Testseek.co.uk have collected 141 expert reviews of the Fractal Design Define R5 and the average rating is 91%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Fractal Design Define R5.
November 2014
(91%)
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The editors liked
Extensive air and water cooling support
Fully removable hard drive bays
Fully removable 5.25″ drive bay
2 x 2.5″ mounts behind motherboard
Vast amounts of cable routing space
Extremely durable build quality
Sound dampening material pre-installed
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Available in white
Black and titanium
Near silent
Very clean straight lines and well thought out interior
Bucket loads of cable management room available
Integrated fan controller is well designed
Also simple to use
Impressive sound deadening
Options to add a truly epic amount of liquid cooling
Good cooling from the two 140mm fans that come with the package
Dust filters at the front and bottom
Two stealth SSD bays behind the motherboard
Threespeed fan controller
The editors didn't like
Decent performance
Keeps noise levels in check
Integrated fan controller
Quickrelease side panel
Front now opens either way
Highly flexible storage stack
Dedicated SSD trays
Many radmount opportunities
Noisedampened throughout
Very easy to build
None
Tons of viable competition at the sub £100 price point
Very similar to "other" cases on the market in terms of design
Could use 510mm more space behind the side panel
You only get eight motherboard standoffs
Not nine
More cable tiedown points please
The two cable routing holes at the top of the motherboard tray need to be slightly larger
