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today we'll be unboxing we fractal design core 3000 case but the first time I had the pleasure of setting eyes on this case was actually at CES 2011 and it was there that fractal actually launched a ton of new case designs including their core series the arc series and then mostly the core series in the arc series the define XL and the define our three we're both already on the market at the time I believe so here we go fractal design basically they hit the market with smart designs good value cases aimed at a silent PC user with the core series as well as the arc series actually they're getting away from the pure silence image and moving towards a little bit more of the gaming oriented user so you want more airflow you want a more aggressive looking case as opposed to just clean sleek lines well then the core series or the arc series might be for you comes with the user's manual which comes in a bag and then it comes with a case so that's pretty much all there is to it once again we are very used to seeing on fractal cases just a clean overall aesthetic and we are definitely our expectations are met with the core 3000 so the very front is just a plain perforated grille the whole front of the case is made up of air flow vents sorry I'm doing these thumb screws on the side panels here so I'm a little bit distracted but I'm gonna pull off you know what here let's pull up the side panels first we'll look at the front in a minute cameraman so the side panel comes off like that no noise dampening material on the inside this is more of a value oriented case and it is not does not have some of the premium features of the define our three in the define XL let's have a look at the front so you can see that there are mounting options for two 140 millimeter fans here in the front okay you can see those there and you can actually see one of the fans through the front of the case this I'm not sure how it comes out but it couldn't be that complicated to figure out it comes off like this I think you have to give me a moment to figure that out the front of the case has a headphone port microphone port harddrive LED power LED reset button power button and four USB 2.0 ports we've got two five and a quarter inch base and then the rest of this is just made up of filtered airflow space and other than that is very clean very sleek looking on the other side we have mounting holes for a 120 millimeter or 140 millimeter fan positioned over the video card portion of the inside of your chassis I can go ahead and take that off see the inside used is a very standard mounting system for the side panel and then on the inside you will find a couple of things so first we'll find some accessories now on now I'm being driven crazy by this let's go ahead oh there it goes okay so there that's how to install another fan actually it looks like the bottom one is only 120 mil so this is 140 ml and then the bottom spot holds a 120 mil fence you can go ahead that comes with a sleeve cable fractal fans are all quite quiet so even though this is a gamer oriented case it does come with the same quiet fans as their define series so you can see all of the hard drive mounting cages through here we are using let's say three here and then three on the bottom these are all compatible with three and a half inch and two and a half inch drives also on the inside we find our accessory box which includes motherboard screws cable ties as well as their pc i mounted fan controller we've got one five and a quarter to three and a half inch bay adapter so if you still use a floppy drive or if you have a card reader or something like that you can go ahead and install that in the front these are the dried sleds I was talking about before so you can see here the mounting holes one two three four four two and a half inch drives or one two three four with the rubber it's for three and a half inch drives on the inside of the case you can see we have room for a standard ATX motherboard so not a whole lot of extra wood so I wouldn't expect to be installing like a rampage three extreme or anything like that in this case but any standard sized ATX motherboard will fit in just fine speaking of standard size it does have seven PCI slots at the back so once again you won't be installing any XL ATX that is extended length boards but any normal board will be installed just fine all of your front panel connectors are here they are all saved in black so we've got one two USB we've got our HD audio for the front panel as well as our power LED reset switch power switch and all that good stuff the power supply is bottom mounted we've got little rubber feet here as well as a filtered air intake below the power supply so you'll be able to install your power supply with the fan facing down which allows it to take in fresh air from under the case rather than taking in hot air from your video card or other components they've included all of the lips or silicon here they've included all of the screen mounting holes so you can install your power supply right side up or upside down whichever fan orientation you prefer we've got a cutout in the back of the motherboard tray which allows us to install or uninstall the CPU cooler even if it has a backplate without taking the motherboard out as well as up here okay yep we've got 120 or 140 millimeter fan mounts on the top so you can see it comes to the 140 here comes with 120 in the back and in here you can put either another 140 or a 120 millimeter fan because of the clearance around this 120mm fan I wouldn't expect to have any difficulty installing one of those pre-done up water cooling kits so that is definitely a plus because those can offer an unprecedented balance of silence and performance here on the back you can see that actually left a fairly decent amount of space between the side panel and the motherboard tray as well as providing these little loops to attach zip ties to and then clip down your wires to make sure that your cable management stays tidy at the back of the case and you've included a couple of hols for cable routing although as I said before this is not as premium at cases the defined series so you don't have the rubber grommets to help them make a little bit look make them look a little bit more stealthy but I think it is a pretty reasonable compromise to make considering the price of the arc 3000 or core 3000 thank you for checking out my unboxing of the core 3000 from fractal design don't forget to subscribe to Linus tech tips from our unboxings reviews and other computer videos