Fractal Ridge is console layout Mini-ITX case at 12.6L in volume. The case uses steel construction and comes in black or white. The Ridge is priced at US$129 / £129 and is available on Newegg & Scan.
SPECIFICATIONS
| MODEL | Ridge |
| PRICE | US$129 / £129 |
| DIMENSIONS | L:74 x W:110 x H:395.4mm (including case stand) |
| VOLUME | 12.6 Litres |
| MATERIALS | Steel |
| CASE I/O | 2x USB 3.0 1x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C 1x Audio/Microphone (combo jack) |
| MOTHERBOARD | Mini-ITX |
| CPU COOLER | 70mm |
| EXPANSION SLOTS | 3 |
| GPU | L:335mm (325mm with 2.5″ drive installed) W:57mm (82mm without 25mm thick fans installed) |
| RISER | PCIe 4.0 (included) |
| RADIATORS | 120mm (175mm GPU) / 280mm (without GPU) |
| POWER SUPPLY | SFX / SFX-L |
| CASE FANS | Top: 3x 80mm Side: 2x 120/140mm (2x 140x25mm included) |
| 2.5″ / 3.5″ DRIVES | 4x 2.5″ |
| DUST FILTERS (INC) | N |
We have only a few minor complaints regarding the Fractal Ridge.
- The front I/O cables are excessively long in our opinion and makes cable management more difficult than it needs to be.
- The side panels are particularly flexible and susceptible to bending, although this wasn’t really noticeable once panels were secured.
On positive note: the Ridge is easy to build in and surprising spacious. It definitely shares some of the visual class of the Fractal North. We also experienced no issues with the PCIe 4.0 riser cards, as Fractal have addressed this with latest batch of cases.
BUILD #1
| CASE | Fractal Ridge (paid link) |
| MOTHERBOARD | Rog Strix B650E-I Gaming WiFi (paid link) |
| CPU | R7 7700X / R5 7600X (paid link) |
| CPU COOLER | Thermalright AXP120-X67 + NF-A12x15 (paid link) |
| GPU | Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti FE |
| PSU | Extreme 850R / Corsair SF750 (paid links) |
| CABLES | SFF Cables by CableMod (affiliate) |
| RAM | 32GB Gskill DDR5, 6000MHz, CL30 (paid link) |
| STORAGE | 2x 1TB NVME’s (paid link) |
BUILD #2
| CASE | Fractal Ridge (paid link) |
| MOTHERBOARD | Rog Strix B650E-I Gaming WiFi (paid link) |
| CPU | R7 7800X3D (paid link) |
| CPU COOLER | NH-L12S (paid link) |
| GPU | RX 6900XT (paid link) |
| PSU | Extreme 850R / Corsair SF750 (paid links) |
| CABLES | SFF Cables by CableMod (affiliate) |
| RAM | 32GB Gskill DDR5, 6000MHz, CL30 (paid link) |
| STORAGE | 1TB NVME + 2TB NVME (paid links) |
CONCLUSIONS
Fractal Ridge is visually pleasing, has excellent hardware compatibility for its form factor, and good build quality. It’s easily the best console layout Mini-ITX case available at the time of writing. TLDR: it’s awesome.