Fractal Design Focus 2 White

Fabulous case - out-standing value

I'm blown away by this case.It's so well built and looks great! I love the white case with black grills!I've built my own PCs since the early nineties and my goodness how things have changed!This is the first time I've used a case without drive bays at the front.They are not needed these days with M.2 cards and SSD drives.Cable management happens behind the right panel, under the motherboard plate.This is also where 2.5 inch SSD drives and 3.5 inch spinny drives can be mounted.I have 4 SSD drives mounted here. I bought the optional SSD bracket from Scan, which holds 2 SSD drives and takes the place of one 3.5 inch drive mounting point.There is plenty of room for all the cables.The PSU mounts in the lower section. Note this case isn't really suitable for ... MoreI'm blown away by this case.It's so well built and looks great! I love the white case with black grills!I've built my own PCs since the early nineties and my goodness how things have changed!This is the first time I've used a case without drive bays at the front.They are not needed these days with M.2 cards and SSD drives.Cable management happens behind the right panel, under the motherboard plate.This is also where 2.5 inch SSD drives and 3.5 inch spinny drives can be mounted.I have 4 SSD drives mounted here. I bought the optional SSD bracket from Scan, which holds 2 SSD drives and takes the place of one 3.5 inch drive mounting point.There is plenty of room for all the cables.The PSU mounts in the lower section. Note this case isn't really suitable for side entry cables seen on some PSUs due to lack of space at the side of the PSU.The included fans are silent and the LED lights are really effective!The colour can be controlled by plugging onto the motherboard or by plugging onto the circuit board at the top of the case where colour control is by a push button on the top.A nice touch is that the power switch reflects the LED colour and pattern selected by the push button. Your chosen pattern and colours are remembered when power is disconnected.I chose to put a couple of modest LED strips inside the case controlled by the motherboard via RGB Fusion and have the fans' colour controlled by the top push button.The top of the case has the power switch, LED control button, headphone out, mic in, 2 USB3 ports and a USB C port which comes blanked off. I bought the optional cable from Scan to replace the blanking plug and give a proper working USB C port.I'm not a 'gamer' and my build is based around an Intel Core i7-12700 with a Gigabyte Z690 UD DDR4 ATX Motherboard and the brilliant DeepCool AK400 CPU Air Cooler so my system doesn't need any more fans or cooling.There's loads of room for extra fans and water cooling if needed. There are some useful YouTube videos I found showing the possibilities for this sort of cooling.The 'window' is tempered glass so not easily scratched and doesn't attract dust like an acrylic window.Looking at other options for cases, I think this represents excellent value for money.Scan had it a great price with free super quick delivery.I'm thrilled with my purchase!