Antec ISK300-150 Case Review

The Disk Drive Bays

Now let’s take a look inside ISK300-150. On Figures 8 and 9 you have an overall look from its interior right after removing its top panel. The frame you see on the top part is where the disk drives are installed. On Figures 10 and 11 you see the interior of this case with this part removed.

Figure 8: Overall look.

Figure 9: Overall look.

The 150 W power supply that comes inside the case is installed on its front portion, where on ISK300-65 we have the DC-DC converter module. Therefore we didn’t lose a lot of space by having the power supply inside the case. Anyway, you can only install expansion cards up to 7” (180 mm) in length and CPU coolers up to 2.5” (6.5 cm) in height. And, as you may have already figured out, this case only holds mini ITX motherboards.

Figure 10: Overall look.

In Figure 11 you can better see the 80 mm fan that comes with the product. It is “TriCool DBB” model (“DBB” stands for Double Ball Bearing), providing three different speeds (low, medium and high), configured through the switch available on the rear panel. Since there is a place for installing a second switch on the rear panel, the second (optional) fan can be an identical “TriCool” fan. No information on the actual speeds, airflow or noise level is
available. This fan uses a standard peripheral power plug, so you can’t monitor its speed.

Figure 11: Overall look.