Fractal Design Arc Midi Case Review
Conclusions
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The Fractal Design Arc Midi provides virtually all features the savvy user is looking for on a case. It could cost a little less, but we believe that the user who buys this case will be making a good choice.
Strong Points
- Air filters for the power supply, bottom, top, and front fans
- Support for eight fans, comes with three
- Analog fan controller for the three fans that come with the product
- Vented slot covers
- Support for eight 3.5”/2.5” storage devices
- Support for long video cards up to 11.4” (290 mm) or 18.5” (470 mm), if the top hard drive cage is removed
- Thumbscrews for fastening the expansion cards
- Thumbscrews for fastening disk drives
- A huge hole in the motherboard tray for accessing the backplate of the CPU cooler
- Holes protected with rubber covers for routing cables behind the motherboard tray
- Metallic clips for fastening cables using cable ties
Weak Points
- No air filter for the left-panel fan
- Only one USB 3.0 port