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The Three Hundred is yet another model in the gamers-oriented seriesthe Nine Hundred belongs to. The Three Hundred is simpler andconsiderably cheaper, though. Let’s see what has been sacrificed withthe purpose of lowering the price.
Thefront panel looks almost the same as the senior model’s. It is a mesh.There are now three brackets in the 5.25-inch bays while the entirebottom is covered with a dual mesh: a coarse metal mesh on the outsideand a fine synthetic one on the inside. By the way, the latter isfastened within a plastic frame that is secured by locks and can beeasily removed – it is going to be easy to clean this mesh. Overall, itis all very practical again, without any creative extravaganza. It isall purely utilitarian and I can’t see anything particularly beautifulhere.
Allthe buttons and connectors are grouped in the top part of the frontpanel: this system case is obviously meant to stand on the floor. Theselection is standard enough: Power and Reset buttons (the latter issunken deep to prevent your pressing it accidentally), two sound portsin the center and two USB connectors on the left. The USB ports areplaced far from each other so that the connected devices didn’tinterfere.
The side window is now missing. Instead, there is a 120mm fan seat covered with a punched-out mesh.
Theside panels are fastened simply with screws. These are thumbscrews, soyou won’t have to look for a screwdriver to open the case.
Likein every system case from Antec’s gaming series, there is an exhaustfan at the back of the top panel. This fan is removing the hot air fromthe hottest components, the CPU and graphics card. This time, however,it is a 140mm fan covered with a punched-out grid from above, ratherthan a 200mm monster. Easy to guess, the power supply has moved to thebottom of this case, too. As for the fan, it is yet another TriCoolseries model with three-level speed regulation.
The big diameter helps this fan create a stronger airflow at somewhat lower rotation speeds than 120mm models do.
Thereis a 120mm fan at the back panel but the outputs for liquid coolingsystems with an external radiator are now missing due to thepositioning of the model and its lowered price. Otherwise, the backpanel is quite ordinary.
Likewith the Nine Hundred, the feet are made from soft rubber. Theirtraction is strong. It is hard to move the standing system case. Thefeet also suppress vibrations from the working PC.
Thechassis has been simplified somewhat. Its right rack now has theclassic design with three 5.25-inch bays at the top and six 3.5-inchbays at the bottom. Take note that the 3.5-inch bays are all internal;none of them opens to the front panel. There are no rails to install3.5-inch devices into 5.25-inch bays. So if you need a card-reader or afloppy drive (yes, it is a prehistoric device but some people need itstill), you have to use external USB-interfaced models. I guess themanufacturer should have provided rails for 5.25-inch bays, though.
Themainboard and expansion cards are fastened in the standard way: polesand screws. There are no mechanisms for screw-less fastening. Althoughnot very quick, this is a simple and reliable method.
The qualityand thickness of the chassis are all right. Everything is solid androbust. You can’t bend anything with your finger as with cheap systemcases. It’s nice that the lower price of this model hasn’t affectedthis aspect. After all, the chassis is the foundation every othercomponent is attached to.
ThePSU fastening mechanism is simple: four supports from below and oneplate from above, four classic screws at the back panel. It is good thePSU can be installed upside down, i.e. with the horizontal fan facingup.
Take note of the additional strut in the left part of thephoto: it adds rigidity to the chassis so that it didn’t bendlengthwise.
TheHDDs and optical drives are also fastened with screws, without anyrails, cages or anything. There is one peculiarity only. Every HDD isfastened with thumbscrews, so you can do without a screwdriver. On thedownside, you have to remove both side panels in order to do anythingwith the HDDs.
Theback part of the 3.5-inch rack is designed as a depression in the case.You can tuck unnecessary cables in here. There are two handy straps forcables available.
Unfortunately,the system case comes without fans on the front panel although thereare two seats for 120mm fans there. It is easy to access them: thereare locks on one side of the plastic front panel only. The other sideis held with brackets, so you don’t have to remove the back cap. Thedoors the fans are installed into are closed with thumbscrews. It iseasy to install HDDs from here, especially if the mainboard is alreadyin the case. Alas, there are no rails and you have to remove the backpanel of the rack to install your HDDs.
Itis easy to assemble your PC in this system case. The sequence ofactions is absolutely standard. One thing should be noted, though. Asthe photo above shows, the case is not very long and a long opticaldrive will hang over the mainboard. My 19-inch drive blocks themounting hole for the mainboard, so I had to fasten the latter firstand then install the optical drive.
Thereare a few assembly-related peculiarities. The low position of the PSUmeans that its cables should be long. The standard 12V and 24Vconnectors have to reach a long way to the mainboard’s top where theappropriate plugs usually reside. And I wish the case were a couple ofcentimeters longer because the power connector of long graphics cards,placed near the back edge of the PCB, is going to press against the HDDopposite it (and my graphics card is not the longest available). Takenote how clean and neat the interior of the case looks because most ofthe excess cables are hidden in the niche at the back of the HDD rack. |
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发表于 3-5-2009 17:43:25
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