[section_title title=Closer Look Packaging]Closer Look Packaging
Taking a look around the box, on the front consumers will notice a nice outlined image of the Core 1100 taking up most of the space. Across the top Fractal Design have included their Logo and the Model while on the bottom, we can see the URL of their website.
Moving around to one side of the box and we are greeted with another outline image, this time of the inside of the Core 1100.
Onto the other side and we have a product specifications list so consumers can make sure the Core 1100 will meet all their needs.
On the back of the box users will find a detailed feature list included 8 main highlighted points Fractal Design felt were most important to mention such as the SSD Mount, front intake fan and fully closed top panel to name a few.
Please explain the problem with top-mounted PSUs in your review. And please mention some examples of the better cases for less money. Something similar in size would be the Aerocool QS-180 (or 182), but it doesn’t make a great impression and there are hardly any infos on it.
Top mounted PSUs are totally fine for most workloads. A disadvantage is that they are generally getting all the hot air from the case going through them, so if you have a high-power CPU / GPU etc pumping out a lot of heat, that’s going to get sucked through the PSU and prevent it cooling properly. But honestly the “problems” with top mounted PSUs are exaggerated and probably irrelevant for 95% of PC builds. I’ve run top mounted PSU for years on end with no issues.
Similar cases for similar money would include the Cooler Master n200, Cooler Master Silencio 352, Silverstone PS08/PS09, Corsair Carbide 88R and Nanoxia Deep Silence 4.
After considering all my options at this low budget I went for the Core 1100 as reviewed here. But given that this reviewer seems so prejudiced against top-mounted PSUs he would probably be happier with something like the n200.