Fractal Design Torrent Compact Windowed ATX Mid Tower Case, Steel / Light Tint Tempered Glass, 7 Expansion Slots, Up to 360mm Radiator Support, 3x 120mm Fan, 3x 2.5" Drive Bays, Gray
- The Torrent Compact is built to air cool your compact build as efficiently as possible through an open front grille and two of our 180 x 38 mm Dynamic PWM fans (Prisma for RGB version), making it a perfect fit for air cooling aficionados looking for a compact case.
- • Open grille and 180 mm front fans optimized for maximum air intake
- • Fractal Design Dynamic PWM / Prisma ARGB PWM 180 x 38 mm fans leverage power, size, and thickness for massive air-moving capacity
- • Expansive base intakes and extra-large bottom fan support offers exceptional GPU cooling potential (with bottom PCI slot free)
- The open interior and top mounted PSU provides plenty of breathing room for components and maximizes performance potential
- Space optimized, yet still capable of handling E-ATX motherboards up to 274 mm wide
- Comes with two Prisma ARGB PWM fans (RGB version) or Dynamic X2 PWM fans
- Our Fractal Design 180 x 38 mm fans leverage power, size and thickness for massive air-moving capacity.
- Front fan brackets allow for unblocked airflow to the larger fans while catering to standard radiator sizes
- Dust filters for front and bottom easily accessible by removing the front
- Removable top bezel and routing clips with cable ties make for easy installation and cable management
- A sturdy, vibration-damped drive tray supporting a single HDD or dual SSDs with two optional mounting positions
- Three dedicated SSD brackets included
- Seamless tempered glass panels with bolt-free top-latching mechanisms for easy handling
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Key specifications
- Color
- Gray
- No of fans
- 6 Fans
- Form factor
- ATX Mid Tower
- Side window
- With Side Window
- Radiator support
- 360 mm
- External 5 25 inch drive bays
- None
Details
- Shipping Weight
- 13.95 Kg
- Shipping Dimensions
- 35.00 cm x 64.00 cm x 65.01 cm
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George H. Used for: 3–6 months
Cons
No roof fan mounts whatsoever
Comment
Five stars because the cooling is genuinely in another class, but two things are worth flagging. There are no top fan mounts at all, so if you had planned a roof radiator, plan again, everything goes in the front. And the enormous front fans are wonderful at low speed and quite loud above about sixty percent, which is a speed you will never need but the curve has to be set so you do not stray there.
Thomas A. Used for: 6–12 months
Pros
Two big fans beat six small ones
Cons
The filter needs washing, not shaking
Comment
Two 180mm fans doing the work of six 120s is the whole idea and it is not marketing. My card runs seven degrees cooler than it did in a mesh mid tower with five fans, and the noise at the same load is lower because the big fans turn slowly. The open bottom intake feeds the PSU and the card directly. Eight months in, the only thing I would change is the dust story. The front is open and there is a filter, but it is a large filter that needs washing rather than shaking, so it is a sink job rather than a doorstep job.
Maya B. Used for: 6–12 months
Pros
All the Torrent cooling in less depth
Cons
Almost no room for drives
Comment
Chose this over the full size Torrent because the desk is only so deep, and I have not missed the extra height once. The compact keeps the same front fan pair and the same open floor, so cooling is barely different. What you lose is the drive cage and some radiator length. With a 360 in the front there is room for two SSDs behind the tray and nothing else, so if you keep a media library on spinning disks this is the wrong case. Everything else is Fractal doing what Fractal does. Panels that fit, paint that does not chip, screws that are the right length, a manual written by someone who has actually built a computer!
Arthur G. Used for: More than a year
Pros
Silent fans and labelled screws
Comment
The fans are the quietest I have had in any chassis, and after two years of daily use they still spin up silently from cold. Fractal's habit of including a proper bag of labelled screws instead of a rattling bundle also deserves a mention, it is a small thing that says a lot!
Arthur W. Used for: More than a year
Pros
Cool and quiet at once
Cons
Open front lets the room in
Comment
Coolest running box I have owned and the quietest, which should not both be true
Willow K. Used for: More than a year
Cons
Open front lets dust straight in
Comment
Four stars, and the missing one is entirely about living with it rather than using it. The open front looks great and breathes beautifully, and it also means the inside of the case is exposed to the room. Two years in and there is a fine layer on the underside of the top panel that no filter was ever going to catch, because the air comes in the front unfiltered by design at the sides. The second thing is the fan sizes. When one of the 180s eventually goes, replacements are not something you pick up cheaply, and a pair of 140s in the same frame will not move the same air. Worth knowing before you commit.
