Conclusion

Summing it up, the build quality was good, and overall the features were what we expected for the RRP of around £80 including VAT. When you consider that the 900 ships from Antec with four fans pre-fitted and a further two potential 120mm fans, the noise level would begin to worry us. The target market, the gaming community, tends to be more willing to sacrifice louder cooling if it means better performance.

Fortunately the Antec 900 has just that; it impressed with its thermal performance and managed to cope well at shifting the heat from our toasty test kit. Couple this with the inclusion of 5.25” conversion kit, along with a rubber lining for the tray up top, and we think that Antec have just about got the whole thing covered.

If there is one thing that demands us to be critical, it’s the modular bays in the 900, they are just so fiddly. Simple tool-less mountings would go a long way to easing this, however.

A decent chassis, with above-average performance, and an attractive price to boot. Recommended.

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nice nice review, been waiting quite a bit for that.

it seems to be a great case but the two things i dont like at all is the idea of lots of dust inside the case making evrything look bad and slow.

im not too sure how the front bays work but i cant believe they use screws :D thought that was an old idea but i suppose they wont ‘just fall out’

http://img.hexus.net/v2/cases/antec/900/11.s.jpg

i have no idea what this is suppsoed to be :S and what part is the inner wall?

sorry if im being a noob but ah well :D

As you look at that picture, the inner wall is behind the screw holes you seen on the left hand side. The front panels are indeed screwed to the unit, old school I know, but to be honest, as they are drive modules then its not such and inconvienience….

matt.

This Case is exactly the sort of thing im looking for apart from 1 major problem. Its being aimed at Gamers, yet it is likely to prevent many gamers GFX cards from being installed easily. I have a Case which is over 520mm long, and with my 6 hardrives installed i have SERIOUSLY struggled with getting Hardrive and 6pin PCIe power cables plugged in, without seriously harming the cables due to the extreme bend angle needed to cram it all in.

My GFX card is a rather large 7900GTO, but all the newer generation of cards coming to market appear to be just as long.

Luckily it sounds like i could use the 5.25“ to 3.5” converter caddy and ensure i have clearance about the GFX card, but its still a little frustrating…..

Still a great review which has laid out exactly the sorts of constraints that matter to me. Cheers Hexus !!

I much prefer the styling of the P150-style cases, with simple lines and plain no-frills looks. Not sure why they include the extra top-blowing fan - surely all but the most insanely overheating equipment will be just fine with two 12cm fans. The tray is a nice touch for phones or mp3 players though, granted.

Its a nice case, i have the rev 1 version and it does cool really well. Also with all the fans on low its very quiet! The modular drive cages are a fiddle and the plastic fan mount on the window feels fragile but all in all a nice case. Just wish it had 3 pin fan connectors.