discussion Fractal Mood review by HWC

[CMetaphor]

They're at Computex currently but will ask when they get back.

Any news from those guys? Googling has turned up absolutely nothing, sadly.

I really don't see any problems with the mood if I use a small air heatsink or 240mm AIO pushing its air directly Out of the case, as opposed to intaking. I doubt the 180mm top fan will starve the AIO, and there should still be plenty of airflow from it to get the GPU heat out. It just seems that no ones tried it, or if they have, they don't mention it in any build log I've read.

 

[CMetaphor]

I found a company that makes a 3D printed add-on base for the Mood that gives a 140mm intake at the bottom... but they want 26$ for it . 26 USD for what? 2-3 bucks of PLA? Cmon. Hopefully once my own 3D printer is up I'll be able to laugh at these ripoff prices even more.

Meanwhile, like 50% of the bottom of the Mood is covered by a serial number sticker, Solid (un-ventilated) metal, and a janky terrible 90 degree PSU cable connection. Had they thought it through just a tiny bit more - put the PSU cable above the PCIe slots? - they could've easily added at Least an 80mm intake right above the IO panel. Would've aimed directly at the CPU and made shortish reg heatsinks a far more viable option.