Article Fractal North XL

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Here's a review of the larger version of the popular case.

Fractal Design North XL review: a beautifully embiggened PC case | Club386

Fractal Design North XL is a beefier version of the original built with E-ATX and 420mm radiators in mind, but it's far from overwhelming.

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Fractal Design North XL Review

The Fractal Design North XL is truly an upscaled version of the North. As such it offers more room for larger form factors, longer GPUs and bigger radiators. While that all may seem obvious, the North XL also manages to provide a few interesting tweaks and changes.

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Remember when Fractal made cases out of steel thick enough not to feel cheap?

In any case, I still like how it looks.

 

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gdansk said:

Remember when Fractal made cases out of steel thick enough not to feel cheap?

In any case, I still like how it looks.

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You mean the time where you lugged your computer around for LAN parties?

 

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biostud said:

You mean the time where you lugged your computer around for LAN parties?

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No, it wasn't that long ago.

 

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I very much like that case!

I just need to get over having these in the front of my case. I don't need them there I just feel like I need them there!



Thumb is just there because that blue light screws up my camera!

 

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gdansk said:

Remember when Fractal made cases out of steel thick enough not to feel cheap?

In any case, I still like how it looks.

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They still make the Define 7. Although I prefer the looks pf the Define 6.

They are both tanks.

 

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The Define 7 is mostly a tank, but it does use a lot of plastic on the front. I have the XL version, and I kind of wish it had better intake vents at the front for when the door is closed, but otherwise I like it.