Fractal Design Focus G Mini Review

May 24, 2017 | 15:03

Tags: #micro-atx

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Cooling Performance

For small form factor cases (i.e. micro-ATX and mini-ITX), we have two near identical but physically different systems with which to perform thermal tests. The key difference is the height and design of the CPU cooler; one system uses a low-profile, downdraft cooler while the other uses a tower cooler, albeit a rather short one, with a standard front to back airflow. We test each small form factor case with the appropriate system depending on the cooler it can support. While this does mean you'll see mini-ITX cases compared to micro-ATX ones in the same charts, it allows us to test cases with the cooler style they were designed for, which is important for air cooling.

As this case supports tower coolers, we're using our standard small form factor case test kit, which includes:
We disable the motherboard's onboard CPU fan control and all CPU power management features. The CPU fan is fixed at 7V with an adaptor while the graphics card fan is locked at 70 percent speed using MSI Afterburner. The system is loaded using Prime95 25.11 and Unigine's Heaven 4.0 benchmark. We use CoreTemp and GPU-Z to monitor the temperatures, taking the maximum values after 15 minutes - enough time for the readings to plateau.

Case Performance - CPU Delta T

Difference over ambient

  • No case (open test bench)
  • Antec Cube EKWB Edition (max speed)
  • Fractal Design Define Mini C (ventilated)
  • Fractal Design Focus G Mini
  • NZXT Manta
  • Phanteks Enthoo Evolv MATX Tempered Glass
  • Raijintek Styx (fans reversed)
  • Antec Cube EKWB Edition (min speed)
  • Fractal Design Core 500
  • Fractal Design Define Mini C
  • Fractal Design Define Nano S
  • Antec P50 (max speed)
  • Raijintek Styx
  • Antec P50 (min speed)
  • Antec P50 (fans off)
  • In Win 301
  • Antec Cube EKWB Edition (fans off)
  • Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX
    • 45
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    • 49
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    • 49
    • 50
    • 54
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    • 61
    • 65
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°C (lower is better)
  • CPU delta T

Case Performance - GPU Delta T

Difference over ambient

  • No case (open test bench)
  • Fractal Design Define Mini C (ventilated)
  • Phanteks Enthoo Evolv MATX Tempered Glass
  • Fractal Design Core 500
  • Fractal Design Define Mini C
  • Fractal Design Focus G Mini
  • Fractal Design Define Nano S
  • Raijintek Styx
  • NZXT Manta
  • Antec P50 (max speed)
  • Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX
  • Antec Cube EKWB Edition (max speed)
  • In Win 301
  • Antec P50 (min speed)
  • Raijintek Styx (fans reversed)
  • Antec Cube EKWB Edition (min speed)
  • Antec Cube EKWB Edition (fans off)
  • Antec P50 (fans off)
    • 44
    • 45
    • 45
    • 46
    • 46
    • 47
    • 49
    • 49
    • 51
    • 52
    • 52
    • 55
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    • 57
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    • 63
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
°C (lower is better)
  • GPU delta T

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