Fractal Design's Define S

Twirlywoos · 21 Apr 2015 at 10:30

Sexy Case. Reviewers stating around £60-70

http://www.fractal-design.com/home/product/cases/define-series/define-s-window

stulid · 21 Apr 2015 at 10:59

This actually looks nice and well thought out.

Gambisk · 21 Apr 2015 at 11:06

Looks good enough to make me move from my Fractal Arc

Apem · 21 Apr 2015 at 11:43

Shame no filter for the top though

LeonAxel · 22 Apr 2015 at 00:24

To me, this case has everything you need in the right places.

Kyle uploaded a video of it earlier.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XDclDTRR9g&ab_channel=AwesomesauceNetwork

smilertoo · 22 Apr 2015 at 02:36

The only bad point is the bottom filter slides out the back, silly mistake since they fixed that for the R5...and no soundproofing on front panel.

JediFragger · 22 Apr 2015 at 23:02

Nice, but I'd still personally go for the R5 :cool:

I'm waiting to see if their will be an XL R3 released soon....

squarepusher · 23 Apr 2015 at 00:28

about time to see cases ditching the dvd drive...

smilertoo · 23 Apr 2015 at 22:16

It looks like a nice case except for the few silly omissions, i would like white but retailers dont seem to like stocking white.

Mal X · 24 Apr 2015 at 16:16

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaU72f0hMVo

it looks better for cooling than my Phanteks.......but the Phanteks looks more attractive, just

dacads · 24 Apr 2015 at 17:02

Looks like another fantastic case from Fractal, neat little video too.

Mal X · 24 Apr 2015 at 18:57

it has no Hard Drive bays blocking the fans

finally somebody has woken up, plus 3 intakes and fairly cheap too

PapaLazaru · 25 Apr 2015 at 08:53

There was me just the other day installing a new gpu and getting annoyed at the airflow because of the stupid hd cages and optical cages and now this case turns up. I think I might have to buy it.

SmoothEmJay · 25 Apr 2015 at 14:02

The R5 White/Window is so hard to buy in the UK at the moment. Back-order on Amazon for 1-4 (more like 6 really) weeks. No experience of whether the R4 white was similar in terms of availability.

Regardless I am looking forward to getting this at some point (once my order arrives). "Upgrading" from an Antec P280.

Kurgen · 30 Apr 2015 at 14:05

I am looking at cases for a new build when skylake comes out.. was looking at the NZXT range, but now fractal has 5.25less case im seriously considering this... i currently have a define R3 i think.. and its grreat.. but i dont need all those drive bays clogging up the motherboard and cooling area. I really would like to install one of these custom water coolers for the CPU, but with minimal work. (no drilling) does anyone know the links to the pumps and reseviors that would fit in this case with no mods.. using the rails and fixings fractal have provided

KiiYzOo · 30 Apr 2015 at 17:57

I really wish there was a white model

I had the white r3 and modified it so I had a 360mm rad in the front, never dreamed that there would be even more room in a FD case that had the same sort of design, but a better implementation than I had

Leon Axel · 30 Apr 2015 at 20:13

Mal X said:
it has no Hard Drive bays blocking the fans finally somebody has woken up

Haha, that's what I thought when I first saw it.

smilertoo · 1 May 2015 at 22:22

One review said this will be black only. If you want white youll need to get the R5 and strip out the cages.

Twirlywoos · 18 Jul 2015 at 14:38

JediFragger said:
Nice, but I'd still personally go for the R5

I'm waiting to see if their will be an XL R3 released soon....

Why, as i'm looking at buying a new case soon.

khemist · 18 Jul 2015 at 19:18

I've got the R5 in White with window, one thing i don't like about it is that it only has a 240mm filter in the front, that puts me off using my 360 radiator unlike the Define S.