Inside and base of the case
The Fractal Design Core 1000 case is a case that can accommodate motherboards in Mini-ATX and Micro-ATX formats, therefore to use mostly for small desktop systems, home servers, or why not, HTPC systems, given its non tivasive size and its weight of only 4 kg.
The bracket that allows the mounting of the hard drive is removable and fitted with silicone grommets to absorb vibration and eliminate the noise. The hard disk will be accommodated in a vertical position and in total we are able to mount two 3.5'' or 3 2.5'' (typical size of the SSDs). The case is capable to host 21cm long video cards with the hard-disk bracket inserted, but the size extends to 35cm by removing the bracket.
It can then be mounted on the CPU heatsinks up to 13.5cm tall, so you need to take extra care before making a purchase of a tower heatsink. Its dimensions of 175 * 355 * 420 mm makes it a case not bulky, nor heavy with its only 4 kg.
The basis of the case does not present any particular, it is very sensitive and has only four large rubber pads that allow it to adhere to any surface.
