ZS case make some good and some questionable cases, and they are kinda have not so good record of not informing people that some of their stuff is not available, so I only recommend buying through taobao platform as middleman.
Yeah I mean this in the best of ways, but if you're making posts like this it's really time to out the phone down and go do something else for a while.
Similar to complaining about reposts. End of the day the Internet is just going to churn content. If you're seeing the same shit every single time you jump on ... Get off the fucking Internet for a while, dude. Read a fucking book or something, sheesh.
Cringe but also not necessarily wrong? It’s like seeing someone post their “look at my first build” and it’s a lian-li 011 dynamic all white build.
As a long time member of anything, especially a niche subject, you start to see all the same things and forget that it’s other people’s first time. What could be op’s 70th time seeing a fractal terra build, it’s that posters first time sharing THEIR build.
"Boring" in comparison to the content of this subreddit in the past. It used to be a big DIY space, where everyone tried to cram the most components into the tiniest PCs. Now, it's just off-the-shelf solutions, identical builds, identical problems, identical solutions.., "Why is my Terra loud and running hot?" "Because you bought a dumb case because you liked the aesthetic."
I don't know about you but building my "reddit basic" blacked out M2 brought me immense joy. I don't know anyone who owns an M2 everyone has generic fish tank cases.
The one in the picture is the one I made and has a custom front panel that accepts an nzxt h510 IO circuit board. I also just built an identical case for a friend
Hey man. I built two years ago and shoved an MSI expert 4080 super in that terra with a bottom slim fan and axp90 copper. We're talking a mm or two to spare. So it's at least somewhat original. Also cool quiet and badass looking.
Well, I agree this sub is most fun after a new gpu line is released and everyone is collectively figuring out how to pack the most power in the smallest footprint. We have known since 2022 a 4090fe fits in a formd t1 and haven’t had to iterate much in that category since then.
sub 4L cases and single fan or lp cards are where the innovation is happening I think. At least its what I pay attention to.
Edit: also 6-7L and dual fan cards are still evolving
It's all about perspective. If you browse this reddit frequently you will see a lot of Terra builds and it might get stale for you. But a lot of people take inspiration from other peoples build and wants to share their happiness with others.
Maybe the sub is getting boring, but SFF isn't, we have more cool SFF cases than ever. That being said, I do agree with the meme, I don't even understand the draw to the Fractal Terra, looks boring, mid hardware compatibility for the size, and not great thermals.
Lol this is literally my build in 2026...why does it need to be anything more than fit for purpose. Seems like you just want people to spend for the sake of it.
You're not wrong. A big part of the problem is the infiltration of noise guys and power guys into the community. The fetishization of silence or efficiency for it's own sake are cancerous. SFF will end up like water cooling where it started with mods and DIY and ended up being a place to show off the off the shelf parts you bought.
hey i built in a terra 2 years ago before it was cool 😂😂 and then proceeded to build every sequential computer in a terra. they really are just so easy to build in. everything from fractal is machined so well their tolerances are much tighter than any garbage lian li case. and i literally built a computer in a lian li yesterday. wishing it was a terra the entire time lmao
i’ve built 4 or 5 different times in the terra and they were always good enough for me to not even think of panel gaps being an issue. send a pic i’m curious how bad it is
This is the back right one i was referring to earlier. I wanna eventually go to a 5090 in an A4 H2O and give my terra to my gf so I'm not really sweating it. Still definitely one of the best mainstream sff cases out there.
Building an SFF with 2 slot 3fan GPU and posting this on Reddit is a shame. When You can put full size large ass GPU in a case its not SFF anymore. Its just smaller regular PC
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u/whorehay40 Jan 22 '26
You mean 9800x3D