Antec PS Performance SX1030B 10-Bay Workstation (Black)

List Price: $129.99

Customer Reviews:

A very safe bet [Posted on 2002-05-02]
This is the same case that PC manufacturer ALIENWARE uses and it is pretty evident that this is a great looking case. If you scout the ent for reviews you will find an unbelievable amount of information on this case so I will keep this brief.

The case's best feature is the lockable door that hides the external drive bays, wich solves the color coordination problem found in most custom PCs. It is also one of the easiest cases to work with on the market and is very roomy. This case also uses one of the best cooling systems found in steel cases, with air flowing eficiently and cooling every major component. Antec is one of the most respected manufacturers of computer compoenents in the market.

The only downside is the lack of a motherboard tray, but you'll only miss it for the first minutes of your building project. In a case this roomy you might not even miss it. The case is also kind of heavy but you need to expect that considering this is a steel case.

The case is good enough to be used as a server case, and has the good looks needed to be a respectable gaming case.

If you are building a PC this case is for you! [Posted on 2002-08-01]
Let me give you three reasons:

1. It has plenty of room for future upgrades. If you are planing to install a motherboard with a EIDE interface It can hold 3 hard drives. If u think 3 hard drives will take up room from the rest of your hardware guess again!

2. The case supports four "3 1/2" inch ballbearing fans to keep all of your hardware nice and cool. Two fans in the Up-per back of the case next to the power supply that will act as the air out-take and two fans in the lower front part of the case act as the air in-take.

3. I purchased the retail version of this model it comes with 2
of the "3 1/2" inch case fans and a 350 watt power supply. I purchased and installed the 2 missing case fans to complete the four fans the PC case supports, and I replaced the 350 watt power supply that came with the case with a Antec 430 watt smart power supply to satisfy my power hungry Pentium 4 processor, Xtasy ti 4600 and my Audigy sound blaster platinum, Sound card. Would you belive all four fans and the power supply fans run practically Noise-less!

The only flaw this case has is SIZE! It stands at "21 1/2"inches tall, "8"inches and a quarter wide and "19" Inches from the lockable door plate that rest's over the CD Rom bays to the chassis. If you are willing to ignor this one flaw, this Antec Performance case is for you. It comes with 4 CD rom bays and 2 floppy bays and the case's chassis supports seven expansion card slots and It comes with more features you can look up at the Antec home page ...
I'd recomend you dont buy the OEM version instead buy the retail version that comes not only with what I mentiond in Reason number 3, It also comes with a generous amount of motherboard screws! :) The retail version of this case goes by the name: Antec Soho file server. When you look up the retail version here in Amazon or at the antec web site you can choose it with the specific power supply that will meet your computing needs.

Awesome! [Posted on 2002-08-23]
This case is fantastic. It has plenty of room for fans and is super easy to work with. Compared to other steel cases this is the best. I was so happy with this one that I just bought the new one. It's the Antec Plus 1080 AMG which is gray. The big difference is that the new one has a 430 watt Power supply, a side fan for the video card, and 2 USB and one FireWire in the front of the case. The 1030B case is worth the money and for those of you who are like me and like the best you will get this case!

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