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Fractal Define R6 Tempered Glass Case: Modular, Quiet, Beautiful - MMORPG.com
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Fractal Define R6 Tempered Glass Case: Modular, Quiet, Beautiful - MMORPG.com
Fractal Design is one of the most respected names in computer cases. Their award winning designs have provided for the needs of countless PC builders. Their Define series has lead the industry in “quiet case” design. We recently updated our benchmarking system and built from the ground up in the newly released Define R6 Tempered Glass Edition. As newcomers to Fractal, we’re here to tell you if it lives up to the hype.
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especially if i am paying over $100 for a case
I have a case by this company .. i use Define C for one of my desktops and it looks extremely similar to this one but for 1/2 the price
Apart from that this is one of the best cases you can buy, so if you can overlook the gimmick its worth a look.
Ventilation is my #1 requirement.
"Be water my friend" - Bruce Lee
"Be water my friend" - Bruce Lee
Why anyone would want the heat of a PSU rising up from the bottom through the case is beyond me (as another poster mentioned). The heat from the PSU should ventilate out of the back and top vents. Not up through the case and through another fan.
all my systems are full liquid cooled.. i stopped dealing with internal fans ages ago ...
i have CPU and GPU both liquid cooled and SSDs do not really get hot
And your not watercooling your chipsets? Are your radiators separate and external or are they on or in your box? And what about your ram? You still need good ventilation through the case no matter what. Like I said heat rises, that's just good old Mother Nature and physics. Might as well use it to your advantage.
"Be water my friend" - Bruce Lee
Pretty sure you can pick up every Fractal Design case windowless to reduce noise. For sure, tempered glass is definitely noisier than going windowless. That said Fractal Design cases tend to be quieter than most other designs, so it's probably not as large of a tradeoff here as it may be with other cases.
IDK about noise i never think about,i guess because i am listening to mine right now and there is no noise lol and mine is a real cheap case.
IMO if there is noise,your PSU is cheap,your fans are cheap and the connections to tighten the case are also cheap/not tight enough and rubber can be used in some areas to reduce vibration noise.
None the less ,i have to take my pc cover off and stick my head right in there to hear any noise,so if my cheap machine is that quiet,others should b e as well especially if your spending big money.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
The one thing they went cheap on is the drive bay pod.
My latest build has a reversed case with 1.5" of bottom clearance. The door is on the right instead of the left and the mother board is rotated 180deg with the io's at the top and the cpu at the bottom. The rad is on the bottom and draws from the bottom with two 90mm fans. I have two 120mm intake fans at the front and a single 120mm exhaust fan at the rear.
I've often though about making my own box
I've got two twenty three year old Sony N9000ES's that I run with a newer Denon, JBL L7's , Definitive center and sub, Energy C4 mid's and Energy rears and a Sony E9000ES being stored in the closet (can't bear the thought of getting rid of it)
I had some Haflers back in the day
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Define R5 Black ATX Mid Tower Case
in my current system I built back in Oct 2015. I will build a new system this Fall/Xmas.I usually get New everything but I may just keep this Case for my next build. I love it.
"My Fantasy is having two men at once...
One Cooking and One Cleaning!"
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"A good man can make you feel sexy,
strong and able to take on the whole world...
oh sorry...that's wine...wine does that..."
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For now, but in the future we will only be able to buy an objet d'art which flashing LED's both outside and inside. I think it will probably play its own b-rated 70's SF tunes by then too.