Fractal Design Terra review

pcgamer.com:

Smaller than a reasonably sized dachshund but accessible as a two-sided bread bin: the Fractal Design Terra is a dream to build with.

The Fractal Design Terra is a compact case measuring 343 x 153 x 218 mm. It can house a Mini-ITX motherboard, SFX PSU, and a graphics card—up to 322 mm in length. There's space for a single 120 mm case fan and two 2.5-inch drives. It's a dual-chamber design with adjustable width, though it's pretty slim for space whichever way it's laid out.

To put those measurements into perspective, it's dwarfed by the largest of my two cats.

To test the Terra, I set out to build a powerful yet compact mini PC powered by an RTX 4070 Super and Ryzen 7 9700X. I was expecting some hiccups, issues, or annoyances when setting out this build. It's a small form factor PC, I thought to myself, I'm destined for a couple cut fingers and mutter at least one curse word under my breathe. Maybe a few choice words, to be truthful.

Size: Mini-ITX / Small Form Factor
Dimensions: 343 x 153 x 218 mm
Volume: 10.4-liter
GPU max length: 322 mm
GPU max width: 43 – 72 mm
CPU cooler max height: 48 – 77 mm
Fan support: 1x 120 mm
PSU support: SFX/SFX-L
Front panel: 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 (Type-C), 1x USB 3.0 (Type-A), power
Price: $180 | £175

But the build was a breeze. It came together with next to no issues. The only minor fault I ran into was of my own creation, in trying to stuff the fan on the Noctua NH-L12S on the outside of the heatsink rather than tucked between the cooler and CPU. Optimistic—but the Terra saw to a simple fix.

Besides the (real) wood panel adorning its front panel's lower quarter, the Terra's best feature are its gull-wing doors. That's overselling them—the side panels are hinged. Shifting the side panels up to one side is handy though removing them altogether is even better. That's easily done by just pulling a small locking mechanism on one of the two hinges and levering the panel off. Both panels remove in this way and, with them gone, you can access