Packaging, and Specifications
The Box
The Fractal-design box deos look to be the very essence of professional packaging! With its carbon-black looks and minimalist styling it indeed catches the eye; less is truly more! The description on the box mentions that this is the ‘Black Pearl Edition’, it would be interesting to judge if this case is indeed a pearl or a black coloured rock? Let us move on and find out.
Fractal Design Black Pearl Packaging
Specifications
The Recommended retail price of this chassis is around £79.99 and offers fair specifications for its price.
- Eight 3,5 inch HDD trays, compatible with Solid State Drives.
- Two 5,25 inch bays, with 1x 5,25>3,5 inch converter included !
- On top of front panel: two USB 2.0,
- eSATA and Audio I/O
- No Power Supply Unit included (removable filter below PSU)
- Motherboard compatibility: Mini ITX, Micro ATX and ATX .
- Seven expansion slots; with sleek white painted brackets .
- Supports graphic card lengths up to circa 290mm and CPU coolers with height of maximum circa 165mm
- Supports PSUs with a depth of maximum circa 170mm, when using bottom 120/140mm fan location. When not using the bottom 120/140mm fan location, the case supports also longer PSUs, typically 200-220mm.
- Case size (WxHxD): 207.40x440x521.2mm
- Net weight: 12.50kg
(http://www.fractal-design.com/?view=product&category=2&prod=32 accessed 26/02/2010)
It is interesting to note that the above specifications do not include a removable motherboard tray feature!
As is usually the case (pardon the pun) the inner packaging was made from foam inserts and a polyurethane bag in order to protect the product itself. After earnestly stripping off the inner packaging; this reviewer experienced a wonderful sight! No we are not talking about a beautiful red-haired woman (unfortunately) but rather the Fractal chassis itself!
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