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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 Ha Joon (Kim joon) ᠌

Revainrating 2 out of 5

Some kind of defective product, I definitely wont buy it anymore.

In general, I am disappointed with the purchase. I wanted to change the old INWIN case, brought to mind, to a beautiful, heat-efficient and as quiet case as the self-made INWIN was. But as a result, the new case is specifically worse in terms of noise than the old Taiwanese Inwin covered with car noise from the market. In the old case, all walls and chassis are 0.1 mm thicker. At the same time, it cost and cost its analogues three times cheaper. Both coolers have already been changed to Noctua, as a result there was silence. Established left at 50% speed when the CPU is heated above 55 gr. And now, if you start the game, then at 50% rpm, the stock coolers are horribly buzzing. Reobas turned out to be completely unnecessary with proper use of auto-control of coolers through the BIOS. I do not recommend this case for the money. You can buy a case half the price of the same Corsair R200 and bring it to mind yourself, while it will turn out to be much cheaper. As a result, the old saying is right again: "Do you want everything to be perfect? ​​Do it yourself." After 4 months, there was a rattling from the HDD, although the screws are tightened, the gaskets are laid, but the vibration somehow walks out onto the walls of the case !

Pros
  • - Design - Conveniently located USB ports, headphone and power button - Efficient heat dissipation - Width. Not sure if this is a plus. It is indicated that the maximum height of the cooler CPU is 180, but in practice it turns out to be 190.
Cons
  • - A price that is absolutely not justified. As a result, shortcomings for such a price become unforgivable. - The thickness of the steel, it is slightly thicker than on cheap cases. The chassis is the same. - The quality of the screws. They are made of some kind of soft alloy. The slots break off at the slightest tightening. - Built-in coolers are loud. Whoever writes about quiet coolers has apparently never seen Noctua products and has never assembled silent machines. - Noise isolation is cheap, not effective. As a result, I had to glue everything again with a normal auto noise. - The plastic door does not create confidence that it will live without backlash for a long time, although I do not open it.

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