I bought both these cases within the last two weeks at some pretty great prices. I was going to use them each for a few days then decide on a winner and sell the loser. I took them out of the boxes today and my initial impressions are that the Fractal is MUCH heavier and wider than the Corsair, it is also mean (?) looking, has three fans and a fan control, more hdd space, a windows (no biggie for me) and less 5.25 space. It also has the USB 3.0 on top where as the Corsair is on the front. The Corsair looks more refined and also has some nice looking sound dampening on the inside. It also has one more 5.25 space, less hdd space, seems to have easy to use brackets for hdd and burner, two fans, nice door that is easy to change from left to right etc.
I don't know if this would have anything to do with my needs but everything about the Fractal is thicker, hence heavier. I could drop a brick on it from 10' and don't think it would dent it much.
That is where my testing sadly ends, as now I seek out help from the Anandtech crowd. Recent and recurring health issues (setback just this am) have sidelined my testing and would love any advice from anyone who has used one or both of the above. My needs are simple, I wish to have a quiet case, and easy to install and remove things. I only have one ssd, two other high capacity low rpm hdd's for media and pictures etc backups, a single Bluray burner, some usb 3 addon cards, and simple mb-cpu-power supply. My current case makes it a pain to do anything in, not that it is all the time but when I need to try something out or install something new I want it to be as simple as possible. My current case also gets really dusty inside, and I mean really.
Hopefully I haven't bored anyone, and would appreciate any pros or cons. Thanks so much.
I don't know if this would have anything to do with my needs but everything about the Fractal is thicker, hence heavier. I could drop a brick on it from 10' and don't think it would dent it much.
That is where my testing sadly ends, as now I seek out help from the Anandtech crowd. Recent and recurring health issues (setback just this am) have sidelined my testing and would love any advice from anyone who has used one or both of the above. My needs are simple, I wish to have a quiet case, and easy to install and remove things. I only have one ssd, two other high capacity low rpm hdd's for media and pictures etc backups, a single Bluray burner, some usb 3 addon cards, and simple mb-cpu-power supply. My current case makes it a pain to do anything in, not that it is all the time but when I need to try something out or install something new I want it to be as simple as possible. My current case also gets really dusty inside, and I mean really.
Hopefully I haven't bored anyone, and would appreciate any pros or cons. Thanks so much.
