Basically perfect.

The case has a modern style allowing builders to show-case components while enabling ample airflow. Massive air coolers, dual radiator liquid cooling, oversized GPU's, mechanical hard drives, and even optical drives are welcome.

RGB show-case builds look great. I personally opted for a black-out build with maximum air flow: Ryzen 7 5800X3D, EVGA 3080ti FTW, X570 ATX board, 32GB (4x8) DDR4 4000mhz RAM, 4TB NVMe, and 750w Corsair PSU cooled by four 140mm Arctic F14 fans (front intake, top exhaust) with Thermalright Phantom Spirit dual-tower cooler (rear exhaust).

Runs whisper-quiet under full load and looks great. Compatible with both aging hardware and modern high-end.

Don't know I'd build in anything else.

Was my first Time building a computer. This was really easy to build in very clear instructions. I ended up using a mini ATX board and though this is an ATX case, it had markings in the case for where to put the posts for several different sizes of boards. The instruction manual had sample builds in it which was nice to see.
On the inside the case is split into compartments and behind the the metal panel that holds the motherboard all the cables for the ports on the front panel are very nicely arranged. Note that the case has a spot for the USB c port but there is no port included with the case but the case designer (fractal design) sells the port and you can just install it into the motherboard easily. I think this just decreases the cost of the case slightly And if you don't need USBC immediately then this is great because you can just save that money or spend it elsewhere build your PC and get going. But otherwise kind of a bummer. The magnetic dust filter is amazing. If it's not standard already it really should be. The only part I was even semi-confused about with this case being a first-time builder was how to get at the fans in the front panel and it's actually really easy to lift off that front panel. You just have to take off the magnetic cover to the storage port in the front and you kind of just lift up on the panel to detach it from the bottom and then detach it from the top. Also it has a storage port and I keep a bunch of things like cables and extra screws in there.


The tempered glass is pretty durable! How do I know this? It's cuz I accidentally stepped on the glass while it was on the floor I even felt it flex a bit because it was elevated but it did not break.

I also really like the way it looks. The texture and pattern on the front just looks better in real life.

could not recommend this case enough I probably will be building a backup PC with not this exact case, but fractal apparently makes a mini ATX version so I'll check that out

Great case, arrived in 2 days, no damage.
The magnetic mesh is nice, the case has a lot of room for a tall air cooler and large graphics card, came with 3 case fans. Tempered glass pane also high quality and its mounting is sturdy.

I bought the Fractal POP Air solid side panels case because it seems to be one of the few cases with a non-glass side panel remaining. I’ve previously owned the Fractal R4 case and love the quality of Fractal puts into their cases they are really solidly built and always have a beautiful minimalist style to them with the POP Air being no exception.

My Fractal POP Air came with a side that wouldn’t remove itself, but that was no issue as B&H had a very easy and fast exchange process and I was able to receive a replacement within 5 days. The replacement arrived without issue and big props to B&H for the great exchange service.

On to the case itself the positive for me were the design, the space, and ample storage drive options available. With the POP Air I was able to easily fit a Xfx 319 Merc 7800 xt without issue and that gpu is huge. For the storage drives there are so many options to arrange multiple ssds & hdds depending on your needs. Cable management is mostly easy in the case. The area where I had issues was with trying to route some cables on the bottom of my motherboard through the side grommets where they couldn’t bend and fit correctly. Instead I had to route through the bottom grommets.

The biggest cons for me are that the usb-c front panel is a separate adapter that has to be purchased. Fractal really just needs to include that by default in this day and age. The other knock I have against it is that the grommets for cable wiring I would prefer they were rubber lined it would make cable routing a bit easier. But that’s really it on faults I have so far.

Overall tremendous value for such a functional and beautiful case from Fractal would definitely recommend to anybody and same goes for B&H buying and exchange experience both top notch.