Fractal Design Core 3000 Case Review

Inside the Fractal Design Core 3000

Both panels are attached to the chassis using black thumbscrews. The motherboard tray has a huge hole for you to access the backplate of the CPU cooler without having to remove the motherboard from the case, several holes for you to route cables behind it, and several metallic clips for you to fasten cables using cable ties.

Figure 11: Overall look

Figure 12: A view behind the motherboard tray

In Figure 11, you have another overall look inside the case. Expansion cards are fastened using black thumbscrews. The Fractal Design Core 3000 supports video cards up to 10.6” (270 mm) long, but if you remove the top hard drive cage, this clearance is increased to 16.5” (420 mm). The case supports CPU coolers up to 6.3” (160 mm) tall.

Figure 13: Overall look

The power supply is installed at the bottom of the case. Note that it can be installed with either its bottom fan facing up or facing down, so you can decide if you want the fan of your power supply pulling air from inside the case or from outside of it.

If you install a power supply up to 6.3” (160 mm) deep, you can install a 120 mm fan on the bottom panel. As already discussed, the case doesn’t come with an air filter for this fan, but it comes with an air filter for the power supply fan.< /p>

Figure 14: Power supply compartment

The fan controller, shown in Figure 15, must be installed on an expansion slot. It is a single-channel, analog controller supporting three fans, which means that all fans are controlled through a single potentiometer.

Figure 15: Fan controller