The Fractal North of an audiophile

[prime dawn]

This rig mainly exists because of the beautiful case just kidding

It features the new Fractal North with oak wood on the front which I really like.

The back of my 19 inch rack (last picture) contains my USB audio device, the Behringer 1820.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/dzDvpH

[hazy jackal]

This seems messy but clean at the same time

[azure oracle]

I love the speakers on top of your monitors. Very nice! @prime dawn

[prime dawn]

You love the monitors on top of my monitors xd jk, the stands they are on are made by me (they are 2 steel 4mm thick plates welded as an L with 3 holes in the wall)

[azure oracle]

Woah you made that!

[prime dawn]

I tried my best to make use of the space, it's my bedroom

[hazy jackal]

Nah man it looks good

[prime dawn]

My welding isn't the best but it holds 😆

[azure oracle]

Still Looks Great!

[lofty bobcat]

I have a fractal north too

Amazing case

[short cargo]

silly

[lofty bobcat]

Its a good case tho

[mental charm]

i spy that c-3
i just got a free mixer that i need something to do with, but i need a condenser mic.. would you recommend the c-3? it’s looks appeeling (banana pun i’m sorry) for the price

[prime dawn]

it's proper yeah

[azure ridge]

How much you get the case for looks like you’ve had it a while

[prime dawn]

Why does it look like I had it a while? It's actually only 2 months old.

[azure ridge]

2 months is what I was thinking all the prices that I was seeing around that time were Very expensive, how much did you get it for

[prime dawn]

160 euros

That's about 45% of the price that I paid for my old case by the way

Can't believe how crazy expensive that thing was

That's this one by the way

[azure ridge]

Wow I was seeing them for about 250 euros at that time I live in America which might be the cause of the high prices though

[prime dawn]

Europe import stuff is pretty decent prized iyam

[scenic needle]

Hi! so I just snagged myself a fractal north too because of seeing all these amazing builds (including yours). I was actually also looking into getting the NH D15 for my upgrade but saw that its only 2mm shorter than the North's maximum allowed height. Was this an issue during your build?

[lofty bobcat]

If it’s shorter then why would it be an issue?

[scenic needle]

Fair enough, it is my first build so I wasn’t confident if 2mm is enough tolerance and commit to buying

[prime dawn]

Not at all. I actually have more headroom than that. Fans fit nicely on top.

I'll take a pic for you @scenic needle

There's like 40mm of headroom left

[scenic needle]

Thank you! Actually I did end up buying the U12A for my setup already, but this is still good to know.

[prime dawn]

No worries man, hope you'll have as much from it as me! It's still looks clean af right here after months.

Are you going to have CD/DVD player with it?

[scenic needle]

Nice. Here’s is what I built last night. I haven’t used discs in ages so probably not. This machine will be mostly for 3d modeling and rendering. And games of course

[prime dawn]

I managed to get one that's thin enough to fit under it, only problem is that everything out there is too wide so I screwed off the feet and drilled new holes that are slightly wider.

[prime dawn]

Main build https://pcpartpicker.com/b/z9nLrH#cx4225745
NAS build https://pcpartpicker.com/b/6Lp2FT#cx4225945

[errant drift]

How do you like the solid side panel?

I went with the TG panel, https://i.imgur.com/9CMDN3a.jpg

I loved side panel fans when I was first building, I even added one to a case with a dremel