Fractal Design Define 7 XL Black Brushed Aluminum/Steel E-ATX Silent Modular Full Tower Computer Case

Case is top quality and easily worth the (discounted) price I paid, though even full price I'd say it's a good buy. Loads of room inside and very easy to configure the case how you want. Everything is well laid out and labelled with a good array of ports and additional controller for extra case fans. With the sound dampened panels in place I can barely hear fan noise from the case at all.Only disappointment was that I couldn't quite fit in my 5.25" blu-ray drives, but that's my fault for buying a 360mm radiator - I should have gone with a 280mm and it wouldn't have been an issue.

What can I say about this case, other than "What have I done?" LOL.This case is an absolute unit, if you have kids and another on the way, you could probably use this as a nursery for them, haha.All joking aside, I can honestly say this is a solid case, plenty of configuration options for customising, I had mine set to Storage configuration within about 40mins. Admittedly, it was a bit daunting where to start but after a quick gander at the manual (not included, you have to get it from Fractals website, 60 page PDF), it started to make sense what goes where and why.Make sure you have plenty of room to work with, this is not really a bang it together on a kitchen worktop type of case, better to give yourself plenty of room to work with.This will be getting used for a planned home NAS/server setup, at the moment, this is the only part I have bought for it, so I can't comment on motherboard fitting etc. But from what I can see, that's not going to be a problem, believe it alos has room/support for ATX and defo looks like it.There's plenty of holes and cutouts for pretty much every cable you'd need or for a water cooling setup.Not sure about the 3 x included Fracyal fans, I've never used them before but having a look online shows they might be a bit poor for taste, some have recommended Noctura NF-14 redux and others Arctic P14s (cheaper but seem to get good reviews).Comes with 2 x HDD cages that have 2 HDD trays each and the accessory kit included also has 2 trays, a 5.25 cage mount for optical drives in the 2 top bays and an extra top panel for more fans/radiator/airflow.Absolutely a great buy if your needing lots of space and drive bay potential, i would say the only downsides are there is no manual included (not a biggie, just inconvenient) and that there are only two 3.5 inch trays provided for more disks (excluding the 2 cages at the bottom, which also have trays).Very good build quality, I was worried about the trays as they look flimsy but they are pretty solid when fitted and screwed in. The HDD cages at the bottom do make a bit of a rattle when the empty case is moved around, that may be sorted when disk are installed or maybe just adding a bit of diy cushioning.Anyway, if the wife kicks you oot and files for divorce after buying this absolute monolith, at least you'll have somewhere to live while waiting for the homeless team to get you a place to live :)

A good size case and for the most part easy to build in. The only tricky part was swapping the layout to the storage layout but after reading the manual and watching a video on the fractual youtube channel I was able to see what I was doing wrong and got it to work.

What's good:This case is huge! It has so much space inside and supports any kind of combination you are looking for. The manual does a good job of showing how you can arrange the internals for the configuration that you need and has excellent ventilation.Cable management is great on this case, so may hook points for zip ties and it also comes with quite a few velcro straps.What's bad:This case supports so many 3.5" hard drives (if using as a server) but it lacks the trays to add them, so you have to spend an additional £60 to get the trays.My previous fractal case came with all the trays I needed AND was better designed - they were squeeze together tabs and the tray just pulled out, this case the trays hook onto the back panel and screw into the front panel and appear to be 'floating' in the case, I much prefer the older design.Fans - you only get 3 fans and this case can support many more - however, I can see why they have done this as you may want to use radiators in this case (I don't as it is being used as a server - so fans only, which I had to buy extra)Due to the size of the case - the power supply cables will not reach the top of the case, so I had to purchase 'extenders'.For me to use this as a server, there were additional costs to enable that. However, there are not many cases on the market quite like this and I expect to keep this for many many years!

Second of these cases in my network amazing quality

Hard to ever justify a premium case generally but this is a HUGE case with plenty of options for cooling, expansion and customisation. It is also well sound insulated.

This case is a beast! The build quality is excellent and the case looks great, even if it's humoungous. As far as cooling capability, I currently have 7 140mm PWM fans installed in mine, ensuring that the components in my server, which include SAS drives, have ample airflow.The modular nature of the case also means that, if my needs change and I need to swiitch from the storage layout (where I currently have 12 hard drives installed) to a different layout, it's easy to remove drive trays, which are reusable in other Fractal Design cases I have. In my opinion, it's well worth the money.

Excellent quality case, plenty of room for 2 x 360/420 radiators and motherboard fully accessible.