Antec Twelve Hundred Case Review

Conclusions

Antec Twelve Hundred is a full tower case targeted to high-end gamers that want a good quality case full of features but don’t want to pay for an aluminum product. Here is a summary of what we found about this case.

Strong Points

• Outstanding quality and impeccable paint job, which is also applied to the internal parts of the case. No sharp edges that you could cut yourself while building your PC.
• Excellent price for a high-end full-tower case.
• The number of hard disk drive bays is more than enough even for the most hardcore user.
• The number of available fans (one 200-mm on the top, two 120 mm on the rear and three 120 mm fans on the front) is simply insane.
• Speed control for all fans, with three speeds for the top and rear fans and a potentiometer for the three front fans.
• On/off switch for the LED’s on the top fan.
• Washable dust filters.

Weak Points

• Could have a FireWire port.
• Use of regular screws instead of thumbscrews for fastening daughterboards to the case.
• Use of regular screws instead of thumbscrews or even a screwless mechanism for installing optical and hard disk drives to the case.
• All fans use a standard 4-pin peripheral power connector and thus you can’t monitor their speed.
• No anti-vibration mechanism for the hard disk drives.

In summary, this is a terrific case for users that want a high-end gaming case but don’t want to give an arm to buy a very high-end all-aluminum model.