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Fractal Design Define 7 Black - Dark TGcomputed

Fan mounts, radiator support and clearances from the datasheet; the airflow balance, pressure verdict and case air heating with the stock fans computed with the CaseFlow model. Not measured; bands as on the fan pages.

Datasheet figures and what they compute to

FormATX mid tower547 × 240 × 475 mm · 62.4 L
Frontsolidsolid or glass front
GPU length470 mm
Cooler height185 mm
Stock fans, max rpm68 in / 60 out CFMworst case -10.3 · computed
All mounts, reference fans238 in / 251 out CFM5 intake, 4 exhaust mounts · computed

Marginal with the stock fans: mid estimate +8.2 CFM, worst case -10.3 CFM. At max rpm the stock fans move 68 CFM; 290 W into the case air is +7.8 K. Stock fans: 23.9 dB(A).

Mounts and stock fans

TOPBOTTOMREARFRONT · solid

Case air heating, stock fans — computed

0 5 10 15 20 0 100 200 300 400 450 W GPU (open cooler) + 40 W board stock fans 50 % stock fans 100 % K case air above room

Walls

WallMountsRadiator up toFilterMounting class · directionStock fans
front3 × 120/140360 mmyessolid or glass front · intake2 × Dynamic X2 GP-14
top3 × 120/140420 mmyesopen grille · exhaust–
rear1 × 120120 mm–open grille · exhaust1 × Dynamic X2 GP-14
bottom2 × 120/140280 mmyesfloor + filter · intake–

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How these numbers are computed

Each stock fan contributes CFMmax · derate · rpm/rpmmax behind its wall's mounting class: filtered mesh front and side mounts as dust filter, bottom as floor + filter, top and rear as open grille, solid and glass fronts as side-slit intake at roughly half of a mesh front. Front, bottom and side blow in; top and rear blow out.

MountingAirflow bladesPressure-optimized
Open grille0.88 (0.80–0.95)0.88 (0.80–0.95)
Dust filter0.70 (0.60–0.80)0.78 (0.70–0.86)
Floor + filter0.64 (0.52–0.74)0.72 (0.62–0.80)
Solid or glass front0.50 (0.40–0.62)0.58 (0.48–0.68)

Worst case sums intake at the low end of each band and exhaust at the high end; positive there means positive regardless of how the estimates fall. Case air: ΔT = 3.1 · W / throughput (m³/h), with an open-cooler GPU putting its full board power into the case air plus board, RAM and drives. Capacity puts a reference pressure-optimized fan on every mount at max rpm — 120 mm 60 CFM, 140 mm 75 CFM — a generic good fan, not a product.

Mount counts, radiator support and clearances are datasheet figures. Nothing here is measured; the same model runs in CaseFlow.