has anyone got the Fractal Design Define R5

jbh110tdi · 31 Jan 2015 at 22:17

as the title has anyone got the Fractal Design Define R5 case?
ive been looking at cases and like the look of this one.
any opinions on it?

wellibob · 1 Feb 2015 at 12:25

I have it in white. Love it to bits. If you like plain cases with excellent features then this is the kiddy.

Telecaster · 1 Feb 2015 at 12:30

I don't do big builds, but I must admit the R5 has got me tempted, it's a good job I'm too poor to seriously consider it!

jbh110tdi · 1 Feb 2015 at 12:33

Telecaster said:
I don't do big builds, but I must admit the R5 has got me tempted, it's a good job I'm too poor to seriously consider it!

yea its a nice price but there is more expensive cases out there.

and yip ill need to save for it too...

jbh110tdi · 1 Feb 2015 at 12:35

wellibob said:
I have it in white. Love it to bits. If you like plain cases with excellent features then this is the kiddy.

any pictures of your build?
I like the idea of it being plain but as you say it has excellent features.

Sencha · 1 Feb 2015 at 19:03

I got an R5 I've owned a tonne of cases over the years and this one is utterly superb. Easily the best. I do love Fractal cases though but its always on merit. Seriously buy one!

jbh110tdi · 1 Feb 2015 at 19:43

Sencha said:
I got an R5 I've owned a tonne of cases over the years and this one is utterly superb. Easily the best. I do love Fractal cases though but its always on merit. Seriously buy one!

cheers for that. have you any pictures?

I had been looking at the corsair 300r but then I saw the R5 and decided it was a better option. dearer but more flexible with the removable drive bays

Telecaster · 1 Feb 2015 at 21:13

jbh110tdi said:
yea its a nice price but there is more expensive cases out there.

and yip ill need to save for it too...

Not so much the price of the case, but everything to go in it

jbh110tdi · 1 Feb 2015 at 21:25

Telecaster said:
Not so much the price of the case, but everything to go in it

ill just be transferring my current build into it.
ive got a spare fx6100 cpu and graphics card so might get a mother board and build a budget system into my old case to turn around

Legend · 1 Feb 2015 at 21:55

How would the R5 handle 290X Crossfire do you think?

jbh110tdi · 1 Feb 2015 at 22:25

Legend said:
How would the R5 handle 290X Crossfire do you think?

not sure what cards these are.
image is stolen from google but looks good..

http://cdn.overclock.net/9/9d/9da93ebf_HoZ_PC01.jpeg

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jbh110tdi · 1 Feb 2015 at 22:28

if you were to remove the lower hard drive cage install an ssd in one of the rear ssd holders and even do the bungee mod with your 3.5 hard drive in the dvd rom cage you would be good.

nacho_man1 · 2 Feb 2015 at 11:12

I got the R4 and R5, I was worried it wouldn't really be a step up or improvement but I was pleasantly surprised and for the price I think its an awesome case.

Telecaster · 3 Feb 2015 at 19:44

What I'd like to know about the Define cases is if they do actually increase low noise performance, are they actually quieter than a bog standard case as this is probably the main reason I'd be looking to get one.

nacho_man1 · 3 Feb 2015 at 19:57

Main reason why i stuck with fractal as i cant fault them for the low noise level performance and always worried if i change would i be worse off. The R5 was better for me in this department over the R4