This box is a jewel, with its 8x 3.5" capacity for fat HDDs plus a host of 2.5" SSD slots built into the front panel or top cover, making it a very comfortable home-made NAS box!
Note that it doesn't offer easy access to HDDs (no hotswap-type bay), it's a classic old cage that needs dismantling, but that doesn't matter: once in place, it doesn't move, it's super ventilated (almost the entire external surface of the case: front, side, top, can be lined with fans).
In short, I love this beautiful piece of work!
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by ducobu
Posted on 28 Sep 2022
Product bought from LDLC on 24 Aug 2022
Number of reviews: 2Average rating: 10
Very good box
Very good box, well laid out as far as it goes.
Used to build a Proxmox server.
Contains 4 HDD and 2 SSD.
I do not regret this choice.
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by David A
Posted on 8 Oct 2021
Product bought from LDLC on 16 Aug 2021
Number of reviews: 5Average rating: 8
TO BE USED FOR A NAS
I use this box in NAS configuration. This case is very well designed to allow a PC configuration as well. The slots inside are well designed, with a well thought out double compartment. It's airy and the original fans are quiet. You can feel the mastery of this Swedish brand in the design and the sobriety of their know-how. I also owned the NODE 304. I recommend it for any type of configuration.
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by Hortiks
Posted on 17 Jul 2020
Product bought from LDLC on 17 Jun 2020
Number of reviews: 1Average rating: 10
Chosen for its modularity
I chose this case mainly for the possibilities.
I currently use it as a NAS; its multiple 3.5 HDD slots and 2.5 SSD compartments make it very practical for that.
Moreover, its design, its numerous fans and its small size make it a very good choice.
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by GuillaumeL
Posted on 30 Jul 2019
Product bought from LDLC on 10 Jul 2019
Number of reviews: 1Average rating: 9
Great box to build a storage server
Hello everyone,
I really enjoyed putting this box together. It has plenty of room, everything is well thought out, cable routing, my space management and so on.
The only downside for me is that it's a very small box, and I'm not sure I'll be able to get it to work properly in the future.
The only downside for me is that you can't put the drive bays and exhaust fans on the ceiling of the enclosure (drive side). And this is not really clearly explained.
That said, you can still put two 12 cm fans in the front and a 14 cm fan in the back, all inserted for a natural ceiling extraction.
On the motherboard side, you can still put two 12 cm in the front, one 12 in the back, and two 14 in the ceiling.
I hope that my commentary has helped.
:-)
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by Julien R
Posted on 31 Mar 2018
Product bought from LDLC on 27 Aug 2017
Number of reviews: 14Average rating: 9
A perfect tower!
Ok, from a distance it looks like a microwave! But on the other hand what a joy to have the place to install all its components! the motherboard on one side, the power supply and the hard disks on the other. No worries about tidying up the cables! Two ingenious points too: two slots for 2.5" HDDs on the front of the case and a slot-in slot. At a time when it's becoming complicated to have the tower you want AND a slot for a DVD drive, this is perfect! Last point, the number of fans and filters. Being in Martinique I didn't want any cooling problems and above all I didn't want much dust to get into my tower, and well I'm served! In short, for me it is perfect (yes I already said it !^^). The whole with the quality of Fractal Design.
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by Sébastien LS
Posted on 3 Jan 2017
Product bought from LDLC on 10 Dec 2016
Number of reviews: 31Average rating: 9
A very good mini-ITX box
A very modular and spacious enclosure. It is perfect for mounting a NAS or HTPC via its two racks of 4 x 3'1/2 hard drives each.
It is easy to assemble and has ten ventilation slots for those who want efficient cooling. The dust filters are removable without disassembling the machine, which is a plus.
However, be sure to use a fan unit that is designed for narrow cases.
The plexiglass window on the side looks great with lighting elements or for watercooling.
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by SkullKnight
Posted on 7 Nov 2016
Product bought from LDLC on 27 Sep 2016
Number of reviews: 4Average rating: 10
The ultimate Micro ATX case
This Node 804 from Fractal Design allows for cooling arrangements that are simply out of this world for such a format. The motherboard compartment is well thought out and leaves nothing to chance, allowing you to integrate just about anything and everything in terms of ventilation. Well built, the sheet metal is thick, anti-cut and the paint is of very good quality. The plastics are solid and all air inlets are filtered. The Node 804 accepts bulky components, offering the possibility of integrating muscular configurations. Probably the case that offers the best of both worlds: compact for powerful configurations.
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by Adrien B
Posted on 26 Jul 2016
Product bought from LDLC on 12 Jul 2016
Number of reviews: 1Average rating: 10
Good quality of manufacture
I'm switching from a Node 304 to a Node 804: much more space to fit everything in and make cable management easier. For the rest, we keep the very good quality of manufacture and materials of Fractal Design.
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by Pierre C
Posted on 15 Mar 2016
Product bought from LDLC on 28 Dec 2015
Number of reviews: 4Average rating: 9
Compact, beautiful and large
The organisation of the case is very well thought out, with the motherboard on one side and the power supply and hard disks on the other.
I used it to build a web server with Owncloud, so it runs 24 hours a day. Despite the disconnection of one of the integrated fans, and a silent Corsair power supply, there is a slight noise, but nothing serious either.
I had previously purchased the Fractal Define R4 which is isolated and really quiet, hence the 4 stars "only".
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by Guapo
Posted on 11 Mar 2016
Product bought from LDLC on 14 Jun 2014
Number of reviews: 3Average rating: 7
Practical and compact
Excellent for mounting a mATX-based configuration
- Accepts long graphics cards
- Up to 10 SSD/HD
- Efficient and adjustable ventilation
Only downside, but it's a matter of taste: the glass on the side
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by I. Belatache
Posted on 10 Feb 2016
Product bought from LDLC on 27 Jan 2016
Number of reviews: 23Average rating: 9
Simply perfect
Used to mount a hypervisor, the separation into 2 zones is ideal. The box is spacious, very well designed and above all allows some folly in terms of hardware for a very small final footprint (it fits rather easily in a closed TV cabinet (to tell you that it also ventilates very well and remains very quiet).
I do not regret this choice of box!
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by taco
Posted on 5 Feb 2016
Product bought from LDLC on 18 Jan 2016
Number of reviews: 2Average rating: 9
Microphone case atx power user / gamer
This is an unusual size case: it's a small "big" case.
I was looking for a smaller case than my old R5 fractal, because I was fed up with having lots of 5" 1/4 bays in 2016, a useless dvd player and an atx mid tower.
The requirements: to be able to house a gtx 970, to be able to house a small corsair watercooling and to have a minimum of heat extraction.
In the end I'm happy: the node 804 is well designed, the assembly is easy, even if it needs more care than on a big atx. Fractal, in my opinion, is really ahead of the game on the small practical details: cable routing, ease of installing large extraction hardware etc, installing numerous drives. A small detail: by removing the two panels you have access to both sides of the cpu socket if you want to change the watercooling support or the cpu fan. there is room to put hd 3.5 (even too much).
All assembled, the case is practical and has a good look, the aspect of the materials is good.
The small minuses: But why put the power button and the usb ports on the bottom right of a small case?
The plastic front panel is held in place with pins: be careful not to break anything.
Extraction: yes fractal has made a lot of effort, you can put 120 fans everywhere, BUT with a volume largely inferior to a mid tower atx for example, the caloric performance will be inferior.
The finish, the materials: it's good, really not bad, but nothing to do with lian li for example.
I'm very happy with the product, and the delivery time ldlc.
