Hello Russell,
Thanks for your message.
My comments are inline below.
Steve
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From: "Russell Reiter" <rreite...@gmail.com>
To: "GTALUG Talk" <talk@gtalug.org>; "Steve Petrie, P.Eng."
<apet...@aspetrie.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2016 4:53 PM
Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP
PC;
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[3] case with plenty of free expansion slots, fan mounts and generous
air
flow clearances;
Here's the top critical review of your case, at least I think it's the
same
one. I lifted this from Newegg. Note the issue with SSD mounts.
8/26/2015 8:29:07 PM
Pros: It looks nice. It's quiet. Cable management is okay.
Cons: The case came bent near the power supply. This was easily
fixable
but it says something about how they package the case for shipping. My
friend ordered a Define S case and his came with even more damage. The
back
of the case was bent and the LED light plug was broken. This does not
make
me want to buy another fractal design product. The biggest complaint I
have
about the case is that ssd mounts don't fit either of my ssd's.
Admittedly
I do have on ssd that is slightly bigger than the other, but the
smaller
one is a standard 2.5" drive that I can't mount because it's too big
for
the mount they designed. It makes me wonder if any ssd's can fit in
this
mount. Overall I'm not impressed.
I'm not impressed, either.
Based on earlier GTALUG advice (from Lennart) that the front door on the
Fractal Design case (if closed) is inviting a self-ejecting optical
drive to destroy itself, I already decided to drop the Fractal Design
case(with its front door) and I'm going to investigate Lennart's
suggested substitution: Silverstone TJ04-E.
Here's the review which led me to the previous, which I think is your
choice.
http://m.newegg.com/Product/TopReviewDetails?itemnumber=N82E16811352049&istopcritical=True
I couldn't find the exact critical review from which you got the
critical review snippet, but the damage to the case, and the lack of SSD
mount space, just confirm my decision to drop the Fractal Design case.
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