Antec Nine Hundred

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Rating: 85%
Review Title: quite good

Verdict: Would have liked a bit more space but.

Never enough room to be ultra tidy with cables but it keeps components nice and cool I have replaced three of the stock fans with S-flex fans and this seems to be a good mod. Would buy again

Rating: 78%
Review Title: Great air cooling but some little niggles

Verdict: A very good quiet case with good looks and cooling but it still has its flaws.

While many rave on that this is an extreamly good case even considering the release of the Antec 1200 I still think it could be improved in some places. The fact that this case is effectively like a vacuum cleaner doesn't really help. This thing gathers alot of dust most of the time which in turn requires you to make your fans to go faster to get less dust BUT at the cost of a noisy case. The cable managment is pretty good. Got holes in the motherboard tray to feed any annoying sata/molex cables. The cable ties built into the case could be more sturdy since they don't seem to hold anything in place to well. Can squeeze in a 8800GTX with a hard drive next to it without much of a problem. Its possible to attach water cooling to your CPU at least. I would reccomend a Modular PSU to allow for the best air flow with this case. This will not require you to set the fan speeds above low. Great looking side window. A bit jagged but looks great in the dark with all the led fans on. The tray at the top can be useful if you have a Mini DV camera you need to attach to your USB/firewire port. Also good for holding a cup of tea. I would recommend it to anyone who wants a cheap and capable air cooling pc but would not advise you to believe the hype around this one. You may be disappointed by one or two of its hidden flaws.

Rating: 90%
Review Title: Nine Hundred Percent.

Verdict: A great case, plenty of space, great for air cooling.

Got this case for 100 Euro, so about 70 sterling, absolute steal. Fits all my drives (all 5 of them currently), and still has room for the DVD rom and Zalman ZM-MFC2. Only downside is the fans having their own controls so I cannot connect them to the Zalman, but a bit of modding should fix that. Love the case, so easy to install new drives due to the modular bays, the little bay at the top is great for the media players (Zen vision W). All in all I\'d recomment it.

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