Project/Build/Worklog Thingy. Fractal D Arc Midi.

Abz Hussain · 18 Mar 2012 at 21:45

More work done and changes.

I went ahead and cut out the acrylic sheets for the front & top, as per the original plan. Once they were cut out and holes were made for the fans i gave the 'plates' a good old clean and wrapped them in sheet aluminium vinyl wrap. Below is the end result, all that needs to be done is to have the plates fixed to their respective bases with double sided tape. I think it looks better than the ally plates above

Abz Hussain · 18 Mar 2012 at 21:49

Mobo

Time to put in all the goodness.
First off we will prep the mobo. I went with this.

The backplate is a nice black colour too, marked up very well.

Abz Hussain · 18 Mar 2012 at 21:50

CPU, Ram and the Raystorm Waterblock will all be fitted to the mobo whilst i have it out the case. Much easier.

In she goes.

Abz Hussain · 18 Mar 2012 at 21:54

All the above fitted to the mobo and the mobo mounted to the arc midi.

Top rad installed.

Abz Hussain · 18 Mar 2012 at 22:00

Some changes to the original plan.
* Window - still going to have a window but now i will just have the one window rather than the three that i had planned. Just easier and less hassle. Window will also be clear and not tinted.

* Fans - thinking of replacing the FD fan inside the case to a gentle typhoon. The GT's seem to move more air. I am going to daisy chain the fans as well. Once done will get myself a Lamptron touch (30w per channel) controller.

BrianB · 25 Nov 2012 at 01:07

I much prefer the standard mesh to your tin foil design, but the internals are looking very nice and that top rad is HUGE!

As said above a bit of rubbing alcohol easily removes the residue left on the fans and they look pretty nice without the stickers.

For a case fan I recommend a Corsair AF 140mm they are very nice, I have 3 of them as exhausts in my case. I think Akasa Apache 140mm is also good. I will have 2 as intakes once I put a rad up top for watercooling.

Do you reckon a 280mm rad can go up to without modding? I kind of need my Drive bays at the moment, is holding a HDD and fan controller. Plan to watercool my CPU and leave the GPU out of the loop for now.

Build is nice I subbed.

Abz Hussain · 21 Jan 2013 at 16:03

BrianB said:
I much prefer the standard mesh to your tin foil design, but the internals are looking very nice and that top rad is HUGE!

As said above a bit of rubbing alcohol easily removes the residue left on the fans and they look pretty nice without the stickers.

For a case fan I recommend a Corsair AF 140mm they are very nice, I have 3 of them as exhausts in my case. I think Akasa Apache 140mm is also good. I will have 2 as intakes once I put a rad up top for watercooling.

Do you reckon a 280mm rad can go up to without modding? I kind of need my Drive bays at the moment, is holding a HDD and fan controller. Plan to watercool my CPU and leave the GPU out of the loop for now.

Build is nice I subbed.

Hi there
yes a 280 should fit with no probs at all.