Fractal Design Define R6 review

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Right, I have moved into the photo studio, we'll leave the white model for what it is for now, as black works so much better in our white studio. The chassis has a very simplistic and clean looking style, weirdly enough you can immediately recognize it as a Fractal Design product somehow. 


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At the front bezel sides you can see inwards positioned meshes, these are the air intakes, one on each side. In the front two 140mm (Dynamic X2 GP-14) fans are positions, in the rear another one. FD did not include a fan controller, however, does include a fan HUB that you can connect to your motherboard. That's an excellent compromise, at least IMHO. At the front side, you can mount an up-to 360mm radiator (or three fans). 

 

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I've already explained that behind the front door the fan grill can be removed and cleaned. But all the way at the bottom, there is another dust filter, at the front side just pull it out and it can be cleaned.


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 I am so glad that plexiglass windows are slowly becoming history. At the backside rear IO, we spot a 140mm fan,  factory installed. Below it we can see spot 7+2 expansion slots. At the bottom, you can house the biggest bad-azz PSU you like of course. That PSU will be hidden in its own compartment. Small note, the +2 in 7+2 expansion slots is intended doe a graphics card, vertically mounted. For roughly 35 bucks you can optionally order a PCIe riser kit. We'll do that today, and I can already say, the card will 'hang' there incredibly secure. More on that later during installation though.


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The side panels can be removed be removing thumbnails from the back, then pull the panels pit. The tempered glass looks beautiful for this chassis.

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Let me quickly show you the other side, the closed panels are again covered with sound dampening material. The side, top and front panels all have this applied.

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