Fractal Design Launches Their New “Terra” SFF Case

At 10.4L, this wood accented SFF case is a beautiful addition to the SFF world. Featuring a back-to-back M-ITX (“sandwich”) layout that has been popular with the smaller (pun intended) SFF.N Community case developers for some time, this new case is set to have a MSRP of US$180.

The front fascia includes a FSC-certified Walnut accent panel, holding a colour-matched power button, a USB3.0 Type-A and a Type-C 20 Gbps USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 port. This walnut section sits below a 8mm thick aluminium panel making up the rest of the front panel. The machined aluminium side panels hinge upwards for easy internal access, and can be removed. Speaking of panel removal, the top panel is also easily removed. The chassis is available in Jade (green), Silver and Graphite colours. The internal chassis is black.

With a PCIe Gen 4.0 riser, the case supports up to a 322mm long GPU in either a 2 slot layout – the central spine can be relocated – for better CPU cooler compatibility (up to 77mm high), or 3 slot, for today’s behemoth GPUs (leaving 48mm for the CPU cooler). Sliding the central spine across is a nifty feature, with a “stepless” slot offering flexibility in regards to the exact position of the spine – up to 30mm of movement, oddly, defined with a 1-7 denotation.

Powering the system is support for both SFX and SFX-L power supplies. Cooling is a single 120mm fan mount, capable of holding a closed loop cooler as well.

Surprisingly, down at the bottom of the world, the Terra line of cases is already available on the market, at NZ$379, or US$228. Due to our small market here in Aotearoa New Zealand, the price bump is, alas, expected.

Thanks to forum member tinyitx for posting the news!

 

Not sure if this newly released 10.4L case from Fractal has been reported.
I apologize if it already has but, nonetheless, I post it here.

It comes in black, white or green. The most interesting touch is, of course, the front walnut IO.
I suppose, to live out its name fully, one has to pick the green colour for maximum environmental friendliness.
The sandwich design is not my cup of tea but it certainly is someone's. And I do admit it is a pretty and well designed case.




A sample build:-
 

Arboreal

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I'm hearing $200 and £175 in the UK.
Looks good, the green is a bit different.
The wood panel seems contentious on R/sffpc...
My money would still be on Dan's C4 TBH
 
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rfarmer

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I just watched that video from Gamers Nexus and Steve says target price of $180, so a CNC aluminum case with included PCIe 4.0 riser cable for under $200 would be a decent deal.



Sorry for the overflow of videos but last night there was nearly no information on this case and I got up this morning and there was much more.
 
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The case is being introduced in Computex 2023 at Taipei now.
One major Taiwan PC website (xfastest.com), reporting the event, says the MSRP is US$ 180 (well....179.99 to be exact).


At the end of the article, the reporter said, during the products briefing by Fractal, the boss (the guy in business suit in the 1st pic, I suppose) said Fractal still has 2 new cases not shown off. The reporter suspects these 2 cases could be Fractal's next ITX/M-ATX cases.
If true, it is good that Fractal is developing their line of smaller cases.
 
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The Streacom ZS800 hybrid PSU would be a good match.

 

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Yeah it looks awesome. Like the two tone wood theme. I dont need a new case (Happy with my A4 H2O) but if i was to build again, i'd look at this one.