Speaking of side panels, the Define 7’s are a combination of every feature we’ve asked for in case side panels so far. They hook into the case at the bottom edge so that they won’t f… See more

The video card is configured to run at 55% fan speed at all times. Prior to load testing, we collect idle temperature results for ten minutes to determine the unloaded cooling performanc… See more

For thermal testing in this review, we’re testing four total variations of the Fractal Define 7 alongside all the other cases. For the variations, we’ll be testing the full stock Define 7, th… See more

As always, we’ll start with CPU torture thermals for only the Fractal Define 7, then we’ll get into the comparative numbers. The stock CPU thermal result had Fractal’s stock Defin… See more

Here’s the comparative chart. Fractal’s Define 7 stock performance runs toward the bottom of the cases, and is one of the worst we’ve tested recently. It’s unfortunate, but the positiv… See more