WEBVTT 00:00:00.199 --> 00:00:07.120 welcome to unboxing day we're bringing them back officially and we are starting 00:00:05.839 --> 00:00:13.120 things up with a product that I'm sure the 00:00:10.559 --> 00:00:17.800 manufacturer expected me to open in a timely manner I mean look at this Josh 00:00:15.559 --> 00:00:23.320 from fractal where's that label Josh from fractal sent this thing via 00:00:20.800 --> 00:00:29.480 International today do you have any idea how expensive that is it is now whatever 00:00:26.800 --> 00:00:34.200 the date is today May the 7th and I haven't even touched it yet so let's go 00:00:31.439 --> 00:00:36.719 ahead and open up the Define s from fractal 00:00:37.840 --> 00:00:47.149 design oh I sliced the handrail 00:00:49.120 --> 00:00:55.520 crap Intel 750 series drives feature the 00:00:52.520 --> 00:00:58.120 new NVMe standard for never-before seen 00:00:55.520 --> 00:01:01.920 performance from a consumer grade SSD click now to learn more 00:01:03.800 --> 00:01:07.519 good packaging they got going on 00:01:08.119 --> 00:01:11.479 here there we 00:01:13.640 --> 00:01:18.360 go all right well that's a reassuring 00:01:20.159 --> 00:01:27.960 sound hopefully it didn't get broken in shipping so the concept be behind the 00:01:25.360 --> 00:01:33.799 Define s is for fractal design to have a case that is less expensive than their 00:01:30.240 --> 00:01:36.320 Flagship Define r series while offering 00:01:33.799 --> 00:01:42.960 the same build quality the same Aesthetics and actually even better 00:01:40.439 --> 00:01:47.920 options for water cooling for their liquid cooling efficient AO customers so 00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:52.200 it looks like I got the windowed side panel version but there is also a non- 00:01:50.079 --> 00:01:56.719 windowed version if you're not that into the whole staring at your Hardware thing 00:01:54.920 --> 00:02:00.560 but I would make the argument that for someone who's into liquid cooling the 00:01:58.280 --> 00:02:05.840 odds of them preferring the window one is pretty darn good now fractal has done 00:02:03.920 --> 00:02:10.640 in recent years a much better job of packaging and the defin s is no 00:02:07.439 --> 00:02:12.879 exception nice thick foam it's not soft 00:02:10.640 --> 00:02:16.680 foam but the fact that it's nice and thick the fact that the case is heavy 00:02:14.360 --> 00:02:20.080 but not overly heavy means that it should be in pretty good shape by the 00:02:18.120 --> 00:02:26.040 time it gets to you you've got an accessory box right around there it's 00:02:22.720 --> 00:02:28.480 got some screws inside also Reservoir 00:02:26.040 --> 00:02:33.080 brackets o exciting and then a user guide which 00:02:30.599 --> 00:02:38.360 usually they kind of suck no offense to a fractal design but let's give them a 00:02:35.360 --> 00:02:41.280 chance to have it not suck oh a 00:02:38.360 --> 00:02:45.920 builder's guide with optional steps you don't even have to do those 00:02:43.760 --> 00:02:50.159 things fascinating okay actually actually not shabby all right so let's 00:02:47.879 --> 00:02:53.360 open up the case and find out what's uh clanking around inside 00:02:58.080 --> 00:03:07.360 there oh my side panels came undone in shipping so unlike the Define R5 the 00:03:03.959 --> 00:03:10.159 Define s does not feature the latching 00:03:07.360 --> 00:03:15.280 side panel mechanism however they have improved it in one regard so you can see 00:03:13.040 --> 00:03:20.280 here they now use captive thumb screws on both the left and right side panel 00:03:17.400 --> 00:03:24.319 which means that you won't lose them compared to the Define R5 it also 00:03:21.840 --> 00:03:27.680 features a much wider side panel window which makes sense since in the front of 00:03:26.159 --> 00:03:31.120 the case instead of having a whole bunch of hard drive cages which it should be 00:03:29.200 --> 00:03:34.959 noted on the F R5 are actually removable and reconfigurable part of why it's more 00:03:32.720 --> 00:03:39.599 expensive uh instead of having those you should actually have things like oh I 00:03:37.159 --> 00:03:43.360 don't know a liquid filled Reservoir or something like that that's got like you 00:03:41.120 --> 00:03:47.920 know UV glowy liquid all over the inside of it or something along those lines and 00:03:45.599 --> 00:03:51.959 you can see they give you a ton like a metric butt ton of options in terms of 00:03:50.439 --> 00:03:56.519 mounting whether you got one of those little dinky cylinder reses or one of 00:03:54.000 --> 00:04:01.879 those super long cylinder reses it will feel at home in here now in terms of the 00:03:59.280 --> 00:04:06.239 rest of the features it's pretty much open in here so you've got a large CPU 00:04:04.000 --> 00:04:11.280 cutout you've got seven PCI slots you've got an included 140 mm fan at the back 00:04:09.120 --> 00:04:15.400 and an additional one in the front you've got your power supply mounting 00:04:13.400 --> 00:04:19.880 complete with anti vibrational little foam bits here and at the back and then 00:04:18.199 --> 00:04:23.240 you've got this hard drive sled which we'll get into a little bit more later 00:04:22.000 --> 00:04:29.080 at the bottom you've got mounting for a 120 or 140 mm fan as well as mounting 00:04:27.240 --> 00:04:35.479 holes for the most popular pumps on the market so you can go go ahead and you can mount your DDC or your D5 pump 00:04:33.759 --> 00:04:40.360 natively here which are the only ones I'd really recommend using especially 00:04:37.680 --> 00:04:44.639 the D5 I'm not a huge fan of the DDC your front panel connectors are all 00:04:42.280 --> 00:04:49.919 black except for the blue on the end of the USB 3.0 connector and all adequately 00:04:47.680 --> 00:04:55.280 labeled with things like power LED positive power LED ground clearly 00:04:53.280 --> 00:04:59.360 indicated you've got your cable management grommets not a ton of them 00:04:57.320 --> 00:05:03.000 but I'd say enough so one for the eight pin one for the 24 pin and one for all 00:05:01.639 --> 00:05:07.120 the sick graphic cards you're going to put in there and let's go ahead and have a look at 00:05:05.919 --> 00:05:13.039 the front of the case we never really got to do the tour of the outside 00:05:09.600 --> 00:05:13.039 because it went and opened itself for 00:05:14.440 --> 00:05:20.479 us so at the front you've got the usual 00:05:18.319 --> 00:05:24.800 brushed plasticky looking finish that we've seen on the Define r series for 00:05:22.360 --> 00:05:29.680 quite some time except oh what's this it actually doesn't open at all so these 00:05:27.600 --> 00:05:34.080 vents on the side here are going to be for your front intake and they are 00:05:31.600 --> 00:05:37.520 actually quite spacious you can look right through them like that and other 00:05:35.840 --> 00:05:41.479 than that that's nothing there is no 5 and a/4 in Baye there is no opening up 00:05:39.680 --> 00:05:44.880 front door on the top you can see another cost-saving measure so we've got 00:05:43.039 --> 00:05:49.800 front audio a reset switch a power switch that is illuminated I believe 00:05:47.120 --> 00:05:55.560 yeah looks like it as well as two USB 3.0 ports but no additional two USB 2.0 00:05:53.360 --> 00:06:00.000 ports also on the top we've got the same modu vent system from the Define R5 so 00:05:58.240 --> 00:06:04.199 you can pop off one two or three of these depending on how many fans you have installed on that side and then 00:06:02.800 --> 00:06:09.759 around on the other side we find not a whole lot of much of anything and the same goes for the back so let's go ahead 00:06:07.520 --> 00:06:12.680 and pop off this side panel and hey look at that the fan spinning itself it's 00:06:11.440 --> 00:06:18.800 like a windmill oh well that was shortlived all 00:06:15.919 --> 00:06:24.800 right so on the back here we've got yes where that three and half in Drive 00:06:22.039 --> 00:06:28.639 mounting cage would have wanted to go back to at some point here if I can 00:06:26.919 --> 00:06:32.759 figure out yeah there we go so it goes in a little something like that no harm 00:06:30.400 --> 00:06:36.520 no foul fractal design I forgive you for this thing falling out in shipping 00:06:34.039 --> 00:06:40.240 international today do you have any idea how expensive that is so back here 00:06:38.960 --> 00:06:44.720 you've got your drive mounting options I said no five and a quarter but that doesn't mean that you can't actually 00:06:42.960 --> 00:06:49.000 mount a fair number of drives you can do three 3 and 1/2 in or 2 and 1/2 in 00:06:47.360 --> 00:06:53.560 drives on these cages with their connectors oriented towards this side 00:06:51.280 --> 00:06:58.080 that allows you to plug them into the ample Cable Management room back here so 00:06:56.520 --> 00:07:01.840 you can go ahead and sneak your SATA data and SATA power connector in there 00:07:00.319 --> 00:07:07.199 and then you can actually mount an additional two 2 and 1/2 in drives 00:07:04.360 --> 00:07:10.879 directly under the CPU socket area right here so these also mount on little 00:07:08.840 --> 00:07:15.120 removable sleds you screw them into that you pop them into the back huge 00:07:12.759 --> 00:07:19.000 improvement over that one case I can't was it the Define R4 I think where you 00:07:16.879 --> 00:07:22.000 had to actually screw the SSD in from the other side of the motherboard 00:07:20.440 --> 00:07:26.400 another Improvement his fractal design is now including these velcro straps for 00:07:24.720 --> 00:07:30.720 cable management you'll probably still need to use some zip ties but it's much 00:07:28.639 --> 00:07:35.080 less of a huge deal once you've got at least a few reusable ones wouldn't mind 00:07:33.039 --> 00:07:38.360 seeing another one here and I guess that's pretty much all there is to say 00:07:36.360 --> 00:07:42.160 about the back there's enough room even at the in the narrowest portion for a 24 00:07:40.680 --> 00:07:47.280 pin connector as long as you don't cross too many things over top of it but do 00:07:44.879 --> 00:07:51.280 factor in that on the inside of the side panel is that noise dampening material 00:07:49.440 --> 00:07:55.039 that we've seen on fractal designs other Silence optimized cases something to 00:07:53.759 --> 00:07:59.520 noce if you want the windowed version you do pay a little bit more even though the funny thing is I'm pretty sure that 00:07:57.879 --> 00:08:03.039 a piece of acrylic is actually cheap deer than the noise dampening material 00:08:01.360 --> 00:08:08.039 they're using so I'm not quite sure if I understand the cost structure there back 00:08:05.280 --> 00:08:12.840 around to the front you can put up to a triple 120 or triple 140 mm radiator 00:08:11.199 --> 00:08:16.639 into the uh filtered there we go let's see if we can 00:08:15.039 --> 00:08:21.759 figure out how to get that bad boy out filtered front 00:08:18.280 --> 00:08:21.759 intake come out you 00:08:21.919 --> 00:08:24.919 bastard 00:08:26.759 --> 00:08:31.280 oh right 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:35.120 now this is what happens when you try and figure these cases out in real time 00:08:33.560 --> 00:08:39.880 H it's magnetic it's actually kind of smart so it hinges on there and then 00:08:37.479 --> 00:08:44.720 magnets on there so what did I say yeah triple 120s or triple 140s in the front 00:08:42.880 --> 00:08:51.920 and then you can actually do up to a slim triple 140 or a thick triple 120 in 00:08:49.839 --> 00:08:54.839 the top as well the reason for the slim requirement on the triple 140 is you're 00:08:53.560 --> 00:08:59.160 going to have issues with motherboard clearance since those 140 mm radiators 00:08:58.000 --> 00:09:03.600 are going to go somewhere over in the neighbor neighborhood of I think like heish I can't actually find the mounting 00:09:02.200 --> 00:09:08.480 holes I'm 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