Page 2: Exterior
Exterior
With an identical visage as its predecessor, the Antec Nine Hundred Two changes very little on the exterior. Regardless, the enclosure is just as sexy as before in an all black matte finish. Look Ma, no fingerprints! The overall structure and strength of the plastic is high quality and has no give. Regardless, we would have preferred a full metal enclosure.
Moving to the side, we can see that once again, nothing has changed with the Nine Hundred Two. The window continues to feature a grille to mount a 120mm fan, perfect for those running scorching hot video card setups.
The rear of the case boasts some new improvements, most notably the change in color to matte black (also spreads into the interior). Additionally, Antec places a slew of switches at the top of the case to control the speed of the rear and top fan, as well as a switch to turn off the light on the 200mm fan. Lastly, Antec removed the extra grille on the back on the predecessor and places water cooling grommets to feed your tubes through to the radiator, a huge plus for computer enthusiasts. We'd like to note that for some reason, the case wouldn't fit our test motherboard in with the I/O backplate. We're a bit confused, but we're pretty sure it's an isolated incident.
The front features the same perforated drive bays, along with the two blue-LED 120mm fans included in the bottom two drive cages. A notable improvement for the front fans is a replacement for the fan controllers from the inline controllers to an external knob placed in the bottom right of each fan. This makes it much easier to adjust fan speeds, as before one would have to remove the side panel to adjust the speed.
On the top of the case, you can see the massive 200mm "Big Boy" fan that handles cooling duties very well along with its conglomerate. Additionally, Antec has removed the old-age FireWire port and replaced it with an eSATA port, although we should consider that a standard these days. You also get the USB ports, audio jacks, and power/reset buttons, along with the Antec logo proudly emblazoned below.
With an identical visage as its predecessor, the Antec Nine Hundred Two changes very little on the exterior. Regardless, the enclosure is just as sexy as before in an all black matte finish. Look Ma, no fingerprints! The overall structure and strength of the plastic is high quality and has no give. Regardless, we would have preferred a full metal enclosure.
Moving to the side, we can see that once again, nothing has changed with the Nine Hundred Two. The window continues to feature a grille to mount a 120mm fan, perfect for those running scorching hot video card setups.
The rear of the case boasts some new improvements, most notably the change in color to matte black (also spreads into the interior). Additionally, Antec places a slew of switches at the top of the case to control the speed of the rear and top fan, as well as a switch to turn off the light on the 200mm fan. Lastly, Antec removed the extra grille on the back on the predecessor and places water cooling grommets to feed your tubes through to the radiator, a huge plus for computer enthusiasts. We'd like to note that for some reason, the case wouldn't fit our test motherboard in with the I/O backplate. We're a bit confused, but we're pretty sure it's an isolated incident.
The front features the same perforated drive bays, along with the two blue-LED 120mm fans included in the bottom two drive cages. A notable improvement for the front fans is a replacement for the fan controllers from the inline controllers to an external knob placed in the bottom right of each fan. This makes it much easier to adjust fan speeds, as before one would have to remove the side panel to adjust the speed.
On the top of the case, you can see the massive 200mm "Big Boy" fan that handles cooling duties very well along with its conglomerate. Additionally, Antec has removed the old-age FireWire port and replaced it with an eSATA port, although we should consider that a standard these days. You also get the USB ports, audio jacks, and power/reset buttons, along with the Antec logo proudly emblazoned below.