Wow, they actually LISTENED - Fractal @ Computex 2024
### Article Based on Video Transcription: Fractal Suite at Computex 2024 Unboxing Experience
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#### Introduction to the Fractal Suite at Computex 2024
Coming into the fractal suite at computex 2024 was a bit of a different experience for me. I’ve never had a brand come up and just right off the bat say, "We understand everyone hated this the last time we did it, but I promise we fixed it." That’s new for me. To be honest, I didn’t really follow the original fractal era when it came out, but if you aren’t familiar, the problem was airflow. They had kind of a solid bottom panel with just a little bit of ventilation on the side and a solid top panel. Look at this wood—not not solid; it’s solid Walnut, but not in the way you’re thinking. There are machined lines in it for airflow. Very good. Last time, it overheated if you had any sort of high-end gaming computer, and they were straight up about that. But this is supposed to fix that problem, and it looks nice too—that’s kind of the theme here.
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#### Unboxing the Fractal Case: Era 2
If you haven’t noticed, we basically took apart their entire set and built our own little short circuit set here. To unbox a case that has no box—I mean, it’s kind of a box itself—I’m going to need another computer. Luckily, they have this one right here, and I figured if we’re already taking apart their entire set, why not take apart their computers too? This is the era 2, and it comes in three different colors: silver, charcoal gray, and midnight blue. Honestly, I’m kind of a blue guy; this is pretty nice.
Apparently, there’s going to be a bunch of cool engineering nerd stuff that I’m going to realize as I go through this. Hopefully, I pick up on it; otherwise, maybe I’m stupid in terms of specs. We’ll kind of get into those as we go through it. Let’s see if I can figure out how to take it apart.
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#### Detailed Unboxing and Assembly Process
Hold on—I don’t think I’m getting the right side here, but I do see a lock thing here. Oh, it’s just a fan mesh filter on the bottom—it’s a nice touch. Not what I was looking for. Whoa—ah, never mind; it was what I was looking for. Damn! Look at that—so easy! This is the fancy anodized aluminum shell on the back. Just a big open space, which is where this stuff will go on top. Here’s that Walnut panel we were looking at earlier—each one is unique. It’s actually wood that they source from North America. I tried to ask them if they get it from Canada, given that it’s wood and we export a lot of that, but I haven’t heard back yet. Have we heard back yet? Damn it—you know what; close enough. It’s like the "America mini" or whatever.
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#### Design and Features of the Era 2 Case
Let’s move on to the actual case itself. I’m going to unbuild this one and put it into this computer because I feel like it’s weird to do a case unboxing experience without actually building a computer. So, let’s start that now—that I know how to take the thing apart.
Wow, that’s a lot of stuff in there—maybe this is more than I bargained for. The back panel here is adjustable—it has an adjustable spine at the back. And yes, this is the screwdriver I’m going to be using the entire time. Deal with it—I forgot my LTT screwdriver (LTT store.com). If you haven’t gotten there yet, the reasoning for this is the size of the graphics card: say you have no graphics card or just a really small one, you can put it in position one here with the graphics card space turned drunken down, and that gives you 70 ms of CPU clearance. And then if you have a big graphics card, you go to position three, and then you have 55 mm—that might matter to you if you have an air cooler but if you have an AO, you’re probably good in either yeah PCie Riser right there—it’s nice.
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#### Thermal Testing and Performance
Maybe let’s put the graphics card in. I might just instead of tearing apart this entire computer, I might just move a couple choice components just to like get the vibe—pass through power cable—that makes sense. The power supply is not sitting right here; fits SFX and SFSL power supplies like this one here.
Let’s try and take it out—are these all on trays? Is this just going to slide right out? Wow, look at that—it’s just on a slighty tray. What so you just screw the power supply into this little tray and then—mean mash the cables in there. Don’t forget about the cables—but let’s pretend like I’ve remembered and put it back in easy—and that’s it. Oh, I mean the screw; there’s still a screw but that’s pretty much it—that’s like very good.
What about an AO? What what what have I been doing with this power supply—you just watched me do that—it just pops off. I told them to not tell me things because I just wanted to experience it—that feels like something you could have mentioned. I don’t know here—let’s try this one more time with the top off. Yep, it’s not that hard. Look at that; goes right in there—it still feels like very sturdy. Good job for that.
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#### Review of the Small Form Factor Tower Case
I mean, I’ve had—cuz I guess it’s braced in the middle—I’ve definitely played with cases like this where the top comes off and it just feels like it dissolves into nothing, and that the thing is going to fall apart. But because that spine is mounted down the middle and can be movable—it holds it all together. This is a new feature to the era 2—the original one didn’t have like the fancy removable tool-less top like that—but this is a very well thought-out case in my few minutes experience here.
You can see on the bottom here much more ventilation than the last one—which just had the side ventilation—and there’s two 120 mm fans unlike the original which just had a single 80 mil up front. We’ve got a power button—it’s fine; it’s not my favorite, but it makes sense with the style. 3.5 mil combo audio jack—assuming you have a motherboard that supports it—and what looks like two 5 gig type A ports around back, like I showed you before. Motherboard cutout—we’ve got the power pass-through—the little screw holes for adjusting the spine—and then two PC slots. It can fit up to a three-slot card assuming that this is in the maximum GPU configuration—which is limiting your CPU Cooler space.
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#### Final Thoughts on the Fractal Products
I didn’t look at this too closely earlier, but the little thing with the accessories in it holds two 2.5-in drives—assuming you have the space and don’t have a stupid long graphics card. What comes in here screws and cable ties? Other than that—it’s just a very nice clean good-looking very easy to build in seemingly case.
We’ll try a little thermal test on it—a little bit later, but before that, I want to look at the other new case—the mood. It’s a very small form factor tower style case—it’s a little tricky given the orientation to like get your fingers under there and pull—like I need to pull this way—but not this way—and that’s kind of hard—but I guess if you just tilt your computer a little bit now—hey, the fabric-lined top comes off—and it’s just like the other one where you have like 360° access. The fabric is nice—I like it—it’s um—you’re going to probably need to vacuum it at some point—but it will also act as a filter for your room. I don’t think that they’re rating it for that—and definitely, will not say that gives you any sort of filtration. But I imagine if you have a cat or a dog, it’ll take some cat hair out of your room—which is something you all know—I have problems with.
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#### Conclusion and Final Impressions
Top mesh good for airflow—the front is mesh; the back is open—sort of of this filter is there—the top is open—but the sides are not. I was kind of like "huh"—but I guess it makes sense—they’re channeling the airflow. And I did just determine that you can’t actually put this on incorrectly—it stops you—and there’s some helpful labeling that says rear—as you can see.
It comes in two different colors—they are arguing about what this one is called—but let’s go with gray for now—this is more my vibe. I’m not a black PC kind of guy—to be honest—I like to be able to see the components—although I’m not getting that with this, regardless. On the back here is the graphics card compartment—that’s why it’s right next to the ventilation—if you were to have the graphics card over here on this solid panel, obviously wouldn’t work that well—as the astute among you might have already guessed.
There’s a big ass fan at the top—180 mil. Oh my God—it’s thick. So, this is making a from these sides—yeah—that’s the right size—a chimney effect—sucking in air all along here—and shooting it out the top. It’s officially a two-slot GPU limit here—but if you look at the back—you can see there’s a little extra—it’s honestly actually quite a bit extra—it looks almost like three slots—just not with the third slot—they don’t recommend putting giant horrible power efficiency graphics cards like a 4090 in here—but if you got creative—I wouldn’t be surprised if you could get one to fit.
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"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enI'm going to be honest coming into the fractal suite at compex 2024 here was a little bit of a different experience for me I've never had a brand come up and just right off the bat say we understand everyone hated this the last time we did it but I promise we fixed it that's new for me but to be honest I didn't really follow the original fractal era when it came out but if you aren't familiar the problem was airf flow they had kind of a solid bottom panel which just a little bit of ventilation on the side and a solid top panel look at this wood not not solid I mean it it's solid Walnut but not in the way that you're thinking there's there's machined lines in it for air flow very good last time it overheated if you had any sort of high-end gaming computer and they were straight up about that but this is supposed to fix that problem and it looks nice too that's kind of the theme here if you haven't noticed we basically took apart their entire set and built our own little short circuit set here but to unbox a case that has no box I mean it's kind of a box itself I'm going to need another computer oh luckily they have this one right here and I figured if we're already taking apart their entire set why not take apart their computers too this is the era 2 and it comes in three different colors I've got silver here this one is charcoal gray ah I got it right and this one midnight blue honestly I'm kind of a blue guy this is pretty nice now apparently there's going to be a bunch of cool engineering nerd stuff that I'm going to realize as I go through this so hopefully I pick up on it otherwise maybe maybe I'm stupid in terms of specs we'll kind of get into those as we go through it let's see if I can figure out how to take it apart hold on I don't think I'm getting the right side here but I do see a lock thing here oh it's just a fan mesh filter on the bottom it's a nice touch not what I was looking for whoa ah never mind it was what I was looking for damn look at that so easy so this is the fancy anodized aluminum shell on the back just a big open space which is where this stuff will go on the top here's that walmut panel we were looking at earlier each one is unique it's actually wood that they Source from North America I tried to ask them if they get it from Canada given that it's wood and we export a lot of that but I have not heard back yet have we heard back yet damn it you know what close enough it's we're like the America mini or whatever let's move on to the actual case itself I'm going to unbuild this one and put it into this computer because I feel like it's weird to do a case unboxing experience without actually building a computer so let's start that now that I know how to take the thing apart wow that's a lot of stuff in there maybe this is more than I bargained for the back panel here is adjustable it has a adjustable spine at the back and yes this is the screwdriver I'm going to be using the entire time deal with it I forgot my LTT screwdriver LTT store.com and if you haven't gotten there yet the reasoning for this is the size of the graphics card say you have no graphics card or just a really small one you can put it in position one here with the graphics card space trun drunken down and that gives you 70 Ms of CPU clearance and then if you have a big graphics card you go to position three and then you have 55 mm that might matter to you if you have an air cooler but if you have an AO you're probably good in either yeah pcie Riser right there that's nice maybe let's put the graphics card in I might just instead of tearing apart this entire computer I might just move a couple Choice components just to like get the vibe pass through power cable that makes sense the power supply is not sitting right here fits sfx and sfsl power supplies like this one here let's try and take it out are these all on trays is this just going to slide right out wow look at that it's just on a slighty tray what so you just screw the power supply into this little tray and then I mean mash the cables in there don't forget about the cables but let's pretend like I've remembered and put it back in easy and that's it oh I mean the screw there's still a screw but that's pretty much it that's like very good what about an AO what what what what have I been doing with this power supply you just watched me do that it just pops off I told them to not tell me things because I just wanted to experience it that feels like something you could have mentioned I don't know here let's try this one more time with the top off yep it's not that hard look at that goes right in there it still feels like very sturdy good job for that I mean I've had oh cuz I guess it's braced in the middle I've definitely played with cases like this where the the top comes off and it just feels like it dissolves into nothing and that the thing is going to fall apart but because that spine is mounted down the middle and can be movable it holds it all together this is a new feature to the era 2 the original one didn't have like the fancy removable tooless top like that but this is a very well thought out case in my few minutes experience here you can see on the bottom here much more ventilation than the last one which just had the side ventilation and there's two 120 mm fans unlike the original which just had a single 80 mil up front we've got a power button it's fine it's not a it's not my favorite but it it makes sense with the style 3.5 mil combo audio jack a 20 gig USB type-c assuming you have a motherboard that supports it and what looks like two 5 gig type A ports around back like I showed you before motherboard cutout we've got the power pass through the little screw holes for adjusting the spine and then two PC slots it can fit up to a three slot card assuming that this is in the maximum GPU configuration which is limiting your CPU Cooler space I didn't look at this too closely earlier but the little thing with the accessories in it holds two 2.5 in drives assuming you have the space and don't have a stupid long graphics card what comes in here screws and cable ties other than that it's just a very nice clean good looking very easy to build in seemingly case we'll try a little thermal test on it a little bit later but before that I want to look at the other new case the mood it's a very small form factor Tower style case it's a little tricky given the orientation to like get your fingers under there and pull like I need to pull this way but not this way and that's kind of hard but I guess if you just tilt your computer a little bit now hey the fabric lined top comes off and it's just like the other one where you have like 360° access the fabric is nice I like it it's um you're going to probably need to vacuum it at some point but it will also act as a filter for your room I don't think that they're rating it for that and definitely will not say that it gives you any sort of filtration but I imagine if you have a cat or a dog it'll take some cat hair out of your room which is something you all know I have problems with top mesh good for air flow the front is mesh the back is open sort of of this filter is there the top is open but the sides are not I was kind of like huh but I guess it makes sense they're channeling the airflow and I did just determine that you can't actually put this on incorrectly it stops you and there is some helpful labeling that says rear as you can see it comes in two different colors they are arguing about what this one is called but let's go with gray for now this is more my vibe I like the gray I'm not a black PC kind of guy to be honest I like to be able to see the components although I'm not getting that with this regardless on the back here is the graphics card compartment that's why it's right next to the ventilation if you were to have the graphics card over here on this solid panel obviously wouldn't work that well as the astute among you might have already guessed there's a big ass fan at the top 180 mil oh my God it's thick so this is making a from these sides yeah that's the right size a chimney effect sucking in air all along here and shooting it out the top it's officially a two slot GPU limit here but if you look at the back you can see there's a little extra it's honestly actually it's quite a bit extra it looks almost like three slots just not with the third slot they don't recommend putting giant horrible power efficiency graphics cards like a 4090 in here but if you got creative I wouldn't be surprised if you could get one to fit pciu Riser included here it's got this funky like angle on it here to fit in there we've got a 3.5 in hard drive Mount here that also can fit a 2.5 in SSD and if you want a second SSD they ship a bracket in the box that allows you to mount one like right here Mini ITX motherboard mount it also supports up to 2 140 mm fans or a 280 mil aiio that being said it's kind of a unique form factor so there are some size constraints apparently the majority of 280 mil aiio will have some sort of clearance issue whether it's like the radiator Dimensions or the clearance between the motherboard which is right you know here CPU block probably right right about here apparently they haven't tried it without fans on the AO I mean they have this Big Ass Fan on the top I think that that could maybe work but your mileage will vary do some Googling if you're buying this case right off the bat maybe stick with a 240 cuz those should just pretty much work across the board although they definitely have not tried them all this is a good button it's also got 20 gig USB and likely 2 5 gig type A ports like the other case and combo audio to mount an AIO in this one it's just these two screws here to take this bracket off and then you can mount it separately and plop it in or if you don't want an AO and you like air coolers like me it fits up to 110 mil tall cooler which if you're wondering in noctua words it's like an NHD 9l uh which is a probably a pretty good pairing for the amount of Hardware that's going to be in a computer like this but I know you guys will do horrible horrible things and make very cool computers let's see if this one overheats but not before telling you about our sponsor thanks to private internet access for are sponsoring our 2024 computex coverage their VPN network spans across six continents in 91 countries letting you access your local catalog of content from all over the globe plus with a single subscription you get unlimited connections making it easy to run Pia on practically any device we previously partnered with Pia for years and they just concluded their second security audit putting further emphasis on your privacy and security so go check out Pia using our Link in the description for a special deal with a risk-free 30-day money back guarantee maybe not the world's most intensive game ever but we're running valheim Max settings I think we're getting around 180 FPS this is the same configuration with a 14700 K and an RTX 470 I'm just running around in valheim and I have HW info open in the background I'm going to let that heat soak for a bit and in the meantime let's check out the other product which is definitely not sitting on the desk right here their headphones it's called the scape ooh damn this is nice okay we've got the stand we'll talk more about that in a sec and I've been told that all the packaging is biodegradable in one way or another even the plastic got the headphones themselves little cable here also in cardboard and the removal microphone that's pretty much it for the box that foam has some memory I believe they call that memory foam hey there we go okay they pop off that reveals the custom in-house tuned 40 mm drivers here they H don't necessarily have plans on making these ear cups purchasable yet but I guess in theory you could probably contact customer service and they want to know what the community has to say if people are asking for it I'm sure they will do it nice adjustability this is metal which is nice it should be pretty durable then but the top is of course plastic for flexibility in terms of buttons we have a crown here this adjusts the volume as you can probably guess you can pause skip track or skip track back with three clicks there they've got a mode selector on here which I really like I hate when products have like a stupid like gesture to switch or like XYZ cheat code to switch this just a little switch to go between Bluetooth and the 2.4 GHz USB dongle which I'll show you in a sec what's the bottom button what's this one do is that oh that's just a power button yeah okay that makes sense you shouldn't need the power button I've been told that putting it in and out of this very fancy magnetic case oh there look at that oh it just snaps into place wow is what turns it on and off automatically what other buttons we got here this is for the audio presets you they have a balanced profile a treble optimized and a base optimized but you can also do EQ uh with their app which I've been told is not an app it's a web page which sounds awesome you don't have to run it in the background on your computer and lose 20% of your FPS or whatever the hell this is for the LEDs looking oh there we go I just had to wait a second ah these LEDs can indicate things like the battery level or if your Bluetooth is connected like you just saw earlier when it was flashing blue they also have a removable microphone but not just this microphone which obviously mutes when it goes up or can hang out down here and it's nice and flexible with some memory they also have a mic integrated in here so if you're like on the bus and you've taken your fractal headphones which to be fair these are Nic looking headphones they don't look gamery at all you totally could just wear these out and about you can still make a call maybe not as good as if you had your your gamer microphone but definitely probably still functional oh USBC um in theory as I'm sure you've imagined this charges the headphones wirelessly through these little pads here but you can also charge it with USBC if you'd like does it work with USBC like with it's plugged in it still functions nice thank God and that's the St like look at that it just sits like that so you have this on your desk it's pretty your headphones have somewhere to go and underneath there is that little USB dongle I was talking about earlier so it integrates nicely into the stand but if you don't want it there and you want to just plug it back into your computer and you're not using this stand you can definitely do that the rubberized feet thank God do I look like a gamer a stylish gamer at least like in this area speaking of gaming if you're planning on gaming and you're uh Esports gamer or what have you the latency on these with the the USB dongle is around 27 milliseconds that's what they've tested take that and do with it what you will I am pleasantly surprised they sound great actually like considering the scope of like gaming headphones like very good good job I'm actually like genuinely impressed in terms of battery life they're looking around 40 hours in optimal circumstances which means LEDs off or around 20 to 25 with the LEDs on they're hoping that that doesn't really matter given that they made this nice stand and you don't have to plug it in but if you're on the go it's definitely something to keep in mind but decent figures they sound pretty good they're not cheap but they're not that expensive either if you think about premium kind of gaming headphones they are premium gaming headphones that are very expensive and this includes the charging stand does Bluetooth 2.4 has nice memory foam ear cups is pretty comfy I usually prefer a suede material but I'm sure they'll be aftermarket ones or maybe they'll make some suede ones later on they look nice seems like a pretty decent buy let's check on that computer all right it's had about 20 minutes or 10 minutes or whatever to heat soak for reference they're running a fractal Lumen 240 mil AI liquid cooler on the CPU we're running around 70° on that at 140 Watts on the CPU and our GPU temperature has settled in around 63 to 64 at around a 160 to 180 watt power draw what is the fan running at C U fan for reference running at about 1,600 RPM and the GPU fan oh the GPU fan is running at 30% like it's it's pretty quiet and this is according to Hardware info around 90% of the TDP of the GPU and we're pulling 30% on the fans it's pretty quiet like this is fine it's totally fine which is all it needs to be really it's quiet I guess considering the form factor this is pretty good it's not the absolute craziest high performance components in in this computer but still a 14700 k and a 4070 are no slouch by any stretch of the imagination so in terms of like the temps working and it being a functional computer it seems like mission accomplished but that's not even the last thing they have look at this comfy chair I have Colt in here to show you oh Hey Jake what's up I'm dude it's so cringe it's so cringe I'm sitting in one of fractal's new refined Ergo gaming chairs fractal has five different skews of this chair so they've got two colorways they've got a light and dark both in a mesh and a fabric variant and then they've also got a fifth skew check this thing out alcanta baby these chairs are inspired by Scandinavian design as you can see they're pretty minimal which I really like The Branding the only branding you're going to get on these chairs it's just right here on the headrest itself we're going to stick with the Alcantara for the rest of this video so I'm going to move these guys out of the way so you'll notice probably the most gamer thing about this chair is a silhouette but these things like many other fractal products are built for Form and Function there's a lot of things that I really like about this chair first being that's got hubless casters so you'll notice ooh nice and smooth you can't really feel it when you're watching the video but these things are really smooth another thing that I really like about this chair and something that a lot of chairs get wrong is they very clearly identified what each handle does in the chair so you can know that this goes forward this goes backward this goes up this goes down this is awesome this saves you from having to Fumble below the chair and figure out what each thing does on this side we've got what I'm assuming is the tilt lock wait let me undo it ooh similar to how smooth the casters feel this chair has a Synchro tilt mechanism which is very very smooth we got about 125 to 130° of reclining ability here another thing that's really interesting about this chair is the headrest so this headrest is memory foam which is common in a lot of chairs but what isn't common is the way that it affixes to the chair itself you've got this little release up here you can press you can actually take the headrest off you're not messing around with magnets you don't have your headrest falling oh crap where did it go there's actually a button that it fixes to the chair which is really cool wow you just got to hit it but then when it's actually locked in you can move it down and up as well without having to take it off and then the last thing that I really want to highlight on this chair is the lumbar support system pretty straightforward you've got this knob again clearly identifying whether you can get the lumbar support to go in or out and then you can also go up and down like so but what about Comfort obviously when you're buying a chair you're making a big investment you're making an investment into something that you plan on sitting on for years to come I think this is comfortable I feel like there probably could be a little bit more padding under my butt but I feel supported all of the materials even on the fabric and the mesh variant feel really good and like I said the things that you're touching engaging with the casters like everything feels premium at a not so premium price point which is probably the most interesting thing that I'm finding with this chair the one that I'm sitting in the Alcantara this is like their premium premium variant this retails for $899 but both the fabric and mesh variants which you can get in the light or dark colorways retail for 549 USD and they're expecting to launch in Q3 of this year here another thing that I want to talk about especially when we're talking about chairs is warranty fractal is offering a three-year warranty on soft components and they're offering a five-year warranty on your structural components which is pretty competitive with chairs in this price point obviously it's not going to be something like a Herman Miller that gives you a 12year warranty but you are paying for that warranty as well oh they just rolled me the instructions fractal told me that these are works of art just like their products their instruction manuals are art and plof I think would agree so we didn't build these chairs just to let everybody know you do have to build them yourself but it's very straightforward as you can see here from this guide and that's it for chairs thank you very much for watching everybody make sure to like the video if you liked it leave a comment below with your thoughts what you what do you guys think of these products that we talked about here today but I always do outros so long outros aren't supposed to be long right they're supposed to be short byeI'm going to be honest coming into the fractal suite at compex 2024 here was a little bit of a different experience for me I've never had a brand come up and just right off the bat say we understand everyone hated this the last time we did it but I promise we fixed it that's new for me but to be honest I didn't really follow the original fractal era when it came out but if you aren't familiar the problem was airf flow they had kind of a solid bottom panel which just a little bit of ventilation on the side and a solid top panel look at this wood not not solid I mean it it's solid Walnut but not in the way that you're thinking there's there's machined lines in it for air flow very good last time it overheated if you had any sort of high-end gaming computer and they were straight up about that but this is supposed to fix that problem and it looks nice too that's kind of the theme here if you haven't noticed we basically took apart their entire set and built our own little short circuit set here but to unbox a case that has no box I mean it's kind of a box itself I'm going to need another computer oh luckily they have this one right here and I figured if we're already taking apart their entire set why not take apart their computers too this is the era 2 and it comes in three different colors I've got silver here this one is charcoal gray ah I got it right and this one midnight blue honestly I'm kind of a blue guy this is pretty nice now apparently there's going to be a bunch of cool engineering nerd stuff that I'm going to realize as I go through this so hopefully I pick up on it otherwise maybe maybe I'm stupid in terms of specs we'll kind of get into those as we go through it let's see if I can figure out how to take it apart hold on I don't think I'm getting the right side here but I do see a lock thing here oh it's just a fan mesh filter on the bottom it's a nice touch not what I was looking for whoa ah never mind it was what I was looking for damn look at that so easy so this is the fancy anodized aluminum shell on the back just a big open space which is where this stuff will go on the top here's that walmut panel we were looking at earlier each one is unique it's actually wood that they Source from North America I tried to ask them if they get it from Canada given that it's wood and we export a lot of that but I have not heard back yet have we heard back yet damn it you know what close enough it's we're like the America mini or whatever let's move on to the actual case itself I'm going to unbuild this one and put it into this computer because I feel like it's weird to do a case unboxing experience without actually building a computer so let's start that now that I know how to take the thing apart wow that's a lot of stuff in there maybe this is more than I bargained for the back panel here is adjustable it has a adjustable spine at the back and yes this is the screwdriver I'm going to be using the entire time deal with it I forgot my LTT screwdriver LTT store.com and if you haven't gotten there yet the reasoning for this is the size of the graphics card say you have no graphics card or just a really small one you can put it in position one here with the graphics card space trun drunken down and that gives you 70 Ms of CPU clearance and then if you have a big graphics card you go to position three and then you have 55 mm that might matter to you if you have an air cooler but if you have an AO you're probably good in either yeah pcie Riser right there that's nice maybe let's put the graphics card in I might just instead of tearing apart this entire computer I might just move a couple Choice components just to like get the vibe pass through power cable that makes sense the power supply is not sitting right here fits sfx and sfsl power supplies like this one here let's try and take it out are these all on trays is this just going to slide right out wow look at that it's just on a slighty tray what so you just screw the power supply into this little tray and then I mean mash the cables in there don't forget about the cables but let's pretend like I've remembered and put it back in easy and that's it oh I mean the screw there's still a screw but that's pretty much it that's like very good what about an AO what what what what have I been doing with this power supply you just watched me do that it just pops off I told them to not tell me things because I just wanted to experience it that feels like something you could have mentioned I don't know here let's try this one more time with the top off yep it's not that hard look at that goes right in there it still feels like very sturdy good job for that I mean I've had oh cuz I guess it's braced in the middle I've definitely played with cases like this where the the top comes off and it just feels like it dissolves into nothing and that the thing is going to fall apart but because that spine is mounted down the middle and can be movable it holds it all together this is a new feature to the era 2 the original one didn't have like the fancy removable tooless top like that but this is a very well thought out case in my few minutes experience here you can see on the bottom here much more ventilation than the last one which just had the side ventilation and there's two 120 mm fans unlike the original which just had a single 80 mil up front we've got a power button it's fine it's not a it's not my favorite but it it makes sense with the style 3.5 mil combo audio jack a 20 gig USB type-c assuming you have a motherboard that supports it and what looks like two 5 gig type A ports around back like I showed you before motherboard cutout we've got the power pass through the little screw holes for adjusting the spine and then two PC slots it can fit up to a three slot card assuming that this is in the maximum GPU configuration which is limiting your CPU Cooler space I didn't look at this too closely earlier but the little thing with the accessories in it holds two 2.5 in drives assuming you have the space and don't have a stupid long graphics card what comes in here screws and cable ties other than that it's just a very nice clean good looking very easy to build in seemingly case we'll try a little thermal test on it a little bit later but before that I want to look at the other new case the mood it's a very small form factor Tower style case it's a little tricky given the orientation to like get your fingers under there and pull like I need to pull this way but not this way and that's kind of hard but I guess if you just tilt your computer a little bit now hey the fabric lined top comes off and it's just like the other one where you have like 360° access the fabric is nice I like it it's um you're going to probably need to vacuum it at some point but it will also act as a filter for your room I don't think that they're rating it for that and definitely will not say that it gives you any sort of filtration but I imagine if you have a cat or a dog it'll take some cat hair out of your room which is something you all know I have problems with top mesh good for air flow the front is mesh the back is open sort of of this filter is there the top is open but the sides are not I was kind of like huh but I guess it makes sense they're channeling the airflow and I did just determine that you can't actually put this on incorrectly it stops you and there is some helpful labeling that says rear as you can see it comes in two different colors they are arguing about what this one is called but let's go with gray for now this is more my vibe I like the gray I'm not a black PC kind of guy to be honest I like to be able to see the components although I'm not getting that with this regardless on the back here is the graphics card compartment that's why it's right next to the ventilation if you were to have the graphics card over here on this solid panel obviously wouldn't work that well as the astute among you might have already guessed there's a big ass fan at the top 180 mil oh my God it's thick so this is making a from these sides yeah that's the right size a chimney effect sucking in air all along here and shooting it out the top it's officially a two slot GPU limit here but if you look at the back you can see there's a little extra it's honestly actually it's quite a bit extra it looks almost like three slots just not with the third slot they don't recommend putting giant horrible power efficiency graphics cards like a 4090 in here but if you got creative I wouldn't be surprised if you could get one to fit pciu Riser included here it's got this funky like angle on it here to fit in there we've got a 3.5 in hard drive Mount here that also can fit a 2.5 in SSD and if you want a second SSD they ship a bracket in the box that allows you to mount one like right here Mini ITX motherboard mount it also supports up to 2 140 mm fans or a 280 mil aiio that being said it's kind of a unique form factor so there are some size constraints apparently the majority of 280 mil aiio will have some sort of clearance issue whether it's like the radiator Dimensions or the clearance between the motherboard which is right you know here CPU block probably right right about here apparently they haven't tried it without fans on the AO I mean they have this Big Ass Fan on the top I think that that could maybe work but your mileage will vary do some Googling if you're buying this case right off the bat maybe stick with a 240 cuz those should just pretty much work across the board although they definitely have not tried them all this is a good button it's also got 20 gig USB and likely 2 5 gig type A ports like the other case and combo audio to mount an AIO in this one it's just these two screws here to take this bracket off and then you can mount it separately and plop it in or if you don't want an AO and you like air coolers like me it fits up to 110 mil tall cooler which if you're wondering in noctua words it's like an NHD 9l uh which is a probably a pretty good pairing for the amount of Hardware that's going to be in a computer like this but I know you guys will do horrible horrible things and make very cool computers let's see if this one overheats but not before telling you about our sponsor thanks to private internet access for are sponsoring our 2024 computex coverage their VPN network spans across six continents in 91 countries letting you access your local catalog of content from all over the globe plus with a single subscription you get unlimited connections making it easy to run Pia on practically any device we previously partnered with Pia for years and they just concluded their second security audit putting further emphasis on your privacy and security so go check out Pia using our Link in the description for a special deal with a risk-free 30-day money back guarantee maybe not the world's most intensive game ever but we're running valheim Max settings I think we're getting around 180 FPS this is the same configuration with a 14700 K and an RTX 470 I'm just running around in valheim and I have HW info open in the background I'm going to let that heat soak for a bit and in the meantime let's check out the other product which is definitely not sitting on the desk right here their headphones it's called the scape ooh damn this is nice okay we've got the stand we'll talk more about that in a sec and I've been told that all the packaging is biodegradable in one way or another even the plastic got the headphones themselves little cable here also in cardboard and the removal microphone that's pretty much it for the box that foam has some memory I believe they call that memory foam hey there we go okay they pop off that reveals the custom in-house tuned 40 mm drivers here they H don't necessarily have plans on making these ear cups purchasable yet but I guess in theory you could probably contact customer service and they want to know what the community has to say if people are asking for it I'm sure they will do it nice adjustability this is metal which is nice it should be pretty durable then but the top is of course plastic for flexibility in terms of buttons we have a crown here this adjusts the volume as you can probably guess you can pause skip track or skip track back with three clicks there they've got a mode selector on here which I really like I hate when products have like a stupid like gesture to switch or like XYZ cheat code to switch this just a little switch to go between Bluetooth and the 2.4 GHz USB dongle which I'll show you in a sec what's the bottom button what's this one do is that oh that's just a power button yeah okay that makes sense you shouldn't need the power button I've been told that putting it in and out of this very fancy magnetic case oh there look at that oh it just snaps into place wow is what turns it on and off automatically what other buttons we got here this is for the audio presets you they have a balanced profile a treble optimized and a base optimized but you can also do EQ uh with their app which I've been told is not an app it's a web page which sounds awesome you don't have to run it in the background on your computer and lose 20% of your FPS or whatever the hell this is for the LEDs looking oh there we go I just had to wait a second ah these LEDs can indicate things like the battery level or if your Bluetooth is connected like you just saw earlier when it was flashing blue they also have a removable microphone but not just this microphone which obviously mutes when it goes up or can hang out down here and it's nice and flexible with some memory they also have a mic integrated in here so if you're like on the bus and you've taken your fractal headphones which to be fair these are Nic looking headphones they don't look gamery at all you totally could just wear these out and about you can still make a call maybe not as good as if you had your your gamer microphone but definitely probably still functional oh USBC um in theory as I'm sure you've imagined this charges the headphones wirelessly through these little pads here but you can also charge it with USBC if you'd like does it work with USBC like with it's plugged in it still functions nice thank God and that's the St like look at that it just sits like that so you have this on your desk it's pretty your headphones have somewhere to go and underneath there is that little USB dongle I was talking about earlier so it integrates nicely into the stand but if you don't want it there and you want to just plug it back into your computer and you're not using this stand you can definitely do that the rubberized feet thank God do I look like a gamer a stylish gamer at least like in this area speaking of gaming if you're planning on gaming and you're uh Esports gamer or what have you the latency on these with the the USB dongle is around 27 milliseconds that's what they've tested take that and do with it what you will I am pleasantly surprised they sound great actually like considering the scope of like gaming headphones like very good good job I'm actually like genuinely impressed in terms of battery life they're looking around 40 hours in optimal circumstances which means LEDs off or around 20 to 25 with the LEDs on they're hoping that that doesn't really matter given that they made this nice stand and you don't have to plug it in but if you're on the go it's definitely something to keep in mind but decent figures they sound pretty good they're not cheap but they're not that expensive either if you think about premium kind of gaming headphones they are premium gaming headphones that are very expensive and this includes the charging stand does Bluetooth 2.4 has nice memory foam ear cups is pretty comfy I usually prefer a suede material but I'm sure they'll be aftermarket ones or maybe they'll make some suede ones later on they look nice seems like a pretty decent buy let's check on that computer all right it's had about 20 minutes or 10 minutes or whatever to heat soak for reference they're running a fractal Lumen 240 mil AI liquid cooler on the CPU we're running around 70° on that at 140 Watts on the CPU and our GPU temperature has settled in around 63 to 64 at around a 160 to 180 watt power draw what is the fan running at C U fan for reference running at about 1,600 RPM and the GPU fan oh the GPU fan is running at 30% like it's it's pretty quiet and this is according to Hardware info around 90% of the TDP of the GPU and we're pulling 30% on the fans it's pretty quiet like this is fine it's totally fine which is all it needs to be really it's quiet I guess considering the form factor this is pretty good it's not the absolute craziest high performance components in in this computer but still a 14700 k and a 4070 are no slouch by any stretch of the imagination so in terms of like the temps working and it being a functional computer it seems like mission accomplished but that's not even the last thing they have look at this comfy chair I have Colt in here to show you oh Hey Jake what's up I'm dude it's so cringe it's so cringe I'm sitting in one of fractal's new refined Ergo gaming chairs fractal has five different skews of this chair so they've got two colorways they've got a light and dark both in a mesh and a fabric variant and then they've also got a fifth skew check this thing out alcanta baby these chairs are inspired by Scandinavian design as you can see they're pretty minimal which I really like The Branding the only branding you're going to get on these chairs it's just right here on the headrest itself we're going to stick with the Alcantara for the rest of this video so I'm going to move these guys out of the way so you'll notice probably the most gamer thing about this chair is a silhouette but these things like many other fractal products are built for Form and Function there's a lot of things that I really like about this chair first being that's got hubless casters so you'll notice ooh nice and smooth you can't really feel it when you're watching the video but these things are really smooth another thing that I really like about this chair and something that a lot of chairs get wrong is they very clearly identified what each handle does in the chair so you can know that this goes forward this goes backward this goes up this goes down this is awesome this saves you from having to Fumble below the chair and figure out what each thing does on this side we've got what I'm assuming is the tilt lock wait let me undo it ooh similar to how smooth the casters feel this chair has a Synchro tilt mechanism which is very very smooth we got about 125 to 130° of reclining ability here another thing that's really interesting about this chair is the headrest so this headrest is memory foam which is common in a lot of chairs but what isn't common is the way that it affixes to the chair itself you've got this little release up here you can press you can actually take the headrest off you're not messing around with magnets you don't have your headrest falling oh crap where did it go there's actually a button that it fixes to the chair which is really cool wow you just got to hit it but then when it's actually locked in you can move it down and up as well without having to take it off and then the last thing that I really want to highlight on this chair is the lumbar support system pretty straightforward you've got this knob again clearly identifying whether you can get the lumbar support to go in or out and then you can also go up and down like so but what about Comfort obviously when you're buying a chair you're making a big investment you're making an investment into something that you plan on sitting on for years to come I think this is comfortable I feel like there probably could be a little bit more padding under my butt but I feel supported all of the materials even on the fabric and the mesh variant feel really good and like I said the things that you're touching engaging with the casters like everything feels premium at a not so premium price point which is probably the most interesting thing that I'm finding with this chair the one that I'm sitting in the Alcantara this is like their premium premium variant this retails for $899 but both the fabric and mesh variants which you can get in the light or dark colorways retail for 549 USD and they're expecting to launch in Q3 of this year here another thing that I want to talk about especially when we're talking about chairs is warranty fractal is offering a three-year warranty on soft components and they're offering a five-year warranty on your structural components which is pretty competitive with chairs in this price point obviously it's not going to be something like a Herman Miller that gives you a 12year warranty but you are paying for that warranty as well oh they just rolled me the instructions fractal told me that these are works of art just like their products their instruction manuals are art and plof I think would agree so we didn't build these chairs just to let everybody know you do have to build them yourself but it's very straightforward as you can see here from this guide and that's it for chairs thank you very much for watching everybody make sure to like the video if you liked it leave a comment below with your thoughts what you what do you guys think of these products that we talked about here today but I always do outros so long outros aren't supposed to be long right they're supposed to be short bye\n"