The BEST case got SMALLER! - Fractal Torrent Nano

[@jonfromsyracuse]

Oh man. This needs to be an in-depth review; thermals, performance, etc. In love with this SFF.

[@Bayofthe91st]

That's the job for Steve GN :)

[@Gmillsy1]

I would love thermals and air flow

[@thelegendaryklobb2879]

@@Bayofthe91st GN will definitely be reviewing this as they loved the Torrent. But for comparisons with other SFF cases I hope Ali from Optimum Tech reviews this one too. This feels like an airflow version of the NR200 better suited for air cooling, and it can use ATX PSUs. That's a huge win for me.

[@mel-ju7kp]

lol this thing is 35L, 15L over the 20L sff limit. There’s no comparison between this and actual sff cases

[@thelegendaryklobb2879]

@@mel-ju7kp That much? Damn, didn't get that from the video, looked smaller to me. I guess the top compartment and motherboard tray backside add a lot of volume. Still way smaller than mATX cases, I guess

[@ilyapavkin5234]

"Thanks to Seasonic for sponsoring todays short circuit" might be the most unfortunate PSU sponsor plug in history...

[@elloygarcia8155]

The Irony is hard on this one

[@suppar8066]

A shocking statement :)

[@al_kaloid]

LOL.. I became so accustomed to the sponsor babble I didn't even notice.

[@Interrobang212]

They should get gigabyte to do it!

[@qwertyferix]

@@Interrobang212 I don't think Gigabyte needs the advertising. They're already blowing up.

[@supersnail5000]

Honestly a comparison between this and something like a h1 v2 would be really interesting. Completely different approaches to a similar volume of case. Throw in some boutique small form factor cases as well and it would be a compelling video.

[@scotty82]

H1 fire fire.

[@llamapi3]

So you want to watch Optimum Tech then.

[@Cxs1a3]

I thought we were boycotting NZXT

[@s.i.m.c.a]

@@scotty82 exactly what needed on cold days

[@scotty82]

@@llamapi3 link?

[@kittypwnz]

Wow, a compact case with attractive design, good airflow, lots of storage expansion options, fits an ATX PSU, tasteful lighting, 3-slot GPU support with a great bottom intake, and it fits a D15? I'm in love.

[@theairislovely]

real thanks for listing the specs in one comment lol. just what i am looking for!

[@rohanbhangui]

great case, one thing id change on the outside would be a right angle AC plug, that way there isn't an annoying kink

[@qwertyferix]

Don't kink shame.

[@Rannbri]

I was thinking the same. That bend radius is awful and will take a toll on that cable over time.

[@junkice6930]

You can get them off of Amazon for like $12, but I agree that it should just come standard

[@MatDupuis3]

The execution of the patented footbrace technique Colin pulls off at the start of this video is truly world class. The slight but strong toe-turn is the mark of a true veteran IT person/System builder/Tech reviewer.

[@AustralianMurderTurtle]

"Am I derping?" Yes, you're not doing an initial power test prior to closing the case. As is Linus policy.

[@qwertyferix]

That's how you get the bad ju-ju. It's science.

[@microtasker]

Test and verify is for noobs. One and done that shit.

[@drewcipher896]

3/3 bots agree with you.

[@microtasker]

@@felicia4382 BYE FELICIA

[@a3-radio]

They do mention that all components were on a test bench, plus in this specific case even if it didn't turn on it wouldn't make much difference xD

[@Waffls]

I honestly really like the form factor of this case. It's just big enough for the largest components you'd reasonably want to fit in there as shown in the video.

[@reddish98]

Just here to say I love Colin's hosting!

[@ShortCircuit]

Don't forget to @ him on Twitter!

[@bbbbbbb51]

Agreed! The LTT staff has a such good mixture of energetic & laid back hosts.

[@chickenpie9698]

Really cool looking case. Must admit, I'm a massive fan of these smaller ITX cases. After using one for a while, they do seem to offer everything you need really in a PC without being a hulking behemoth that cloggs up your desk space. Would love to see an in depth comparison of a load of different ITX cases at some point. Always thought I would be sacraficing thermals and acousistcs for size but it's not necessarily the case (pun intended) with all ITX cases!

[@wdbaudio]

I love videos with Colin! He has such a pleasant and calming demeanour

[@DontEatCream]

I love how mainstream comoanies are embracing SFF with good, affordable cases. God it wasn't even that long ago when low stock, boutique 250 dollar cases were all that's available. Good stuff.

[@TotallySlapdash]

Yeah, my living room media centre runs a silverstone case... It's amazing how long they were the only 'big name' in small cases

[@panad0r]

Yeah. I was very happy the N200 was available when I decided to up/down?grade to ITX last year. I wanted to NOT upgrade/change/modify my pc anytime soon, but all these new good, small, affordable cases have me itching to changes cases yet again .... :/ Mostly looking at the Lian Li Dan A4-H2O.

[@qwertyferix]

It is pretty great. I'd be excited to build a sweet SFF system in one, except for... you know. The current state of things.

[@brianv3ntura]

Yea...this isnt sff. Looking at the dimensions it's as big as the build I gave to my brother...with an matx board.

[@Bobis32]

@@brianv3nturaSFF is not determined by specific dimensions i personally view anything under 35Litres SFF however the number of SFF cases that can fit the D15 in negligible mostly because the D-15 is 4 litres in size all by itself my case currently is around 14litres and the Torrent Nano is 34.6 litres

[@teiji_ishida]

Thank you for using the NH-D15. It's always my go-to for cooling. Glad to see it's fitting perfectly in this case.

[@fahadal-asmari6893]

But that "Brick" "PSU" is facing the wrong direction lmao ! 🤣 5:14

[@joelconolly5574]

I don't know whether it should be on LTT or a new channel but there should definitely be a video or channel about cases, radiators and/or CPU coolers so just to see what market cases are good, decent, bad or best for the budget, experiment on making cases more "better" as well as explain those cooler design, airflows, etc to better check educate on cases and cooling market. Definitely worth a watch now that systems are getting more powerful and power hungry.

[@mithikx]

I switched my build over to then Torrent Nano and a NH-D15 cooler. If you fit an exhaust fan to the rear of the case there's no way to get the NH-D15's 140mm fan to fit if it's towards the rear I/O unless that exhaust fan is really slim. While it is possible to mount the outer fan of the NH-D15 to the other side (towards the 24-pin ATX power on the mobo), the ability to fit the included 140mm fan to the cooler may vary based on the motherboard. For me it did not work as my fan contacts the 24-pin ATX power plug for the motherboard and would have sat too far out to close the case, instead I mounted a 120mm fan which was small enough to still have the glass panel close up; stuck with a Noctua fan (A12x25). While it may or may not affect thermals I can just about barely get away with it using the Gigabyte Z490I Aorus ULTRA and an i9-10850k, the former kind of being known to run the CPU hot under stock settings. With my CPU peaking at 91C in a sustained benchmark setting (which isn't ideal but for real world use I'm still in the safe margins in my use case). But I'm kind of pushing it with my parts choice, the NH-D15 in this case with something like a Ryzen 7 or i7 will do just fine IMHO even with a mild OC.

[@DeadChr0me]

i need more builds with colin. hes so calm and systematic about his builds

[@nolanwolf1828]

Yooooo, that case looks dope. So nice to see something that doesn't just look like a basic rectangle with mesh and fans

[@CFG-qv7hy]

This is why I mount the motherboard and do as much cabling as possible before putting a D15 on.

[@Lilrockerdude13]

Yay another case challenger for my future build. Solid review

[@Endonae]

Colin has definitely been improving in his more recent videos. I like the higher energy!

[@shinnok80]

u need to do more assembles dude, i loved this one :D no dropping things or any overly excited rants that linus tends to go off on :P keep up the good work

[@jurriaandejongh8677]

Loved the big one, but the wallet said no, but this might be just right. 9:06 Thank goodness we have Dimitry for those things!

[@romulas-cushmanproject3273]

Literally this was the case I was asking Fractal for MONTHS, and last month I gave up waiting and got a meshify 2 compact, and now they announce this! Gezz my timing is awful!

[@ryanmiller9999]

This guy is great and should be featured on the channel more often. He's well spoken, not loud and obnoxious.

[@sashagelert9320]

Between yesterday and today, I'm enjoying the case build review in the Short Circuit format. It's great to see some of the cases you wouldn't normally bothewr with a full LTT episide for.

[@rofiiqyla]

It's Long Circuit now.

[@S72MAD_faceless]

05:11 The magic of editing: PSU mounted upside down and then correctly seconds later

[@guillaumefigarella1704]

I'm buying one next month, i was so sad they were not making a meshify 2 mini, its perfect timing!

[@AsbestosMuffins]

id love to see a mATX version of this but this case looks amazing

[@TotallySlapdash]

yeah, I get they're going SFF, but adding a 4th slot would have given it so much more potential

[@mikeymaiku]

@@TotallySlapdash yep. Can fit 25mm fans if you really wanted if your card is under 3 slots

[@qwertyferix]

mATX is such an underserved form factor--for cases and motherboards. 😔

[@neiqq]

Theres the Torrent Compact but it still supports ATX, though it is a little smaller than the standard Torrent

[@tthbeige3332]

My mATX case is 32L and if I were to rip out the 5.25" bays, I could "spec-match" the torrent nano except the storage. But the Torrent is a beautiful case

[@MX26_]

This case looks so sharp! Looks to be another banger by Fractal unless they bunged up performance somehow.

[@Xenoray1]

check gamer nexus review up, its their best banger in terms of airflow aswell for the atx variant!

[@T4gProd]

Ooh, I have never been as stoked for a case video! I have the Big Boi Torrent and I love it, it's awesome! But I have an extra mATX board, a 8700K and RAM for it just waiting. I've been planning a smallish form factor build for a media PC, this could be the case for that!

[@timojohn9773]

Got the big boi as well, amazingly silent for a high airflow case. BUT if the nano existed back then, i might have gone for that.

[@loganjay1041]

Sadly your mATX board won’t work. This is specifically an ITX case

[@waffle911]

@@meow8797 the hell does this have to do with anything?

[@T4gProd]

@@loganjay1041 ah, shame. Oh well, looking at the current GPU cituation, that is a minor annoyance.

[@everythingexplained]

Yeah, I didn't know this case were a thing. Got the big boi just a few months ago just to max out on airflow and low temps and it's awesome. Barely audible fan noise when running benchmarks on cpu and gpu, and cpu at 65, gpu at 55. But it's big, big as in WTF thats a big case! Perhaps I'll start a new build soon... this small one is sweet.

[@Jannesmachtwas]

I bought the black version of the case after watching this video and I'm absolutely in love with it. It's well thought out and looks really good with all black hardware. With a NH-D15 and two 140mm fans in the front the cooling is great and quiet. My GPU (PNY RTX 3080 Xlr8) fits perfect but is like 3mm too thicc to put slim fans underneath and I think that's my only issue with the case. Otherwise, great case, buy it if you think about it and your components fit

[@My_Legs_Are_OK]

D15 as in dual fan D15? Did you have any fitment issues?

[@Jmich69]

Neat build video but could really do with a little more information on the case. Supported motherboard form factors would be nice. Showing if the second fan on the NH-D15 fits or not would also be nice. The original version of this case is in the background, but never shown side by side for a size comparison or key differences. I understand this isn't a review but the only information I got out of this is: - PSU on the top - 165mm cooler tower supported - Micro ATX motherboard fits - Smaller than the original Torrent case - 335mm, 3-slot GPU will fit - Has nice cable management options (although this isn't covered much)

[@TheGameBench]

I wish they had a slightly taller mid tower model that could accommodate full ATX boards and two 140mm fans at the bottom. Though I am tempted to grab this. I'll be interested to see some thermal testing. EDIT: LOL, they do... the compact. Now if only I could find it somewhere so they can take my money.

[@Remenschneider]

Looks great, will this be on LTT? I appreciate the PSU position, it's good to have no obstruction to the GPU intake.

[@xkai84]

what the fuck

[@FastSloth87]

Back in the day we thanked case manufacturers for ditching upper mounted PSUs so we could have a nice place for big radiators up top, now that the front of cases is clear of HDDs and ODDs, we can go back to having the PSUs up there again.

[@richardchantlerrico]

@@FastSloth87 I thought the reason for moving them to the bottom was for clean cool airflow rather than sucking in the heat from the case. Recall that PSU failure rate was higher with this sort of setup.

[@Terrados1337]

Build in the big torrent just last week :O I am pretty hyped for this one! Maybe even for personal use, here's hoping :D

[@dillona105]

Love that Fractal listened and brought out this amazing case in different sizes!

[@MikkoRantalainen]

For a great sleeper build, get the version without a window. It's also a bit cheaper as a bonus. Note that this case can support only one 3.5" HDD.

[@icycheesecake5519]

I love that you guys actually managed to upload this before Fractal lmao

[@AlIegory]

This content feels like a warm blanket

[@jakeonly]

Pro Tip for ITX builds, wire your reset switch to the clear CMOS jumper.

[@jluiscc25]

duuuuuuuuude, been on itx for sooo long and never thought about this one!!!!!! nice tip

[@ayuchanayuko]

Or just rip a power switch off an old case, connect that to the cmos jumper, and leave it somewhere accessible (inside or out)

[@Dan-bh8jd]

What does clear CMOS do?

[@jluiscc25]

@@menpee same here, I usually hit the power bottom

[@jakeonly]

@@Dan-bh8jd Resets the bios to default/safe mode. Used if a setting is preventing the PC from booting.

[@heelruby]

the d15 only fits with asus mobos, tried to install it on an msi b550i gaming edge wifi and it's too large and hits the case's ceiling. there's like 12 mm between the mobo and where it's supposed to seat while the d15 is stuck on the ceiling. that's because for some reason the am4 socket on asus's boards (b450i, x470i and b550i) is slightly lower than other manufacturers. really sucks it doesn't fit and i have to downgrade my mobo :c

[@PopKMedia]

Without doing thermal tests on this video, it’s incomplete.

[@michaelmechex]

Wow, I didn't know Colin was into high end pocket knives. That North Arm Skaha is looking real nice!

[@SimisearOfficial]

I currently have my PC in a Meshify C and I love it, I was initially planning on building my PC as an ITX build, and if this case existed in 2020, I probably would have stuck with it, this checks all the boxes

[@Jan-vw5cg]

I love how calm this guy is

[@erik9108]

Digging this SFF case. Entertaining and informative from start to finish. Thanks!

[@soubhiksaha9555]

We definitely need a full LTT video on this one. This case looks interesting!

[@MrReese]

With super big coolers like the NH-D15 I usually plug the 12V CPU power cable into the mainboard before I put the mainboard into the case because it's almost impossible to plug it in afterwards. I then can easily connect the power cable to the PSU later without any hassle.

[@deltoid77-nick]

It's perfect for the graphics card holy crap that airflow tunnel created perfectly for the central processing unit yeah I'd like it in black with no glass and no RGB. Seems like the perfect VR PC.

[@melwillseptember752]

Case looks awesome in front, I would take the non glass version in black though. Would love to know the thermal results of that build too if possible, great video!

[@jamesp5923]

Up at 3am in my time watching this - my sleep schedule's sooo bad :(

[@TinchoX]

Neat little PC Case!! I'd love to get my hands on one of those...

[@thetj8243]

Ok, I liked the torrent as seen here and on some other channels (Level One Techs and Gamers Nexus) but for my PC I thought it is to big... But this one - wow, if the performance is anywhere close to the big version and it fits my budget I think I know what my next case will be. When I finally replace my 12 year old budget cooler master box with no real air in- or outtakes and no window...

[@FeaNordica]

There's a middle sized one as well. The compact 😀

[@SamSB250]

i really wish you guys had done the tempts. this case is what i want for my next build

[@ZinoAmare]

I use a 1000 watts titanium from seasonic bought it like before the PSU shortages and used it finally at 2020 it's amazing ^^

[@photonboy999]

*My only COMPLAINT about this case...* The PSU has to suck in hot air that's directly above the CPU cooler. If they'd made the shroud under the PSU solid on the bottom, above the CPU cooler, then put INTAKE on the shroud closer to the front they could have designed this to use cooler air being blown from the FRONT of the case without changing the look of the case much. So move the SHROUD intake from bottom to the side that faces the front of the case. That's it (and leave enough gap under the PSU fan). That would make the PSU fan run much quieter (will vary by the PSU model)... honestly not sure how great air to the PSU is if the CPU cooler is close as the CPU fan is directed towards the rear. Obviously you're getting air flow to the PSU but it's not optimal thus in some situations the PSU will be much louder than necessary.

[@MidKnut]

I swapped from the NR200 to this to prepare for giant GPUs and their power requirements. Was just staring at my new Torrent Nano build and realised that the PSU has really bad air intake. You're the only person I've seen mention it. Just gonna assume it's fine....

[@sopianwahyudi]

2:35 that is so smooth~ 😁

[@arihantbhattacharjee]

A perfect example of balanced aesthetics and functionality. Good job Fractal!

[@ilovehotdogs125790]

anyone know what the air cooler at 0:10 is called? It's probably the nicest looking cooler I've ever seen.

[@zet404]

00:24 "... it's bigger than i thought it would be" Inner Michael Scott: THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!!

[@bits2646]

"Noice, mate" :P I'm just on a mission to build a PC, kind of upper-mid range gaming that would also look nice in living room, because I think it's going to reside there and I'm keeping my workstation in another room and will simply stream and this case looks like perfect, I love the "attic" PSU design, love that it has place for big, wide and tall tower cooler and also deep long and tall graphic card and the drive bays are just big plus. I'll probably going to modify it a little, especially to fit the living room (color) theme/scheme, but especially for watercooling, I see it could fit two rads plus pump pretty easy in there, but will probably first run on air to see temps, because front fan is pretty big and back has nice ventilation... Maybe would utilize a simple 3d print duct to remove the graphics cards hot rising air and channel it away from cpu intake to back outlet "mesh"

[@jasonallison1913]

I'm doing the same thing you are, moving form my P3 to a smaller case. Been searching for somthign new, I think I'll check this out. I have a TU-150 that looks fairy similar to this, the TU-150 is another great option.

[@chadmckean9026]

i like how fractal put the fragile glass sticker on top of the peal and not on under the peal

[@nhatguy5543]

im still waiting for a successor to the node 202. But i heard there’s an issue with finding a suitable pcie 4.0 riser cable/card

[@M0NSTER_D0SE]

I own a full size torrent and it is fantastic, the design and overall performance is amazing. I use it in combination with fractals lumen 360 aio but I'm sure it would perform just as great with an air cooler

[@failomas1443]

i like more white than black but that is truly a nice little fella case, and most people don't have issue with GPU clearance, since no one can found one at reasonable price

[@burntalive]

This one peaks my fancy. Will definitely be looking into this one for my next case.

[@TRHardware]

This case in black with also black Noctua cooler would look sic!

[@Eternalduoae]

@10:37 I'd recommend removing that exhaust fan at the rear of the case behind the CPU cooler. Unless the airflow is synced up exactly, that will cause air to bounce off of it and recirculate back into the case. In this design, if it were possible I'd actually move the rear exhaust fan to the bottom of the rear plate to exhaust the area around the GPU, where there's no directed airflow. However, that would clash with the GPU... With the rest of the airflow design - I think this Nano case is better than the Compact. The Nano really uses the bottom intake for the GPU because the large front intake fan 's airflow is not flowing beneath the GPU... though that tight space around the GPU itself means there's no real exhaust at the bottom of the case (as I noted above). The Compact has an issue in that there's a large volume between the GPU and the bottom of the case with the front lower fan pushing air across it. Meaning that you will have less effective airflow from the front of the case because you are not constricting the flow of air from front to back, you reduce the pressure across the fan axis due to airflow entering from the bottom of the case. If it had been my design, I would have left the bottom of the case as solid.

[@Dan-bh8jd]

But the Torrent compact can fit 2 additional 140mm fan on bottom

[@Eternalduoae]

@@Dan-bh8jd Yeah, and that's not a great configuration. The point of cooling is to move the maximum amount of cooling medium (air, water, glycol mix, etc.) through a system which can be used to absorb energy from the system in question, usually through some sort of heat exchanger (e.g. a heatsink). TL;DR - too many fans decrease overall system performance. If you ran this system in a configuration with two fans at the front and two at the bottom (ignoring the back for a moment), you are not in an optimal configuration. Fans work by creating a pressure differential across their working axis, which is why static pressure fans have more of a "scoop" design in order to create a stronger pressure differential. This means that the fans in the centre of the case, pushing air in from the bottom mesh are creating a region of higher pressure due to not only their drawing in of air but also due to that air hitting the solid body of the graphics card. This region of higher pressure will cause the front fans to have lower efficiency - meaning that they will be required to work at a higher rpm in order to move the same volume of air across them. If you visit the Fractal Torrent Compact webpage, you will see an animation which shows the airflow effects of the two front fans (and also why no rear exhaust fan is necessary). However, this animation does not take into account the air drawn in (ambient chimney style) from the bottom mesh in the case. It assumes too much efficiency and lack of turbulence as a result of this "cross action" airflow. Which is why I said it would have made more sense for Fractal to actually just block off the bottom of the case... I actually have a blogpost covering all this but this channel automatically nukes any links in comments. If you want to search it's "hole in my head" at blogspot.

[@Dan-bh8jd]

@@Eternalduoae im more worry, does the power supply get any air half the intake cover by the tower and all the air flow is floating from front to back

[@Eternalduoae]

@@Dan-bh8jd yeah i think it'll be okay. It has a fan to draw stuff in.

[@MidKnut]

@@Eternalduoae I swapped from the NR200 to this to prepare for giant GPUs and their power requirements. Was just staring at my new Torrent Nano build and realised that the PSU has poor air intake. You seem like you know what you're talking about which has put my mind at ease a bit.

[@Andreas01]

Big chance this will be my next case for Zen 4. Thanks for the vid.

[@zizimugen4470]

That’s probably the only slightly almost reasonably finessed way I’ve seen to have a top-mount PSU platform in the history of computer cases. “Top-mounted” is something I always leave unchecked when searching for cases, but this makes it seem reasonable, tucking it away with one angled panel at the back.

[@CapnCyprus]

I have the A4-SFX v3 by Dan's Case and this looks like an awesome upgrade.

[@chrinarai]

Ah damn forgot this was short circuit! Was excited to see the numbers

[@Zosu22]

Excited to see GN testing

[@nateworzalla6773]

I love my full size Torrent but this would be much more appealing for a limited space desk. Really interested in the temps as its a lot more compact

[@37Kilo2]

Beautiful case. I'm thinking about replacing my N200 with this. I'd like to see an airflow comparison. Edit: when does it release?

[@shiruki.fan.account]

Oh wow I didn't know they made a nano version, that was my only complaint about the full size Torrent from all the glowing reviews it got, the size.

[@BlockCylinder]

I've been watching a lot of build videos and I'm wondering - when building in a compact case like this with limited space for cable management, why don't more people buy short modular power cables? Or get Molex tools and shorten their own cables to custom length? It seems like the investment would be small compared to the cost of the machine and the number of years some of us go between new builds (8 years for me).

[@thewarlock192]

wait a second...what if I have the D15S?, the clearance on top is not enough :(

[@Time_Traveling_Lesbian]

This case looks really cool! Its just too big for me. I was surprised to see its dimensions are nearly 2x the size of the NR200P im currently using since it doesnt look that big in the video.

[@ArdentMoogle]

Wait it's that big? Dang well guess I don't feel too bad about my NR200P either haha

[@ellowell8160]

That's the price you pay to fit a flippin' NH-D15 in there, I guess.

[@Time_Traveling_Lesbian]

@@ArdentMoogle Yeah its about 35 Liters in size! (417 x 222 x 374 mm) Compared to the NR200P at about 18 Liters in size or like 19.8 with the feetsies

[@jasonwateano6775]

I was starting to regret getting the nr200p until I saw your comment 🤣. It does not look that big in the video dang.

[@Dan-bh8jd]

But the air flow and noise, and cooling is much much better then NR200P tho

[@sokarash]

I like Fractals cases. Well thought out layout and features, plus an sort of understated design. And many variations, I don't want a glass sidepanel, but there is a variant with a solid side panel. The only thing I would like, was a case a bit smaller than their "Compact" sub-series (like Meshify and Torrent), that only supports mATX boards. I don't need a full ATX, but ITX boards with a good feature set are really expensive. I guess its not worth for them, building the exact same case but only marginally smaller.

[@solvdev]

Agree

[@chrisfratz]

Honestly this case looks like it has everything I would want, aside from a 5.25 inch bay. And the reason is because I would like to get a Blu-ray drive for my PC and I don't have enough space on my desk for an external USB drive.

[@jgieling8958]

If you don’t need it that often, you might be able to get away with putting the external drive on top of your case, though perhaps there are other factors that might make it not viable

[@chrisfratz]

@@jgieling8958 ideally though I would want it in the case. Fortunately there's another case I'm looking at that fits what I need and want, but it's kind of unfortunate because this case also looks really nice (though it's probably a bit expensive)

[@alltheotherhandlesaretaken]

Maybe flip the PSU to have the fan at the bottom? Looks like the top of the case doesn’t have an intake for it

[@Artista_Frustrado]

i always loved how cool SFF cases are, but my fingers are too clumsy for them

[@felixbelanger2659]

4:40 Ooooh... Carbon fiber Skaha, nice!!

[@dcallan812]

@0:24 Thats what she said 🤣🤣🤣 Great video 2x👍

[@FrancoCastro]

Incredible how tendencies change. just a few years ago full tower was all the rage with 2-4 gpus, 10 hdds. My current setup is very similar to this one: a single gpu, an nvme a big sata drive and everything backed up in the cloud.

[@pratikpramanik7782]

For a case like this you should route and manage the modular cables before putting the PSU in then connect them all up right before screwing the PSU in.

[@waffle911]

Looks like I now have no excuse not to get out of my 5 year old Define Nano S. Looks trickier to build in, though. Glad to be able to watch someone else make all the mistakes first. But it's literally 1.5cm in height away from being an mATX case, so why didn't they just do that? 2cm taller, 1cm wider behind the motherboard tray, 1cm longer for long boy GPUs; it wouldn't have been significantly larger overall, but it would have been significantly more usable. Or I could get the Torrent Compact with similar overall size and fewer compromises, but it is 30% larger and 60% more expensive.

[@justf0dd3r]

A long pair of needle nosed pliers or something of that nature would help with those RGB plugs while the MB is installed.

[@xXDarthBagginsXx]

When does the Torrent Nano go up for sale, not seeing it anywhere as of yet. Would love to convert to this Nano as I loved the Define Nano S when I had it.

[@MrHowardMoon]

That is actually a really interesting case. I wish I could afford to build an ITX system, but given how electricity bills are going to sky rocket soon here in the UK, I've got to switch to a laptop..

[@terrasai2857]

I’m debating between this case and the Thermaltake The Tower

[@a.pigeon]

They really got Alex Wonderful for this video

[@fengyink]

Beautiful one. Do you think a 3.5 slot (300mm - front is fine) GPU would fit the bottom? How many mm clearance do you see under you trio?

[@slithery9291]

If I was planning a new build this would be a definite contender. Still perfectly happy with my Silverstone FT03B at the moment though.

[@ArchusKanzaki]

Either this, the new LianLi A4, O11 Mini, Q58, or H1V2…. SFF people are really eating good lately

[@ianv.rodriguez8367]

I’ve wanted you guys to build with the big one forever

[@danielqiu7812]

I spy a North Arms Skaha in CF at 4:40! Who's the knife nerd at LTT?!

[@ShortCircuit]

Good eye! -CW

[@MyGreatCreation]

I am definitely getting this case. seems like exactly what I want without being much bigger than my current ncase m1

[@oneone8318]

The case is quite big and the airflow next to gpu sucks.

[@MyGreatCreation]

@@oneone8318 I have it, yes it's big, but the airflow is amazing.

[@oneone8318]

@@MyGreatCreation I get heat from gpu stuck next to the glass it´s venting to. i wish they made metal panels too with venting holes next to gpu. Otherwise it´s a solid good product.

[@MyGreatCreation]

@@oneone8318 I just use slim noctua fans and I have 0 problems

[@oneone8318]

@@MyGreatCreation you have em under the gpu? i have no fans under gpu. maybe i should add, but it seems super tight. i don´t know if any fans will fit, also i did not see any holes for the fan screws or slots for fans.