The Art of Building a Case That Can Withstand Anything

As I zoom out to show my beautiful case, it's clear that it has taken a beating. The side panel is peeled off, and the back looks like it's been through a war. But despite all the damage, there is still no penetration. In fact, after 10 shots with a 12 gauge shotgun, only one pallet got through.

I want to show you what I did here, starting with the XL side panel number one. I shot it once, and no penetration was achieved. Next up is the XL side panel number two, which also received zero penetration after a single shot. Now, let's take a look at the computing case, which was hit with just one round. And finally, we have the Define XL, which took 10 shots to get through on the 12 gauge shotgun.

But I know what you're thinking - why not use a 12 gauge slug or buckshot? The truth is, this case side panel isn't designed to stop something like that. It's more like your foot when you get pissed off playing BF3 and kick it. And let me tell you, 12 gaug shotgun rounds can be pretty impressive. In fact, with just 10 shots, only one pallet was able to penetrate the case.

So why am I sharing this with you? Well, we're launching a new series called n mod basic, where we want to encourage you to send us pictures of your systems with cases that you think are less than ideal. We'll pick a winner, and the lucky winner will receive a brand new fractal design case. But here's the twist - we also want you to vote on ways to destroy their old case. It's all about getting rid of crappy cases with extreme prejudice.

And speaking of destruction, I have to say that I'm pretty impressed with how my case has held up so far. The side panel is peeled off, and there are definitely some scratches and dents in the back. But despite all the damage, it's still holding strong. And I think that's what makes this series so much fun - we get to see how people's cases hold up under extreme conditions.

So if you're thinking of entering our n mod basic series, make sure to send us a picture of your case and tell us about its history. We want to hear all about it! And who knows - maybe one day we'll have a whole collection of destroyed cases that were once thought to be unbeatable.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enStill Standing shot number three good shot four now I'm going to zoom this back out so you can see my beautiful mug here I'm so pretty let's go get this okay so you can see this thing is pretty well beat up you look at the side boom boat out back it's peeled off but there is still no penetration back here I think maybe oh I lied I lied there's one pallet got through on the 10th shot now if you notice all rounds I shooting basically dead on I was trying to hit the same place I wasn't trying to spread it out so the panel could absorb more I was trying to go for the same impact every time and I was as close to that as possible so that helped bow it out because it's hitting in the same place in the middle every time plus I had a stick back here propping this up so it's was getting tacoed as it was hit let's look at what we did XL side panel number one one shot no penetration XL side panel number two one shot no penetration Computing case one shot I'm pretty sure you can see the penetration there and lastly Define XL 10 shots with a 12 gauge shotgun yeah I get paid to do that my job is awesome and no you can't have it so here's the thing haters going to hate someone's going to complain that it's not 12 gauge slug it's not 12 gauge buck shot it's bird shot and you're right but you know what it's also a case side panel it's not designed to stop something like that maybe your foot when you get pissed off playing BF3 and kick it but you know 12 gaug shotgun 10 times only one Pell get through on the 10th shot I think it's pretty impressive now we want to show you that we stand behind our products if okay well not in that scenario but we do stand behind them and what we're going to be doing is a new series called n mod basic basically we're going to have you guys send us pictures of your systems with case that you think is maybe less than ideal we'll pick a winner winner gets a new fractal design case we get the old case and then we're going to have you guys vote on ways to destroy it because we have a mission we want to get rid of crappy cases with extreme prejudice please help us outStill Standing shot number three good shot four now I'm going to zoom this back out so you can see my beautiful mug here I'm so pretty let's go get this okay so you can see this thing is pretty well beat up you look at the side boom boat out back it's peeled off but there is still no penetration back here I think maybe oh I lied I lied there's one pallet got through on the 10th shot now if you notice all rounds I shooting basically dead on I was trying to hit the same place I wasn't trying to spread it out so the panel could absorb more I was trying to go for the same impact every time and I was as close to that as possible so that helped bow it out because it's hitting in the same place in the middle every time plus I had a stick back here propping this up so it's was getting tacoed as it was hit let's look at what we did XL side panel number one one shot no penetration XL side panel number two one shot no penetration Computing case one shot I'm pretty sure you can see the penetration there and lastly Define XL 10 shots with a 12 gauge shotgun yeah I get paid to do that my job is awesome and no you can't have it so here's the thing haters going to hate someone's going to complain that it's not 12 gauge slug it's not 12 gauge buck shot it's bird shot and you're right but you know what it's also a case side panel it's not designed to stop something like that maybe your foot when you get pissed off playing BF3 and kick it but you know 12 gaug shotgun 10 times only one Pell get through on the 10th shot I think it's pretty impressive now we want to show you that we stand behind our products if okay well not in that scenario but we do stand behind them and what we're going to be doing is a new series called n mod basic basically we're going to have you guys send us pictures of your systems with case that you think is maybe less than ideal we'll pick a winner winner gets a new fractal design case we get the old case and then we're going to have you guys vote on ways to destroy it because we have a mission we want to get rid of crappy cases with extreme prejudice please help us out\n"