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Fractal Design Define R4 good for gaming?

Waitingforatrain
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So I'm going to be building a gaming rig soon, and I was just wondering if the Define r4 would be a solid gaming case in terms of air flow, room, compatibility, etc. Here are the general specs if it helps:

GPU: GTX 970

CPU: i5-4690k

PSU: CX500

MB: Asus Z97-A

RAM: Kingston HyperX fury 8gb

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Yup its a good case

 

 

Take a look at its successor the Define R5, they fixed a lot of the complaints with the r4

 

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So I'm going to be building a gaming rig soon, and I was just wondering if the Define r4 would be a solid gaming case in terms of air flow, room, compatibility, etc. Here are the general specs if it helps:

GPU: GTX 970

CPU: i5-4690k

PSU: CX500

MB: Asus Z97-A

RAM: Kingston HyperX fury 8gb

Thanks

If you gonna game on 1080p or 1440p then should not be any issue. If you are going 4k, then you will need 1 more GPU and that might be a little too hot in the case. It depends very much on where you are located as well. For me, I'm in Singapore and if I go with your specs on 4K, then I will have to open to side panel to game if not, it will be too hot.

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Yup its a good case

 

 

Take a look at its successor the Define R5, they fixed a lot of the complaints with the r4

And now it's uggly: modular plastic top, cutted drive cages, FD logos everywhere...

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If you gonna game on 1080p or 1440p then should not be any issue. If you are going 4k, then you will need 1 more GPU and that might be a little too hot in the case. It depends very much on where you are located as well. For me, I'm in Singapore and if I go with your specs on 4K, then I will have to open to side panel to game if not, it will be too hot.

 

SLI isn't an issue with this case. If your GPUs get too hot, get the non-windowed one and place a fan blowing straight down on the GPUs, and use both front fans.

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