Dang, that 5.25" bay makes me really tempted to switch over! As a photog who has to constantly use a card reader, I've wanted to put a reader on the front of my case, but I've yet to see one with good airflow and a bay for it! I'll definitely keep it in the back of my mind for any future builds I do! Thank you for the fantastic video!
@@swizzler8053 I have this case sitting on my desk right now.. just waiting for payday to get the components to go inside it. Two rads! Madness. All fit okay etc? i have one 240 AIO that i plan to top mount.
Just built a pc for my buddy in this case, I gotta be honest, I loved it. And it looked so good finished. That little drawer, while good for your pot, also works great for extra thumb drives. And for anyone coming from a full size tower (like he was), and afraid the full length PSU will fit, it will, as long as you're ok losing the 3.5" hdd drive bays, which he totally was.
stunning build ! really dig the optical drive bay, its so hard to find a new case that supports it !! definitely wanna see more content with these new cases ! keep up the excellent work !
Love how Fractal likes to experiment, they've been doing lots of unique things with cases these years and I'm here for it. Overall this case is actually really decent with some unique stuff for its price range. And as always thank you for the vid mate 🙏 always love new case builds when you can't afford to do them yourself lol
It's just something about any kind of build, built into the cases that my man has ever gotten in his hands that makes me genuinely excited in some type of way
Used this case for my first PC build, and I love it. Not excessively large, but also has great airflow and 3 fans that do great in heat dissipation. Great case for a fan-only build
Liked it enough to model my first build around this video! Got the pl240 flux too. Also, its so nice to see an Aussie tech channel, love to see it mate!
oh wow I just bought this case a few weeks ago and moved my system into it. I realised my mobo was 4 pin RGB and this was 3 pin ARGB so i was pretty disappointed when i couldnt connect them together without a converter. Thank you for pointing out the integrated controller with the button! now i can have RGB!
the 5,25 bays are awesome for installing a USB front panel. Since the USB ports on the top are kinda inconvenient if you ask me. Especially if you decide to set it on the desk.
really like this case but its kinda sad they didn't color the insides like they did with its bigger brothers, the cyan version would've looked great with that motherboard you used
@@7rankC i have to spray with compressed air every 3 months. depends though if you are a smoker or have pets or have a dusty room etc. you'll have to clean more. overall, one year later, i'm still VERY happy with this case!
What’s the difference in temperature/fan noise when you compare a Mini case with a Midi tower case? I‘d like to buy this Fractal pop mini but I‘m not sure if the bigger case wouldn’t be better when it comes to thermals(?)
great build. one of the mini ITX case mfgs (i forget which one, he's a well known designer) said their company is not doing ITX anymore after this most recent case they released, as the newer hardware is too high of a TDP and too big to continue to try to make it fit in an ITX form factore, and will instead be doing MATX and ATX
Most air coolers are 150mm. So 170mm max is still very comfy and space efficient. Means a small case can be a small case and not stress so much about being 'roomy'.
It looks like this case is just slighty bigger in height & depth, but I feel like it makes the NZXT H210i obsolete. Very similar design & aesthetic but with better GPU compatibility. I had to ditch my h210i for a meshlicious cause there was no way I was getting my 3080ti in there. At least not without it resting on top of the PSU shroud & choking the hell out of it. With how thick GPU's are getting NZXT really needs to revise that case. Really liking fractals pop series. 👌🏾
You should check out the SAMA IM01. It’s a 22L mATX case making it one of the smallest. Imagine if the NR200(P) supported mATX motherboards. There are also various rebrands of the case in different countries, the SAMA IM01 being the US version.
I use this case as a NAS. I installed two 5.25" drive bays for SATA SSD's. They can hold 8 drives each. Combined with an 16 port HBA card, 10 Gbit network card and TrueNAS and I got a NAS
I like it a lot, my only complaint is that fan/radiator mounting surface should be able to extend down in the 5.25” bays/basement, since most people probably won’t use ODD, and mesh over the 5.25” bays.
The cost of 100 € in Germany is not justifiable for an matx case with three 3pin 120 mm fans. You get a bigger bequiet case with three 140 mm fans for 90 €. It looks great, though!
Thank you for the review! Answered most of the questions that I had. One thing that I've missed: what is the size of the top rad? Is it a 240 rad with 2x120 fans? Thanks!
The build should on fractal webpage rather then their cg case ads 😜,yeah may be Channge to fractal aio 😎😅. Well inllustrated video ,especially i havent seen anyone explain about red cover of RGB controller ,love the thumbnail 🥳😎
definitely gonna get this case when it sold here on my local computer shop 100% right now i'm using darkflash dlm21 mesh are they available in white tho? like the atx version
we've just watched the Pop Mini Air, and Meshify 2 Mini videos... do you have a favorite between the 2? would either be better for a general purpose PC? My dad kinda liked the drawer and option for a disk drive for CDs... Any thoughts on pros and cons of those 2 cases would be appreciated. Also, motherboard recommendations to use in one of these, with a Ryzen 5 5600G would also be helpful. Thanks for these videos!
I'm very close to buying this case, but my power supply is 160mm... it should be OK if I remove the drive bays (1:24) but a little nervous as I haven't seen this mentioned elsewhere, and I haven't been able to find a clear view of the side of the PSU while installed to see what room I have to play with.
I want to build in this case, and it being microATX is perfect. But i do have one question: is the ASUS TUF GAMING A620M-PLUS compatible with it? Both the case and the MB are labeled as mATX, but i just wanted to be extra sure... I absolutely dont want the motherboard not fitting in the case xd that would be awful.
You mentioned we could put PSUs >150mm in if we removed the drive bays. In your experience, would doing such a thing interfere with using an optical drive? I have a 160mm PSU I'd love to put in this thing
I'm curious if this case is compatible with the NZXT Kraken Z53 RGB 240. The case's manual specifies a maximum width of 121mm, while the dimensions for the NZXT Kraken are stated as 123mm, indicating a 2mm discrepancy
great video. bought myself a pop mini based on this video. in the process of upgrading from my 9900k to a 13600k. i'm thinking a 240mm aio will be enough considering i'm running it on a deepcool ak 400 right now. Very underwhelmed with the nr200p case. really wanted to like it.
Beautiful build. I love that MSI 3000 series but i must ask, does GPU sag depend alot on the case ? Ive seen this card sag in another case cant remember the name
I know the cooler was added to help understand the case's capacity, but why add a liquid cooler on a i7-12700, 65 TDP, since you can't overclock it with the BioStar B660? I agreed with the comment below about using the Noctua NH-D15S as a more realistic cooler in this build.
Im new to pc building, and my first build is going to be in this case. Isnt the fan configuration a negative one? Because you have more outtake than intake. Will this still work or schould I remove one outtake fan?
Love the review..... Made me choose this case. Just random question but whats the music you used in the video asp the Broll sections? Would love to listen to it on my playlist.
Hey, I'm just curious, why do you make the top 2 fans exhaust? Is it better to make the top rear fan exhaust and the top front fan an intake or have both top fans as intake?
I’m curious, what is the psu clearance like with an optical drive installed? Could you fit 1 bigger than the 150mm recommended? I know if you remove the HDD cage you can but what if you put a ODD in?
Can you possibly fit a 240mm radiator on top and 240mm radiator in front? Thinking about changing my case. I’m using an aio on both of my cpu and gpu with kraken g12, need to know if it’ll fit! Thanks in advance
Lian Li 011 air mini vs Fractal pop which one is better overally? both are around the same price at the moment and Im running a RTX 3080 12gb with a AMD Ryzen 5800X
Do you think it's a little warm because of a cheap motherboard cause I saw some comparisons a lot of B660M boards can run hotter with faster chips something about the VRM
I love you guys, btw would be able to do future builds with fractal design aios? I personally really love the look of the lumen but ofc it's a wish and everything costs money haha but maybe u could consider it
Thermals suck in the POP for sure. Noticed that the Ambient temperature at your studio is 18c that's nice and cold. I can only imagine if it was 23c to 26c range how hot that POP case would be.
@@GearSeekers Please pardon me. I just realized you were using a micro-atx motherboard. I hope you don't mind me asking, but if I did go with a mini-itx mobo, would I have to readjust the standoffs to accommodate?
I was so hyped when I saw it but it turned out to be a small disappointment for me... I think Fractal Design Define Mini C TG is slighty better being also cheaper than non-RGB version of Pop Mini. Still, love to see mATX cases comeback, hope others would join soon too because I really want to retire my Corsait 350D. NZXT H400i is in my opinion the best, unfortunetly I cannot get my hands on it
Fractal design always build unique awesome cases that’s why I like this brand so muchh and looking forward to see their new product. Unfortunately, torrent nano doesn’t support matx it would be perfect if they did. AND NOW they released POP Mini Air comes with air flyer omg 😳 I sense compact matx case era is comingg. Lianli DAN A3 also interesting! ps. if you have any chance kindly check on 20.7 liters mATX Chinese aluminum case ZZAW C4 actually it’s a cheap case but sadly it pricey when included shipping cost
Nice build and review. This review is more straightforward and clear than some others I saw. Also the 12700 cooled with a 240 AIO is a much more sensible choice than what I saw on another RUclips channel, where they used a 12900K and cooled it with a 240 AIO(which is ridiculous) although they used the bigger version of the POP that could fit a 280AIO.
I'm really happy that there's support for optical drives. I still watch DVDs and Blu-Rays regularly, so that is an awesome feature for me.
Dang, that 5.25" bay makes me really tempted to switch over! As a photog who has to constantly use a card reader, I've wanted to put a reader on the front of my case, but I've yet to see one with good airflow and a bay for it! I'll definitely keep it in the back of my mind for any future builds I do!
Thank you for the fantastic video!
It's so handy. Just got this case. It's amazing. I did a custom loop in it with two rads.
@@swizzler8053 I have this case sitting on my desk right now.. just waiting for payday to get the components to go inside it. Two rads! Madness. All fit okay etc? i have one 240 AIO that i plan to top mount.
@@matthewgrace6915 it's such a good looking case. Yeah it fitted easily.
Just built a pc for my buddy in this case, I gotta be honest, I loved it. And it looked so good finished. That little drawer, while good for your pot, also works great for extra thumb drives. And for anyone coming from a full size tower (like he was), and afraid the full length PSU will fit, it will, as long as you're ok losing the 3.5" hdd drive bays, which he totally was.
stunning build ! really dig the optical drive bay, its so hard to find a new case that supports it !! definitely wanna see more content with these new cases ! keep up the excellent work !
What do you need the bay for?
@@Signaworks an optical drive or card readers and fan controllers
There's the dp502 flux which has an optical bay and 5 fans
Iam with you. Don't understand why most of the case's don't support Optical drives. It's so easy to hide them like in this case. It's so beautiful
Love how Fractal likes to experiment, they've been doing lots of unique things with cases these years and I'm here for it. Overall this case is actually really decent with some unique stuff for its price range.
And as always thank you for the vid mate 🙏 always love new case builds when you can't afford to do them yourself lol
This case looks incredible, so sleek and minimalistic. The airflow is also amazing.
Clearly one of my favorite mid-size cases.
Nice to see a fresh take on mATX from Fractal. The Meshify C mini is still one of the best ever IMO.
It's just something about any kind of build, built into the cases that my man has ever gotten in his hands that makes me genuinely excited in some type of way
Used this case for my first PC build, and I love it. Not excessively large, but also has great airflow and 3 fans that do great in heat dissipation. Great case for a fan-only build
it's a very good case...much better than the atx version....too much wasted space in that...the matx version is just perfect
I Love this channel. This case looks like the perfect case for a new 22/23 PC build for me.
Liked it enough to model my first build around this video! Got the pl240 flux too. Also, its so nice to see an Aussie tech channel, love to see it mate!
oh wow
I just bought this case a few weeks ago and moved my system into it.
I realised my mobo was 4 pin RGB and this was 3 pin ARGB so i was pretty disappointed when i couldnt connect them together without a converter.
Thank you for pointing out the integrated controller with the button! now i can have RGB!
Finally!!! My favourite form factor, but it has been over looked lately. Thanks for covering this!
Yis, MATX is where it's at!
I always enjoy matx builds. Great source of inspiration.
Banger of a video fams. The case looks awesome, this looks like a possible case for my VR PC. Keep up the hard work
the 5,25 bays are awesome for installing a USB front panel. Since the USB ports on the top are kinda inconvenient if you ask me. Especially if you decide to set it on the desk.
really like this case but its kinda sad they didn't color the insides like they did with its bigger brothers, the cyan version would've looked great with that motherboard you used
Have you seen the Lian Li Dan A3 case? It's looking great. Are you in contact with them to get an early look?
The A3 case is still in development stage. Doubt it will be available for this year.
fractal is always my favorite case brands. its nice they have new mATX case.
NOICE
I may have to upgrade from the CM NR400. I may even install an optical drive...
Like the color scheme, too.
Thanks!
i bought this case thanks to this vid + 2 extra 120mm fans and i have to say this is without a doubt the greatest case mankind has ever invented!
how does do with dust ? thanks
@@7rankC i have to spray with compressed air every 3 months. depends though if you are a smoker or have pets or have a dusty room etc. you'll have to clean more. overall, one year later, i'm still VERY happy with this case!
Nice , I appreciate your time ,thanks
Dope build! Best channel for case build and review by far. Would love to see review on ATX version as I am currently deciding between the two. Thanks!
Wish they had gone with a black external with white internal. That's a rare combo that I think would have fit the pop line really well.
I've been looking for a compact case like this for a while now with optical drive bays! I have a Thermaltake PR2U pump and this fits perfectly
What’s the difference in temperature/fan noise when you compare a Mini case with a Midi tower case?
I‘d like to buy this Fractal pop mini but I‘m not sure if the bigger case wouldn’t be better when it comes to thermals(?)
great build.
one of the mini ITX case mfgs (i forget which one, he's a well known designer) said their company is not doing ITX anymore after this most recent case they released, as the newer hardware is too high of a TDP and too big to continue to try to make it fit in an ITX form factore, and will instead be doing MATX and ATX
Great case, they should make more mATX cases since nobody needs ATX chassis.
Hahaha nice touch, eating the plastic peel. Thanks for the video! It was awesome. I was on the fence about this case, but you talked me into it!
We all know what the little drawer in the front is for, I'm so happy you said it, facts!
Most air coolers are 150mm. So 170mm max is still very comfy and space efficient. Means a small case can be a small case and not stress so much about being 'roomy'.
Even the monster Noctua NH-D15 fits at 165mm
It's TASTY! You had me rolling there my friend!
Optical Drive support gives this case some serious street cred.
It looks like this case is just slighty bigger in height & depth, but I feel like it makes the NZXT H210i obsolete. Very similar design & aesthetic but with better GPU compatibility. I had to ditch my h210i for a meshlicious cause there was no way I was getting my 3080ti in there. At least not without it resting on top of the PSU shroud & choking the hell out of it. With how thick GPU's are getting NZXT really needs to revise that case. Really liking fractals pop series. 👌🏾
You should check out the SAMA IM01. It’s a 22L mATX case making it one of the smallest. Imagine if the NR200(P) supported mATX motherboards. There are also various rebrands of the case in different countries, the SAMA IM01 being the US version.
Yup, also available as Itek Evoke in europe.
There are quite a many ~10ish liter mATX cases and even sub 10L ATX case exists! (SFFtime P-ATX v1)
I use this case as a NAS. I installed two 5.25" drive bays for SATA SSD's. They can hold 8 drives each.
Combined with an 16 port HBA card, 10 Gbit network card and TrueNAS and I got a NAS
I like it a lot, my only complaint is that fan/radiator mounting surface should be able to extend down in the 5.25” bays/basement, since most people probably won’t use ODD, and mesh over the 5.25” bays.
yes so the old hard drives can get some air
I'm so glad I waited. Finally i can upgrade my matx case.
Didn't know you make all the music! Amazing!
He's a bloody wizard right!?
What RAM model have you used here? Lights look really nice and well diffused. There is no link in the description.
Vcolor Prism GS Edition
The cost of 100 € in Germany is not justifiable for an matx case with three 3pin 120 mm fans. You get a bigger bequiet case with three 140 mm fans for 90 €. It looks great, though!
Corsair 4000d airflow is also cheaper than this.
Thank you for the review! Answered most of the questions that I had.
One thing that I've missed: what is the size of the top rad? Is it a 240 rad with 2x120 fans? Thanks!
pretty good case review and build, awesome video as well, are you planning to do any custom water cooling videos?
Soon :)
Hey Nick very nice execution of the intro from 0:00 - 0:35 that walk-up intro was simple and clean! 👍
The build should on fractal webpage rather then their cg case ads 😜,yeah may be Channge to fractal aio 😎😅.
Well inllustrated video ,especially i havent seen anyone explain about red cover of RGB controller ,love the thumbnail 🥳😎
definitely gonna get this case when it sold here on my local computer shop 100%
right now i'm using darkflash dlm21 mesh
are they available in white tho? like the atx version
Would love to see a badass build on the ATX version of the case
we've just watched the Pop Mini Air, and Meshify 2 Mini videos... do you have a favorite between the 2? would either be better for a general purpose PC? My dad kinda liked the drawer and option for a disk drive for CDs... Any thoughts on pros and cons of those 2 cases would be appreciated. Also, motherboard recommendations to use in one of these, with a Ryzen 5 5600G would also be helpful. Thanks for these videos!
I'm very close to buying this case, but my power supply is 160mm... it should be OK if I remove the drive bays (1:24) but a little nervous as I haven't seen this mentioned elsewhere, and I haven't been able to find a clear view of the side of the PSU while installed to see what room I have to play with.
I love this kind of matx case. I went with dlm21 from darkflash, and I am eyeing with this one.
I want to build in this case, and it being microATX is perfect.
But i do have one question: is the ASUS TUF GAMING A620M-PLUS compatible with it? Both the case and the MB are labeled as mATX, but i just wanted to be extra sure...
I absolutely dont want the motherboard not fitting in the case xd that would be awful.
You mentioned we could put PSUs >150mm in if we removed the drive bays. In your experience, would doing such a thing interfere with using an optical drive? I have a 160mm PSU I'd love to put in this thing
Is it possible to use the other PCI slot for a capture card or is the GPU to big for it?
I'm curious if this case is compatible with the NZXT Kraken Z53 RGB 240. The case's manual specifies a maximum width of 121mm, while the dimensions for the NZXT Kraken are stated as 123mm, indicating a 2mm discrepancy
great video. bought myself a pop mini based on this video. in the process of upgrading from my 9900k to a 13600k. i'm thinking a 240mm aio will be enough considering i'm running it on a deepcool ak 400 right now. Very underwhelmed with the nr200p case. really wanted to like it.
Great review as always.I would like to see a review and build in the mid-tower Pop Air case if possible.
Beautiful build. I love that MSI 3000 series but i must ask, does GPU sag depend alot on the case ? Ive seen this card sag in another case cant remember the name
I forgot what company it is, but there's a GPU anti-sag mount that's super low profile and you can barely see it. I have it and I recommend it
It's the lian li one
I know the cooler was added to help understand the case's capacity, but why add a liquid cooler on a i7-12700, 65 TDP, since you can't overclock it with the BioStar B660? I agreed with the comment below about using the Noctua NH-D15S as a more realistic cooler in this build.
Finally a case that isn't to big and a reasonable price 🙏
I would love to see some sleeved cables in this build!
Looks like the mATX case i waitet a long time for 😍
Such a Perfect case for minimalist setup
Mad respect for all the cable management on each case
Im new to pc building, and my first build is going to be in this case. Isnt the fan configuration a negative one? Because you have more outtake than intake. Will this still work or schould I remove one outtake fan?
Did you plug the coolermaster fans rgb into the fractal Daisy chain and then into the case controller?
Love the review..... Made me choose this case. Just random question but whats the music you used in the video asp the Broll sections? Would love to listen to it on my playlist.
Nixiel - meet me in your dream (Just cant find the remix version)?
Hey, I'm just curious, why do you make the top 2 fans exhaust? Is it better to make the top rear fan exhaust and the top front fan an intake or have both top fans as intake?
Who doesn't love a built in medicine cabinet? =P
😂
I’m curious, what is the psu clearance like with an optical drive installed? Could you fit 1 bigger than the 150mm recommended? I know if you remove the HDD cage you can but what if you put a ODD in?
Once again beautiful build doing a white and pink build in that case for my daughter
Would you know if I'd be able to squeeze in a 160mm PSU despite it wanting 150mm without removing the hd cage?
any luck with that?
can always count on gear seeker when im looking up a pc part that im looking to buy
Those case fans are sick man 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥.
Can a 3070 FTW3 Ultra Gaming fit in this case?
Please do Silverstone ALTA G1M. Another great MATX case!
Hey Nick may I know where to purchase those fan brackets separately? If not from Fractal, maybe from other manufacturers.
They come with the case
Can you possibly fit a 240mm radiator on top and 240mm radiator in front? Thinking about changing my case. I’m using an aio on both of my cpu and gpu with kraken g12, need to know if it’ll fit! Thanks in advance
Someone said that the RAM will stuck with the top AIO cooler. Whats the right height of the RAM?
Lian Li 011 air mini vs Fractal pop which one is better overally? both are around the same price at the moment and Im running a RTX 3080 12gb with a AMD Ryzen 5800X
Do you think it's a little warm because of a cheap motherboard cause I saw some comparisons a lot of B660M boards can run hotter with faster chips something about the VRM
I still buy/preorder CD's from my favorite artists so the drive bay is freaking sick!!!
That's a pretty unique use case in 2022! I have some cool ideas I want to explore with this case and the optical bays too ;)
Does this also fit on noctua dh 15 and dark rock 4 cooler?
it looks like that space for 5.25/3.5 drives is useless once a build is complete? the psu cables take up all the space!?
I love you guys, btw would be able to do future builds with fractal design aios? I personally really love the look of the lumen but ofc it's a wish and everything costs money haha but maybe u could consider it
The rgb info was quite helpful.
Thermals suck in the POP for sure. Noticed that the Ambient temperature at your studio is 18c that's nice and cold. I can only imagine if it was 23c to 26c range how hot that POP case would be.
i love it! does it come in white tho?!
yes
A Big Ass GPU is the Only way to go!!!
Did you have to reconfigure the case standoffs for your mini-itx mobo?
no
@@GearSeekers Please pardon me. I just realized you were using a micro-atx motherboard. I hope you don't mind me asking, but if I did go with a mini-itx mobo, would I have to readjust the standoffs to accommodate?
That a neat case! Looking to upgrade from my NZXT H400!
is the lighting controlled through MOBO software for this build? or just from the included controller?
Included controller
Nice case...but bit worried about your taste for plastic wrapping.
I was so hyped when I saw it but it turned out to be a small disappointment for me... I think Fractal Design Define Mini C TG is slighty better being also cheaper than non-RGB version of Pop Mini. Still, love to see mATX cases comeback, hope others would join soon too because I really want to retire my Corsait 350D. NZXT H400i is in my opinion the best, unfortunetly I cannot get my hands on it
Can you tell me what Blue-ray drive you are using in this video? I wanna find to purchase it in the future
I dunno it's about 12 years old
Fractal design always build unique awesome cases that’s why I like this brand so muchh and looking forward to see their new product. Unfortunately, torrent nano doesn’t support matx it would be perfect if they did. AND NOW they released POP Mini Air comes with air flyer omg 😳 I sense compact matx case era is comingg. Lianli DAN A3 also interesting!
ps. if you have any chance kindly check on 20.7 liters mATX Chinese aluminum case ZZAW C4 actually it’s a cheap case but sadly it pricey when included shipping cost
Nice build and review. This review is more straightforward and clear than some others I saw. Also the 12700 cooled with a 240 AIO is a much more sensible choice than what I saw on another RUclips channel, where they used a 12900K and cooled it with a 240 AIO(which is ridiculous) although they used the bigger version of the POP that could fit a 280AIO.
Wish you went through more details about the compartments.
you can vertical mount on most mATX cases with the CM Kit V3
No you can't
One question. Will the Vision 3070 fit? Its 286mm. (Close to 260mm so im asking)
i know im late, but hot damn I wish they sent you the cyan color to go with that mobo. That would've been awesome