Fractal Terra vs. Dan A4-H2O - Which is better?

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00:00 - Intro
00:37 - Aesthetics
01:12 - Price & Availability
01:37 - Build Quality
02:31 - Compatibility & Potential
03:33 - Ease of Building
04:14 - Thermals & Noise
05:07 - Overall Recommendation

[xSliq]

Correction: at 2:55 you say the H2O can only fit air coolers up to 44mm height when it can actually fit air coolers up to 55mm height. Nice video otherwise!

[sandwichlee]

Just got myself a silver terra last week, couldn't be happier to see more video about this case!

[Neonagi]

I'm not a fan of water cooling at all so the Terra suited me perfectly. Still has high-end components, no problem.

[_Randwulf]

Thx 4 the comparison... Good job. This should help quite a few newer builders. 👍😎

[TheOmarTech]

The exact 2 cases that I was looking at. If you have a founders edition card like the 3070, I think the Dan A4-H20 is the better choice you can create a space for the flow through design. But the Terra looks better to me, especially in the green.

[takashi]

Solid overview of both cases, just got the A4-H20 and generally not as user friendly especially because of the aio tube routing and wb tube fittings make cable management very important. Great production quality I see your channel growing much larger

[Scriptdbrawl]

I love the terra, I would have gotten the nzxt h1 if the terra wasn’t released before I bought it.

[chibiribiri]

Well. It's easy. U wanna air cool the cpu? Go with the Terra. U wan't an aio? Go for the A4-H2O. I had the A4-H2O. But i switched from water to air cooling at the beginning of the year. Used a L9a-AM4 by Noctua on my 5800X3D. It was pretty decent. After the release of the Terra I couldn't ignore it. Switched to the Terra. Now my 5800X3D is getting cooled by a L12 Ghost S1 Edition. Works pretty well with my RX 6800.

P.S.: The fan of my cpu cooler is doing intake as well. Temps are way better than doing outtake there. The bottom fan is doing outtake. In so small cases, there is no need to get fresh air there. So my gpu and cpu sucking in some fresh air.

[thegaugeshotty]

A4-H2O supports 240 AIO. Terra doesn't. Decision made.

[andreszhoutsang]

This was exactly my dilemma when I built my current PC one year ago. I would have chosen the Fractal Terra but it was due to be released and I needed to have the machine running ASAP. Ended up getting the Lian Li, but I definitely do like the looks of FT much more

[legart]

Such a nice wideo for all the ssf compiter fans

[krim]

Merci beaucoup pour votre vidéo, vous avez fait du très bon travail 😊

[Jakepf]

5:53 dude your voice is majestic. We need more videos from you. Especially this well thought out

[shubsodhi]

hey man great video, can you please tell me if the Terra can fit the noctua L12S cooler and a 7900 xtx. I have heard that the 7900 xtx is pretty compact when compared to its nvedia counterpart. Really wanna bult a terra but if it cant cool the stuff inside I don't see the point. Really appreciate you time, thank you.

[nunosantos]

A4 safter 1 year still the best mini itx on the market

[Leo___________]

Would you be able to make the fractal quiet if you only use an integrated GPU? Or is it always gonna run noisy due to the design?

[byephellicia]

So, i own both, and now have pcs finished in both. I absolutely HATE how much better the Terra looks but how much less functionality it offers, i even tried an externally mounted 240 aio and it works great but obviously one side of the case becomes unsigtly. I wish Fractal would offer a 240mm aio left side panel with a shroud or something, ill likely end up phabbing something myself but the Terra hits everything i wanted to except for the lacking aio support. I am sad, comment over. :(

[justinpatterson]

Can either one comfortably house a 5800X3D and a Hellhound 7900 XT?

[santosduran]

Which case would be best suited for an i7 12700? not overclocking. Just gaming.

[novalovan]

does a4 h2o can handle 14700k? with pl and 2x t30?