Fractal Design North Build - Step by Step Guide

hello and welcome back to another full Snapper snap PC build guide and today I'll be showing you how to build a PC in North the latest mid targets from a fractal design and as you can see with the wooden front grille they've gone with some really interesting design choices to make this case stand out from the competition so taking a look at the other parts I'm going to be building with today for the motherboard I'm going to go in with asrock's z790 Phantom gaming Riptide for the CPU I'm going with Intel's new 13 gen i7 the 13700k keeping our CPU cool line with the latest 360 millimeter AIO from deepkill it's the lt720 for Ram of the 32 gigabytes of Kingston's Fury based RGB ddr5 at 5600 Mega transfers per second for storage I'm going with a single Gen 4 nvme and the two drive for this build is from seabrant and it's their rocket 4 plus and two terabyte capacity pineapple build I've got an 860 watt affiliate modular parser PI from fractal design it's the ion plus 2 Platinum for the graphics card I'm going to be using the Asus Rog strengths RTX 3080 and finally for case fans I'm going to be using a big white light wings okay that's all the parts let's get building so I'm going to make a star preparing the case as we go point out the case's main features so in terms of the side panel the case is available in two different versions I've got the one with the mesh side panel which is going to give you additional fan mounting on the side and improved airflow but it is also available in a tempered glass version should you prefer a better look at your build so to remove the side panel we've got two captive thumb screws at the back once these have been loosened the panel can simply be slid backwards tilted out and left it away the other side panel is removed in exactly the same way there's two captive thumb screws at the back which we need to loosen once it has been loosened the power can be slid backwards tilted out and left it away take a look at our cases from Daio we've got a nice premium metallic power button we've got a separate headphone and microphone Jack we've got two USB 3.0 dual type a port and a single type c Port another nice design feature we've got this nice leather tab on the back of our top panel to remove the top panel is just a simple matter of pulling it backwards lifting up on the way take a look at the panel we've just removed you'll notice there's no dust filter at the top otherwise most people are going to have the top as an exhaust this shouldn't be a problem moving on to your standout feature and it's this wooden Grille at the front I've got the white version of the Kia switch comes with an oak Grille and if you get the Black Version it'll be made from Walnut remove the front panel is really straightforward it just needs to be pulled out from the front and then it can be lifted away taking a look at the back of our front panel you'll notice we've got a nylon dust filter on it there's little Clips on the side which we need to listen up and once they haven't loosened the dust kernel can simply be lifted away for cleaning with our front panel removed you can see the two aspect 14 pwm fans pre-installed at the front if you prefer you can mount up to three 120 millimeter fans or up to 360 or 280 millimeter radiator out the front at the top of the case we can fit either two 140 or to 120 millimeter fans or up to 240 millimeter radiator if you do go with the red head at the top be careful of your RAM height it's going to be limited to 35 millimeters at the rear of the case is up to 120 millimeter fan or radiator but fractal haven't stopped there and there's actually fan mounting slots on the PCI expansion slot brackets for an 80 millimeter fan so your fan simply going to slot down here and then you're going to be able to screw the fan in from the back through the holes here fractal haven't stopped there in terms of innitive fan Mounting Solutions if you get the version of the case that has the mesh side panel you get this bracket which is going to allow you to mount to 120 or 240 millimeter fans on the side and if you take a look at this panel here it has six little notches in it and the idea is you can line this bracket up by slotting it in here to The Notches sliding the panel over here and then we've got two thumb screws on this side to allow you to secure the panel to the case so you can see what this is going to look like on the side with two 114 millimeter fans so while adding the sound bracket with up to 240 millimeter fans should improve your airflow and your temperatures and that's something I'll test later on it does come with some limitations the first one in this top position if you're going to install it here the biggest limitation is reducing your CPU killer height the standard CPU killer height in this case that is supported is up to 117 millimeters although if you do install this bracket in its top position that is going to be reduced down to 145 millimeters and although there's going to be no limitation to your GPU width so moving the bracket down to its middle position and you've got exactly the same CPU you can write limitations your limit to 145 millimeters in terms of the maximum height in this position you are also going to have some GPU limitations as well in terms of the width so if you install your GPU in the first three slots like most people will be doing the maximum width for your GPU is reduced from 170 at down to 148 and that width needs to include the connector cables plugging in to the GPU with the bracket in this position if you want to install your GPU in the lower four slots there's no act additional restrictions on it and you're limited to 178 millimeters in terms of width moving the bracket all the way down to Ed's bottom position you know you don't have any additional limitations on your CPU killer it says that the case standard of 170 millimeters in terms of height and but your GPU is going to be limited and no matter which of the slot you put it into to 148 millimeters in width in terms of GPU support we have got seven horizontal expansion slots at the back of the case and you're actually going to be able to fit a pretty large GPU in this case up to your maximum length of 355 millimeters although be aware if you do want to install a radiator at the front like we're going to do that is going to limit your GPU length and in terms of motherboard support it's up to ITX but you are also able to mount a microwave ATX and Mini ITX motherboard if you prefer because I'm a brand installer radiator at the front we are going to need to remove this access panel that's held on with the thumb screw here we need to listen it once it's been listened the panel can be split backwards tilted out and lifted away to install the radiator at the front we're going to need to remove the two 140 millimeter fans that are pre-installed at the front that are each held on with four screws at the bottom of the case with the tray standard dust filter over a power supplies intake and it simply pulls out from the back for cleaning it is possible to remove this panel at the top of the case is held on with four screws there's two on the top and two screws at the front and then the four screws removed the top panel can simply be lifted away the only reason I think you might want to do this if you need to change your IO module but you should need to remove this for the build so I'm going to put it back in place moving into our rear compartment is good to see we've got rubber grommets over the two main cutouts to the right hand side of the motherboard and we've got three velcro cable straps which should help with cable management as well as plenty of cable tie down points at the top of the case we've got a pwm hub with four a pwm connectors on it and coming from the other end we've got a single four pin pwm fan connector to plug into your motherboard which is then going to allow you to control the speed of everything plugged into here and it's really nice to see there's no Sata cable required to part of this so it's going to work just off your motherboard there is an option to move this to the back of the case if you prefer it's held on with two screws at the other end of the main body of the case so then we're going to be able to set the Fan Hub in at the back of the case and then screw it in from the back so that's what it looks like at the back of the case I think it's going to work better in its original position I'm going to put it back to there now moving on to Drive minded we've got this dedicated two and a half inch Drive bracket here which can accommodate up to two two and a half inch drives in terms of mounting the drives it's really straightforward we listen to Captain thumb screw here the bracket comes out you're simply going to set your drive onto here turn it over and screw it from the back before returning it to the case moving down to the bottom of the case with the two hard drive trays down the bottom and in the one closest to the front we've got our case accessory box so I'm going to go ahead and remove that I'll show you what that contains later on so in terms of removing the drive trays they're each held on with a captive thumb screw so we can listen off the captive thumb screw and then with that removed we can simply lift the drive cage out and then same thing with the other one so in each of these dry trays you're going to pull to fit a two and a half inch drive a three and a half inch drive or both your two and a half inch Drive is going to go here mounted towards the bottom of the drivetrain if you don't install a two and a half inch drive your three and a half inch Drive simply slots all the way in to the drive tray if you do one over two and a half inch Drive you're going to install the three and a half inch Drive above it slightly protruding from the top off the dragon tray so you'll notice down the bottom of the case we've got a range of different slots that you can mount your drive cages in so with the drive cage installed all the way to the front as we have it here this is the only position you're going to be able to fit another Drive cage further towards the back of the case the only slight issue with the drive tray at the front it isn't going to interfere with the 360 millimeter radiator but if you want to install a 280 millimeter radiator at the front it isn't compatible with having the drive cage in this position you're going to have to move it back along to the next slot so in this position you are going to be able to install a 280 millimeter radar at the front but the only issue is you don't have enough space here to install the other Drive cage at the bottom and again you can install the drive cage in this position or just have one drive Keys installed all the way at the back obviously depending where you put the drive cage it is going to limit your power supply compatibility so in the furthest back position the maximum light for your power supply is 140 millimeters moving along to the next slot get you up to 180 millimeters for your power supply moving along another slot and you're up to 215 and then installed in the position furthest to the front it's up to 255 millimeters of space for your power supply again you also have the option to remove the drive trays all together so if you did want to go with a 280 at the front and you weren't able to have your hard drive cage in the position all the way to the front meaning you couldn't Mount the other hard drive cage further in the back of the case so there is another option there's additional mounting slots on the roof of this compartment so all we need to do is slide our Drive cage into them and then screw it into place from here so the only slight issue when mounting the drive up here is it is going to limit your power supply length again so with installed here your maximum length is 155 millimeters for your power supply and if you want to improve your storage you can pick up an additional one of these brackets and have two at the bottom and one at the top another nice feature of the case is we've got a removable bracket at the back for installing our power supply so it's got two Capital thumb screws to remove it what we're going to do is attach this bracket directly to the back of our power supply and then we're going to be able to slide the whole thing into the back and re-secure it with the two thumb screws so this is what comes with the case accessory box so we've got a range of screws we've got a standard we've got some rubber mounts for Mountain drives and we've got some cable ties we're ready to start work on the motherboard and we're going to install the CPU and the bracket for a CPU killer rm.tssd and a ram all before we put the motherboard into the case to install our CPU we need to open the socket cover so we can push this lever down and all the way to the top and then we can open the cover up next we can set our CPU into the socket line it up in The Notches at the top and at the bottom and importantly you're going to want to have the text the correct way up once perhaps your CPU is sitting correctly in the socket we can pull this cover down if we play a little bit of pressure here the black but the plastic is going to pop off and we'll put that in our motherboard box and then we can close the lever down to secure our CPU next we've got our ram.ts D so we're going to need to remove this top heat sink so behind the heatsink we've actually got two m.2 SSD slots we've got a Gen 5 slot here and a Gen4 slot here and we're going to install our Drive in the Gen 4 slot because there's a Gen 4 Drive be aware of you doing so on the Gen 5 slot you're going to be half in the pcie lens for your graphics card from 16 to 8. so that's the reason we're going with this slot if you want to occupy the Gen 5 slot you just need to remove this standoff from here to here and then you're going to be able to insert your drive into here so here you can insert our m.2 SSD and a slight angle into the Gen 4 slot then we can flatten the drive down and secure it into place with the screw from the motherboard box before we return the heatsink we need to remove the plastic protection from the back next we need to install the back plate for our CPU killer so we're going to need to remove these pins to the other slot off of this Intel bracket so just a matter of pulling them all to the outer setting and then the brackets should line up with the holes on the back of the motherboard then we've got one of these spacers to go into each corner I know it's important to use the spacers labeled 1700. we are now ready to install the ram so we need to open the clips on the second and fourth slot along from the CPU we can then line the ram up with the slot once wrap river is lined up with some firm pressure to the top of the ram it's going to clip into place and then same thing with our second stick next we can set our motherboard into the case line it up with the standoffs out the back so what you'll notice is this middle standoff is solids which protrudes through the metal hole of the motherboard helping hold it in place and then we'll secure the motherboard into place using each of these mounting screws okay next thing to do is get our case cables plugged in our HD audio cable is going to go into this header down the bottom left hand side of the motherboard so we'll bring it through the cutout and you'll notice there's a pen missing on the header and a hole missing on the cable so we're going to need to plug it in with a HD audio text facing up the way next we've got our front panel connectors they're going to go into this header at the bottom right hand side of the motherboard if we bring them through this character is quite a bit of tension and they don't actually reach the header and there's a cutout here for the top-minded hard drive so I'm actually just going to bring them through this cut out here because I'm not going to be occupying it so starting off with the top row working from left to right pins one and two are for power LED positive and power LED negative and then the two pins next to that are for our par switch our USB 3.0 cable is going to go into here so we'll bring it through the cutout line it up with the header and push into place just above this cable we've got a fan header so I'm going to bring the pwm cable coming from our Fan Hub and plug it into this header and then our type c header is just above that we're now ready to install our power supply and I've plugged in the cables we're going to need so I plugged in a 24 pin cable we've got two yet pen EPS cables and a two pcie cables each of the pcie cables has a two six plus two pin connectors we're going to need a total of three of those so we're going to have enough with two cables plugged in then we're going to use four of these larger screws to secure the case's power supply bracket into the power supply just before we put our power supply into the back of the case this is our power supplies intake fan so we're going to want to install it with its facing down the way and then we can secure the power supply at the back with the two thumb screws next we're going to want to get a power supply cables plugged in and we've got two eight pin EPS headers at the top left of the motherboard so we'll bring the cable through the cutout line it up with the header and push into place and then we can pull the access cable through to the back our 24-pin cable is going to go into here so we'll bring it through the cutout line it up with a header and push into place next we're ready to installer AIO so we can set the radiator into the case so I've had a slight problem at this stage my plan had been to put the fans on this side of the radiator screw them into the long radiator screws but the issue I'm having is this is my radar installed all the way up towards the top of the case but the bottom holes aren't actually lining up with the case so there's no way for me to put the bottom screws in and I'm not happy about having a fan on the radiator that's only secured with two screws so the only option this leaves me is to put the fans on the other side of the radiator the issue with having them there is it's going to limit my GPU clearance and I'm not going to be able to install the GPU that I originally had intended to install so I'm going to have to swap it out for something slightly shorter so we can set our fans onto the radiator and we're going to want to have our radiator as intake out the front so that's the reason I'm installing the fans this way around we can then use the long radiator screws to secure the fans to the radiator coming with HR fans we've got a 4 pin pwm connector and deep cool include this triple splitter cable with the AIO so all we need to do is plug one of the fans into each of the connectors on this cable and that's then going to leave us one 4 pin pwm connector to plug into your CPU fan header so coming from our pump we've got two connectors we've got a three pin connector which is going to power the pump and also allow us to control the speed from the motherboard the other is a three pin 5 volt airgb connector to control the lighting it's also got a splitter cable so if you have limited RGB headers on your motherboard you are going to be able to plug something else in to here we can then set the i o into the case and then we'll get it secured into place with a shorter radiator screws so I still have the same issue that I'm not able to get the screws in the bottom holes but that's not a big issue I've got 10 screws holding the radiator in place and then just going to rid all our fan cables down to the bottom of the case pushing them in down the side of the radiator so they're out of sight I can then bring the cable through the color it at the top and Route it down to our CPU fan header where I'm going to get it plugged in and then we'll just tuck the excess cable up to the back the next thing for us to do is fit the brackets to our pump the reason I've waited to do it till now is because you'll notice we've got pre-applied thermal paste to the back of our CPU killer and we've got this protective plate over us the problem is once we remove the protective plate to fit the brackets we're not going to be able to fit it back on again so I'm going to remove the protective plate now and then I can set one of the LJ 1700 mounting brackets into place and then we've got these little screws that come with the io I'm going to pass it through the bracket and into the pump and screw it into place and then we can set the bottom bracket into place and get it screwed in and one of the nice things I'm noticing just as I'm screwing these in it does seem to be magnetized so if I drop the screw it seems to go straight into the hole and stay there which is just a really really nice touch that deep kill have got here this is going to be quite tricky but look at it it just sits in the hole perfectly the other thing that might help with the installation is this cover is removable so it actually is just magnetically attached so I can go ahead and pull it off so then we go ahead and line the eye up with the bracket we installed earlier on what we're going to want to do is get a thumb screw onto Each corner the three Pin cable we've got coming from the io I'm just going to plug it into our pump header just above the CPU fan header and then we'll just bring the excess cable up to the top just before we return the cover there is some plastic protection over the mirror so it makes sense to remove that outside the case and then I can return the cover the only additional cable is this airgb cable and we've got two headers at the top of the motherboard so I'm going to get plugged into them and then again I'm just going to root the access cable up the side of the i o and get it pushed up towards the back next I'm going to install our 120 millimeter fan at the back so the first thing I'm going to do is pass the cables through to the back and then we can secure in at the back with the fan screws that came with the fans and then going to bring the RGB cable coming from the fan through the cutout and get it plugged into this header out the top of the motherboard next we've got two 140 millimeter fans for the top so I'm just going to pass the cables through to the back and then we get the fans screwed in at the top and then at this stage we can replace the top panel next thing you do is get our fans connected up and I'm going to start with the RGB so this is the fan that I plugged into the RGB header on the motherboard it's got a splitter cable on it so I'm going to pull the cover off and then I'm going to connect our second top fan into that and then take the energy B cable coming from our rear fan and daisy chain at end of that so that's all three fans connected up to the one header then we've got the pwbm connectors which are going to plug into our Hub so there's one two and three where an I already installed the graphics card so we need to remove the second and third PCI expansion slot cover so as I mentioned my original plan was to install the RTX 3080 but as you can see here it's just too big with the fans installed on this side of the radiator if the fans were on the other side of the radiator um it would have fitted just about but it would have been a tight fit so the only other graphics card that I have immediately available to me that's small enough to fit with the radiator in this particular configuration is the RTX 3050 so I'm definitely not recommending power in the 3050 with a 13 700k but it's the best I can do for today and you should be able to follow along to this build guide just replacing this with a more reasonable graphics card that will fit so we need to open the top slot on the motherboard align the graphics card up with the clip and once we're happy everything's lined up apply some firm pressure and the graphics card is going to clip into place and then we can secure the GPU with the same two thumb screws that we removed earlier on so you can then bring our pcie cable through the current at the bottom and get it plugged in to the graphics card and then just going to use one of the included cable ties to manage the additional connector coming from the cable and then we'll pull the access cable through to the back of the case next we can set the access panel back into place so next we can install our two original fractal fans that were at the front of the case into the fan bracket that we're going to put onto the side so the first thing I'm going to do is just pass the cable through the cutout here and then we can turn things over and get the fan screwed in from the back so I'm just going to plug the cables coming from the fans and the header at the bottom of the motherboard and then I'm just going to start pulling the fan cables through to the back so the extra splitter cable is down and then I'm going to bring both cables slightly down so once I install the front fans I'm going to be able to pull the access cable to the back of the case and then I can bring our fan backer up to the front of the case and really the only place that makes sense the media installed is down at the bottom where it's going to bring extra air to our GPU and this would definitely been a better chest with the RTX 3080 rather than this 3050. and then we've got some cable management to do [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] complete I've gone ahead and set the PC up if you don't know how to install Windows the drivers get all the RGB software set up update the bias adjust the bio settings I'll put a link to another video I made with an ASRock motherboard and the process for installing and setting everything up is going to be very similar to this so putting this video together with that video you should be able to get a fully working PC what I'm planning on doing now is some thermal testing and then I'm going to do a full case review so you want to know what I thought about this case you're going to want to check that review guys and again you'll find a link to that video in the description so hope you have enjoyed the video if you have please remember to give it a thumbs up and if you're not currently subscribed to the Channel please hit the Subscribe Button as well thanks for watching foreign [Music]

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Length: 25min 55sec (1555 seconds)

Published: Wed Dec 07 2022