Fractal Design Define R5 ATX Tower Case Black Pearl 2X5.25 8X3.5INT No PSU Front 2XUSB3.0 Audio

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Overall I love this case. It is quiet and looks great. With one of the panels on top removed, a top exhaust fan allows for even more efficient cooling, with little extra noise. The only negative I have found to this case is that when the top fan slot cover is removed, the result is not pleasant to look at, and is too easy for dust/cat hair to fall inside due to the extra space around fan, and large hole size. A fan spoiler might be a good solution to that problem, or a dust filter shaped appropriately.

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cpu fans are so noisy these days that even a small reduction of noise goes a long way. the covers are a bit hard to remove, I did break the small tips on the cover trying to remove it, but not a big issue, since the covers stay in place anyway even with one tip remaining. more usb 3.0 slots on the front would have been nice and even 4 usb 3.0 rather than 2 usb 2.0 and 2 usb 3.0 would have been better, since usb 3.0 is backwards compatible. hard drives could be mounted more firmly and tool-less, but these are just after thoughts. the 2 fans provided along with a cpu cooler was more than adequate for cooling, but if you are going to over clock this setup might not be enough. I went with 1 intake and 2 outtake fans.Overall, I like the functional,but minimalistic design and more importantly the noise reduction of the case. if you have the cash, just get this case.

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Great case but not perfect. Extremely solid case.

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A case review, in my opinion, can be made right after the build has been done. I did this 2 days ago and had some time to look at everything and make up my mind.It is a very, very good case. Quality is there, no doubts. I upgraded from an 8 years old Antec SLK-3000B. This was a much needed update  to get USB 3.0 headers, possibility of longer graphics cards and better SSD/hard drive support. I will not go into all the details of the R5. I would recommend reading or watching a review on the web. My experience has been pretty similar to all these reviews.I am not watercooling; only air cooling. By switching from my previous case, I saw a 5C lower temperature on the GPU and the CPU. I removed the middle hdd cage and only kept the ODD and bottom HDD cage to provide better airflow to the motherboard. The included Fractal Design fans are very quiet. Though, not PWM, only 3 pins.None of the drives (SSD, HDD, ODD) installation is tooless. I wish a case of that price would include tooless installation of the drives. However, this wasn't a dealbreaker for me. I would expect Fractal to provides this feature on the R6 though.This case is very silent. The noise dampening material does it works properly. You can hear the difference when opening the door and closing it. I like that.All the filters are great and easy to remove. The front filter is very easy to remove and fan installation on the front is only removing the filter and screwing the fan in. The bottom filter (for PSU) comes out from the FRONT.The door can be set to open either on the right or on the left by unscrewing few screws.Every single screws is provided. This is nice as all their screws are black. This prevents to use your own silver screws and mismatch colors inside. There is a plastic tool to screw in motherboard screws on the backplate, however this tool broke after the 3rd screw out of 6. I guess I pushed it too far with my screwdriver (it stripped).I really don't have a lot of complaints. Nothing is perfect and I did enjoy building with it. I highly recommend this case but not a full price. I got it on Boxing Day at 109$CAD. Which is a very good deal :)Go read and watch the reviews. You will know what to expect and if this case is for you.