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The case carries on its clean aesthetic all the way around, with the back panel being machined out of a single piece of plain black steel. Fractal have a design philosophy, and they are sticking to it. The included fans are Fractal's 120mm GP-12's, and are more aimed at silent operation than screaming airflow. That said, with a well ventilated case such as this, I really don't have an issue with them at all. Having used these fans before, I can testify that they push a decent amount of air whilst striking a very fair accord with regard to noise... there really isn't any. In fact, their tone is much more akin to Noctua fans whirring at high speed. More of a 'buzz' or 'hum,' than a rasping whir.

The top of the case features the aforementioned dust filter. Take it off, give it a blast with compressed air. Replace. Really not that hard.

Moving around to the back we see the second pre-installed GP-12 fan, as well as the Micro-ATX standard of 5x PCIe expansion slots, meaning a single GPU (dual slot) and two PCIe x1 expansion cards are possible. I would even say that a 2.5x slot GPU with two single slot expansion cards is doable, but you might risk blocking off one of the fans if the GPU is an 'open shroud' style cooler.

The case supports up to 175mm ATX PSUs when using the bottom fan slot (more on this later), as stated before, but I really would advise against testing Fractal on this, as one must account for the cables themselves, and how many there might be. If you have lots of SATA drives, a GPU, and multiple controllers (e.g. RGB, fan, etc), this could get very cramped. Stick to shorter units here, and you will be fine. For reference, I used a 650W Corsair TX-M unit, and had absolutely no clearance issues whatsoever.