Core Meltdown heeft een review gepost van de Antec SX1030B 'SOHO File Server' case (zo noemt Antec 'm). Dit in stijlvol zwart uitgevoerde kastje heeft vier 5,25" en twee 3,5" externe drive bays. Binnen is er plaats voor 4 harddisks. Ook wat betreft koeling zijn er voldoende mogelijkheden. Aan de voorzijde en bij de harddisk bay is er ruimte voor extra 8cm fans gereserveerd en verder kunnen aan de achterzijde twee extra 8cm's gemonteerd worden. De reviewer was tevreden over de kast, maar vond het ontbreken van een removable mobo tray en een tweede front fan een gemis:
This case is solid too, very well made and strong. I'm sure it could take a few beatings from angry fraggers if they loose and end up kicking their case, haha. The motherboard tray is quite large as well, allowing big motherboards and room for lots of cpu's. The 5.25" bays for drives are of the easy slid-rail type, no screws needed just slide drives in and out. One thing that may bother you is the fact that most Drives come in that nasty beige or white color that will defiantly clash with the black case. Antec has thought of this problem too though by including a swinging door that covers all the drives so it keeps that one tone black look all over. And on this door is a lock so that you can lock others out so they don't reset or power off or on your machine, a good security feature indeed. Also the side panel has a locking device so you can lock it down from intruders gaining access to your vital pc parts. This case also has swivel 'feet' underneath it that provide added support so it won't tip over if someone accidentally bumps it hard.
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