Fractal Designs Define R5 Window Case Review

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After a rather secretive few weeks we can finally show you the latest in the line of the Define series from Fractal the R5


Fractal Designs Define R5 Window Case Review
 
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Oh Thomas I think you were right!

Edit: Yes I want this! Now I need a price on the Sabrancooooo.
 
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I'm thinking 3xhdd bay in the top with a 240 rad, 240 rad in the front and plenty of room on the bottom for res and pump. I'm getting to like these more plain cases
 
i'm really liking the sound of this case! I'm with you Greenback, i'm really coming to like the simple clean cases. This also would be a great case by the looks of it to start watercooling (Still hope to do that eventually)

One thing Tom says in the video though which made me like YES!!! I HATE THAT!... When he talks about the annoyance of daisy chained sata power cables. Especially with a lot of cases now featuring hidden SSD drive bays.

What is the solution to this annoyance us builders come across. Braided cables? or is there such a thing as single or dual Sata power cables
 
Now i just hate FRACTAL! :p

My project need a new case and this will work like a champ whit the front 360 mm rad there ! Yes i like this case ALOT, but when do we see them in the shops and online, that is the hard part..
 
I'm not quite sure what to do for the best. Originally I was going to swap my current rig over to a new case, which would now be this but I have been talking to Rick recently about building a new rig completely next year, now I'm wondering if I should use the case for that and spend a lot of time getting it all matched up nicely.

The only problem is I'd really like the Sabranco board to go with this, but thats Z97, my next build would be Skylake or Broadwell...help! :(
 
I'm not quite sure what to do for the best. Originally I was going to swap my current rig over to a new case, which would now be this but I have been talking to Rick recently about building a new rig completely next year, now I'm wondering if I should use the case for that and spend a lot of time getting it all matched up nicely.

The only problem is I'd really like the Sabranco board to go with this, but thats Z97, my next build would be Skylake or Broadwell...help! :(

Dude your PC is awesome.. Newer than mine that's for sure and i'm holding out for Skylake. I think you'd get the short term satisfaction of new shinies but the jump would be nicer in skylake
 
Dude your PC is awesome.. Newer than mine that's for sure and i'm holding out for Skylake. I think you'd get the short term satisfaction of new shinies but the jump would be nicer in skylake

Aye don't get me wrong my current rig is brilliant for gaming but as you know its like an addiction this PC game! But what I really want is to buy a 4K monitor, and get a good audio set up going. With my current rig I debated 4K but it just comes down to money and at the time I needed a monitor just so I could actually use my rig. The monitor I bought from Kambo is great but I want more!

I'd love to match this case up with a white mobo, maybe a custom spray on the AIO but if I really want to go all out maybe its time to grow a set and start overclocking and doing a custom loop, but again thats more money. :(
 
Aye don't get me wrong my current rig is brilliant for gaming but as you know its like an addiction this PC game! But what I really want is to buy a 4K monitor, and get a good audio set up going. With my current rig I debated 4K but it just comes down to money and at the time I needed a monitor just so I could actually use my rig. The monitor I bought from Kambo is great but I want more!

I'd love to match this case up with a white mobo, maybe a custom spray on the AIO but if I really want to go all out maybe its time to grow a set and start overclocking and doing a custom loop, but again thats more money. :(

Well this would be the case if you wanted to go water, though water becomes an addiction above the upgrade pc 1
 
Aye don't get me wrong my current rig is brilliant for gaming but as you know its like an addiction this PC game! But what I really want is to buy a 4K monitor, and get a good audio set up going. With my current rig I debated 4K but it just comes down to money and at the time I needed a monitor just so I could actually use my rig. The monitor I bought from Kambo is great but I want more!

We're in the same boat it seems :mellow:
 
Love this case

I'm going to be getting this as soon as possible to replace my nanoxia DS1. You can expect a build log and watercooling around Christmas.
 
Wow holy tech gods batman! I can't express just how much this chassis hits every mark! at just £90 with everything in its proper place and the shear options it's damn perfection, now to play the waiting game for Corsair to hit back.

Oh and further more *Cough, Hanoverfist you have a new blank canvas :)
 
Wow holy tech gods batman! I can't express just how much this chassis hits every mark! at just £90 with everything in its proper place and the shear options it's damn perfection, now to play the waiting game for Corsair to hit back.

Oh and further more *Cough, Hanoverfist you have a new blank canvas :)

Can't wait to see what Corsair will come up with, IMO the only thing with the bigger Corsair cases is they don't have a PSU Cover, I like this new FD Define R5 case.
 
I can see this build in my head... all the drive and optical bays out, 420 in the roof, 280 in the front, pair of SSDs round the back of the mobo tray, oooh I need a lie down...
 
They've currently got the 330R at around the same price.

Yes indeed we do, but the Fractal has removable ODD bays, full well positioned rubber gromets, a much neater and tidier motherboard tray layout, clever front panel with optional hinge placement, smart side panel locking catch and just look at that cable space at the rear... It's a 100% win for Fractal.
 
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