Antec DF-35 Black Computer Case With Side Panel Window

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Fantastic searching, quiet fans, simple to attain fan controls. Large improvement over the preceding line such as the 900. I have an icydock two.five" to 3.five" adapter for my SSD that did not easily match the 3.five drive bays. All my other drives slid in perfectly though. Replaced my Antec 900 with this, and glad I did. Has all the improvements I wanted to see in the 900. The best two.5 bay doesn't appear to help hot swapping with my motherboard, not the case's fault even though.

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A very good hunting case with a good bright window to view your components. The design is quite sharp hunting even if some of the characteristics are truly a bit gimmicky (see Cons below). The Fleet-Release access doors work OK and the filters have caught a lot of dust even in a single month of use (clean these at least that usually!). The variable speed fan controls are a good touch as well, and the case keeps cool even with non-maximum fan RPMs. I have not tested the best loading drive swap mount but the three.5" Fleet-Swap SATA drive bays worked beautifully. Super uncomplicated to just slap new drives in (if you connected the swap bays throughout motherboard set up). The bottom mount 2.five" SSD bay rounds out the drive accommodations.Has a incredibly light weight side panel in spite of possessing the window and the fit is good with two tool much less thumb screws. Window is massive adequate and a nice shape with an optional fan mount. Some of the "cool" elements of the design and style also tend to get in the way. The 3.5" bay latches appear very good but need to have to be opened for access every time, which is a small annoying. I agree that the expansion bay breakouts could be much better handled, and a tool much less 3.5" bay choice would have been great.I identified the Fleet-Release access doors to be finicky to open. You type of have to force them from the left side. A far better button indentation tab release mechanism or possibly a front latch release mechanism would have been welcomed. Even so, once opened the filter removal was fairly straightforward. But, you nevertheless have to dig/blow out the bottom of the filter region as the filter fit has space in the front.I had a difficulty aligning the screws of the motherboard backplane and back I/O panel; I had to leave out one particular screw in the finish. I don't know if the motherboard or case tolerances were off although.Front I/O panel is just the fundamentals. Also I'd choose it beneath the 3.5" bay. Power and reset buttons unlabeled. Case lights are fairly bright, I don't notice in use given that my case is on the floor - sort of works as a evening light though.Presently I use corded headphones as major audio and with the I/O panel on leading they have a tendency to fall across the 3.five" bay and interfere with the optical drive unless I manage it. In addition I leave the bay latch opened which makes switching the optical much less annoying but generally eliminates the purpose of the latch and detracts from the look. Side profile still excellent with the vibrant window.Cable management was very good adequate for me, but I don't have a complex use case Ƒx optical + 2x HD + 1x SSD + modular energy supply).Elements fitted:ASUS ENGTX460 GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi)Intel Core i7-950 Bloomfield BX80601950 (stock cooler)GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R ATX Intel MotherboardAntec TruePower New TP-750 Blue 750W Continuous PowerDespite these minor flaws, for the value (贎), I give five stars.

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Keeps just about something coollooks amazinghas a ton of space for hard drives. The lights are always on if the computer system is running (i would like some form of a switch, they can be very bright.)if the sata ports on your mobo are at a 90 degree angle to the mobo then i would suggest using longer cables to stop them from kinking. (friends observation, not mine) As is regular with antec's circumstances, they are quiet even even though they offer you so a lot cooling among the fans, four on this one) im nevertheless finding new things out about this case as i use it, just found out about the sliders for the rear and top rated fan speed. All about the bonuses outweigh the negatives. my old case ran 1 fan very loud, this is a nice alter. it came with all the necassary components and pieces to get it up and operating devoid of considerably hassle.i will give additional info in a future post if i locate much more out.

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Looks nice, quite quiet fans, easy to assemble, very good cable management, appears to be properly built. I like that the lights are just white - no disco in this laptop. Hot swap and 2.five bay worked ideal for my create. An additional poster pointed out issues with the hot swap but mine works fantastic. Have and Asus P7P55D-E Pro inside and all fit nicely. Break outs on the expansion bays are fine for me now but considering that I've already changed the mobo when on this machine I can see that being a dilemma later. Fan cables are a hair brief and connectors must be smaller. Door over 5.five bays are annoying, glad I don't use my optical that often. Did I mention this case looks excellent? Let me be sure to point out how very good this case appears. I really like it.

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Appears fantasticCools excellentHot Swap BayAir Filters are straightforward to get to and cleanGood cable managementThe power/reset switches are really hard to accidentally push Was hoping for some additional SSD help..There is the hot swap two.5 bay on top, and one particular spot on the bottom of the case to mount a 2.five drive. With this getting a newer model I would like to see far more two.five bays. The doors in front of the disc drives may possibly annoy persons.Energy led + HDD led are blueI purchased this case to replace my Antec 902, i got tired of lugging that factor to lan parties, this case is substantially lighter.Not as very good cooling as some other situations of the identical cost, but most persons overestimate the cooling needed to run their rig. This cools completely with two video cards.