Fractal Design Arc Midi Case Review

The Disk Drive Bays

The Fractal Design Arc Midi has two external 5.25” bays and eight internal 3.5”/2.5” bays, and you can convert one of the external 5.25” bays into an external 3.5” bay. They don’t have tool-less installation mechanisms, but the case comes with several black thumbscrews for you to install the disk drives, which is terrific.

Figure 17: Disk drive bays

The eight 3.5”/2.5” bays are available inside two hard drive cages. You can remove the top cage in case you need to install longer video cards, or in the event that you want to increase air flow inside the case.

Figure 18: Top hard drive cage removed

Figure 19: Hard drive cage

Each 3.5”/2.5” bay is actually a small drawer, each one featuring rubber rings to absorb vibrations from 3.5” devices.

Figure 20: One of the 3.5”/2.5” bays