The Fractal Design Terra is a 10.4 L sandwich-layout Mini-ITX case with anodized aluminum panels and a walnut front strip. TweakTown rated it 93% and PC Gamer scored it 92, both praising build quality and how easy it is to build in; both also flag limited cooling, since the case ships with no fans and has a single 120 mm fan position.
Full review
A 10.4-litre case with a sliding spine
Fractal Design lists the Terra at 343 x 153 x 218 mm and 10.4 L, with room for a Mini-ITX board, an SFX or SFX-L power supply and a graphics card up to 322 mm long. The motherboard and GPU sit on either side of a central wall that slides to trade CPU-cooler height for GPU thickness; PC Gamer gives the resulting ranges as 48–77 mm of cooler clearance and 43–72 mm of GPU width.
TweakTown describes the spine as movable through seven positions and credits the case with 8 mm-thick anodized aluminum, a walnut front section and a pre-routed PCIe 4.0 riser cable. It fitted an Nvidia RTX 3090 Founders Edition, noting that the card 'barely fits in place'.
What the two scored reviews say about building in it
PC Gamer's Jacob Ridley scored the Terra 92 and built an RTX 4070 Super and Ryzen 7 9700X system in it with a Noctua NH-L12S cooler. He reports that the build 'came together with next to no issues', largely because both hinged side panels lift off completely, and advises plugging in the CPU power cable before installing the motherboard. His listed negatives are that the finish is 'easily marked' and that cooling options are limited.
TweakTown rated it 93% overall, with sub-scores of 90% for performance, 95% for quality, 95% for features and 90% for value. It called cable management 'middle of the pack' for a Mini-ITX case.
Cooling is the limit
The Terra ships with no fans and has one 120 mm fan position. TweakTown notes that it relies on the installed hardware to draw air through the vented panels; in its test a Ryzen 9 7900 on the stock AMD Wraith Stealth cooler reached 93C and the RTX 3090 Founders Edition peaked at 72C in a 20C room. TweakTown adds that a 120 mm AIO is technically possible but only with a short graphics card, and recommends a low-profile air cooler instead.
KitGuru's James Dawson found that a 125 mm SFX-L power supply blocked the fan position entirely, so no case fan could be fitted, though he measured consistent GPU temperatures with the side panels on or off. PC Gamer says the case suits a 65 W processor and that buyers wanting a larger cooler or liquid cooling should look at other Mini-ITX cases.
Price
TweakTown and PC Gamer both give a launch price of $179.99 for the case alone. TweakTown calls that 'a lot to ask for in an mITX case' while judging it better value than the DAN A4-SFX and Ghost S1, and KitGuru lists 'a tad expensive' among its cons because no fans, power supply or cooler are included.
Strengths
- +Hinged side panels lift off completely, giving what PC Gamer calls 'plenty of access'
- +Sliding central wall trades CPU-cooler height (48–77 mm) against GPU thickness (43–72 mm), per PC Gamer
- +8 mm-thick anodized aluminum and a walnut front section, per TweakTown
- +PCIe 4.0 riser cable included and pre-routed, per TweakTown
- +Fits graphics cards up to 322 mm long in 10.4 L
Watch-outs
- −No fans included and only one 120 mm fan position; PC Gamer lists 'limited cooling options' as a negative
- −A 125 mm SFX-L power supply blocked the fan position in KitGuru's build
- −Liquid cooling is impractical: TweakTown says a 120 mm AIO requires a short GPU
- −Black finish is 'easily marked', per PC Gamer
- −SFX/SFX-L power supplies only
How it compares
At 10.4 L the Terra is the smallest case on this page, just under the 11 L Lian Li A4-H2O and well under the Cooler Master NR200 (18.25 L) and Hyte Revolt 3 (18.4 L). It matches the A4-H2O's 322 mm GPU length but has one 120 mm fan mount where the A4-H2O supports a 240 mm AIO and the NR200 a 280 mm radiator.
Price history
4 daily reads from amazon.com since Oct 29, 2026. Lowest $199.99 (Oct 29), highest $199.99 (Oct 29), latest $199.99 (Nov 8). We call whether it's a good price once there are 7 days of reads at one store.
Rating sources
Counts as 4.28/5 in our score — this publisher's 19 scores on the site average 4.63, so its scores are adjusted down to compare fairly with other publishers.
Counts as 4.46/5 in our score — this publisher's 16 scores on the site average 4.35, so its scores are adjusted down to compare fairly with other publishers.
Our 4.4 score is the average of the 2 scored reviews above, each adjusted for how strictly its publisher scores; 1 more reviewed it without printing a score and is not in the average. More about methodology.
