I did consider both Corsair 450D and NZXT H440 but either one was missing either cooling performance or sound dampening.

But then I notice the Fractal Design Define R4. It has both good cooling performance (better than NZXT H44) and sound dampening quality.

The integrated fan controller is a really sweet touch, icing on the cake

Not available? Why is that so?

Nah, I haven't gotten mine yet but I have my eyes on it. Planning to upgrade my entire rig of 2012, wanna get a good looking red themed rig

So far planning for red: Asrock Z97X Killer, using back my old i5-3450 first and wait for Broadwell K processor, Corsair Vengeance or Kingston Fury red rams, Corsair H55, Sapphire R9 290 reference, Seasonic X-650W gold, Fractal R4 with red custom sleeves (do you know what brand is the cheapest and also reasonably nice?) and red+black custom sleeves for the PSU cables like 24 pin bla bla (not sure which to go for as I'm new at this) and some Enermax Magma advanced red fans

You know I've always envied those really kick ass beautiful rigs. I'll attach some here



I haven't bought the case yet, just planning to get it in the future

NZXT H440 is pretty awesome though but I was always attracted by pure black cases like those from Corsair, so I took a look at the Obsidian 450D. Design is pretty nice for me but I always knew that I don't like noise and that's when I saw the Fractal Define R4, it has everything I want

Probably going to miss the bracket that hides the PSU (in the NZXT H440) but some people would wanna show off their expensive PSU

This post has been edited by -kytz-: Aug 21 2014, 12:11 AM

Well, you could consider the Fractal R5 over the H440. A lot better in case in a lot of areas. There's a windowed version btw.

Silence, cooling performance, modular HDD/optical bay cages (you can even remove the 5.25" bay), MORE ROOM at the back for cables, etc.



This post has been edited by -kytz-: Jan 8 2015, 11:38 PM