Review on Fractal Design FD CA DEF XL R2 BL: Ultimate Computer Case for Power and Performance by Adam Mielczarek ᠌

Nice solid case for the server. A lot of space for creativity, it looks solid in relation to home buildings a la "Transformers". Like a Bentley against a tuned eight. For the home, of course, heavy and too big. Has some pros: Big, heavy, tough. It costs like a dug in. Side doors kilograms of 2 offhand. Lots of space. There are a lot of baskets for disks, fastening with screws, there are elastic bands. 3 large coolers - 2 for blowing in, one for blowing out. They work quietly, they blow well. With its cons: The coolers are located in front, and they take the air from the front on the sides, that is, the air flow is not direct. There are no some newfangled chips, as in expensive cases. In general, the function of the front door is not clear. It turns out that only the fans can be changed and the speed of their rotation can be regulated (although I connected the fans to my mother). CD-DVD has not been used for a long time, the power buttons, RESET, USB and audio ports are moved up. Yes, at first I didn’t want to take it because there was no disk activity indicator - I read it in the manual to the case and connected it to the place of the power indicator. Everything works ok. : After a couple of months, I began to unscrew the left side cover - the thread in the case, into which the screw is screwed, broke off. And so the flight is normal.