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big thanks to msi for sending us to Computex this year we would not be here without them also thank you to linda.com alright guys welcome to the random field of glowing sheep in the background where we will be checking out the fractal core 500 the core 500 is basically a tuned down version of the node 304 and now why is it not called a node something no one was actually able to tell me so we're moving on from there the front of the case is a brushed faux aluminium actually plastic front panel with a surprising five and a quarter inch Bay in terms of i/o you've got two USB 3.0 audio in and out power button with a white LED a hard drive activity white LED and a reset button there's meshing pretty much everywhere the front has meshing just on the side of the actual bezel the top of the case has a large meshed area which is actually filtered and your RAD will probably go there the left hand side has a large meshed area as well the bottom has a kind of not super huge but also meshed area and the right hand side has a smaller meshed area moving on to the inside of the case there's tons of storage there's one two and a half inch bay just inside the front panel just kind of before you actually get into the rest of the case then on the far right hand side there's two more two and a half inch slots on the far side of this middle metal plate and then on the inner side there's two three and a half inch bays four hard drives and then just below the five and a quarter inch bay in the front there's one more hard drive spot leaving you with three spots for three and a half inch hard drives and two spots for two and a half inch hard drives or SSDs for cooling you can install a 240 millimeter radiator in the top or possibly a 280 if it kind of fits but you're very likely gonna have some kind of compatibility issues there in the back of the case you can fit a 140 millimeter fan but it already comes with one so they've got you covered there for graphics card you've got pretty much all the clearance you could want you can fit basically as long as the graphics card as you would like but you may have noticed by now that the power supply positioning is a little bit weird is not at the back of the case you don't actually see a large power supply spacing at the back of the case although you do see an input for power supply power without one even being installed there that's because there's an extension or a pass-through that goes throughout the case and your power supply actually gets installed much closer to the front under that five and a quarter inch Bay kind of on the right-hand side what do you guys think about the core 500 let me know in the comments down below over on the forum or on twitter at luke underscore le afar also her ash Josh about it Josh isn't here at Computex this year I want to talk to him about what the core 500 was like but I couldn't because he wasn't here anyways thanks amasai for sending us ooo this year there's a huge part of the reason why we're actually here they have a whole bunch of cool stuff that they're launching at Computex as well check that out in the bitly link in the description down below and that includes a bunch of laptops with Broadwell processors and stuff like that also thanks you to lynda.com lynda.com slash Computex you get a 10 day free trial you can start learning things immediately as you guys know like the video just like the videos favorite share subscribe follow all that good stuff thanks for watching I'll see you guys next time you want to see all the rest of our Computex content stay subscribed Alanis tech tips