Fractal Design Arc

mundstick · 31 May 2011 at 14:02

joxang said:
:O :O :O. About to wet myself. The case side needs a window, not a mesh, but that can be cut. Other than that this looks ****** PERFECT. May have to consider a total rebuild in this case.

I am more than happy with it with no window!

Then again I have nothing to go inside worth showing off

ZXSpectrum · 31 May 2011 at 16:07

Cant see it being that expensive. Pretty sure thats actually a plastic front (Stylish, minimalistic front panel with alu-look) and i am also sure that they are actually Lian Li OEM chassis rebranded..

joxang · 31 May 2011 at 20:09

Skyline said:
Cant see it being that expensive. Pretty sure thats actually a plastic front (Stylish, minimalistic front panel with alu-look) and i am also sure that they are actually Lian Li OEM chassis rebranded..

Pricing will be around £70. Checked on bit-tech and you're right, it is a plastic front which is rather disappointing

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However, plastic front and re-branded Lian Li OEM are kind of mutually exclusive

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DeadMan · 31 May 2011 at 20:32

looks like a good case to me, I especially like the minimilistic looks.

SubScape · 1 Jun 2011 at 05:39

Skyline said:
Cant see it being that expensive. Pretty sure thats actually a plastic front (Stylish, minimalistic front panel with alu-look) and i am also sure that they are actually Lian Li OEM chassis rebranded..

Plastic front is a bit of a disappointment, but then it looks the part and that's what matters, plus the other features it has more than make up for it, not sure about the Lian Li OEM chassis though, why wouldn't lian li sell it themselves as it's sure to be pretty popular, it doesn't seem to share many lian li features either, plastic front, black insides etc.

ZXSpectrum · 1 Jun 2011 at 07:36

Lian Li have a OEM sector now and will make chassis to order for manufacturers. Have a look at the Lancool range

Now they are not the normal sort of Lian Li chassis you see either.. I am not knocking the design as i quite like it apart from the plastic front and the silly HUUUUUUGE embossed "Fractal" on it. Loads of room and if you take out the middle cage you can get a huge GFX Card in it. Very wide so can get it nice and tidy..

Amos91 · 4 Jun 2011 at 00:38

Thought I would update this thread with the pre-order page:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-014-FD&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=1556

Price is a little bit steep atm. Hopefully it comes down closer to release or soon after.

pastymuncher · 4 Jun 2011 at 13:52

It's only £5 more than the original estimate and much better than the £90 is was supposed to be. It's a good price for a case like this.

arcon33 · 5 Jun 2011 at 12:58

Will ocuk be getting the arc mini in? Can see it being a nice home for the maximus iv gene-z

RJC · 5 Jun 2011 at 14:05

Looking like a nice case

COYS · 5 Jun 2011 at 15:27

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cases/2011/05/31/fractal-design-arc-review/1

Review on Bit-tech. Looks good value although doesn't look like it has a removeable tray

Evoss · 5 Jun 2011 at 15:39

Very nice case, loving its sleek design.

Arcane · 6 Jun 2011 at 10:16

I'm undecided on which to get, this or the Corsair Carbide 500R, both are looking good for the money.

NickM · 6 Jun 2011 at 21:26

Looks very sleek and minimalistic. Shame the front is plastic though! I'd happily pay a bit more for a metal version. Only 1 front USB3? Are they more expensive to do than front USB2?

Darren_uk · 15 Jul 2011 at 18:21

3 things that i would have liked to see with this Case.....

1) A nice big window on the side to show off your setup\watercooling

2) Less HD Trays & 3 OR 4 (5.25 bays ), not many people would use 8 hd trays ,
I have 2 hds -1TB & a 2TB still got tons of room after like hd tv movies 28gig to 36 gig. this is more of a gaming case than a server case, also
if you had 4 5.25 bays you could place say a XSPC RX360 RAD inside up top of case & still have room for 5.25 bay hardware under it, or even better have 3 or 4 front removable 5.25 drive bay cage!

3) Full Aluminium

then again if it was Full Aluminium the price would rocket ,but i would gladly pay for a case like this.

i am still thinking of going for this as all else is great with the case, i just going to have to find away of doing away with my 2 - 5.25 bay fan controllers, i also have a 5.25" drive bay res tank & a blu-ray drive .

diverse180 · 18 Jul 2011 at 16:41

Looks to be available now from a few places.

Found another review vid too (gets a gold award if you cba to watch it all)

mejobloggs · 19 Jul 2011 at 01:27

I'm really keen on getting the Arc Mini

Wanting to have a smallish gaming build

Darren_uk · 19 Jul 2011 at 16:48

Good News, Got a email from Fractal Design saying ...

Hi,

We are working on a windowed sidepanel for Define R3 and Arc Midi. When it will be ready is to early to tell currently though.

Best Regards

Fractal Design

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Got my Fractal Design Arc Midi Case today off the web & it is great, not put my hardware in it as yet, comes with a fan controller bracket that fits in the back of the case & can work 3 fans by turning the 1 controller knob
will use this for my 3 fans on MY XSPC-RX360 RAD that i will put on top of case!