The spiritual successor to the Fractal Design Core 2500. Of note in regards to PSU compatibility : YMMV (Please read the rest of this comment, if you are considering a 17cm psu.) --- I was able to put in a 17cm psu (prime px 1000w) in my new 207 case, and I can close the back side of the case, with no pressure on the connectors into the psu (Note, prime px uses plastic cables). I was quite surprised, given they recommend 150mm psu's, and the reported limit is 160mm psu's. The cables do have to bend 90 degrees once out of the connector. But the connectors have no pressure on them that is pushing them sideways/up/down from what I can see/feel, as I can just slide the side panel in place, push it up, and clicks in place, with no pressure. I doubt sleeved or braided custom cables would work though with a 17cm psu though, only simple plastic ones that can be prebent into an L shape when they come out of the connectors(such as with seasonic prime px psu's). You will need to arrange them so that you can route them carefully around/over the m/b power cable, but for my build, I only needed the dual connector m/b power cable, 2 eps, 2 sata daisy, and 2 pci-e, so I just spread them around the m/b power cable, so that none of them were bulging out, and rarely overlayed each other. Hope this helps anyone who is considering this case, and is worried about psu compatibility. And yeah, I consider this case to be the spiritual successor to the Fractal Design Core 2500. It even looks the same at the front with the beveled edges. But it has an improved design over the core 2500 all over the case, as instead of a side fan, it has dual upfacing fans below the gpu, which will also give great airflow over 2x 3.5" hard drives that fit in the area underneath. The sideways psu is a blessing for cable management. And it can pretty much fit all but the biggest gpu's, and even has a built in gpu brace. All in a very compact case size with one of the best thermal profiles out there. Such a great case.
You didn't connect the front USB connector? I see it's at a 90-degree angle, which is similar to my mobo (tomahawk b650). Did you just leave it unplugged? Because I can't plug mine in.
The spiritual successor to the Fractal Design Core 2500.
Of note in regards to PSU compatibility : YMMV (Please read the rest of this comment, if you are considering a 17cm psu.)
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I was able to put in a 17cm psu (prime px 1000w) in my new 207 case, and I can close the back side of the case, with no pressure on the connectors into the psu (Note, prime px uses plastic cables).
I was quite surprised, given they recommend 150mm psu's, and the reported limit is 160mm psu's.
The cables do have to bend 90 degrees once out of the connector. But the connectors have no pressure on them that is pushing them sideways/up/down from what I can see/feel, as I can just slide the side panel in place, push it up, and clicks in place, with no pressure.
I doubt sleeved or braided custom cables would work though with a 17cm psu though, only simple plastic ones that can be prebent into an L shape when they come out of the connectors(such as with seasonic prime px psu's).
You will need to arrange them so that you can route them carefully around/over the m/b power cable, but for my build, I only needed the dual connector m/b power cable, 2 eps, 2 sata daisy, and 2 pci-e, so I just spread them around the m/b power cable, so that none of them were bulging out, and rarely overlayed each other.
Hope this helps anyone who is considering this case, and is worried about psu compatibility.
And yeah, I consider this case to be the spiritual successor to the Fractal Design Core 2500. It even looks the same at the front with the beveled edges.
But it has an improved design over the core 2500 all over the case, as instead of a side fan, it has dual upfacing fans below the gpu, which will also give great airflow over 2x 3.5" hard drives that fit in the area underneath. The sideways psu is a blessing for cable management. And it can pretty much fit all but the biggest gpu's, and even has a built in gpu brace. All in a very compact case size with one of the best thermal profiles out there.
Such a great case.
Awesome build! Would love to have the Lian Li PSU for my build.
Reality is that this case is a pocket tornado with all the fans. Yes it keeps the GPU cooler !
Psu fsp hydro g pro 750w can fit this case, hope u notice my comment
You didn't connect the front USB connector?
I see it's at a 90-degree angle, which is similar to my mobo (tomahawk b650). Did you just leave it unplugged?
Because I can't plug mine in.