Revisiting the Fractal North: Still a Great Build Experience?

Wendell revisits one of our favorite recent cases with another build in mind!

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[СузаннаСергеевна]

This is my favourite case in years. It doesn't try to look cool, it just is.

[pkt]

If MicroCenter had the North in stock when I bought a new case last month, I probably would have bought one. Wound up with an o11e flow mini or whatever the word salad is.

[Gobeman]

The Mixer's expansion card sounded like a dream come true for most people who might want an upgrade down the line but without needing to replace the entire board for a time.

[Jajalaatmaar]

I'm running this case with a 280mm Arctic Liquid Freezer II in the fan bracket thanks to your previous video. Works like a charm. I did add 2 140mm top fans air and 1 120mm rear fan (mounted on the outside or it wouldn't fit) to extract hot air. Motherboard temps are good too, all temps are really good and it fits together with a chunky 4090. Awesome!

[Dan-Simms]

Wish more mobo companies tried something wild like the mixer, I hope it sells well and they continue to be more creative.

[christopherjames]

Just got a Torrent Compact from Microcenter, Yonkers, New York. Loving it.

[Xennial]

Don’t need a case but I feel tempted to get this simply because it looks like a work of art

[ThunderKat]

I would like to see some RAM speed test when testing 8-12-16 cores as everyone seem to ignore this aspect completely and only takes a minute (memory controller speed)
Same goes for testing 2x M.2 running in parallel during benchmarks and see how CPUs handle the multitask of storage devices.

[MeedLT]

Am i missing something? if i check in new egg for samsung 980 pro 2tb versions they are literally cheaper than the suggested nvme and they have dram.. is that some sort of an ad spot?

[reptilespantoso]

How has the BIOS update on the B650 been for you? Mine kinda screwed up my undervolt so I had to redo that. Went from neg 36 all cores to neg 30.
But the same performance, roughly. So I suspect they changed some values.

[LwPull]

Mx-5 has been discontinued for a while, they had serious separation issues… they replaced with mx-6, an excellent paste, performs better than mx-5, but I don’t like its viscosity compared to mx-5 and it’s also way pricier. Very sad, mx-5 was also my personal favourite…..
Consider the tx13 paste from Streacom. Eco packaged, very good performer, reasonable price point 👍

[tomr]

Solidigm p44 pro does have Dram - the p41 does not. Just to be clear

[meddlin]

I sure hope it's still a good build experience, i was *just now* able to order it, lol!

[cluberti]

Curious what’s up with Fractal and product availability lately. They’ve got a few cases and cooling parts that have been consistently hard to acquire in the US, at least. Excellent video as always though.

[ReQuiem_]

What I really want to see is a 7945HX SBC/NUC for SFF low wattage server activities.
Imagine the power of the sun, in the palm of your hand! 😂

[ColoradoDualSport]

If they actually made a full tower size I would love to buy it. I'm not willing to stuff $3, 000 worth of stuff in that tiny thing and make compromises due to the case. So, I'm waiting for a Phanteks NV7 which is also beautiful, just in a different way.

[TommyLoaded]

I made a DIY Fractal North out of a Corsair 4000D, because the North was out of stock.

[sergiusta]

Can the 280 AIO be mounted on the top on this case?

[itsmethatguy]

MX5 has been discontinued, MX6 is the new paste

[kentcurrie]

I am hoping to use a NZXT Kraken Z63 in my just-received FD North in the side mesh mount!