Fractal Terra vs. Dan A4-H2O - Which is better?

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00:00 - Intro
00:37 - Aesthetics
01:12 - Price & Availability
01:37 - Build Quality
02:31 - Compatibility & Potential
03:33 - Ease of Building
04:14 - Thermals & Noise
05:07 - Overall Recommendation

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@xSliq 8 месяцев назад

Correction: at 2:55 you say the H2O can only fit air coolers up to 44mm height when it can actually fit air coolers up to 55mm height. Nice video otherwise!

@SmallBoxCentral 8 месяцев назад

You are correct, thanks for pointing that out. I'll pin your comment so others can see

@sandwichlee 8 месяцев назад

Just got myself a silver terra last week, couldn't be happier to see more video about this case!

@SmallBoxCentral 8 месяцев назад

Hell yeah brother. Glad you're enjoying it

@_Randwulf 8 месяцев назад

Thx 4 the comparison... Good job. This should help quite a few newer builders. 👍😎

@SmallBoxCentral 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for your comment!

@895takashi 7 месяцев назад

Solid overview of both cases, just got the A4-H20 and generally not as user friendly especially because of the aio tube routing and wb tube fittings make cable management very important. Great production quality I see your channel growing much larger

@Jakepf 5 месяцев назад

5:53 dude your voice is majestic. We need more videos from you. Especially this well thought out

@SmallBoxCentral 5 месяцев назад

Hahahaha what a kind comment. Thank you sir

@legart4507 8 месяцев назад

Such a nice wideo for all the ssf compiter fans

@krim9797 8 месяцев назад

Merci beaucoup pour votre vidéo, vous avez fait du très bon travail 😊

@Scriptdbrawl 8 месяцев назад

I love the terra, I would have gotten the nzxt h1 if the terra wasn’t released before I bought it.

@TheOmarTech 8 месяцев назад

The exact 2 cases that I was looking at. If you have a founders edition card like the 3070, I think the Dan A4-H20 is the better choice you can create a space for the flow through design. But the Terra looks better to me, especially in the green.

@eigenerkram2245 8 месяцев назад

When ur 3070 ist bigger then 2,5 Slots the Terra may be a bit small

@TheOmarTech 5 месяцев назад

Just to add to this - you can offset the PSU in the Terra to also create some space for flow through designed cards. I was so close to purchasing it, then I realised the cooler I was going to get; Noctua NH-L12S, did not fit onto my B660i motherboard so I scrapped whole idea as I was just spending money for looks and no performance gain. Then I used that money to upgrade my RTX 3070 FE to an RTX 4070 Super FE.

@shubsodhi5986 5 месяцев назад

hey man great video, can you please tell me if the Terra can fit the noctua L12S cooler and a 7900 xtx. I have heard that the 7900 xtx is pretty compact when compared to its nvedia counterpart. Really wanna bult a terra but if it cant cool the stuff inside I don't see the point. Really appreciate you time, thank you.

@andreszhoutsang9645 20 дней назад

This was exactly my dilemma when I built my current PC one year ago. I would have chosen the Fractal Terra but it was due to be released and I needed to have the machine running ASAP. Ended up getting the Lian Li, but I definitely do like the looks of FT much more

@Neonagi 4 месяца назад

I'm not a fan of water cooling at all so the Terra suited me perfectly. Still has high-end components, no problem.

@novalovan 4 месяца назад

does a4 h2o can handle 14700k? with pl and 2x t30?

@Kassandra_Malaka 8 месяцев назад

GOOD JOB

@Leo___________ 6 месяцев назад

Would you be able to make the fractal quiet if you only use an integrated GPU? Or is it always gonna run noisy due to the design?

@SmallBoxCentral 6 месяцев назад

It would be quieter without the GPU but the case isn't really built around low noise levels. If your CPU isn't power hungry though it would likely be fine

@Rose-tl4tk 8 месяцев назад

Here from your facebook marketplace post

@santosduran9183 5 месяцев назад

Which case would be best suited for an i7 12700? not overclocking. Just gaming.

@SmallBoxCentral 5 месяцев назад

The A4-H2O will always be better for performance

@justinpatterson5291 8 месяцев назад

Can either one comfortably house a 5800X3D and a Hellhound 7900 XT?

@defro125 6 месяцев назад

Both could, but the A4 would have better temps and noise.

@chibiribiri 8 месяцев назад

Well. It's easy. U wanna air cool the cpu? Go with the Terra. U wan't an aio? Go for the A4-H2O. I had the A4-H2O. But i switched from water to air cooling at the beginning of the year. Used a L9a-AM4 by Noctua on my 5800X3D. It was pretty decent. After the release of the Terra I couldn't ignore it. Switched to the Terra. Now my 5800X3D is getting cooled by a L12 Ghost S1 Edition. Works pretty well with my RX 6800. P.S.: The fan of my cpu cooler is doing intake as well. Temps are way better than doing outtake there. The bottom fan is doing outtake. In so small cases, there is no need to get fresh air there. So my gpu and cpu sucking in some fresh air.

@mathew6097 8 месяцев назад

do you have video how you build your terra? planning to build it next week

@Neonagi 4 месяца назад

The design was too lovely to pass up and Jade was such a unique color while still being understated and appealing. I wish I went with an L12 Ghost so there's absolutely no chance of interference with the air slats but I'm going to try using the CPU fan as an intake, and there's still plenty of room with the IS-55 to not cause any weird resonance issues paired with my GPU, so it stays quiet. So the GPU and CPU (and PSU) will be taking in fresh air from the sides and the bottom fan will exhaust out hot air, while the rest of the hot air naturally leaks out the top.

@timmekhan 4 месяца назад

Any plans for comparing Formd T1 vs H2O?

@SmallBoxCentral 4 месяца назад

I'd love a Formd T1 but they're never in stock unfortunately

@timmekhan 4 месяца назад

@@SmallBoxCentral That is true. I've narrowed down my cases to Formd T1 and H2O. Your current comparison video is awesome and clean. Hopefully you get your hands on a Formd T1 soon, so I can make an informed decision based on your review.

@svala1613 8 месяцев назад

Pretty green boy

@nunosantos2015 Месяц назад

A4 safter 1 year still the best mini itx on the market

@arcenme 8 месяцев назад

What about Phanteks shift xt ?

@SmallBoxCentral 8 месяцев назад

I haven't tried it

@eigenerkram2245 8 месяцев назад

U can easily run an Highend CPU like the AMD 7950x3D in the Terra with the Noctua. Not noisy at all.

@mathew6097 8 месяцев назад

you sure? i have 7900x3d and planning to put it in smaller case

@eigenerkram2245 8 месяцев назад

@@mathew6097 during booting and at sometimes when my small 65 mm Noctua Fan is on max i hear it clearly and kind of annoying when. But i bought the wrong RAM not low profile. Get low proflie RAM and then u can fit a Noctua L12. Thats my next projekt on my Terra ITX Build with 7950x3d and Proart 4080.

@medowucha 7 месяцев назад

Of corpse the Terra is easier to build in. After all, they copied a lot from other smaller cases, eg. the Formd1 or the Ncase M1 (and even the Meshlicious).

@vfkrewl 4 месяца назад

So, i own both, and now have pcs finished in both. I absolutely HATE how much better the Terra looks but how much less functionality it offers, i even tried an externally mounted 240 aio and it works great but obviously one side of the case becomes unsigtly. I wish Fractal would offer a 240mm aio left side panel with a shroud or something, ill likely end up phabbing something myself but the Terra hits everything i wanted to except for the lacking aio support. I am sad, comment over. :(

@SmallBoxCentral 4 месяца назад

haha this is exactly how I felt. Hurt a little inside to send back the Terra. My PC now lives in the H2O but the difference in noise in substantial so I think it's worth it in the long run

@vfkrewl 4 месяца назад

@@SmallBoxCentral agreed, all in all the Terra looks amazing but is just another classic case of 'so close yet so far' (pun intended)

@medowucha 7 месяцев назад

The audio level of your commentary is REALLY waaay to low. Had to crank it by 50% to make it audible, compared to like every other video on RU-vid (but I used a few by Samcrac to compare).

@xenielphan2911 8 месяцев назад

But then I went with an Evolv XT instead

@SmallBoxCentral 8 месяцев назад

How is it?

@xenielphan2911 8 месяцев назад

@@SmallBoxCentral It was interesting in the least, Much more fascinating than the Terra but when done building, its very heavy.

@the12gaugeshotty Месяц назад

A4-H2O supports 240 AIO. Terra doesn't. Decision made.

@Tom-sd2vi 3 месяца назад

the dan a4-h2o is way better. It allows for a proper 240mm rad for the CPU along a big GPU and has way lower airflow noise.

@fsanozuke 2 месяца назад

Formd t1 better

@megadeth8592 23 дня назад

cost twice as much and is never in stock

@D71Gaming 2 месяца назад

None. S300 ftw

@meteor1522 25 дней назад

The Lian Li design looks cheap and bland for that premium price tag and the Fractal Tera is very limiting for CPU specially,it’s not practical unless you go low end CPU.