Fractal Torrent Review - The Ultimate Air-Cooled Case

[WYP]

This old school case design for modern gaming workloads. This is the best airflow case on the market.



Read more about Fractal's Torrent PC chassis.

 

[Dark NighT]

I genuinely like this case, but the price is a bit of a big ask compared to other cases in that size class.

 

[Dicehunter]

I'd like to get the black version of this but that price as Dark Night said is a little too much.

 

[AngryGoldfish]

But look at the temperature graphs. This case outperforms every other case by a huge margin. Its 600 RPM fan speed outperforms every other case at max speeds. The performance gained from that is absolutely incredible, and well worth the money in my opinion. It's like paying extra for a better CPU cooler and GPU cooler; the lower temperatures pay for themselves. You don't question buying a powerful CPU cooler or a high-end aftermarket cooler, yet the £50-odd extra that this case asks is too much? That doesn't make any sense.

 

[NeverBackDown]

It is to expensive. Just like every other "premium" case. Sure it performs the best but the market is inflated. It's still a steel box.

That said it's impressive for what it is

 

[KingNosser]

I like it but like everyone else want a wallet left

 

[23RO_UK]

I like everything about it apart from the size (the price tag is a touch steep to), my biggest gripe with Fractal has always been the black/white box syndrome that prevailed for so long; it's nice to see them innovate now so successfully.

I've just dropped on another case (yet another one for the collection I hear said), I've stayed with Fractal once again in the form of a Meshify 2 Compact (I couldn't get hold of one during the peak of the pandemic last year) and for 75 quid it was a no brainer.

 

[Greenback]

TBF on the price how many cases in this range come with good fans you don't need to swap out, and how many don't have fans at all