Since its inception in 2007, Fractal has developed gaming products which fuse Scandinavian design, user-centric innovation and premium quality. Today's computer has evolved into playing a central role in most homes, creating a demand for appealing design of the computer itself and its accessories. Second is the GPU cooling, and you shouldn't overlook this too quickly, especially in something designed for the living room as a hotter GPU means a louder one.

Registered office: Klarna UK Limited, 7th Floor, 33 Cavendish Square, London, W1G 0PW, United Kingdom. Here is what Fractal Design has to say about their latest chassis: The Node 202 is the ultimate PC case for those looking for a beautifully designed, compact chassis that can house a capable gaming build. SilverStone's solution is simply more elegant, and it leaves the RVZ02 room to have easier to use 2.Perfect balance of temps/perfrormance/noise, if I was to make a new build in this case without modding I'd stick to this method amd have saved myself a lot of messing around. I think GPU should've been mounted farther away from the side, with holes and enough space to install fans to cool GPU underside.

The rear of the Node 202 is interesting, as we cannot see a place for the PSU but only a receptacle, hinting that Fractal Design moved the PSU compartment to the front of the case. Some owners of the Node 202 seem to have problems aligning their graphics cards correctly with the screw holes in the PCI slot. Owners of a Vega or GTX/RTX -80 card should be aware of the problem with the vertical setup if no blower cooler is used. liter Fractal Node 202 to compare to, I welcome the size of the Fractal Ridge as it feels like a Node 202 without any real compromises. Fractal's included PSU is not modular, so you have to struggle with a mass of extra cables in a cramped case, and the fan isn't the quietest thing (although I remedied this by moving the computer to the other side of my desk so the fan faces away from me).I was looking at the 4070ti due to lower power and thought I would just do a mod instead to my Asus card. There are two nearby provisions for cable organization and at the top of this picture you can see the underside of a PCI riser card that will need to be plugged into the motherboard (similar to the Node 202). With both horizontal and vertical orientation possibilities, Node 202 can be placed anywhere in the house. This is a small form factor case that measures 377mm wide x 330mm deep x 82mm high when it is laid down flat.

Node 202 is the ultimate PC case for those looking for a beautifully designed, compact chassis that can house a capable gaming build. The case’s default fan configuration is used to give an accurate interpretation of the out-of-the-box performance. Beware that it’s position might conflict with any motherboards that use an oversized heatsink over the rear IO (i.The Node 202 is supposed to be a compact case that can handle a gaming system but how well it performs in this regard depends heavily on the power requirements of the video card, and the type of cooler employed. I ran Prime95 v287 to stress the CPU, and after about one run of the torture test with 2 threads, I stopped it, as the CPU temps were dipping into the 90's. The included power supply is just powerful enough for any system you would want to use in such an enclosure, and runs quiet enough not to be noticed.