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May 2013
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Noise-dampening foams
Vented covers for the external 5.25” bays
Air filters for the front
Bottom and power supply fans
Three-speed fan controller supporting three fans
Expansion cards are fastened using thumbscrews
Vented slot covers
Supports eight
Excellent cooling performance
Quiet
Plenty of room for excess cables
Highly refined appearance
Excellent quality materials and workmanship
Convenient fan controller
Flexible drive cage
Accommodates up to ten drives
High build quality
Understated look (if you're into that sort of thing)
Lots of room for expandability
Keeps a system as quiet as possible
Plenty of drive storage
Builtin fan controller
Good connectivity (and lots of fan mounts).
Very functional case
Minimal noise
Fan speed control
2 x USB 3.0/2 x USB 2.0 on front I/O panel
Plenty of room for expansion and future upgrades
Very spacious interior
Very sleek and stylish design
Big hardware supported
Hard Drive caddies are configurable
Supports up to 8 HDD/SSD
Excellent Build quality
Cable management is very good
Support for custom watercooling hardwa
Same core features as in previous Define cases
Sound dampening installed everywhere
Improved flexibility between air cooling and sound dampening
Space for eight hard drives
Front drive-bay covers may easily be removed
Excellent cable routing possibil
Room for up to 10 hard drives
Lots of room behind the motherboard tray to route cables
USB 3.0 support
Sleek design
Price
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No HDD LED
Not completely tool-less
Clearance issue with the top 3.5″ drive bay
Nothing’s screwless
Tougher design for more extreme system builds
Limited 5.25inch bay support.
Very Heavy ATX PC Case
Paint job not very durable easy to scratch/mark
Needs better side panel fitting
Minimal looks may not cater for all
Clips of front covers won't last long
No possibility to install 3.5" drives out of the box
Front-panel design not as flexible as in previous Define cases
Published: 2013-10-15, Author: Will , review by: techwarelabs.com
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Room for up to 10 hard drives, Lots of room behind the motherboard tray to route cables, USB 3.0 support, Sleek design, Price
Pretty heavy, Fan controller only supports 3 fans
I have been hearing really good things about the Define R4 since it was released and I can see why. Fractal Design has another solid product here in this case. Starting off with looks the Defire R4 has a really sleek but simple design. If you are a fan...
Fractal Design made a name for themselves with the original Define and they have continued to somehow manage to find ways to improve on the design 3 more times up to the R4 that we have here today. The styling of the case hasn't changed much really, but ...
The motherboard tray has plenty of wiring cutouts, each protected by thick rubber grommets. The backside of the tray is also capable of mounting two 2.5″ drives for some super secret storage. There is also a very large cutout for easy CPU Cooling upgrades...
Very functional case, Minimal noise, Fan speed control, 2 x USB 3.0/2 x USB 2.0 on front I/O panel, Plenty of room for expansion and future upgrades, Very spacious interior, Very sleek and stylish design, Big hardware supported, Hard Drive caddies are configurable, Supports up to 8 HDD/SSD, Excellent Build quality, Cable management is very good, Support for custom watercooling hardwa
Very Heavy ATX PC Case, Paint job not very durable easy to scratch/mark, Needs better side panel fitting, Minimal looks may not cater for all
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