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Antec Solo Midi Tower Case
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Author: Whoopty
Posted: 23:00, June 27th 2006
Link: http://www.antec.com/uk/
Score: 10 out of 10 [?]
Price: £55
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The Task

As I said, for this review, and for such an acclaimed "Sound Deadening Case" I decided to take pity of my brother who's case is horrifically loud, due to his Gigabyte 3d Cooler Pro which he can't find the fan controller for (Which leaves it spinning at 4000rpm constantly, pushing out around 40-50db). So here was my task, review the case, and turn this:

Brothers PC

Into this:

Antec Solo Midi Tower Case

The Box etc.

This case comes in a fetching promotional box, extra weight and therefore extra postage to pay for, but its a nice box all the same. Plenty of feature lists and product pictures to give you a good idea what you are buying.

Antec Solo Midi Tower Case Box

Antec Solo Midi Tower Case Box

After disposing of the packaging cardboard I managed to lift the case out. Not a heavy one, but not light either. As you can see, there are 3 front 5 1/2" dry bays, and a 3 1/2" floppy drive space:

Antec Solo Midi Tower Case Drive bays

The paintwork on this case is awesome. The sides are perfectly smooth, producing a somewhat mirrored image.

Antec Solo Midi Tower Case Side Panel

The downside to this being that finger prints show up very easily...

Smudge

Buy now

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