Antec Three Hundred
Introduction
PC gaming is a fast growing market with a high demand for products which can deliver solid performance – an always-growing requirement. There have been many attempts in recent times to create the ultimate gaming enclosure many of which have been total failures and others which have produced astonishing results. The Antec Three Hundred is a versatile midi tower case that has been designed purely with gaming in mind in – another one of the hopefuls that could be added to the ever-growing list of great gaming cases.
The Antec 300 is targeted at budget conscious gamers; in this regard, the Antec Three Hundred offers an exceptional ratio of quality to cost.
But will it really live up to these high standards that we have come to expect from Antec well it’s our job here at Tech-Reviews to find out…
About Antec
Antec, Inc. is the leading global brand of high-performance computer components and accessories for the gaming, PC upgrade and Do-It-Yourself (DIY) markets. Founded in 1986, Antec is recognized as a pioneer in these industries and has maintained its position as a worldwide market leader and international provider of efficient, quiet, and reliable products.
Specifications
- 9 Drive Bays:
- External 3 x 5.25″
- Internal 6 x 3.5″ for HDD
- Cooling System:
- 1 rear 120 x 25 mm TriCool™ Fan with 3-speed switch control.
- 1 top special 140 x 25 mm TriCool™ Fan with 3-speed switch control
- 2 front (optional) 120 mm fans to cool the hard drives
- 1 side (Optional) 120 x 25 mm Fan to cool graphic cards
- Washable air filters reduces dust build up in your system, which helps keep your system cooler
- Perforated front bezel for maximum air intake
- 7 expansion slots
- Top mounted I/O ports for easy access
- 2x USB 2.0
- HDA & AC’97 Audio In and Out
- Unit dimensions:
- 18″ (H) x 18.3″ (D) x 8.1″ (W)
- 45.8 (H) x 46.5 (D) x 20.5 cm (W)
- Weight:
- Net: 15.9lbs / 7.2kg
- Gross: 18.7lbs / 8.5kg
There is a cable tidy area behind the HDD chassis which you haven’t mentioned, and which might have improved a lot of things for you.
The cooling in this case is good, if you keep the cabling inside the chassi correct.
In this review the cabling was done all wrong, and therefor gives the temperature a negative impact.
The fans are rather quiet on low and medium speed settings, so I cannot understand why this review mention this chassi as “loud”, when it is rather quiet.
Although i must admit that the cable management inside the case could of been improved, we still stick by our guns and call this case loud. Compared to the other cases in testing, the fans were much noisier – at any speed – and because of the steel panels being relatively thin, the case rattled more.
I’m sorry but I have to agree with SysGhost. I have this case with a Q9550 and an Asus GTX 275. Even though they are not overclocked, I have CPU temperatures on load of around 38 degrees celsius which for me is very nice for such a cheap case. Well, I admit I have bought 2 additional fans which adds 10 bucks to the total cost. Oh and I have all my fans at Low setting (my two Nexus 120mm intake fans at the front too) so it’s pretty quiet as well.
Simple, sleek design, great cooling and because of the option to put the fans on low the sound production is very good/low as well. Shame you guys didn’t like this case!
Its a good case and I am still using it today… but compared to the other offerings on the market this is a loud case. Compared to the NZXT hush for example this is incredibly loud 4 x 5 louder in fact. And the cable management was done as well as it could have been given the PSU used for testing – Tuniq Miniplant 950W, non-modular with a plethora of cables, the only case which it has ever been any use trying to do cable managment with this PSU was the NZXT Tempest.