Fractal Design Define S - Mid Tower Computer Case - ATX - Optimized for High Airflow/Performance and Silent Computing - 2X Fractal Design Dynamic GP-14 140mm Silent Fans - Water-Cooling Ready - Black

This Case is perfect if you are not planning to add any optical drive, who needs those these days anyway? the less moving parts the better specially for a silent PC.This has very good build quality, and it was very easy to build my machine with it because it has lot of space inside, due to not having those drive cages like most other Cases.The two Fans it comes with are adequate if you have a motherboard that is able to change the speeds when the PC is idling, at full speed they are still fine, quiet but not silent at regular usage distance, not recommended for people that get easily annoyed by any noise.The only downside i could think of is that the PSU dust filter needs to be removed from behind the case, which make it a hassle, specially if you have pets, since you need to be constantly cleaning them, and depending on where your PC is, you might have to move it before being able to remove it, and putting it back without seeing where it has to go exactly, is not easy either.One thing to consider with this case, is the space for the cables, i would recommend at least a semi modular, because i did have some troubles tucking all the excess cables on the back since i was unable to close the door and had to reorganize some cables several times, it did work, but i later still decided to change the PSU for a fanless one mainly because of the bottom dust filter issue i mention, since then, I no longer need to clean the bottom filter.System built with this case:CPU: Intel Core i5-3570k @4.1GhzPSU: Seasonic Platinum SS-460FL2 460WGPU: Asus GTX 970 StrixCooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212+ with Nexus Real Silent fanMotherboard: Gigabyte Z77 GA-Z77-DS3HMemory: Crucial Ballistix Tactical DDR3 @1.6GhzDisks: OCZ Vertex 4 256GB SSD + Samsung Spinpoint F3 500GB HDD

Bought this case with Fractal Design as the seller. It shipped and came a few days early. I usually don't do reviews right away and this is no exception. I've had the case for a few months now and it has performed exceptionally well. It's HUGE. Incase anyone was wondering how big it is.. (I'm not going to measure it, I'm sure you can find that on the page.) Any other tower you see in a retail store, nearly double that.. In fact it didn't fit where I was going to put it. There is more than enough room to fit even the biggest cpu fans inside. I am using a Dark Rock BeQuiet! 3 for example. The 2 fans it came with are also enough for my setup. I will upgrade eventually but right now I have no heat issues so I don't worry about it. It is used for music production with some things being pretty cpu intensive and I never even heard my fans speed up. The case fans are whisper quiet. It also has dust covers on all the inlet ports, which actually do a very good job of keeping the dust out of the components. Just remember to clean the dust covers at least once a month. I would shoot for twice, but I also like my computer clean. 100% would recommend.

IntroductionLet me start by saying this case is being reviewed by a avid pc Enthusiast This case is housing my personal gaming rig. This case is extremely well thought out, first there's no optical bays to get in the way. (lets face it optical media isnt used anymore.) I found this case to have an extremely good amount of airflow. my system runs a lot cooler now due to the new case.Cable management:This case has some of the best cable management options I have ever seen, on the back side of the case you have over an inch of cable management room to tie down all your cables in the back with Velcro ties that are included. On the back is where you can find the hard drive mounts. You can mount 3 3.5 inch or 3 2.5 inch drives on the main hdd sleds. As well as there are 2 more ssd mounts on the back of the case panel.There is plenty of water coaling and air coaling possibility in this case. you can fit up to a 360 mm rad in the front along with a 480mm rad in the top. There is an area for mounting a resevuar along with a place to mount a water coiling pump.

I really like the case. As the headline says, it's very big. Much bigger than what I need, actually, but it's very well thought out and dead quiet. Quiet is what I wanted and they nailed it. As a bonus, the cable routing is very good, it comes with two decent case fans, and the out-of-the-way hard drive mounting is a bonus if you don't have internal optical drives as a requirement. I also happen to like the fit and finish, including the on/off panel.One quirk which I'm not sure is really Fractal's fault - the standoff pattern did not match 100% to the Gigabyte motherboard I put in it. One of the mounts had no corresponding standoff on the case. No biggie. Gigabyte did stiff me on a rebate, so they suck! They said that a claim had already been made on that transaction. Like I forged the UPC for $20. Aholes.

I got this case for $50.93 and it is by far the best case I've ever had. If you're looking for a clean looking case with no tacky lights and plastic see-thru windows, this is your case. The entire case, inside and out has a black finish. Take it apart piece by piece and you will not see any bare metal. It is a little wider than your average mid tower case which is perfect for cable management and what have you. The only downside is that there is no option to fit a disk tray. If that is a deal breaker stay away. I have had to pop it open to connect my disk reader a couple times, but I only needed it for installing my operating systems.

The huge problem w/ this case is the lack of dust filters on the top. It's even very open so if you actually need to use the top of your case for airflow and not use the sound dampening pads, don't drop any marble sized objects or smaller on your computer or they'll fall right into it. Other than that one big problem case is next to perfect.I'd only get this case if you aren't going to use the top for airflow at all that way you avoid this problem.

I love this case, it is fantastic. It looks extremely good and is very functional on the inside as well. The room and layout provides the means to have amazing cable management and airflow. I love being able to mount my solid state and hard drives onto the rear part of the case.My only gripe is that unlike older iterations of this case, like the R4, the top fan grills are two rectangles rather than squares, so it's really only ideal for radiators. The top fan areas support 420, 360, 280, 240, 140 and 120 mm radiators. (A thickness limitation of 55mm for both radiator + fan applies on 420, 280 and 140 mm radiators)... OR 2 - 120/140 mm fans (not included) or 1 - 180 mm fan with 165mm hole spacing (not included). I have two 140mm fans installed and it causes a 2 inch gap in between the fans and the edge of the fan grill (see picture). It bothers me enough that a plan to create something to attach to the top to cover the gap. Other than that I love it.

I found the case to be great. Pretty quiet considering how many cooling fans I've got in it. The space for the radiators at the front fit my corsair h105 in a push-pull configuration so I'm pretty happy about that. My only concern is that there's a lot of space between the mother board and the front radiator/fan mounting that some AOI liquid cooler hoses might be too short. Mine was just able to reachThe side panels are a little heavy but that's not an issue if you don't have to constantly open the case up. The side panel mounting system is a breeze to use.Cable management behind the motherboard is pretty spacious.Definitely recommend this one.

It's bigger than I though but not too much. Like the way you can pass cables behind the motherboard and the PSU at the bottom.Don't like some sharp edge on metal. Managed to cut myself.

Love this cpu case. Great look, silent(very silent!) and lots of room to work with inside.No fan controller included, which makes a bit of cable work if you want to add more fans. Additional fan spiltter should cover it though.Overall, great product for the price. Would recommend to anyone who is looking for a silent case in sub $100 range.

the case is goodeasy to hide cablesit's my first case so i didnt think of glass caseprob will buy glass case next time