Sweet looking case Danny 🥰👍💪. As an ITX builder for many years now, i love to see new ITX cases. This is definitely a Node202 update and it has a modern lounge room aesthetic which will suit any modern decor ✊👍🥰. It appears to be vg value ITX case here in Australia 🇦🇺 Wh8ch is not always the case (pun intended …. Doh! 🤦♀🤦).
Great review. Thanks. I wanna build my next pc to be in the living room. This is awesome. Still cant decide what cooler to buy for a 5800X3D. Congrats 🤘
Check out Id cooling is-55, Thermaltake axp120x67, noctua L12s, scythe big shuriken 3. I think these are the best rated that fit out of the box. I'm planning on using the is-55 that I already have but swapping its 15mm fan for a regular 25mm and see what difference it makes.
It’s great he mentions the other configurations even though Danny didn’t really do them in his config Basically I was searching for more info about an aio config and now I realise it’s documented by fractal so that’s tight
@@DannysTechChannel no yeah this is gonna be my cofig. A2000 or 6400 are my choice of LP GPUs but I'm team AMD all the way except the A2000 looks waaaay better 🤣
@@DannysTechChannel can I pick Ur brain I'm such a noob I've Built one and a half pcs my whole life. Assuming I'm going for the stupid config with the small aio and the smaller GPU, would air blow in the side and out the top. That's the only thing that is never clear for me , the airflow . Can you illustrate? Is it air inthrough the sides and out the top in the silly config?
Thanks for the video! Is there any way to fit a 3,5 HDD in there if you don't use up all the space for the 2,5 drives? Also, which AMD mainboard would you recommend to use with this case?
So I know Fractal Design stopped producing the Ridge for awhile to address the riser issue. They were back in stock in March, and I think they only put it back in stock when they were able to fix their manufacturing/software issue. Did you ever get this fixed? The Ridge is out of stock again, since May 5th, and who knows when they will be back in stock.
Enjoyed your review. Funny that you just uploaded as I am researching currently information about that case. So your video defintely came in handy. The 70mm for a CPU cooler is a challange and I am still unsure, which cooler might be the best one for that case (as I am planning to go for a SFF high end gaming build, so i can't fit an AIO AND a huge GPU in there). What do you think of the be quiet! Pure Rock LP?
Hi there! super helpful video and can't wait to rewatch it when I proceed with the build. Did you need to purchase low-profile ram with the AMD cooler?
Graphics card Gen Issue, thats bcoz of brand, Same B550i I tried, it doesnt work with MSI graphics card 3050 but in Gen3 it works, But it works well with my ASUS proart 4070Ti in Gen 4
Fractal Design, are you reading the comments? I'd like to make a suggestion to improve the front panel as a feature of the case. Put a fine, shiny mesh between the panel and the cloth so that the holes are completely obscured. Seeing the outline of the holes through the thin cloth is a bit distracting... makes this great product look a smidge cheaper than it could. Also, I would love to see a limited edition series of front panels, where different cloths are offered. Red paisley, blue tie-dye, black satin, golden Arabesque... you get the point. That would be sick to get a panel that can compliment my office carpet, or a panel I could swap in to suit my mood.
Oh I thought the same. Probably the filter would restrict too much the air flow though, and there is no room for making grill area any bigger to compensate. Too bad. Still a great case, if I were to build an ITX, this one would be my choice definitely.
@@DannysTechChannel It does. Thank you for anwering. I was thining of getting it and doing a custom paint job on it. Knowing it's not fabric helps a lot.
I don't get why you would need the 2 big included fans? I mean, they seem to blow air directly into the GPU fans, so wouldn't it be easier to just remove them and let the GPU fans suck the air by themselves? they will be facing the side panel holes directly, so will get fresh air from the exterior, right?
I think the idea is they are big (140mm) which allows quieter operation with the GPU fans not needing to work as hard. Twice the fans should give you twice the airflow
Not necessarily. The GPU fans don’t spin unless temps reach a threshold. The case fans can be set to spin all the time to aid with airflow through the whole case. They work well and are whisper silent.
Hey, I love your video! My only concern is that I have a 5900x and don't know if it will be chocked. I have the Inwin A1 plus and my cpu temps are around 70C but I'm afraid it will be worse here.
Not sure what you decided here but I'm using a 5900x in the Ridge with a ThermalRight AXP-120 X67 and it's running about 65C whilst gaming, with a 20 all-core PBO undervolt. My fan curves are set pretty conservatively until it gets to 70C. I can recommend the cooler, at least.
Great review, as usual. Well done Danny ! I am not sure I would call this 12 L case a small form factor. I mean, my Deskmini is litterally 6 times smaller (1.9 L). But on this one at least you can fit tons of storage and a real graphics card. Keep up the great work !
That’s what attracted me to it. The Deskmini will always be the smallest “gaming” PC I’ve ever built lol but being able to use a dedicated GPU made this one exciting for me.
@@DannysTechChannel got it. I’m waiting for theRidge to arrive. I have a feeling the 3090 will be too hot without the top fans. By chance did you try plugging it and testing it?
If you enjoy high CPU temps, be my guest. That’s why i personally don’t recommend Intel very often these days. Well, that and price has a lot to do with it.
@@DannysTechChannel yea intel's biggest issue is the fact that the IHS is a major bottleneck with thermals. Id argue ~85 is a fine temp however most the time you can undervolt the cpu and get into the 50s with no issue
Yeh, that’s more my style. I just build a PC with the 14700k and temps have been manageable. Gaming they are only about 50c but during stress test like cinebench, it hits just under 90
Everyone keeps calling this an ITX case but it's not, it can't hold any ATX mobo. It's a mini-ATX case. Fractal has 0 ATX motherboards on their compatibility list. 0. It's not ITX.
I almost gave you a like, possibly a subscription too, you screwed up when you started complaining about disassembling the whole case to build in it. You see, first you talk about how great the instructions book is and tell fractal they are great too, then you contradict by crying about having to take it all apart. You screwed up. Should have left it there.
