Corsair 250d or Fractal Design Node 304?

pdaboy · 17 Apr 2014 at 11:20

Looking to go SFF and got those 2 cases in mind. I really liked the 250d but there is something about the Node 304 that I also like + the fact in comes in white

Anybody had both? Any opinions?

Looking to put this lot in one

i7 4770k
mini itx mobo (yet to purchase) - looking at Asus Z87 wifi or Gigabyte z87n-wifi
Corsair H60i
8gb Corsair Vengeance Pro Ram
MSI GTX 670 PE
120gb Corsair SSD
2x 1TB WD Black Drives (Raid 0)
DVD Writer
Corsair TX-650 v2 PSU

Steveocee · 17 Apr 2014 at 13:04

Had neither but I'm highly opinionated. The 250D is the sexiest case I've laid eyes on.

I'd grab the Gigabyte board and the 250D if it was me.

pdaboy · 17 Apr 2014 at 14:14

Steveocee said:
Had neither but I'm highly opinionated. The 250D is the sexiest case I've laid eyes on.

I'd grab the Gigabyte board and the 250D if it was me.

Thanks. I was leaning towards the Gigabyte due to it being easier to Hackintosh if I wanted. Will probably end up getting the 250d as it seems to be becoming the goto case when looking at Mini ITX builds.

vUNREALv · 19 Apr 2014 at 20:10

Im about to build a 250d using the following,

I5 4570
MSI Z87i
8gb 2400 kingston ram
Geforce 760
600w bequiet psu

I looked at the node myself but something is sleeker about the 250d imo, it arrived a day ago and i have to say its as nice in real life as the reviews. Go with the 250d!

pdaboy · 22 Apr 2014 at 09:22

vUNREALv said:
Im about to build a 250d using the following,

I5 4570
MSI Z87i
8gb 2400 kingston ram
Geforce 760
600w bequiet psu

I looked at the node myself but something is sleeker about the 250d imo, it arrived a day ago and i have to say its as nice in real life as the reviews. Go with the 250d!

250d ordered. Now onto the mobo. I might wait for Z97 boards. Its less than a month away so might as well get the latest chipset as it will still work wth my 4770k.

vUNREALv · 23 Apr 2014 at 20:23

Good choice imo.

Im just waiting on my cpu and gpu to arrive then the build can commence, the 250d is really nice in person looks easy to get a neat clean build inside especially for an itx setup, good luck with yours.

pdaboy · 23 Apr 2014 at 20:38

vUNREALv said:
Good choice imo.

Im just waiting on my cpu and gpu to arrive then the build can commence, the 250d is really nice in person looks easy to get a neat clean build inside especially for an itx setup, good luck with yours.

My case arrives tomorrow. Its going to sit there looking at me until I can get a new mobo