Fractal DesignDefine 7 XL Black Brushed Aluminum/Steel E-ATX Silent Modular Full Tower Computer Case

Excellent quality case, plenty of room for 2 x 360/420 radiators and motherboard fully accessible.

Hard to ever justify a premium case generally but this is a HUGE case with plenty of options for cooling, expansion and customisation. It is also well sound insulated.

Second of these cases in my network amazing quality

This case is HUGE, very heavy and well-made. It offers lots of options for different uses but the manual is nearly useless when it comes to changing layouts thankfully there are some good videos on youtube which help in this regard.With so much space there are lots of channels for cable management and velcro straps make this task changeable. Be aware that you may need to purchase extension cables for the CPU power connector (8-pin etc) but these can be purchased for a reasonable price.As for price while I think the case itself is worth the price BUT the extra parts like the drive cages and trays are in my opinion overpriced and added to the cost, for example, I am using mine as a server in storage mode I needed to purchase an extra 12 drive trays which average out at £10 each (there are 4 pre-installed and an extra 2 trays provided), this with extra fans has brought the real price to about £450 but with the quality of the case, I expect it to last me for many years.

A good size case and for the most part easy to build in. The only tricky part was swapping the layout to the storage layout but after reading the manual and watching a video on the fractual youtube channel I was able to see what I was doing wrong and got it to work.

This is incredibly well manufactured.

What's good:This case is huge! It has so much space inside and supports any kind of combination you are looking for. The manual does a good job of showing how you can arrange the internals for the configuration that you need and has excellent ventilation.Cable management is great on this case, so may hook points for zip ties and it also comes with quite a few velcro straps.What's bad:This case supports so many 3.5" hard drives (if using as a server) but it lacks the trays to add them, so you have to spend an additional £60 to get the trays.My previous fractal case came with all the trays I needed AND was better designed - they were squeeze together tabs and the tray just pulled out, this case the trays hook onto the back panel and screw into the front panel and appear to be 'floating' in the case, I much prefer the older design.Fans - you only get 3 fans and this case can support many more - however, I can see why they have done this as you may want to use radiators in this case (I don't as it is being used as a server - so fans only, which I had to buy extra)Due to the size of the case - the power supply cables will not reach the top of the case, so I had to purchase 'extenders'.For me to use this as a server, there were additional costs to enable that. However, there are not many cases on the market quite like this and I expect to keep this for many many years!

I recently bought this case for a Threadripper workstation build with two GPUs and I like it quite a lot. There is plenty of space inside, something that is great, and the case allows you to try tons of different configurations, so it is almost impossible not to find one that will suit you. In my case, and since this is an air cooled machine with quite a lot of hard drives, I opted for something quite standard, but you could go crazy with radiators, hard drive layouts, cable management and what not. I could not care less about my computer looking cool, but that is truly great and one of the best selling points of the case, in my opinion. Moreover, it comes with lots of different accessories, so you should not need to order anything extra to assemble your perfect machine.Build quality is quite OK. I was coming from a Silverstone TJ09 and this one is worse, much worse, but still decent. It is also true that the Silverstone was considerably more expensive even in 2006, so I don't know if it is even fair to compare them, probably not. I would have preferred to pay more and have something as good as my previous one, though.Finally, regarding the ventilation, I found it very good BUT since this machine is working almost 24/7 and GPU/CPU usage is heavy, I removed the front door and had the upper grilled lid installed. I know, it looks worse but it was really necessary. Front door is nice, and it can stay there in most of the builds, but I would say that not in all of them, particularly if you have to air cool your rig, as it was the case.All in all, I would recommend it :). I think that it is good value for the money. I just wish I had bought mine with a normal side panel instead of the tinted glass (I am strill trying to find one around!), but it was not avalaible at the time. Being lazy as I am to install the apps to turn off the leds, now I am stuck with a machine that looks like a spaceship.