Review: Fractal Design Define R4
Published by Marc Büchel on 05.10.12Page:
Conclusion
| General | + | - | |
| The Fractal Design Define R4 is a well though, midi tower case where especially the noise insulation part is able to convince. At this ponit the engineers have really been thinking about how to reduce noise as efficiently as possible. Furthermore we also liked the two removable hard drive cages as well as the possibility to place two SSDs on the backside of the motherboard tray. There even is a small fan controller where you can choose between 5 volt, 7 volt and 12 volt. | -
Design - Noise insulation |
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| Manufacturing quality / Ergonomics | + | - | |
| Overall the build quality is on a good level. Fractal Design didn't make the mistake to go for super thin side panel to save weight. They use solid metal sheets and paired up with the noise isolation material you can get good stability and reasonable stiffness. Furthermore it has been easy to install hardware in the case. We also liked that there were several holes in the motherboard tray to route cables to the backside of the board. Fractal Design decided to make the case a bit wider, therefore the cables, which have been routed to the backside can easily be place there. | - Build quality - Interior Space | ||
| Design | + | - | |
| Fractal Design created a very decent and good looking design for the Define R4. They chose to move the buttons and connectors away from the front panel to top of the case. Like this they can keep the front plain and simple. Something else you might notice are the ventilation slots on the left and the right side of the front panel. Form follows function one might say. | - Design | ||
| Recommendation | + | - | |
| We can recommend the Define R4 to everybody who's looking for a midi tower case that features pre-installed acoustic insulation material as well as silent fans and a fan controller. With this case it's really easy to build a silent rig. | -
Silent-PC - Gaming-PC - Enthusiast build - Desktop PC - File Server |
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| Rating | |||
| The Fractal Design Define R4 gets very good four and a half out of five stars. The case comes at a price point of est. CHF 118.- (est EUR 98.-). | |||
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