Final Thoughts and Conclusion
As stated at the beginning of this review, I have never really taken mid towers seriously. Now that I have first hand seen two very well made mid towers from Fractal Design my whole opinion on them are changing. The Define R4 isn’t quite as roomy as the Arc Midi R2 case but it doesn’t lack any of the features and the size difference is very minimal.
I was pleasantly surprised by this case. It comes with a ton of features and doesn’t disappoint for a price tag of $79.99 (pricing has since changed to $96.99) from Amazon but at $109.99 from Newegg this case isn’t such a steal. Unless you are trying to do some crazy water cooling this would be a great case and fit all of the latest components to build a gaming pc or basically anything you can think of. When installing a slightly larger than normal ATX motherboard (the EVGA Z77 FTW) I didn’t have any issues with space or being able to run cable management even though it did cover up the holes slightly. The Define R4 doesn’t support anything over ATX so this was nice to know even slightly larger motherboards could fit. My only real issues with this case were when taking the side panels on and off they did feel flimsy but it wasn’t a huge issue but something I did notice. Also this may be just the case I got or all of them but the rubber feet on the bottom did fall off on me and once again while not a huge deal is something that is an annoyance.
Fractal Design Define R4
Likes
- Up to eight 3.5″ or 2.5″ HDD or SSD Bays
- 2 Silent R2 Fans included
- Easy cable management
- Fits almost any component
- Nice color theme
- Removable HDD cages
Dis-likes
- Rubber feet fell off
- Side panels felt flimsy
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