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Gary K.

Gary K.

Joined on 03/31/12

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Most Favorable Review

Spacious, sleek design, excellent cable management

Fractal Design Define R4 with Window Titanium Grey Silent ATX Mid Tower Case
Fractal Design Define R4 with Window Titanium Grey Silent ATX Mid Tower Case

Pros: - The case appearance is will go/blend into any room. The front metaly/aluminum finish is even more attractive in person (No flashy LEDS or crazy colors unless you add them). -Spacious. -Fantastic cable management. -Dead silent. There is sound dampening material on every internal panel. -Support for 4 more 140mm fans (You can purchase the same fans from Fractal so they match). -Comes with 2 140mm fans (One in the front, and one exhausting out the back). -Effective and easily removable DUST FILTERS. -Hassle free drive bays. The top drive bay which holds up to 5 devices is removable, which allows space for installation of ANY graphics card is you only need space for 3 devices. (2 SSD's can mount behind the motherboard, so practically anyone can take advantage of this. -Painted black outside AND in. SSD's can mount behind the motherboard.

Cons: -The front air intake vents are on the sides of the front panel instead of through a grates at the very front. This may worry some, but if you add just one additional 140mm fan to the front as I did, it forces in a ton of air. -You could also add 2 140mm fan or a radiator up top, and another 140mm fan facing down in front of the PSU to exhaust underneath if you're afraid of overheating (Which I doubt will happen unless you have a crazy setup). -Heavy. This may be an issue if you're constantly on the move to LAN parties. I would recommend a lighter more compact case if this is your situation(and there are a lot of nice mini itx build options out there). But if you're like me and use it for only when I'm at the desk, it's sturdiness seems like more of a pro than a con.

Overall Review: Overall I think this is a great case, especially for me since I didn't want a case that looked like it fell off of Optimus Prime. It is sturdy, the internals are customizable, and it's very quiet.

Works great

CORSAIR Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Low Profile Desktop Memory Model CML8GX3M2A1600C9
CORSAIR Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Low Profile Desktop Memory Model CML8GX3M2A1600C9

Pros: Went through memtest86 and windows memory diagnostic with 0 issues. Not DOA :p

Cons: None so far, everything worked out of the box