Fractal R3 - SPEED REVIEW

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Recived my case afew days back i poped everything in there in a non-OCD-Addict way and here is the good bad and the ugly.


+ Great Sound Proofing can't hear my Antec 620 in there.

+ Nice minimal LEDs ont he power button.

+ Plenty of cable routing holes in MOBO Tray.

+ Plenty of fan mounts.

+ Tonnes of room between the back of the mobo tray and inside of the side panel for cables.

+ USB 3 on case front.

- PSU fan filter does not fit flush on underside of case.

- Rubber gromets fall out if you just think about puting a cable near them.

- no rubber gromets for fans mounted to the top of the case.

- Top of the case is as flexy as a trampoline and vibrates away like something from ann summers.

- Rear mounts for Graphics card / Raid card / Soundcard looks like they forgot about it and then welded it back on and is ****ed at a slight angle.

- Side panels are stiff and don't locate into the slots nicley ( Requires some force )

- Front door foam is very thick no chance of having a DVD/Blueray drive with pertruding buttons ( NON-FLUSH)

- No chance of installing anything but a touch screen fan controller 1 slot high.

- lack of height between MOBO top I/O and 120mm mounted fans / thin radiator.

- Front Panel wires ( not including the USB 3 / USB ) are slightly short for some MOBO's


All in all its a bit of a mash of quite good and ah whoops we forgot to screw our heads on, so many little things let this case down !

If your just popping some mid ranged components in here its fine, but if your going for 290mm triple height or double height cards or SLI your out of room !

Don't even think about getting a double length radiator in there on the top fan mounts even with just PULL fans let alone PUSH PULL.
 
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Recently got one of these and agree with most of your points.

However, I have 6950 crossfire in mine, and it all fits fine. Though they are 275mm long, and they state max length accepted by case.

The sheer amount of options you get for fans means it will cool most setups fairly well, though it will get noisier - as mine as with bottom and side-mounted 140mm fans.
 
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