Fractal R3

ash_scotland88 · 30 Jul 2010 at 21:20

Emailed Fractal Design and they said their UK supplier is selling it start of september.
Any news for OcUK?

nlr · 30 Jul 2010 at 22:09

Whats the actual difference from R2 and R3 as I am planning on buying a R2 soon..

Best of regards,
Nick.

ash_scotland88 · 30 Jul 2010 at 22:23

dont think there's much.
Some improvements, truth be told it's sort of like a R2.2

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cases/2010/06/16/fractal-design-s-future-cases/1

Kosmiche · 30 Jul 2010 at 22:25

thats the first white case ive seen i like the look of.

franco_22 · 31 Jul 2010 at 20:27

Eames said:
thats the first white case ive seen i like the look of.

Ditto, love the Fractals, wish they were better for cooling and it would be perfect.

Gary* · 31 Jul 2010 at 21:21

franco_22 said:
Ditto, love the Fractals, wish they were better for cooling and it would be perfect.

My Fractals great for cooling, just add some decent aftermarket fans and bingo ...

cainer · 31 Jul 2010 at 22:59

indeed, with my r2 i put 2 noctuas in the front and 1 for exaust at the back, then with the 2 supplied FD fans i put 1 in the side blowing on my 5870's and the other in the rear roof pannel, bumps the price up quite a bit though :/

nlr · 1 Aug 2010 at 00:01

cainer said:
indeed, with my r2 i put 2 noctuas in the front and 1 for exaust at the back, then with the 2 supplied FD fans i put 1 in the side blowing on my 5870's and the other in the rear roof pannel, bumps the price up quite a bit though :/

Do you have any pics?

franco_22 · 1 Aug 2010 at 05:42

nlr said:
Do you have any pics?

yeah would be nice to see

cainer · 2 Aug 2010 at 14:28

no pics im affraid chaps but its all quite standard looking.. ive not got fancy LED's or snazzy watercooling or anything like that

ash_scotland88 · 11 Aug 2010 at 19:44

fractal facebook group says the R3 is released now, any news on OC stock?

nlr · 11 Aug 2010 at 23:06

http://www.fractal-design.com

1LANCS · 12 Aug 2010 at 08:52

What a waste, still only supports graphics cards up to 290mm.

coughs · 12 Aug 2010 at 13:08

1LANCS said:
What a waste, still only supports graphics cards up to 290mm.

are you sure?

1LANCS · 12 Aug 2010 at 13:12

http://www.fractal-design.com/?view=product&category=2&prod=52

* Supports graphic card lengths up to circa 290mm and CPU coolers with height of maximum circa 165mm

nlr · 12 Aug 2010 at 13:24

i'm pretty sure you can remove the HDD bay.

1LANCS · 12 Aug 2010 at 13:59

The hdd bays dont look like they are modular, you can make any case fit if you dremel out the hdd bays.