Fractal Design NODE 804

Darksaber · Sep 20, 2014

The Fractal Design NODE 804 is aiming to be an uncompromising gaming system with the ability to hold up to twelve hard drives, while still offering plenty of water-cooling possibilities - all in a cube form factor.

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荷兰大母猪 · Dec 5, 2014

Nice case for Matx dual sli system. It provides 5 slots that means we can use a slot as space between two cards. But only few Matx motherboards can provide the first and the third pcie x16 to support sli. Anyway, nice case, structure is almost like air540.

Joss · Dec 5, 2014

yummy case.
Puts to shame that dusty, flimsy, plastiky, Corsair thingy.

GreiverBlade · Dec 5, 2014

frigging cute... if i didn't had a AIR540 and wanted to do a mATX rather than a ATX i would totally jump on it... since i had a mITX build in a Node304

Joss said:
yummy case.
Puts to shame that dusty, flimsy, plastiky, Corsair thingy.

not the case of the AIR540 and the little brother in mATX form factor ... the ABS on it look all but flimsy or plastiky... dusty? well that depend on the user xD

what i really love with that Node is the radiator and fan possibility that corsair lack on the AIR540 man dual room with 2 240 2 280 possibility : dreamy (+2*140back oh my ... )

Mistral · Dec 6, 2014

This case would have been my first choice, if they hadn't decided to put the USB's and power button on the opposite side of the window.
So I have a 240 now and it's pretty damn awesome little case.

adulaamin · Dec 6, 2014

Thanks for the excellent review. I love Fractal Design Cases. I wish I knew that they were releasing the Define R5 sooner so I could've waited a bit longer. But with that being said, I'm happy with my Corsair 760T. If I go back to using smaller cases, this will be on the top of the list of cases that I'd consider using.

On a side note, I wish you had some radiators with different thickness that you could install to give us a better idea on how they might fit or look with the main parts (motherboard, hdds/ssds, GPU) installed. You don't need to install all the other water cooling parts, just the rads.

stinger608 · Dec 7, 2014

Hmm, I like it!
And here it is at the Egg for sale at $70!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352047

Pretty good price for this case.

System Name	Corsair 2000D Silent Gaming Rig
Processor	Intel Core i5-14600K
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Strix Z790-i Gaming Wifi
Cooling	Corsair iCUE H150i Black
Memory	Corsair 64 GB 6000 MHz DDR5
Video Card(s)	Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Phoenix GS
Storage	TeamGroup 1TB NVMe SSD
Display(s)	Gigabyte 32" M32U
Case	Corsair 2000D
Power Supply	Corsair 850 W SFX
Mouse	Logitech MX
Keyboard	Sharkoon PureWriter TKL

System Name	main/SFFHTPCARGH!(tm)/Xiaomi Mi TV Stick/Samsung Galaxy S23/Ally
Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D/i7-3770/S905X/Snapdragon 8 Gen 2/Ryzen Z1 Extreme
Motherboard	MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk/HP SFF Q77 Express/uh?/uh?/Asus
Cooling	Enermax ETS-T50 Axe aRGB /basic HP HSF /errr.../oh! liqui..wait, no:sizable vapor chamber/a nice one
Memory	64gb DDR4 3600/8gb DDR3 1600/2gbLPDDR3/8gbLPDDR5x/16gb(10 sys)LPDDR5 6400
Video Card(s)	Hellhound Spectral White RX 7900 XTX 24gb/GT 730/Mali 450MP5/Adreno 740/Radeon 780M 6gb LPDDR5
Storage	250gb870EVO/500gb860EVO/2tbSandisk/NVMe2tb+1tb/4tbextreme V2/1TB Arion/500gb/8gb/256gb/4tb SN850X
Display(s)	X58222 32" 2880x1620/32"FHDTV/273E3LHSB 27" 1920x1080/6.67"/AMOLED 2X panel FHD+120hz/7" FHD 120hz
Case	Cougar Panzer Max/Elite 8300 SFF/None/Gorilla Glass Victus 2/front-stock back-JSAUX RGB transparent
Audio Device(s)	Logi Z333/SB Audigy RX/HDMI/HDMI/Dolby Atmos/KZ x HBB PR2/Moondrop Chu II + TRN BT20S
Power Supply	Chieftec Proton BDF-1000C /HP 240w/12v 1.5A/USAMS GAN PD 33w/USAMS GAN 100w
Mouse	Speedlink Sovos Vertical-Asus ROG Spatha-Logi Ergo M575/Xiaomi XMRM-006/touch/touch
Keyboard	Endorfy Thock 75%/Lofree Edge/none/touch/virtual
VR HMD	Medion Erazer
Software	Win10 64/Win8.1 64/Android TV 8.1/Android 14/Win11 64
Benchmark Scores	bench...mark? i do leave mark on bench sometime, to remember which one is the most comfortable. :o

System Name	Aryzen / Sairikiki / Tesseract
Processor	5800x / i7 920@3.73 / 5800x
Motherboard	Steel Legend B450M / GB EX58-UDP4 / Steel Legend B550M
Cooling	Mugen 5 / Pure Rock / Glacier One 240
Memory	Corsair Something 16 / Corsair Something 12 / G.Skill 32
Video Card(s)	AMD 6800XT / AMD 6750XT / Sapphire 7800XT
Storage	Way too many drives...
Display(s)	LG 332GP850-B / Sony w800b / Sony X90J
Case	EVOLV X / Carbide 540 / Carbide 280x
Audio Device(s)	SB ZxR + GSP 500 / board / Denon X1700h + ELAC Uni-Fi 2 + Senn 6XX
Power Supply	Seasonic PRIME GX-750 / Corsair HX750 / Seasonic Focus PX-650
Mouse	G700 / none / G602
Keyboard	G910
Software	w11 64
Benchmark Scores	I don't play benchmarks...

System Name	hmmm...
Processor	9800X3D
Motherboard	X670E-I
Cooling	PA120SE
Memory	2x16gb 6400 C32
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 1080 TI FTW3
Storage	T500 1tb
Display(s)	4K 120hz
Case	Jonsplus Z20
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	SF-1000
Mouse	Logitech
Keyboard	Corsair K70 LUX RGB
Software	Windows 10 Professional x64

System Name	2023 Ryzenfall
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5800X
Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX B550-F Gaming Wifi
Cooling	SilverStone AH240 AIO
Memory	32 gigs G.Skill TridentZ NEO DDR4
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 1080 FTW Hybrid Gaming
Storage	Dual Samsung 980 Pro M2 NVME 4.0
Display(s)	Overlord 27" 2560 x 1440
Case	Corsair Air 540
Audio Device(s)	On board
Power Supply	Seasonic modular 850 watt Platinum
Software	Windows 10 Pro

Fractal Design NODE 804

Darksaber

Senior Editor & Case Reviewer

荷兰大母猪

Joss

GreiverBlade

Mistral

adulaamin

stinger608

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