nanoxia deep silence 3 or fractal define r5?

diezjackdaniels

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Hello, i want to make a new pc, and the first that i want to buy is the case.
I want a silent pc so i am looking two cases, the nanoxia deep silence 3, and the fractal define r5.
i dont know what to buy, i know that the fractal is more expensive than the nanoxia, but this is not problem if the define r5 is better than the nanoxia.
So please, can you help me to choose one case?
 
You can't go wrong with either of those cases. They are both pretty nice and have good features like bottom mounted PSU, front USB 3.0, good stock fans... With that said, I personally don't fell they offer anything over the Fractal Design Define R4 or Corsair 300r which are less expensive. All of these cases will fit "long" GPUs like the GTX 970 / 980 or R9 280 / 290...
 
My vote goes for the Fractal Define R5. It's a really solid case and would be my first choice if I care about noise level (I'm not too concerned about this, so my first pick is the Phanteks Enthoo Pro).
 
Ignoring price and availability (varies wildly by country, look it up for your area), they are fairly similar, and I doubt you would be disappointed by either

Both are spacious, fairly conservative in appearance with special considerations for quiet operation.

The Fractal Design offers models with a side-panel window (if that matters to your) and seems to be slightly more flexible for high-performance cooling (especially for large water-cooling radiators, if you ever want to go that way) and has built-in dust filters for both front and bottom intakes, may be more convenient for maintenance

Nanoxia's case is almost as good for cooling performance and radiators, but is aggressively engineered for silence with denser insulation, a more rigid steel frame, and vibration-absorbing mounts for hard drives (edit: Fractal has these too), and higher-priced/quality fans included

Disclaimer: just ordered the FD R5 to upgrade my personal rig