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Summary: Totally awesome!!
Review: I really had no intentions of buying a new case for my Athlon XP system until this one practically hit me in the face while surfing the net. The cool styling caught my attention instantly, and after checking the spec's at the Antec website and reading some of the reviews out there on this baby, I knew I had to have one.This case is built like a Mac truck, very solid heavy gauge metal. Not cheap & flimsy like most other cases out there. The drives "snap in" from the front with side rails, and it comes standard with a relatively quiet 300W P4 ready power supply & an 80mm case fan. This case is only about a 1/2" taller than my previous ATX case, but I guess that was enough to bring my CPU temp down another 4 degrees under the same conditions (horizontally mounted PS, rear mounted case fan, etc.). Now maybe that doesn't sound like much of a temp difference to the average user, but most Athlon builders will do just about anything to lower their CPU temps by another 2-3 degrees (ever hear of water cooling - yikes!!). If you can afford a couple of extra bucks for a really nice case, I HIGHLY recommend this one. I am sure that you will not feel the little extra money you spent was wasted. I really doubt I'll be looking to upgrade from this one........until they change the ATX standard anyway.
Rating:
Summary: Totally awesome!!
Review: I really had no intentions of buying a new case for my Athlon XP system until this one practically hit me in the face while surfing the net. The cool styling caught my attention instantly, and after checking the spec's at the Antec website and reading some of the reviews out there on this baby, I knew I had to have one. This case is built like a Mac truck, very solid heavy gauge metal. Not cheap & flimsy like most other cases out there. The drives "snap in" from the front with side rails, and it comes standard with a relatively quiet 300W P4 ready power supply & an 80mm case fan. This case is only about a 1/2" taller than my previous ATX case, but I guess that was enough to bring my CPU temp down another 4 degrees under the same conditions (horizontally mounted PS, rear mounted case fan, etc.). Now maybe that doesn't sound like much of a temp difference to the average user, but most Athlon builders will do just about anything to lower their CPU temps by another 2-3 degrees (ever hear of water cooling - yikes!!). If you can afford a couple of extra bucks for a really nice case, I HIGHLY recommend this one. I am sure that you will not feel the little extra money you spent was wasted. I really doubt I'll be looking to upgrade from this one........until they change the ATX standard anyway.
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