Introduction

In the world of high end cases there are ones aimed at aesthetics centric gamers and there are ones built for feature hungry enthusiasts. However occasionally a company comes along that seems to mix the two up, one such firm is Antec. Today we're taking a look at a model from their Dark Fleet series, the DF-85 which has a tonne of fans, an SSD dock and gamer front panel stylings. Will it please both camps, just one or neither? Let's see.

Features

• Three Fleet-Release™ access doors open separately for convenient entry to drives
• Three washable fan filters allow for easy cleaning
• Top 2.5" hot-swap SATA (SSD-compatible) drive bay
• Bottom-mounted power supply isolates heat
  - Mounts either a standard size power supply or an Antec exclusive CP Series power supply
• Lockable access doors ensure security
• CPU cutout allows for easy installation of CPU coolers
• 14 drive bays:
  - Up to 9 x internal 3.5"
  - 3 x external 5.25"
  - 4 x internal 3.5" Fleet-Swap™ drives (position changeable)
  - 1 x external top 2.5" hot-swap SATA drive bay
  - 1 x internal bottom-mounted 2.5" SSD drive
• Advanced cooling system:
  - 2 x top 140mm TwoCool™ fans
  - 2 x rear 120mm TwoCool™ red LED fans
  - 3 x front 120mm red LED fans with speed control knobs
  - 1 x side 120mm fan to cool graphics cards (optional)
  - Water cooling capable
• 7 expansion slots to support multiple graphics cards
• Maximum graphics card size: 12.5" / 318 mm
• Cable management ties help keep your case tidier
• Stylish blacked-out interior
• Windowed side panel
• Front ports:
  - 1 x USB 3.0
  - 3 x USB 2.0
  - Audio (AC'97 and HDA compatible) In and Out
• Motherboards: Mini-ITX, microATX, Standard ATX
• Power supply not included
• Unit Dimension
  - 596mm (H) x 213mm (W) x 505mm (D)
  - 23.5" (H) x 8.4" (W) x 19.9" (D)
• Package Dimension
  - 577mm (H) x 288mm (W) x 510mm (D)
  - 22.7" (H) x 11.3" (W) x 20.1" (D)
• Weight
  - Net : 11.0 kg / 24.2 lbs
  - Gross : 11.3kg / 26.3 lbs