Review on Fractal Design Define R5 - ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - High Airflow and Silent Optimized - Includes 2x Dynamix GP-14 140mm Silent Fans - Water-Cooling Ready - Black by Nguyen Kim Chi ᠌

I am satisfied with the purchase. Its pros: * Strict, minimalist design without show-offs and light music. * Noise isolation of the walls, vibration-damping pads for disks, rubberized legs. * Dust filters that are really easy to remove and wash. There was already an experience of removing filters in other buildings. Here it is done very conveniently. * Plenty of space on the back for cable management. The presence of Velcro for fixing to the wall. * The building itself is very spacious. * The front cover can be repositioned. * Modular drive bays and DVD drives. Tons of layout options. The compartments can be removed, swapped, one of them can be suspended, moved closer to the power supply, etc. You can put SVO in their place (moreover, both in horizontal and vertical planes). And you can leave everything as it is and assemble a workstation for 8-10 disks 3.5. The thoughtfulness in this regard is simply off scale. * There are also two separate mounts for 2.5 discs on the back. * A lot of possibilities for organizing the air flow inside the system unit. * Well, the last. The grids (3 separate sections on top of the body and 1 hole on the door) are closed with plugs. You can remove them at your discretion to install additional fans. In this way, you can find a balance between noise, cooling and the amount of dust that will enter the case. Very comfortably. With its cons. Now about the cons, which are also there: * No speaker included. To the new motherboard it was not there either. I had to pull it out from another computer. * The front HDD indicator shines like a spotlight. In a dark room illuminates the floor of the room. I had to seal it with black duct tape. * One of the standard fans immediately rattled. I will change both. * The side cover of the case is easily removed (you need to press the latch and pull the cover towards you, like a car door), but installing it back can make you tense. First, immediately give up empty attempts to push it in the old fashioned way. Everything is different here. When installing, you may not completely get into the front groove or overdo it, as a result, the door will not close. Hemorrhoids somehow customize it every time. Well, in general, I will say that you will first have to get used to this fixation system. [ 04/30/2022]: * As it turned out later - the case is made of very soft, brittle metal. Be prepared that with the slightest effort you can break the thread, so much so that the place around the hole will bend. For me, this came as a complete surprise. * The color of the screws in the kit peels off from any contact with a screwdriver. * The quality of the front ports is really disgusting. None of the peripherals work stably when I connect through them. No USB devices, no audio.