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I usually don't like making "apples vs. oranges" threads, however, these two cases are fairly new. I've watched both Dimitry's and Linus' video on the Fractal R5, and Dimitry's look on the Silent Base 800(I hope to see Linus review this case in the near future). I'm curious on which one is the better silent option? Looking at both Dimitry's silent tests, it seemed that the R5 was better at blocking the noise. However, the system he put in the R5 had a lot more coil whine so the test wasn't very fair. The fact that the R5 was still quiet with the coil whine, I'd assume the win goes to the R5? Can any silent freaks like myself confirm this? 

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It will be better if you just wait for people to buy them, don't base your decisions just on reviews. I would take the R5 out of those two, IMO it looks better, has better fan mounts and I think it's cheaper.

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The internal layout could be better in the Base.

I say you should go R5. It looks much better anyway IMO. Way more watercooling friendly if that matters to you.

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