Antec LanBoy Air Case Review

Inside the Antec LanBoy Air

In Figure 16, you can see inside the LanBoy Air. The motherboard tray has a big hole around the area where the CPU is installed, allowing access to the backplate of the CPU cooler, so you can replace the cooler without having to remove the motherboard. The motherboard tray doesn’t go all the way to the bottom and front panels, meaning that there is a communication between the power supply compartment, the area behind the disk drive bays and the back of the motherboard tray, allowing you to easily route and hide cables. The tray has several clips for you to fasten cables using cable ties, and it comes with three cable ties already installed.

Figure 16: Overall look

Figure 17: A view behind the motherboard tray

In Figure 18, you have another overall look inside the case. Expansion cards are fastened to the case using regular screws. This is the only “flaw” we really see with this case, we think it should have come with black thumscrews here.

Figure 18: Overall look

This case supports video cards up to 16” (406 mm) long and CPU coolers up to 5.9” (150 mm) tall if the optional side fans are installed, or up to 6.3” (160 mm) if you didn’t install the side fans.

On the case’s default configuration, the power supply must be installed with its fan facing up. However, if you move the power supply cage to the top of the case, then you will have to install the power supply with its fan facing down, since you will have the power supply cage rotated 180°.

Figure 19: Power supply compartment