# The $90 Sleeper Case Hit of 2026 ## Метаданные - **Канал:** Hardware Canucks - **YouTube:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F5K8o0r0_M - **Дата:** 29.04.2026 - **Длительность:** 10:58 - **Просмотры:** 20,697 - **Источник:** https://ekstraktznaniy.ru/video/49719 ## Описание The Fractal POP 2 Vision is one of the best budget cases I've reviewed in 2026. It has it all, good airflow, great build quality, a focus on getting the best build experience and a whole lot more. But in such a full market, does its price actually make sense in the whole POP 2 Air vs POP 2 Vision conversation? Buy items in this video from Amazon at the links below: LINKS COMIKNG SOON- Availability = Week of May 6th TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Unboxing Fractal POP 2 Cases 0:23 - New POP 2 Vision First Look 1:10 - POP 2 Air’s Premium Illusion 2:23 - POP 2 Air Interior: Smart but Basic 3:30 - No PWM Fans?! Seriously? 3:50 - This Could Be a Problem 4:02 - POP 2 Air Build Experience 4:39 - POP 2 Vision: Every Upgrade 5:34 - POP 2 Vision’s Biggest Feature 6:18 - Specs, Limits & Compatibility 7:05 - Storage + Dual PSU Mounts 7:57 - No PWM Again… Does It Matter? 9:17 - POP 2 Vision Build Experience 9:47 - Cable Management Reality 10:10 - POP 2 Vision vs H6 Flow vs O11D Mini SUBSCRIBE ►https://bi ## Транскрипт ### Unboxing Fractal POP 2 Cases [] Turns out I don't have just two new Pop cases from Fractal, but I have four. So, first we have the Pop 2 Air, but then there's the Vision. Honestly, I appreciate the double boxing and protective packaging, but also having these visual elements on the interior is something you don't see very often. Now, the new case here is the Pop ### New POP 2 Vision First Look [0:23] 2 Vision, which they've done a good job trying to redeem themselves because the Pop 2 Air was kind of a disappointing launch in all regards. This happened a few months ago, and as you'll see why in a just moment. But, the Pop 2 Vision seems to be Fractal Design's entry into a budget dual chamber category, but with some configurations on the interior that makes it stand out for sure. The price point is definitely attractive between $89 to $99 depending if you are going for the solid panel or the RGB. The top metal filter gets packaged separately inside the main box, so it doesn't shift around during shipment. This applies to both the Vision and the Air. And be careful when removing the front peel because this might happen. ### POP 2 Air’s Premium Illusion [1:10] Honestly, it is so refreshing seeing solid side panels becoming a little bit more common because sometimes less is more, you know? Now, on the one hand, I appreciate some texture in the front panel, so it's not just completely flat, but I don't particularly like this texture. And the glass implementation here is a little strange. First of all, there's a color difference between the border on the glass panel versus the metal, and also we don't have the border at the front, so part of that frame is visible, but we have a border at the back and at the top, so it's a little bit inconsistent. Although, I do appreciate that it is completely tint-free and can be locked with two thumb screws. Unfortunately, both of the USB ports are the slow 5 GB per second, and they run off the single USB 3 cable on the interior, so the USB C port here is not the fast one, but at least you have one of each. For the RGB model, we do have a spare 5 V connector built into our hub, so you can plug in the included fans and anything else that you might want to daisy chain into it, and we do have the two buttons that can cycle between different colors and effects, and I do like that the power button color matches to your color effect. So, you don't have to connect this to the motherboard to get RGB working. That's a huge positive for me. And on the Vision RGB model, the cable is already daisy chained together, so all you have to do is plug it in. I do like this plastic ### POP 2 Air Interior: Smart but Basic [2:23] front shroud that will guide airflow towards your graphics card, and it can be simply removed with a single screw. I do like how the front panel has this specific shroud for 120 mil fans only. It's going to help with airflow delivery, but also is not going to spill too much of that RGB. You can see the front frame is also designed around 120 mil fans only, but my complaint here is that the screws are mounted on the interior, so — [snorts] — let's say accessing those bottom screws is going to be slightly more challenging instead of, you know, going from the other side. The SSD mount behind the motherboard tray is absolutely brilliant. These four plastic pegs — that catch the SSD, it's not going anywhere, but no screws required. If you find them too pokey or don't need SSD storage, you can remove them. I always appreciate catching motherboard standoffs. We only have the single one in the middle here, but notice it doesn't have any screw threads. Also, the case does not have a single rubber grommet, and sometimes the rubbers are overrated, I know, but this might be a sign that this is more budget-oriented than what I was expecting. I normally can appreciate the small details like this fabric piece with the Fractal logo, but it serves no other purpose aside from displaying it because you remove the front panel like this. The three included fans is always ### No PWM Fans?! Seriously? [3:30] nice to have. The only thing is that we don't have any exhaust, and these fans are not PWM. By default, they're not even daisy chained, so a three-pin fan is definitely another cost-cutting solution here. And for the RGB fans, you have to deal with a 5 RGB connector. The good thing is that everything is daisy chainable, but there's just a lot of cables to deal with. I'm surprised to ### This Could Be a Problem [3:50] see this, but all four corners on all four of my cases are quite sharp, so if you're not careful, you could brush against this up in the kind of nasty way and really gouge yourself. Seriously, why is it so sharp, man? And the overall ### POP 2 Air Build Experience [4:02] user experience and the assembly process with the Air is perfectly fine. It's as basic as it gets. You can still do a 360 at the top. Just have to make sure your RAM is not super tall. Large graphics cards would fit. I do like this plastic shroud for GPU airflow, and, you know, cables are perfectly fine. There's no rubber grommets, but when you look at the back, at first glance, this is a little bit scary, but fortunately, the side panel closes just fine. There's so much space behind here. Like, we have a few cable tie points below the SSDs, which is a little bit strange. Nothing directly around the cable cutouts, and we just have the two large Velcros on the side. So, they're fine for doing basic work, but this could have been done better for sure. The thing is you ### POP 2 Vision: Every Upgrade [4:39] can definitely tell they wanted to improve the consistency factor with the Vision because the Pop 2 Air just kind of fell apart on many fronts. So, number one, with the Vision, the border around the glass panel has the curvature and carries over to the right side ventilation pattern at the same time, which is a nice touch. The Vision now supports back connect motherboards, which the Pop 2 Air did not. We have a massive rubber grommet on the side of the motherboard with the Vision. The Pop 2 Air did not have any. And it might sound insane, but this is my favorite rubber grommet in the entire world. It sits in its mount perfectly fine. It's super sturdy. It allows the cables to exit in a discreet fashion, so without opening up everything here and revealing what's underneath. So, this is very well done. Also, color uniformity on the white model is way more consistent, so like the perimeter is the same color of the exterior. Everything on the interior is the same color white, and I do actually appreciate the accented gray rubber grommet. Once you look on the interior ### POP 2 Vision’s Biggest Feature [5:34] I just love the consistency of that uniform floor and just the two cutouts for those 120 mil fans that are included both at the bottom and on the side that without needing to see ventilation pattern and like the metal mesh that is normally found there, it just makes the Vision really stand out. Plus, the slight angle on that side intake is definitely going to help with just delivering the airflow directly for your graphics card without the air needing to bounce off too much. It is a little bit annoying you can see the slight elevation where the mounting holes are located both on the floor and on the side. The bottom dust filter is full metal mesh. It's easily removable to access those fans, and they are installed from the proper side, so you can easily swap them out if you need to. Also, the interior is designed in a way ### Specs, Limits & Compatibility [6:18] that does not let you install radiators on the side or the bottom. So, you can replace the fans if you need to, but the idea here is that those places are not something you have to think about. So, you can do a 360 at the top, an exhaust in at the rear, some tall CPU heat sinks, a giant graphics card for a bit of a showcase, and that's about it. It's kind of as simple as it gets in this section here. Technically, there is room for triple 120 mil fans on the side here, but I'm actually glad that Fractal Design did not include that support, uh especially because radiators, like a 360, doesn't fit here, and if they were to make it fit, it would have to be slightly taller of an enclosure, and I actually really like how compact this dual chamber is in terms of volume versus the Pop 2 Air. It's almost funny. ### Storage + Dual PSU Mounts [7:05] The rear of the enclosure actually gives you a bit more flexibility in terms of where to mount things. This storage bracket will support three SSDs and a single three and a half at the bottom, and it has actually two positions, one at the top, one at the bottom in case you want to relocate the power supply that is normally here to the upper position for maybe cabling. Just got to remove this plastic bracket, and now you have two. Managing the cables in this space would be definitely easier versus the Air, but still the Velcros are quite basic. You just have more space. Mounting anything at the top would be quite simple. It is just built into the frame. This stuff is not removable, but it doesn't need to be because you have all this access from the interior anyway, and it will support 360 or a nice 280 as well. For some reason, our PCIe brackets are not ventilated on the Vision, and we do have this combined triple one at the bottom, but the Pop 2 Air brackets are ventilated. The four included fans on ### No PWM Again… Does It Matter? [7:57] the Vision are not PWM, so they are just your standard three-pin connector. They are daisy chainable. The main thing is that the cases have good airflow potential, but the fans limit at how quiet the system can run at idle especially because without PWM control, going into the lower RPM range of the fans becomes challenging. Now, as for temperatures and the whole cooling conversation, this is where things get a little bit interesting. So, first, the Pop 2 Air performs better versus the original Pop Air in both the CPU and the GPU, and it's actually a respectable result despite not having PWM fans, and the fans are actually not loud at all. So, running them at full speed around 1600 RPM, I would say is perfectly reasonable. If you have an option to add an exhaust fan for the Pop 2 Air, definitely do it. As Vision, normally with fans underneath my GPU, it doesn't really do much, but here with the Vision, I dropped a few degrees versus the Pop 2 Air, and so it's actually a really decent result for a dual chamber configuration out of the box that is under $99 at $99. But, given the whole focus on aesthetics, I would install an AIO inside the Vision instead of an air cooler, but an air cooler works just fine. The only unfortunate thing with the Vision is that it looks like any other dual chamber enclosure on the market from far away, so you only start to notice the details that matter up close, which is where you're going to be spending most of the time with the case ### POP 2 Vision Build Experience [9:17] anyway. And with the system assembled inside the Vision, you can see it's definitely another dual chamber in the market, — but at least they're doing something different, right? With that clean floor, clean side, just simple cutouts for the fans without revealing any mounting points or any metal mesh, etc. I wish that maybe they would do something for the back as well, like closing off those ventilation spots. At least give us a cover so we can hide this if you're not using this for exhaust because otherwise, this is the only thing in terms of the visuals that kind of ruins it for me. As for cable ### Cable Management Reality [9:47] management, first of all, you don't have to worry about any cables entering into your fan area because this area is just completely closed off, and we do have Velcros behind there, and everything on top of the power supplies. You can just kind of squeeze everything in. The side panel closes just fine and we do have a screw hole at the back to keep this in place. To me the Pop 2 Vision seems like a way more refined product versus the Pop 2 Air, but the Vision I ### POP 2 Vision vs H6 Flow vs O11D Mini [10:10] would say is actually quite competitive in this space. You know, the Lian Li O11 D Mini V2 exists, which is the same price and offers better build quality, way more features on the interior, but the Vision still has a place because I think it's a much prettier enclosure. Almost like taking an NZXT side with their H6 for example, like kind of in that space. I just wish the IO was not so limited and not so slow. I wish the corners were not so sharp. I wish the fans were PWM. So that's it for the Pop 2 Vision. Definitely redeeming their name in the Pop series after the disaster that was the Pop 2 Air. Let me know if you agree and if this is something you'd gravitate towards or the H6 Flow or the ND5 or the O11 D Mini V2. Let me know in the comments. I'll talk to you in the next video.