Fractal Design Era mini-ITX Case Review

A Closer Look – Interior

The case is really easy to open up, as it uses push pins for the side panels. Simply pull on the top edge, and they pop right out.

This is a small case, so unsurprisingly, there’s not a huge amount of space on the interior. The first thing in your way is the SSD/HDD mounting bracket at the side, rather than a traditional SSD mounting bracket.

Slightly forward of that, you’ll find an actual 2.5/3.5″ bay suspected next to the motherboard mount. However, like most thing in here, that’s completely removable too.

Strangely, there’s not one, but TWO PSU mounts here. The upper one of the ATX mount should need it. However, there’s an SFX one lower down in the case and that has the HDD cage attached to it. The case will support SFX, SFXL, and ATX PSUs.

In the lower section of the case, there’s plenty of air filtering, as well as mounts for up to two 140mm fans.

Behind the motherboard, there’s not really a lot of space at all. This would typically be a cable routing space, but it’s just too slim. Of course, there are huge cut-outs which will simply help you access fittings, screws, etc while installing your hardware.

The top panel lifts away also, revealing more fan and radiator mounts in the top with 120mm spacings.