Sometimes, you can never have too much storage. Certainly that’s the view of Sweden’s Fractal Design, who this week took the wraps off their latest chassis, the Define XL.
Equipped with a massive 10 hard drive bays, three cooling fans and supporting a range of motherboard form factors including Mini-ITX, Micro ATX, ATX and E-ATX the Define XL may not be the most unobtrusive chassis you’ll find, but Fractal Design have worked hard to bring a little aesthetic flair to their top of the range case.
The Define XL packs those hard drives into a triple chamber which allows the users to select their own thermal profile to minimise heat production. The upper chamber contains most of the components such as the motherboard and one hard drive cage which carries four drives. The second chamber holds the PSU, with a removable lid. The PSU can also be switched around of required to draw air from out of the main chamber. The third chamber holds a further six drives, with an optional 140mm fan at the front.
Key Features
- Stylish design
- Pre-fitted with noise absorbing material
- Configurable thermal chamber design
- Great cooling possibilities, 3x fans included (2x 140mm, 1x 180mm)
- 10x HDD slots
- Unique ModuVent™ design in side panel
Specifications
- 4x 5,25″ bays, 1x 5,25″ to 3,5″ converter included
- mini-itx, micro ATX, ATX and E-ATX motherboard
- 10x HDD trays. 4x HDD trays in the HDD cage in the main chamber. This HDD cage is removable and rotatable. 6x HDD trays in the lower HDD chamber. These HDD cages are fixed.
- A total of two 140mm fans and one 180mm fan included. Front 140mm fans are mounted with removable, washable filter. A fan controller is included, for mounting in one of the rear expansion slots.
- Pre-fitted with dense noise absorbing material in both side panels.
- ModuVent™ feature, allowing the user to choose between an optimal low noise level, having the cover mounted or optimal airflow by removing the cover and mounting a fan for intake.
- Case size (WxHxD): 232x560x561.3mm
- 17.95kg
Cooling system
- 2x 140mm fans (one 140mm included, one optional) with removable and washable filters, in the front. Recommended for intake of air.
- 1x 120mm fan optional with removable and washable filter, in the front. Recommended for intake of air.
- 1x 180mm fan included in the top of the case. Recommended for exhaust of air.
- 1x 140mm fan included in the rear of the case. Recommended for exhaust of air.
- 1x 120/140mm fan optional in the side of the case. Recommended for intake of air.
The Define XL is available in Pearl Black and Titanium Grey – pricing is yet to be announced.
