Be quiet Silent base 800 series or Fractal Design R5 Define... in other words I need a silent case

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I need help deciding which case to go with and I'm looking for a silent case.

Right now if I go with the R5 It will bring my Build pricing down by around $100 or so, but I really do like the look of the Silent Base case

 

I can't make up my mind :^(

[Swndlr]

Define R5

[thekeemo]

Silent base 800

[Doge_Such_Wow]

Silent Base 800.

 

I have it

 

Noise dampening foam, and quality fans already included

 

feel free to ask me any questions

[Senzelian]

Overall the R5 might have a few more features but both are high quality cases.

I like the Silent Base more, because it looks pretty damn awesome and I like to support be quiet whenever I can. I think they have a huge potential.

[PillowSmoke]

I just recieved an R5, and well it's amazing.

[WereCat]

Silent Base 800 will be a lot more silent.

I have Define R4 and while that case is very silent the stock fans are silent as well but only at 5V. It gets audible at 7V and very audible at 12V.

I have be quiet! Dark Rock 2 Pro CPU cooler and those fans are about as loud at max load as the Fractal fans are between 5V and 7V. Since the Silent Base 800 comes with be quiet! fans I can only recommend that case. Also if you dont have window on the case the sound dampening works even better.

[STRMfrmXMN]

I need help deciding which case to go with and I'm looking for a silent case.

Right now if I go with the R5 It will bring my Build pricing down by around $100 or so, but I really do like the look of the Silent Base case

 

I can't make up my mind :^(

If it were my money it would be the be quiet!

I'd look at reviews of both. Even if you're saving 100 bucks do you want to look at your PCs exterior every day and think "I wish I got that other case"?