The Fractal Define 7 puts the bar high when it comes to uncompromising design, quality, and justifiable price. Many cases and brands have tried to achieve it, and I believe the Define 7 does. All this comes at one fundamental price: size. As with most recent Define cases, the Define 7 is longer (or deeper) than any other ATX case out there, but the benefits far outweigh this drawback in essentially every scenario.

It can hold anything up to an E-ATX board, a huge air cooler, plenty of radiators, long GPUs even with a thick radiator in the front, and potent PSUs thanks to that extra depth. On top of that, it offers the ability to switch to the storage layout, so you can install up to seven 3.5" units out of the box with the ability to go as high as 12 or even 14 with the right set of separately available accessories. If you include the 2.5" trays, you reach even higher storage number.

Basically, the Define 7 takes all the genes we are used to seeing in small business server cases, which tend to be long as well, and manages to repackage it for the home, power, or enthusiast user.

On top of that, you will get excellent and well thought out cable management, a beautifully designed exterior and interior, three different glass side panel choices, and your pick of white or black.

In the end, there is really nothing to criticize about the Fractal Define 7—down to its nifty unboxing experience, the case can essentially be considered perfect unless you are looking for RGB elements. If there is one thing I would love to see the return of it is a built-in fan-controller switch. But that ask is essentially blown out of the water by the three sub-20 dBA retail fans included with the Define 7.