antec sx1030b exceeded my expectation...

[$pade]

first of all it was a nice experience working with drive rails and those 3.5" cages. i never had to remove the second side panel during the entire installation of all my components. One anoying thing I notice that wasn't mention in any of the reviews I read was that the reset button is really small and you probably need a pen to press it.

However its cooling performance makes up for that. I am just running the 2 stock fans that came with it and mounted a 60*60 quiet fan inside the case to move some air around the cpu/chipset area. I expected that with this setup the case temp would be around 5 to 10c higher than ambient but to my surprise case temp is just less than 1f above ambient temperature(right now its .1 f above it so this is probably negligable) and this is all with a closed case. I was planning mod this case to increase its cooling performance but there doesn't seem to be any need for that now. You can view my system in my sig and my guess is that if you have a more demanding system then you need more cooling. adding 2 fans in the bottom front would be a good start.

 

[damocles]

And it's a babe magnet, a sleek black case attracts the babes i tell ya



Glad you like it

 

[Swanny]

Yeah, I was really impressed with mine too. It is a great and very well designed case.

But that babe magnet thing doesn't seem to work for me:frown:

 

[SilverThief]

I'm going to get myself one of those. Damnit I swear I will.

 

[Garet Jax]

I bought one that is a black case with a blue front. (Perrywinkle blue according to my wife )

But she honestly said that it is the nicest case that I have ever owned. So maybe there is some truth to the babe magnet thing

 

[BD231]

It's true, chicks do dig the case!!. And once you get winamp visual plug ins goin, you'll be sure to get laid!!

 

[mikef208]

Dang it I want to see this balck one with the blue front.

 

[snidy]

I have the SX1040, the best case I've ever owned.

 

[BChico]

I love my sx1030b, i once saw an all blue case, it was sweet!

 

[mikef208]

I just got my 1030b and it looks sweet, it appears to be as good a case as everyone has said. The only thing I am confused about is why I am on here posting about it, when I could be transferring my stuff over to it.