Reviews - Fractal Design Core 3000 chassis review

[HEXUS]

Swedish manufacturer's first Core Series enclosure put to the test.

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[Brewster0101]

If I was looking for a simple small case on a budget this looks good... apart from the £60 asking price. Seems £15-£20 too much.

[tigertop1]

It is a pity manufacturers of new cases are not updating to USB3 on the front panel. It is a minor change but now should be standard . Most new mobos are fitted with an internal USB3 capability and backward compatibility with USB2 should make this a factory fittted ''must have"

[semo]

Agree with both posts above but I would be willing to spend the extra £ for native USB 3.0 support. It's a no from me.

[davidcrofter]

I would have liked to have seen the results of that front intake fan being moved down to the bottom - where it really should have been (once you removed the top hard drive bay).

With regard the usb3.0 I agree that it should come as standard with all new cases/revisions being shipped out the door but when something like this comes on market it should do the job nicely:
http://www.bitfenix.com/global/en/pr...3-front-panel/

[Homeking]

That, to me, is a fine looking case but even at £52.95 I feel it's overpriced.

£10 cheaper would put it high up on my list for a new case. The lack of an external 3.5" drive bay puts paid to that Bitfenix USB 3.0 front panel too.

A shame because I really do prefer nice simple cases like this.

[Pob255]

The big problem with the cost of this case is that there are so many others using the same internals for nearly half this price.

[Brewster0101]

Too be honest it looks and seems too much like the Antec 300, but more expensive.