Fractal Design North XL Build - Step by Step Guide

A full step by step guide to building a PC in the Fractal Design North XL. This guide assumes no previous knowledge and is perfect for a first time PC builder. Links to parts used in the build are below.

00:00 The Parts
01:29 Preparing the Case
13:02 CPU Installation
13:43 M.2 SSD Installation
14:51 RAM Installation
15:13 CPU Cooler Installation
16:39 Motherboard Installation
17:16 Case Cable Installation
18:17 Case Fan Installation
19:21 Power Supply Installation
20:38 Graphics Card Installation
21:29 Cable Management
21:59 Complete Build Footage
22:51 Outro

Parts used in the build (Amazon links are Affiliates Links)

• Fractal Design North XL
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• ASRock Phantom Gaming Z790 Riptide WiFi
• Intel Core i9 14900K
• Kingston FURY Beast DDR5 32GB (2x16GB) 5200MHz
• Samsung 990 PRO 2TB
• Phanteks Revolt 1000W 80 PLUS Platinum ATX 3.0 Power Supply
• Phanteks Revolt Cable Kit, Complete Set, Black
• ASUS ROG STRIX RTX 4080
• be quiet! Silent Wings 4 140mm
• Gelid Solutions GC-Extreme Thermal Paste

Affiliate links
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[alexm.]

First timer here. Thanks for sharing this - I feel sufficiently confident to tackle the project now. The case gets in Friday!

[BiggyJimm]

Found this channel building my first PC, built another for my son. 3 year later I buy my parts and find i have all the same items essential for this build. Thank you!!!

[EMTinVA]

I have a whole mess of components on the way to me. I fully intended to pay someone to build it, but after watching your video I think I might just do it myself. Thank you very much for the detailed video!

[JustCarnivorousCupcake]

Great quality video yet again, seeing all the improvements like the better cable grommets whilst enjoying practical, no-nonsense, detailed feedback on building in it keeps me coming back to this channel.

I have the 'normal' version already lying about for nearly a year now, still gotta start my build, but dayum, if this isn't tempting. Still, pricewise I paid €52 less than what I could get this XL version for right now, so I will make due with the smaller version.

[benwilliams]

This is my favorite build channel on the Citadel.

[HmmmKuchen]

After some years out of the game building my own PC´s I am now building myself a new PC in the Fractal North XL. Your video helped me greatly from getting everything ready to doing everything in the correct order.

Now I just have to wait for the new GPU´s to drop in January to finish the build!

[kierandennis]

This video was so helpful in building essentially the same build except with AMD. Thank you so much for this!

[CyberJedi]

Probably the best channel for build tutorials in youtube!

[andriusjautakis]

Will start building in Fractal North XL soon, but before that I bought prebuild PC. So thank you for very thorough guide!!

[docmalc]

@14:44 - Remove plastic from underneath the heatsink - I have a MSI B760 and had already installed the m2 storage however forgot to remove the plastic until seeing this - THANKS!

[RobHarley]

This was the best guide I found. Thankyou.

[_Davepocalypse]

Fantastic video. All super clear, well organised, and well paced. Good job!

[themaliciousone]

Nice build and thanks for the video :) I am getting the North XL too!

[SKHYJINX]

Excellent build, for the curious, .. Dont forget you can buy a wood film wrap on the cheap to cover the PSU shroud area with a wood accent look to really make the build pop. (Transparent side panel or not)

[gregcochennet]

Great simple build. I have a Fractal design 7 now and want to upgrade. This looks like a great case.

[stevenneill]

Thanks this Chris. Used this today. Absolutely fantastic. Your a lifesaver

[brianhecimovich]

This may be the most complete case review I've ever seen...

[kaifireborn]

Exactly what I needed - most informative I've seen up to now. Thank you!

[BryanMilos]

Really appreciate the video it helped a lot going through the build process even tho I've built multiple PCs in the past, served as a good memory refresher. Was extremely well done in terms of camera angles to see exactly how to do each task and explanations.

[jeffmitchell]

Thanks for the great build videos...they've helped me out a lot! Seriously considering this case in my new build.