1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:06,799 Linus TechTips coverage of Computex 2013 is powered by Western Digital. Our 2 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:12,200 trusted gaming gear partner is Corsair Vengeance and our trusted retail partner 3 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:12,200 is ncx.com. 4 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:21,199 So Fractals's booth is has this augmented reality type of concept going 5 00:00:19,279 --> 00:00:26,160 on here. So I'm holding what appears to be some kind of tablet-like device. 6 00:00:23,359 --> 00:00:30,800 Johan, tell me how this works. Okay. So what we realized is that we want to come 7 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:34,480 closer to the end users and end user customers you know want to see our 8 00:00:32,399 --> 00:00:39,520 products. So the first thing is like a standard mobile app where you can 9 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:43,840 actually see product pictures, product sheets and stuff like that. But we also 10 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:47,360 added this augmented reality face. I think you have to hold it really still 11 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:56,079 like there. which means I have a trigger image here and when I move my 12 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:58,719 my tablet or my phone with Android or 13 00:00:56,079 --> 00:01:03,680 iOS, I can actually in real time see the products and make them rotate and zoom 14 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:08,799 in and zoom out. Here I change in our new Arc XL model and it makes it a 15 00:01:07,119 --> 00:01:13,040 little bit more fun to actually go through our product range. Very cool. So 16 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:19,840 we're going to go through these products. Do you have any of these here in person? Definitely step in and we can 17 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:25,360 take a quick look. Here we go. Welcome to the Fractal Design booth where 18 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:27,360 everyone's best friend Josh is 19 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:32,000 pretending that he's tall again. It's all a trick of the box. It's a trick of 20 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:37,119 the camera. It's just a total Well, dude, 21 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:38,560 what's your He's check us out. 22 00:01:37,119 --> 00:01:43,600 All right. So, speaking of checking things out, the first thing we have 23 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:46,079 right here is the Arxel. Can you tell me 24 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:50,079 about the arxel? Well, there's a space. So, it' be the Ark XL. Yeah. You want a 25 00:01:48,159 --> 00:01:54,479 little bit closer? I got confused because uh you know when you said that 26 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:57,200 you were developing a new product. You were there was some kind of potty 27 00:01:56,000 --> 00:02:01,920 language. So, I assume you were developing like the Arsol and so I thought maybe you changed the name 28 00:02:00,079 --> 00:02:06,560 slightly and that's why we ended up with this. But, but this is actually another 29 00:02:04,079 --> 00:02:10,000 addition of the Ark. Exactly. So, it's basically the big brother to the Arc 30 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:13,599 Midi R2. Uh what you're looking at is a full tower case as compared to a 31 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:16,560 midtower case in the Arc Midi. And all the features you love in the Ark Mid R2 32 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:21,360 are available here as well as redesigned SSD mounts in the back. Okay, so 33 00:02:18,959 --> 00:02:24,959 basically guys, it's taller, which is not necessarily always better and 34 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:29,520 doesn't really indicate anything else about its physique. It has hard drive 35 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:34,560 cages down here that are removable in addition to four 3 and 1/2 in or 2 and 36 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:38,160 1/2 in cages that go right about here. So you don't have to compromise all of 37 00:02:36,640 --> 00:02:41,599 your hard drive expandability if you want to put in a nice thick radiator. 38 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:45,920 Just like that. Full support for a triple radiator up here in the top. You 39 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:49,360 can see there's no interference with the motherboard itself. So you don't have to 40 00:02:47,599 --> 00:02:53,680 worry about the size of the VRM heat sinks or the size of your RAM heat sinks 41 00:02:51,599 --> 00:02:57,519 or anything along those lines. It has nine expansion slots. Means you can do 42 00:02:56,000 --> 00:03:01,360 pretty much whatever you want in terms of motherboard size. Again though, size 43 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:06,000 is not always the thing that is most important about this stuff. But let's go 44 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:09,840 ahead and have Josh tell us about a more sensibly sized case. Josh, can you even 45 00:03:07,920 --> 00:03:13,440 reach this case from all the way up there? Yeah. Well, this is our Linus 46 00:03:11,599 --> 00:03:17,599 model as compared to the Josh model back there. So, what we're looking at is the 47 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:21,840 Arc Mini R2. It's a mini tower case. And what you have right here is a full 48 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:26,400 custom customization. Basically, we have a real fat 360m radiator in the top. Uh 49 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:30,879 if you notice that, it's almost as long as the case itself. We can also support 50 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:34,959 fat radiators in the front. Both uh drive cages are removable as well as the 51 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:37,680 optical drive cages being removable in this one. So if you want to have an 52 00:03:36,319 --> 00:03:42,560 optical drive, you can. If you want to go high rads, you can do that as well. And if you go around to the back, you 53 00:03:40,959 --> 00:03:47,120 can check out our new SSD mounting system. So come on back here. So the new 54 00:03:44,959 --> 00:03:51,680 SSD mounting system does not require the motherboard to be removed from the case 55 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:55,040 because all you have to do is undo these screws and then you can pop the whole 56 00:03:53,599 --> 00:03:59,680 thing off and then you can mount the SSDs or unmount them to the case just 57 00:03:57,280 --> 00:04:03,680 the way you want to. And check this out. enough room for cable management. That 58 00:04:01,599 --> 00:04:08,000 is a 24 pin cable right there bundled with a whole bunch of other stuff. And 59 00:04:05,439 --> 00:04:12,799 this side panel, by my estimation, looks like it does indeed close. So, what this 60 00:04:10,239 --> 00:04:16,959 really indicates to me is that the Arc Mini R2 is more like the the functional 61 00:04:15,439 --> 00:04:21,759 model that doesn't really feel like it's compensating for anything by sort of, 62 00:04:19,759 --> 00:04:26,800 you know, going over the top and, you know, just doing things for the sake of, 63 00:04:23,840 --> 00:04:31,520 you know, not necessarily the experience of of using this device. so to speak, 64 00:04:29,840 --> 00:04:35,360 but more to do with the the the functionality. Uh so here, I don't know 65 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:39,280 if you ever got a good view of that, but that radiator on there is about this 66 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:42,400 thick. Okay, so that is a push configuration right now. Now, one thing 67 00:04:40,639 --> 00:04:46,960 you got to watch out for, guys, is if you go crazy on this, you're going to make want to make sure you have 68 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:49,840 compatibility with low profile DIMs as well as a motherboard that doesn't have 69 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:54,479 like massive heat sinks coming out the top. But the reality of it is this is a 70 00:04:51,840 --> 00:04:58,880 lot of computer in a very small case and it can uh it can run every bit as fast 71 00:04:56,560 --> 00:05:03,520 as the uh Excel over there. Thank you Josh. Oh, thank you. 72 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:07,039 You guys don't know what we're thanking each other for yet. Yeah, we're just 73 00:05:05,919 --> 00:05:13,039 thanking each other for being awesome or you're thanking me for being awesome. I'm thanking you for just being here 74 00:05:09,919 --> 00:05:15,520 next to my awesomeness. I I'm bathing in 75 00:05:13,039 --> 00:05:18,639 it. Basking. Basking and bathing. I mean, can you do 76 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:24,160 that at the same time? It's called multitasking. Excellent. 77 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:27,120 Like, I'm not moving the mic over to you to say stuff like that. You can't say 78 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:32,080 stuff like that. Look, let's focus on the case, man. Look, it's got a removable top. It's got a fan filter. 79 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:35,280 You didn't even tell me that. Because you should have already known that. How 80 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:39,120 am I supposed to know that? You didn't send me one of these. You know everything. Come on. You know 81 00:05:37,759 --> 00:05:44,080 everything. I think you're the last person in the world to believe anything like that. I didn't say I believed it. I 82 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:48,160 was just saying it. I mean, didn't you invent the tree? 83 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:52,880 Um, I think we're done here. Don't miss Oh, 84 00:05:51,039 --> 00:05:57,600 are you are you still rolling? Oh, man. Don't miss any of our Computex 2013 85 00:05:55,360 --> 00:06:00,720 coverage, guys. We're powered by WD here at the show this year. We are also 86 00:05:59,280 --> 00:06:04,319 powered by Corsair Vengeance gaming peripherals and ncx.com. 87 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:11,280 As always, don't forget to subscribe to Linus Tech Tips for more unboxings, reviews, and other computer videos. 88 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:14,080 Hopefully up here. Yeah, way way up there in terms of how full of themselves 89 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:18,880 they are. Oh, it's very compact in this one. It's 90 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:25,520 very dense right here. I'm not dense. Is that what you're implying? No, the self- 91 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:28,319 assuredness is dense. It's very dense. 92 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:32,639 I still have less gravity than you. Okay, I'll give you that. I'll give you 93 00:06:29,919 --> 00:06:32,639 that.