Fractal Designs R2

Lloyd_mcse · 03-02-2010

Fractal Designs R2

A very good looking and well specced case.
I might try one for my bedroom PC as it has noise absorbing material

Would be a nice upgrade to the P180

Spookkiller · 03-02-2010

"A very good looking and well specced case."

it has the looks of umm a black box? you are so funny boss man

Lloyd_mcse · 03-02-2010

LOL sorry I should explain - I like simple elegance when it comes to PC cases

Reminds me of my Antec P180 but with more hard drive space

Ya Mother · 04-02-2010

Looks like a p180 or a lian li tbh.

Lloyd_mcse · 05-02-2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ya Mother

Looks like a p180 or a lian li tbh.

Yeah but it looks to be better built and cheaper, look at the door for example nice and thick, with sound proofing

Ya Mother · 05-02-2010

Better built and cheaper is always a good thing in my book....hard to come by these days.

Lloyd_mcse · 06-02-2010

Hmm review at Bit-Tech said the temps aren't very good, but that really goes without saying with all the sound proofing. And they didn't put fans in all the mounts so hardly a surprise lol

Lloyd_mcse · 15-02-2010

See review in this months CustomPC mag

Joe · 03-04-2010

Got one of these mate

pretty cool.

Metal is quite thin unfortunatley, but Its quite a good case overall.

Made the switch from my ATCS 210 finally, 80mm fans proucing too much noise:cfm ratio! lol

Reccomended case though

OH and RE: Temps... reason its not good is because the case HOLDS the heat, you open it up and its like an oven! Fitting an extra extraction (side panel) fixes it though, and provides a warm air over your feet haha

03-02-2010	#1
Lloyd_mcse Admin Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Suffolk UK Posts: 1,216	Fractal Designs R2 Fractal Designs R2 A very good looking and well specced case. I might try one for my bedroom PC as it has noise absorbing material Would be a nice upgrade to the P180 __________________ Rig 1: Intel Q9550 Fuzion V2 \| Asus Rampage Extreme \| 4GB Corsair Dom 1800 \| HIS 4870X2 EK FC4870 N/plated, Acetal top \| 3x WD640GB RAID0 \| X-FI Fatal1ty \| Laing DDC3.2 \| TFC 480 rad \| ST TJ07 \| BigNG Rig 2: Intel QX6700\|Asus Maximus II Formula \| 8GB Corsair DDR2 \|HIS 4870 1GB \| 2x 500GB F1 RAID0 \| X-FI Fatal1ty \| Akasa Eclipse \| Zalman CNPS9700-NT Rig 3: Intel E6850 @ 3.6GHz Fuzion V2\| Asus Maximus Extreme \| Full EK NB/SB/Fets \| 4GB Corsair DDR3 1333 \| eVGA 8800GTX KO EKFC8800GTX \|2x WD640GB RAID0 \| Laing DDC3.2 w/Petra top \| 120.2 BIX \| 120.2 BIS \| EK 150 Res \| BigNG \| X-Fi Fatal1ty \| Akasa Eclipse \| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 on all

03-02-2010	#2
Spookkiller -)LeC(- Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Northampton UK Posts: 149	"A very good looking and well specced case." it has the looks of umm a black box? you are so funny boss man __________________ Asus Rampage Extreme l C2Q Q9550 2.83 @ 3.73Ghz Radeon 4870 X2 l 4Gb DDR3 1600Mhz 1000W PS l Supreme FX X-Fi Dual Samsung 226BW 22" Monitors G51 5.1 l G15 l MX Revolution

03-02-2010	#3
Lloyd_mcse Admin Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Suffolk UK Posts: 1,216	LOL sorry I should explain - I like simple elegance when it comes to PC cases Reminds me of my Antec P180 but with more hard drive space __________________ Rig 1: Intel Q9550 Fuzion V2 \| Asus Rampage Extreme \| 4GB Corsair Dom 1800 \| HIS 4870X2 EK FC4870 N/plated, Acetal top \| 3x WD640GB RAID0 \| X-FI Fatal1ty \| Laing DDC3.2 \| TFC 480 rad \| ST TJ07 \| BigNG Rig 2: Intel QX6700\|Asus Maximus II Formula \| 8GB Corsair DDR2 \|HIS 4870 1GB \| 2x 500GB F1 RAID0 \| X-FI Fatal1ty \| Akasa Eclipse \| Zalman CNPS9700-NT Rig 3: Intel E6850 @ 3.6GHz Fuzion V2\| Asus Maximus Extreme \| Full EK NB/SB/Fets \| 4GB Corsair DDR3 1333 \| eVGA 8800GTX KO EKFC8800GTX \|2x WD640GB RAID0 \| Laing DDC3.2 w/Petra top \| 120.2 BIX \| 120.2 BIS \| EK 150 Res \| BigNG \| X-Fi Fatal1ty \| Akasa Eclipse \| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 on all

04-02-2010	#4
Ya Mother Pro Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Lv 426 Posts: 654	Looks like a p180 or a lian li tbh. __________________ i7 920-Do-4.7ghz/asus p6t-deluxe oc palm/ 4870x2/ 6gb-Mushkin Xtreme 1600mhz / X-fi Gamer 7.1 soundcard/ Galaxy 1000 watt psu/500gb + 1Tb samsung spinpoint /silverstone TJ07/24" Acer crystalbrite/ Ideazon stealth gaming keyboard/ logitech g5 gaming mouse/windows 7 x64.

05-02-2010	#6
Ya Mother Pro Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Lv 426 Posts: 654	Better built and cheaper is always a good thing in my book....hard to come by these days. __________________ i7 920-Do-4.7ghz/asus p6t-deluxe oc palm/ 4870x2/ 6gb-Mushkin Xtreme 1600mhz / X-fi Gamer 7.1 soundcard/ Galaxy 1000 watt psu/500gb + 1Tb samsung spinpoint /silverstone TJ07/24" Acer crystalbrite/ Ideazon stealth gaming keyboard/ logitech g5 gaming mouse/windows 7 x64.

06-02-2010	#7
Lloyd_mcse Admin Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Suffolk UK Posts: 1,216	Hmm review at Bit-Tech said the temps aren't very good, but that really goes without saying with all the sound proofing. And they didn't put fans in all the mounts so hardly a surprise lol __________________ Rig 1: Intel Q9550 Fuzion V2 \| Asus Rampage Extreme \| 4GB Corsair Dom 1800 \| HIS 4870X2 EK FC4870 N/plated, Acetal top \| 3x WD640GB RAID0 \| X-FI Fatal1ty \| Laing DDC3.2 \| TFC 480 rad \| ST TJ07 \| BigNG Rig 2: Intel QX6700\|Asus Maximus II Formula \| 8GB Corsair DDR2 \|HIS 4870 1GB \| 2x 500GB F1 RAID0 \| X-FI Fatal1ty \| Akasa Eclipse \| Zalman CNPS9700-NT Rig 3: Intel E6850 @ 3.6GHz Fuzion V2\| Asus Maximus Extreme \| Full EK NB/SB/Fets \| 4GB Corsair DDR3 1333 \| eVGA 8800GTX KO EKFC8800GTX \|2x WD640GB RAID0 \| Laing DDC3.2 w/Petra top \| 120.2 BIX \| 120.2 BIS \| EK 150 Res \| BigNG \| X-Fi Fatal1ty \| Akasa Eclipse \| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 on all

15-02-2010	#8
Lloyd_mcse Admin Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Suffolk UK Posts: 1,216	See review in this months CustomPC mag __________________ Rig 1: Intel Q9550 Fuzion V2 \| Asus Rampage Extreme \| 4GB Corsair Dom 1800 \| HIS 4870X2 EK FC4870 N/plated, Acetal top \| 3x WD640GB RAID0 \| X-FI Fatal1ty \| Laing DDC3.2 \| TFC 480 rad \| ST TJ07 \| BigNG Rig 2: Intel QX6700\|Asus Maximus II Formula \| 8GB Corsair DDR2 \|HIS 4870 1GB \| 2x 500GB F1 RAID0 \| X-FI Fatal1ty \| Akasa Eclipse \| Zalman CNPS9700-NT Rig 3: Intel E6850 @ 3.6GHz Fuzion V2\| Asus Maximus Extreme \| Full EK NB/SB/Fets \| 4GB Corsair DDR3 1333 \| eVGA 8800GTX KO EKFC8800GTX \|2x WD640GB RAID0 \| Laing DDC3.2 w/Petra top \| 120.2 BIX \| 120.2 BIS \| EK 150 Res \| BigNG \| X-Fi Fatal1ty \| Akasa Eclipse \| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 on all

03-04-2010	#9
Joe Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: UK Posts: 25	Got one of these mate pretty cool. Metal is quite thin unfortunatley, but Its quite a good case overall. Made the switch from my ATCS 210 finally, 80mm fans proucing too much noise:cfm ratio! lol Reccomended case though OH and RE: Temps... reason its not good is because the case HOLDS the heat, you open it up and its like an oven! Fitting an extra extraction (side panel) fixes it though, and provides a warm air over your feet haha __________________ Bad Company 2 Available.

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