Fractal Design Core 2300 Mid-Tower Chassis Review

Complete System

This chassis was really easy to work with. It’s not the biggest chassis in the world, but there’s still a huge amount of space on the interior that made it a joy to work with. Having no horizontal hard drive bays frees up a lot of space and this meant there was more than enough room for our large Sapphire R9 270X graphics card.

The hard drive mount is very easy to work with too, just a shame there’s no side panel window as this would be a great way to show off your drives.

Graphics card clearance is plentiful, more than enough room for virtually any GPU you can think of with plenty of room to spare for a thick radiator on the front panel.

Cable management is very good, although our GPU has side mounting power connectors, so it was easier to run them straight up, rather than through the routing holes.

Loads of spare room in the top, more than enough for a slim radiator or extra cooling fans.

Good clearance at the back, perfect for those wanting to use a rear AIO water cooler.

Seven expansion slots are certainly welcome, given that many people use multi-GPU setups, you’ll find there’s a good amount of space here to cater to a wide range of expansion cards. Of course, you can also use the side panel fan mount to help keep any hot running cards that little bit cooler.