a few Fractal Design chassis in for review over the last couple of months, ...
Fractal Design's first foray into the world of HTPC chassis came back in 2012 with the launch of the Node 605. Designed to take powerful PC hardware into the living room, said case was well received ...
The top panel is easily removed by undoing the four screws on the base of the chassis. On the interior, you’ll find a clip-on washable dust filter. Although it’s tricky to reach for a quick clean, ...
So here is where we start building the PC. First things first we need to screw in the standoffs for the motherboard. These where quite hard to screw in really. Once done the rear IO backplate goes in ...