WEBVTT 00:00:00.880 --> 00:00:08.559 Now, this is a product that is going to be completely boring for some people, 00:00:05.600 --> 00:00:15.200 but really exciting for others because it is a miniITX case that houses six 3 00:00:12.719 --> 00:00:19.920 and 1/2 in hard drives and one 2 and 1/2 in drive. So, that means if you're into 00:00:17.440 --> 00:00:26.480 Windows home server or any other kind of uh home storage software or if you uh if 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:32.960 you have a media PC that you like to keep a lot of content stored on, this is 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:38.879 for you. This is an aluminum case. This is the Fractal Design Array R2 miniITX 00:00:36.960 --> 00:00:42.640 case. I guess I'll show you what it says on the outside. So, the case size, it 00:00:40.800 --> 00:00:48.960 looks like they actually uh made some adjustments to the box, but it's 250x 00:00:45.120 --> 00:00:51.680 200 by 350 mm, so it's quite small. It's 00:00:48.960 --> 00:00:56.640 compatible with miniITX boards. It has a 140 mm fan, which is also very 00:00:54.239 --> 00:01:00.800 impressive for a miniITX case. I already talked about all that storage space. Uh, 00:00:59.199 --> 00:01:04.960 okay. There's a little bit about Fractal Design itself. And then finally, I just 00:01:03.520 --> 00:01:10.640 want to show you what it says on the front. Oh, yes. And it does also include 00:01:06.560 --> 00:01:13.040 a 300 W SFX power supply. So that's 00:01:10.640 --> 00:01:18.400 pretty sweet as well. So let's go ahead and get this 00:01:14.840 --> 00:01:20.920 open. And yeah, there's something else I 00:01:18.400 --> 00:01:26.479 thought I wanted to mention, but I was wrong. Okay, I have not seen this one in 00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:32.880 person yet. Although everything that I've seen from Fractal Design so far has 00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:36.159 uh looked great on paper and then looked 00:01:32.880 --> 00:01:38.799 even better in person. So, I have a very 00:01:36.159 --> 00:01:46.079 very high expectations for the Array R2. I apologize for it taking me so long to 00:01:42.240 --> 00:01:48.439 do this unboxing, but uh just haven't 00:01:46.079 --> 00:01:54.960 really gotten around to it for some reason. All right. Now, one thing that I 00:01:51.360 --> 00:01:57.360 have on um fairly good authority, but 00:01:54.960 --> 00:02:03.040 you know, keep it to yourself, is that this case is actually OEM, at least in 00:02:00.320 --> 00:02:09.039 part, by Lean Lee. So, the finish on it, you can already see, is just 00:02:05.399 --> 00:02:11.440 outstanding. A beautiful black anodized 00:02:09.039 --> 00:02:16.080 aluminum finish all over the outside of this case. Very clean looking, which is 00:02:14.080 --> 00:02:21.360 something that we've come to expect from Fractal Design. Just lots of straight 00:02:18.640 --> 00:02:27.520 edges, ventilation holes in places where they make sense, and an overall elegant 00:02:24.959 --> 00:02:32.080 elegant design and look and feel to the case. So, I'm going to flip it over on 00:02:29.599 --> 00:02:36.959 its side. Oh, I feel terrible flipping it onto its side on the table. So, just 00:02:34.800 --> 00:02:42.720 looks so nice. So, I'm gonna just put down some plastic here. And there we go. 00:02:40.560 --> 00:02:47.120 So, you can see that it does have four rubber feet on the bottom. And uh we've 00:02:45.360 --> 00:02:51.760 got yet another Looks like this panel is actually removable. The assembly of the 00:02:49.519 --> 00:02:56.000 case looks quite modular. So, um I'm going to have to go get a screwdriver so 00:02:53.120 --> 00:03:00.879 we can take this apart. So, we're on a voyage of discovery about how exactly 00:02:58.319 --> 00:03:04.800 all of this fits together. uh right now. So, I removed the top panel and you can 00:03:03.280 --> 00:03:09.200 see we've actually got some noise dampening material here on the top. All 00:03:07.519 --> 00:03:13.840 right. So, you got to be really careful when you're handling these uh these 00:03:11.680 --> 00:03:18.920 anodized aluminum panels because as soon as you touch them once the oil from your 00:03:16.920 --> 00:03:23.920 fingers will leave a fingerprint on it that you 00:03:21.599 --> 00:03:29.040 can't even remove. So, you want to be really careful when you're working with 00:03:25.760 --> 00:03:31.360 cases like this. And uh this goes for 00:03:29.040 --> 00:03:35.519 pretty much all anodized aluminum surfaces and even some of the 00:03:32.799 --> 00:03:40.080 non-anodized aluminum cases. You just got to be uh very very careful. Now uh 00:03:38.239 --> 00:03:45.760 the the screws on the top allowed me to remove the top panel. And then these two 00:03:42.799 --> 00:03:50.159 screws here appear to loosen the hard drive cage which is here. So that's 00:03:47.280 --> 00:03:56.720 where we mount our six hard drives. And I have yet to figure 00:03:52.360 --> 00:03:58.159 out exactly how to remove uh this part. 00:03:56.720 --> 00:04:05.120 Oh, you know what? I figured it out. But this is going to take a little while. I think I have to remove the screws on the 00:04:02.640 --> 00:04:09.599 bottom. So, you can see that uh there is some disassembly required for this case. 00:04:07.920 --> 00:04:17.040 So, better just uh turn off the camera for a minute. All right. Well, after 00:04:13.159 --> 00:04:18.880 um about 20 screws and uh removing some 00:04:17.040 --> 00:04:22.400 completely unnecessary parts, I think I finally figured out how it works. So, 00:04:20.720 --> 00:04:26.880 you do not remove the screws in the side. Actually, what you do is you 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:32.240 remove the four screws in the top of the hard drive cage, which slides in like 00:04:29.960 --> 00:04:35.600 this. And then we'll move the power supply cables out of the way there. So, 00:04:33.680 --> 00:04:41.120 you can see it rests on top of these black pads so that you get some 00:04:37.880 --> 00:04:43.680 antiibration action going on there. And 00:04:41.120 --> 00:04:47.040 uh so you just screw those in. And I'm just going to remove it for the sake of 00:04:45.600 --> 00:04:52.080 showing you guys some of the other things that are included. So maybe I can 00:04:50.240 --> 00:04:56.479 also figure out where the 2 and 1/2 in drive 00:04:53.240 --> 00:05:00.400 goes. H oh there it is. So the 2 and 1/2 00:04:56.479 --> 00:05:02.000 in drive mounts on the bottom of this. 00:05:00.400 --> 00:05:06.160 And you can see that there are four convenient screwdriver holes located 00:05:04.240 --> 00:05:10.000 here. So you can actually screw the drive in. And then it just sits on the 00:05:08.000 --> 00:05:16.440 bottom of the entire hard drive cage. So, this holds six 3 and 1/2 in and two 00:05:13.039 --> 00:05:18.800 well rather one 2 and 1/2 in 00:05:16.440 --> 00:05:24.000 drive. All right. Now, let's finally look at the accessories and what's 00:05:21.199 --> 00:05:27.919 inside the case. So, here we have uh motherboard screws. We have lots of hard 00:05:26.240 --> 00:05:33.600 drive screws and that's pretty much it. We've got one uh cable management tie 00:05:30.960 --> 00:05:39.919 and then we have our motherboard tray which I removed which is entirely 00:05:37.240 --> 00:05:43.680 unnecessary. So, what I would like to do is I'll put this back down. Get some of 00:05:42.479 --> 00:05:49.440 this stuff out of my way. Oh, it comes with a power cord since it does include 00:05:45.919 --> 00:05:52.240 a power supply. So, I can take this, put 00:05:49.440 --> 00:05:56.320 it back on top where it belongs. And now we can examine what the inside of the 00:05:54.240 --> 00:06:02.720 case looks like. So, here we go. Here is the uh SFX power supply. Uh you can see 00:06:00.240 --> 00:06:07.520 that it is a 300 W unit capable of providing up to 14 amps on one of the 00:06:05.360 --> 00:06:14.080 12volt rails and 16 amps on the other 12volt rail. So it does have two 12vt 00:06:10.560 --> 00:06:17.600 rails. In terms of connectors, we have a 00:06:14.080 --> 00:06:19.840 24 pin connector. Oh, no way. Is that a 00:06:17.600 --> 00:06:26.000 is that a 20 pin? No, it's a 24 pin. Good. Yeah, we have a 24 pin. So a 20 + 00:06:22.720 --> 00:06:28.800 4. And then we also have a 4 pin uh P4 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:35.199 connector. And then, go figure, we've got a bunch of SATA power. So, how many 00:06:31.039 --> 00:06:37.440 of those do we have? We have 1 2 3 4 5 6 00:06:35.199 --> 00:06:41.600 7 SATA power, which makes sense cuz that's how many drives it holds. And 00:06:39.360 --> 00:06:46.440 then we have one additional Molex connector. So, this is pretty much 00:06:43.039 --> 00:06:50.160 designed to power your board, your 00:06:46.440 --> 00:06:52.639 drives, and that's it. The front 140 mm 00:06:50.160 --> 00:06:56.160 fan hooks up via a three pin fan connector. And you can see that the 00:06:54.319 --> 00:06:59.919 whole front assembly for the 140 millimeter fan is held in by three 00:06:57.919 --> 00:07:03.280 screws at the top. And it's also held in by a matching three screws at the 00:07:01.759 --> 00:07:07.680 bottom. So you can remove this whole thing, put on a different fan if you so 00:07:05.680 --> 00:07:12.080 desire, and it can be easily replaced that way. The front panel connectors are 00:07:09.759 --> 00:07:18.960 here. So we've got a power switch as well as a power LED. And that is it. The 00:07:15.520 --> 00:07:20.400 front of the case is very clean and uh 00:07:18.960 --> 00:07:24.800 they're able to achieve that by only having one switch. And then the LED is 00:07:22.560 --> 00:07:30.080 actually inside there. You've got space for two expansion cards. So that is you 00:07:27.280 --> 00:07:34.160 can install one expansion card with ITX or you can install one dual slot card. 00:07:32.400 --> 00:07:39.599 Although I wouldn't be expecting to install any uh any long graphics cards 00:07:37.280 --> 00:07:43.520 unless you make some modifications to the hard drive cage, which you could 00:07:41.280 --> 00:07:46.800 quite easily do now that I look at it. Although you'd have to make some 00:07:45.039 --> 00:07:50.560 modifications to the power supply mounting and you'd be you'd be making 00:07:48.720 --> 00:07:57.680 some pretty serious modifications to the case itself. Not something that I think is uh 00:07:55.280 --> 00:08:02.960 for the first time modern necessarily, but it does look doable actually. If you 00:08:00.879 --> 00:08:07.199 wanted to uh to take this out, you could probably cut out a new hole for a fulls 00:08:04.800 --> 00:08:11.199 size ATX power supply and then you could probably uh chop this off and do up to 00:08:09.520 --> 00:08:15.599 like a 12-in graphics card in here. So, that'd be kind of cool. Anyway, that is 00:08:12.960 --> 00:08:19.520 my unboxing and first look at the Fractal Design Array R2.