Antec 1200 v3, (What's this?) Bigger than my old 900 and makes it easier to work in. All black so it looks nice. Cable management a plus. Able to run all my cables. Rounded edges are nice so I don't cut my hands. Plenty of room for big CPU coolers and big video cards. Filters for all intakes fans a plus. Great case.
Antec 1200 Full Tower Case Review, (What's this?) The Antec 1200 v3 (Black) Gaming Full Tower
Purchased and received on 4/23/11
With the Antec 1200 V3, its about 15bucks or so cheaper than its twin brother.
So much room, (What's this?) This case is huge! I have two NVIDIA 560 ti cards in there, and it still had some room to spare. I love the hard drive compartments, and I can rest easy knowing that I can upgrade to SSD since it is compatible. The fans run beautifully, and the blue lights are pretty amazing in the dark. Both the fans and the lights can be turns off, and the fans can be turned down to reduce the noise, which aren't even terrible on high. My only concern is that the case is so big that you might have to buy slightly longer cables to make everything nice and tidy since it's such a stretch from the power supply to the motherboard.
Big and beautiful with tons of features, (What's this?) This case has room for just about anything you would want to put in an ATX case. I added a blue light up Thermaltake heat sink fan and a blue light up Thermaltake power supply and the thing looks as good as anything I have seen from Alienware. It ships with 6 fans (3 in front, 2 in back and one huge one on top.) Each of the front fans has a speed control knob and the one on top and the ones in the back each have their own 3 position speed control switches on the back. The big fan even has an on/off switch for the blue light. The case comes equipped with 2 empty fan-ready mounts (one on the clear section of the side of the case and one on the back of one of the 4 modular drive bays on the front of the case.) Working inside the case couldn't have been more comfortable.
On the down side, having to run the USB 3 cord from the front panel out the back of the case into one of the 2 USB 3.0 ports on my motherboard was kind of disappointing. It looks funny and my MB had a USB 3.0 header. Antec should include a USB 3.0 to internal USB 3.0 header adapter (I don't even know if such exists, really, but it should). Also, the case only ships with 1 adapter to install a hard drive into the 12 (yes 12!) bays in the front of the computer. You can buy them from Antec at about $15US a piece, but there should be at least 2 in the box.
Some other nice features are 2 ports on the back for a water cooler and a tray on the top for loose change and whatnot.
IN MY OPINION THE BEST GAMING CASE HANDS DOWN, (What's this?)
Awesome Gaming Case!, (What's this?) No really, it's awesome. Yes, there are better cases out there, and if you're looking for an uberbad*** case you'll probably have to spend more money. However, the Antec 1200 V3 ranks up in the very top of cooling performance in almost any major case chart, so you do get what you pay for.
Honestly, it actually looks pretty cool, too. The blue case fans will light up a dark room, and you can turn off the big fan's light if it's too much. The case doesn't look like some freakish high-tech movie thing, which I actually like. It's still got more styling than 80% of the cases out there right now.
I've worked with many cases, and although this isn't the easiest case to work with, it's high up there.
Great Gaming Case, (What's this?) Antec Full-Tower Gaming Case Twelve Hundred V3 Case is great. Plenty of room for my video cards, 2 GTX 275s, big CPU heat sink, and good airflow. Delivery was on day promised and no damage to the case. Only draw back is that the front USB 3.0 port has to be connected to the rear motherboard ports. This is probably due to no standard USB 3.0 motherboard header was around when the case was released. I will be buying two more cases in the near future to replace my ANTEC 900 cases.
Side Windows: Yes Front I/O Panel: 1x USB 3.0 Port; 2x USB 2.0 Ports; 1x eSATA Port; HD Audio In and Out.Case Type: Full Tower Gaming CaseDrive Bays: 13 External 3 x 5.25"; Internal 9 x 3.5" for HDD.Optional 1x 120mm Side Fan Optional 1x 120mm Middle Fan Water cooling platform for reservoir or pump.Power Supply: None, Antec CP-800 & CP-1000 Power Supply for option.2x 120mm TriCool blue LED Rear Fan 3x 120mm blue LED Front Fan..
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