Fractal Design Launches Core 3000 Chassis

Fractal Design have launched a new case, named the Core 3000. It breaks away from the ‘mainstream’ bright LEDs and loud designs to bring in a simple black case with white hilights. Unfortunately the exterior of the case is slightly boring with a simple black colour scheme and no side window, however the interior has been given some sprucing up with white accents. It would have been nice to see this translate to the exterior of the case.

The mid tower isn’t lacking in the cooling department with seven variously sized fan slots available for a full fledged cooling system. The case will only ship with three fans included, so be ready to go digging around all those spare parts for extra fans if you want to fill up the empty slots. The case also provides plenty of space with two 5.25″ bays, six 3.5″ bays, 7 expansion slots and support for graphics cards as long as 420mm. For reference AMD’s monster dual GPU, the HD 5970 is only 292mm long, there’s not much that won’t fit in this case.

The case will support Mini ITX, Micro ATX and ATX motherboards and weighs in at 7.1KG. Full specifications below, however shipping date and pricing is yet to be available.

Key features
• Simple yet elegant front panel with mesh and filter
• Optimized for performance with multiple cooling options
• A total of 7(!) fan slots (1x 120mm + 1x 140mm in front, 2x 120/140mm in top, 1x 120mm in bottom,
1x 120mm in rear, 1x 120/140mm in side panel)
• Three fans included (1x 140mm in front, 1x 120mm in rear and 1x 140mm in top)
• 6x white painted HDD trays, with silicone mounting grommets
• Upper HDD cage is removable and rotatable
• Easily removable front panel with clip on fan slots

Specifications
• 6x 3,5 inch HDD trays, compatible with SSD!
• 2x 5,25 inch bays, with 1x 5,25>3,5 inch converter included
• 4x USB 2.0 and Audio I/O – mounted on top of front panel
• Removable filter below PSU (PSU not included)
• M/B compatibility: Mini ITX, Micro ATX and ATX
• 7 expansion slots with sleek white painted brackets
• Supports graphic card lengths up to 270mm when removable HDD-Bay is in place
• Supports graphic card lengths up to 420mm without removable HDD-Bay
• Supports CPU coolers with height of 160mm
• Supports PSU’s with a depth of maximum circa 160mm, when using bottom 120mm fan location.
When not using the bottom 120mm fan location, the case supports also longer PSU’s, typically 250mm
• Case size (WxHxD): 200x430x480mm with front and top bezel in place
• Net weight: 7,1kg