WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:06.799 Linus TechTips coverage of Computex 2013 is powered by Western Digital. Our 00:00:04.880 --> 00:00:12.200 trusted gaming gear partner is Corsair Vengeance and our trusted retail partner 00:00:08.880 --> 00:00:12.200 is ncx.com. 00:00:14.320 --> 00:00:21.199 So Fractals's booth is has this augmented reality type of concept going 00:00:19.279 --> 00:00:26.160 on here. So I'm holding what appears to be some kind of tablet-like device. 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 00:00:28.400 --> 00:00:34.480 closer to the end users and end user customers you know want to see our 00:00:32.399 --> 00:00:39.520 products. So the first thing is like a standard mobile app where you can 00:00:36.640 --> 00:00:43.840 actually see product pictures, product sheets and stuff like that. But we also 00:00:41.360 --> 00:00:47.360 added this augmented reality face. I think you have to hold it really still 00:00:45.280 --> 00:00:56.079 like there. which means I have a trigger image here and when I move my 00:00:52.320 --> 00:00:58.719 my tablet or my phone with Android or 00:00:56.079 --> 00:01:03.680 iOS, I can actually in real time see the products and make them rotate and zoom 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 00:01:07.119 --> 00:01:13.040 little bit more fun to actually go through our product range. Very cool. So 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 00:01:16.880 --> 00:01:25.360 take a quick look. Here we go. Welcome to the Fractal Design booth where 00:01:21.920 --> 00:01:27.360 everyone's best friend Josh is 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 00:01:29.520 --> 00:01:37.119 the camera. It's just a total Well, dude, 00:01:33.520 --> 00:01:38.560 what's your He's check us out. 00:01:37.119 --> 00:01:43.600 All right. So, speaking of checking things out, the first thing we have 00:01:40.240 --> 00:01:46.079 right here is the Arxel. Can you tell me 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 00:01:48.159 --> 00:01:54.479 little bit closer? I got confused because uh you know when you said that 00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:57.200 you were developing a new product. You were there was some kind of potty 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 00:02:00.079 --> 00:02:06.560 slightly and that's why we ended up with this. But, but this is actually another 00:02:04.079 --> 00:02:10.000 addition of the Ark. Exactly. So, it's basically the big brother to the Arc 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 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 00:02:15.040 --> 00:02:21.360 are available here as well as redesigned SSD mounts in the back. Okay, so 00:02:18.959 --> 00:02:24.959 basically guys, it's taller, which is not necessarily always better and 00:02:23.440 --> 00:02:29.520 doesn't really indicate anything else about its physique. It has hard drive 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 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 00:02:36.640 --> 00:02:41.599 your hard drive expandability if you want to put in a nice thick radiator. 00:02:39.760 --> 00:02:45.920 Just like that. Full support for a triple radiator up here in the top. You 00:02:43.280 --> 00:02:49.360 can see there's no interference with the motherboard itself. So you don't have to 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 00:02:51.599 --> 00:02:57.519 or anything along those lines. It has nine expansion slots. Means you can do 00:02:56.000 --> 00:03:01.360 pretty much whatever you want in terms of motherboard size. Again though, size 00:02:59.360 --> 00:03:06.000 is not always the thing that is most important about this stuff. But let's go 00:03:03.760 --> 00:03:09.840 ahead and have Josh tell us about a more sensibly sized case. Josh, can you even 00:03:07.920 --> 00:03:13.440 reach this case from all the way up there? Yeah. Well, this is our Linus 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 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 00:03:19.360 --> 00:03:26.400 custom customization. Basically, we have a real fat 360m radiator in the top. Uh 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 00:03:28.720 --> 00:03:34.959 fat radiators in the front. Both uh drive cages are removable as well as the 00:03:33.040 --> 00:03:37.680 optical drive cages being removable in this one. So if you want to have an 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 00:03:40.959 --> 00:03:47.120 can check out our new SSD mounting system. So come on back here. So the new 00:03:44.959 --> 00:03:51.680 SSD mounting system does not require the motherboard to be removed from the case 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 00:03:53.599 --> 00:03:59.680 thing off and then you can mount the SSDs or unmount them to the case just 00:03:57.280 --> 00:04:03.680 the way you want to. And check this out. enough room for cable management. That 00:04:01.599 --> 00:04:08.000 is a 24 pin cable right there bundled with a whole bunch of other stuff. And 00:04:05.439 --> 00:04:12.799 this side panel, by my estimation, looks like it does indeed close. So, what this 00:04:10.239 --> 00:04:16.959 really indicates to me is that the Arc Mini R2 is more like the the functional 00:04:15.439 --> 00:04:21.759 model that doesn't really feel like it's compensating for anything by sort of, 00:04:19.759 --> 00:04:26.800 you know, going over the top and, you know, just doing things for the sake of, 00:04:23.840 --> 00:04:31.520 you know, not necessarily the experience of of using this device. so to speak, 00:04:29.840 --> 00:04:35.360 but more to do with the the the functionality. Uh so here, I don't know 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 00:04:36.880 --> 00:04:42.400 thick. Okay, so that is a push configuration right now. Now, one thing 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 00:04:44.720 --> 00:04:49.840 compatibility with low profile DIMs as well as a motherboard that doesn't have 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 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 00:04:56.560 --> 00:05:03.520 as the uh Excel over there. Thank you Josh. Oh, thank you. 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 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 00:05:09.919 --> 00:05:15.520 next to my awesomeness. I I'm bathing in 00:05:13.039 --> 00:05:18.639 it. Basking. Basking and bathing. I mean, can you do 00:05:17.120 --> 00:05:24.160 that at the same time? It's called multitasking. Excellent. 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 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. 00:05:30.400 --> 00:05:35.280 You didn't even tell me that. Because you should have already known that. How 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 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 00:05:42.880 --> 00:05:48.160 was just saying it. I mean, didn't you invent the tree? 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:52.880 Um, I think we're done here. Don't miss Oh, 00:05:51.039 --> 00:05:57.600 are you are you still rolling? Oh, man. Don't miss any of our Computex 2013 00:05:55.360 --> 00:06:00.720 coverage, guys. We're powered by WD here at the show this year. We are also 00:05:59.280 --> 00:06:04.319 powered by Corsair Vengeance gaming peripherals and ncx.com. 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. 00:06:08.960 --> 00:06:14.080 Hopefully up here. Yeah, way way up there in terms of how full of themselves 00:06:12.800 --> 00:06:18.880 they are. Oh, it's very compact in this one. It's 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- 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:28.319 assuredness is dense. It's very dense. 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 00:06:29.919 --> 00:06:32.639 that.