My new fractal Design R2

sorry, but i defo prefer the "battered" tsunami.
it may be getting a bit cramped (planning to hack 2 120mm fans in the bottom at some point...), but i just love the design of the front panel. also swapped the LEDs for white ones so it goes better with the overall colour scheme.
 
I got this case a couple of weeks ago.

I had a bit of an accident slightly caused by the design and mostly down to my own negligence:

The HDD rests on little rubber gromit things and has nothing else to hold it inplace (please correct me if I'm wrong). This is fine up until the point where you forget, remove both side panels and tilt the case. My HDD drive fell out the back and the sata cable snapped a tiny bit of plastic keeping it in place and bending pins. Drive still works but if any sort of movement the sata cable will fall out.
 
Erm... you're meant to screw the HDD through the rubber gromits :confused:. Not just sit them there with no securings what so ever.
 
The cooling in these cases is great.

I have:

2 x 120mm FD (Front)
2 x 140mm FD (Top)
1 x 120mm Sharkoon (Rear)
1 x 120mm Sharkoon (Bottom)

System is about 8-10`c cooler than last case - Thermaltake Aguila, 2 x 120mm (Front), 1 x 120mm (Back)

Cable management is a breeze aswell.

@ the OP. The temps you have for the E8500 are fine, you should easily get 4Ghz with that CPU.
 
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