Fractal Design vs Thermaltake

[Dirk Broer]

As some of you may have noticed, Thermaltake, with their Suppressor F51, has taken a beating -internet-wise- for the alleged copying of Fractal Design's Define R5 (http://www.legitreviews.com/thermaltake-accused-of-stealing-new-computex-products-went-too-far_165153):
http://www.legitreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/define-r5-supressor-f51-645x423.jpg
They do look similair, don't they? But let's take a deeper look and compare the Fractal Design Defines R4, R5 and XL R2 with the Thermaltake Suppressors F31 and F51.




Fractal Design Define R4 (http://www.fractal-design.com/home/product/cases/define-series/define-r4-black-pearl)
Fractal Design Define R5 (http://www.fractal-design.com/home/product/cases/define-series/define-r5-black)
Fractal Design Define XL R2 (http://www.fractal-design.com/home/product/cases/discontinued-products/define-xl-black-pearl)
Thermaltake Suppressor F31 (http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Chassis/Mid_Tower_/Suppressor/C_00002733/Suppressor_F31/design.htm)
Thermaltake Suppressor F51 (http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/products-model.aspx?id=C_00002676)


Height
464 mm
451 mm
560 mm
497 mm
(19.5 inch)
525 mm
(20.6 inch)


Width
232 mm
232 mm
232 mm
250 mm
(9.8 inch)
230 mm
(9.1 inch)


Deepness
523 mm
521 mm
559 mm
515 mm
(20.3 inch)
577 mm
(22.7 inch)


Max Motherboard
12”x 9.6” (ATX)
12”x 9.6” (ATX)
12”x 13” (EATX)
12”x 9.6” (ATX)
12”x 13” (EATX)


Cooler height
170 mm
180 mm
170 mm
180 mm
185 mm


GPU length
295 mm (with HDD rack)
430 mm (without HDD rack)
310 mm (with HDD rack)
440 mm (without HDD rack)
330 mm (with HDD rack)
480 mm (without HDD rack)
278 mm (with HDD rack)
420 mm (without HDD rack)
310 mm (with HDD rack)
465 mm (without HDD rack)


PSU length
170mm
with one bottom fan
190/170 mm
with a bottom 120/140mm fan
190mm
with one bottom fan[/td]
180mm
with one bottom fan
220mm
with one bottom fan


Front fans
2x 120 mm or
2x 140 mm
2x 120 mm or
2x 140 mm
2x 120 mm or
2x 140 mm
2x 120 mm or
2x 140 mm or
1x 200 mm
3x 120 mm or
2x 140 mm or
1x 200 mm


Rear fans
1x 120 or
1x 140 mm
1x 120 or
1x 140 mm
1x 120 or
1x 140 mm
1x 120 or
1x 140 mm
1x 120 or
1x 140 mm


Top fans
2x 120 mm or
2x 140 mm
3x 120 mm or
3x 140 mm
2x 120 mm or
2x 140 mm
3x 120 mm or
3x 140 mm or
2x 200 mm
3x 120 mm or
3x 140 mm or
2x 200 mm


Bottom fans
1x 120 or
1x 140 mm
2x 120 mm or
2x 140 mm
1x 120 mm or
1x 140 mm
2x 120 mm or
2x 140 mm
2x 120 mm


Side fans
1x 120 or
1x 140 mm
1x 120 or
1x 140 mm
1x 120 or
1x 140 mm
1x 120 or
1x 140 mm
1x 120 or
1x 140 mm


Front radiator
?
3x 120 mm or
2x 140 mm
2x 120 mm
3x 120 mm or
2x 140 mm or
2x 180 mm
3x 120 mm or
2x 140 mm or
2x 180 mm or
3x 140 mm


Rear radiator
?
1x 120 or
1x 140 mm

1x 120 or
1x 140 mm
1x 120 or
1x 140 mm
1x 120 or
1x 140 mm


Top radiator
2x 120 mm
3x 120 mm or
2x 140 mm or
3x 140 mm
2x 120 mm or
2x 140 mm
3x 120 mm or
2x 140 mm or
2x 180 mm
3x 120 mm or
2x 140 mm or
2x 180 mm or
3x 140 mm


Bottom radiator
?
1x 120 or
2x 120 mm
1x 120 mm
1x 120 or
1x 140 mm
1x 120 or
2x 120 mm

[vaughan]

I have a few Fractal Design R5s, good cases. No Thermaltake here.

[Dirk Broer]

I have a few Fractal Design R5s, good cases. No Thermaltake here.

I have added the cooling options to the table. The Fractal Design Define R5 looks like a good case and costs around 100 Euro's over here,
the same price as the Thermaltake Suppressor F31. The somewhat bigger Thermaltake Suppressor F51 costs 145 Euro's.
A bit of a let-down of the F51 is the lack of SSI EEB holes, which you seem to have to make yourself when fitting a SSI EEB board, such as the ASUS Z10PE-D16 WS (https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Z10PED16_WS/) or the KGPE-D16 (http://www.asus.com/Commercial-Servers-Workstations/KGPED16/).