Fractal Design Define R6 Line Gets More Diverse
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wavetrex
WOW !!!
Finally drive tray kits.
I was one of the many of their customer who suggested to their marketing to sell drive trays independently...
... and now they finally do. YAY!
FD, send a couple of them this way pls 😉
p.s. - Does anyone have any clue where to buy them?
ubercake
This is my favorite case to date. I like that you can buy the Connect D1 kit and upgrade your front panel connectivity since obsolete front panel connectivity can be what drives you to go out and buy a new case. There are also many options with how you can set up this case to prioritize silence, airflow or some combination of the two.
I love this case, but a couple of things should be noted.
The downside of the Fractal Design R6 (the case):
Not enough SSD trays. They should include two more (four total) with the case. Fortunately, I now boot to an M.2 NVMe drive and was able to mount one of my three SSDs to one of the HDD trays. I would have liked to have mounted the SSD above the power supply, but you only get two SSD drive mounts with the case.
The downside of Fractal Design (the company):
The company is not very responsive to sales inquiries. If the receiving end of the money isn't jazzed up about receiving the money, what is support like!?? Fortunately, I have never had to contact any case manufacturer for a support issue. It took 7 days before I got an automated response from Fractal Design sales (which made it apparent no one read my original message) and another three to get a direct answer to my original question regarding whether they sell additional SSD drive trays. The answer: They don't.
I set my R6 up with the optional "Open" (internal) and "Silent" configurations. The pictures are prior to my 1080 ti upgrade, but can give you a good idea of how clean a build can be in this case:
Perpetuity
https://i.imgur.com/Eads8aj.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/2hC8rMP.jpg
Note: Pics are pre-1080 Ti.
wavetrex
It looks even more awesome with watercooling and RGB ;-)
http://dl.wavetrex.eu/2018/comp/comp1.jpg
And as visible in this picture, I actually use ALL SIX drive bays.
And still have 4 SATA ports free on the motherboard, as I only have one single M.2 SSD.
Could put 2 more HDD's in if they only sold those damn trays...
Still looking for a place to buy them... no luck on Amazon.
@Hilbert Hagedoorn , help a fellow dutchie? 🙂