Specification and Test Methodology
Fractal Design Define R5 specification |
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| Form Factor | Mid-Tower | |
| Motherboard Support | ATX, Micro-ATX, Mini-ITX | |
| Dimensions (H x W x D) | 462mm x 232mm x 531mm | |
| Drive Bays | Front | 2 x 5.25in |
| Internal | 8 x 3.5/2.5in split across two HDD cages (5+3) 2 x 2.5in on rear of motherboard tray |
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| Cooling | Front | 2 x 120/140mm fans (included is 1 x 140mm Dynamic GP14 1,000RPM) |
| Rear | 1 x 120/140mm fans (included is 1 x 140mm Dynamic GP14 1,000RPM) | |
| Top | 3 x 120/140 mm fan (not included) | |
| Bottom | 2 x 120/140 mm fan (not included) | |
| Side Panel | 1 x 120/140 mm fan (not included) | |
| Radiator Support | Front | 360, 280, 240, 140 and 120mm radiators of all thicknesses (requires removal of drive bays) |
| Top | 420, 360, 280, 240, 140 and 120mm radiators (A thickness limitation of 55mm for both radiator+fan applies on 420, 280 and 140mm radiators) (420 and 360mm radiators require removal of the ODD bay) |
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| Bottom | 120 or 240mm radiator (Use of radiators in the bottom position limits the PSU length to 165mm) |
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| Rear | 120 or 140mm radiator | |
| Fan Controller | 3-step fan controller for up to 3 fans | |
| Dust Filters | Bottom and front intakes | |
| Expansion Slots | 7 | |
| I/O Panel | 2 x USB 2.0 2 x USB 3.0 Headphone and Mic Power button with LED (blue) HDD activity LED (blue) Reset button |
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| Power Supply Standard | ATX (not included) | |
| Clearances | CPU Cooler | 180mm |
| Power Supply | 300mm (190/170mm with a 120/140mm bottom fan installed) | |
| Graphics Card | 310mm (440mm with top drive cage removed) | |
| Weight | 10.2kg | |
| Colours Available | Black Titanium (Black case, Titanium front panel) White |
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| MSRP | £82.99 (£89.99 windowed version) | |
Test System Configuration |
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| Motherboard | Asus Sabertooth Z77 | |
| CPU | Intel Core i5-3570K @ 4.4GHz | |
| CPU Cooler | Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 | |
| Memory | G.Skill Ripjaws-X 8GB (F3-12800CL7D-8GBXH) | |
| Memory Speed and Timings | 1,600MHz, 7-8-7-24-2N | |
| Graphics Cards | 2x Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 OC in CrossFireX | |
| Storage | 120GB SanDisk Extreme SSD | |
| Optical Drive | Pioneer DVR-S19LBK DVD Writer | |
| Power Supply | Corsair HX1050W | |
| Monitor | Philips Brilliance 272P (2,560x1,440) | |
Our Z77 test platform consists of an ASUS Sabertooth motherboard, an Intel Core i5-3570K processor overclocked to a modest 4.4GHz, an Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 cooler, 8GB of high-performance G.Skill Ripjaws-X memory and two factory-overclocked Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 OC graphics cards in a CrossFireX configuration.
To find out how well the chassis can cool this particular setup, we record the CPU temperature during a 15-minute stint of the Prime95 small-FFT stress test. In order to provide a stabilised reading we then calculate an average temperature across all cores from the last five minutes of testing.
To get an idea of GPU cooling performance, we then record the highest GPU temperature after 15 minutes of running Aliens vs. Predator with maximum image-quality settings at 1080p. Last but not least, we also measure chassis noise by using a PCE-318 noise meter to take readings when idle and while running Aliens vs. Predator.
All chassis are tested only with the standard manufacturer-supplied fans (any/all of which are set to 'silent' in the Asus BIOS or low-speed using a fan controller if present), and to take into account the fluctuating ambient temperature, our graphs depict both actual and delta temperature - the latter is the actual CPU/GPU temperature minus the ambient. For the record, room temperature while testing today's chassis was recorded as 20.9ºC.