Fractal Design Define R5 Pc-tornfodral

It's a larger footprint than I expected, but that is to make cable management nice and tight. The HDD tower is very nicely accessible and the additional fan placement capability is fantastic. My only complaint is the main access door. It's very tight and the release mechanism is a bit clunky, but as I am not on to need into the PC often, this is not an issue.

The new case lowered the CPU idle temperature by 10C. It's silent and has lots of open space to work with. The instruction book has very few words but useful and easy-to-understand illustrations. Everything is black, so you'll need a portable lamp, a flashlight, and window sunlight. One more thing is that the case is a Full Tower, not Mid Tower.

Amazing case for the price for a homelab if you need a good amount of hdd bays, and even option for some 2.5in ssd or want to buy some sled adapters to use all ssd, or thinking about an icy dock, etc...; it has plenty of storage expansion options and is roomy and quiet. My packaging came torn though, and a small dent on the side so it was definitely abused at some point, but the small dent was the only noticeable cosmetic blemish, and it took me a bit to actually notice it

Capable of holding 8 hard drives or 10 if you convert the two top bays to HDD bays as well. This makes the case ideal for a home storage server. The noise levels is amazing, I can hardly hear it and it is positioned right behind me.

This is the best case I have ever owned for a lot of hard drives.