Antec Sonata Elite Black ATX Mid Tower Computer Case Reviews

Antec's thoughtfully-designed case brings you library-quiet performance and unique style with its striking, contemporary exterior. The interior comes standard with a rear 120 mm TriCool fan with 3-speed control. Two built-in, washable air filters helps to keep your system free of dust. The Sonata Elite also features convenient front mounted USB ports, eSATA connector, and High definition audio jacks.

Where to Buy

Antec Sonata Elite Mid Tower Case

RaidMax Elite Series Smilodon 612W Mid tower Reviews

Functional & Stylish, September 25, 2007

By Brandon

It is a little difficult to make a buying decision about a case by shopping online. You can't view it, you can't touch it and you can't make a real decision about its durability. I decided on this case and I'm glad that I did. This case makes it extremely easy to build and upgrade your system. Firstly both sides have a latch to allow simple opening of the case. No screws are used. The motherboard sits on one of the panels that open making it easy to access. the hard drive harness also swings out of the case to make it easy to add hard drives. All of the drives are held in place by clips rather then screws. One tip is that there is a toolbox hidden in a blue box under the hard drive harness. In there you will find screws and drive rails. Its easy to miss. Although this is a mid sized ATX case it is huge. It weighs in at a massive 33 pounds and is probably a bit bigger then you think. The case is also loaded with fans for optimal cooling and runs very quiet. I highly recommend getting this case. Its highly stylish and very functional.

Where to Buy

RaidMax Elite Series Smilodon 612W - Mid tower - ATX - power supply 500 Watt - black - USB/Audio

NZXT TEMPEST EVO Crafted Series TEVO-001BK Black Steel Case Reviews

The Tempest Evolved!, January 27, 2010

By Kort

PC hobbyists and hardcore gamers; build yourself a Core i7 gaming monster! After almost two years, NZXT has updated their award winning NZXT TEMPEST Enthusiast Steel ATX Midtower-Retail (itself very similar to the popular Antec Nine Hundred) with great new features while keeping the price the nearly the same. It is large for a mid-size case has features usually seen only on higher end models. Steel construction, EAT-X support, 9 drive bays (8 railed for HDs), 3 slots for optical drives, 7 expansion slots, 6 (quieter) fans, black interior, enhanced cable management, pre-drilled for water cooling, blue LEDs and a smoked side panel -- this thing is a BEAST! (see my photo above comparing it to a standard mid-size case)

Where to Buy

Tempest Evo Enthusiast Steel Tower (TEMPEST EVO NO POWER BLACK INTERIOR), Black

NZXT LEXA S Crafted Series Black Steel Mid Tower Chassis Reviews

Really nice replacement for an ancient green case,  December 3, 2009

By Rhonda Roberts

This is replacing an ancient green atx box. I told myself I would not replace it until I could get something green. I gave up and got this.

The cut outs help conceal wires behind the side panel. This gives the interior of the CPU a cleaner appearance, and improved airflow. The illuminated drive cover is sweet, but I was disappointed that it didn't function as a HD indicator.

Where to Buy

LEXA S Crafted Series Black Steel Mid Tower Chassis CS-NT-LEXA-S

Corsair CC800DW Obsidian 800D Black Aluminum Full Tower Case Reviews

Big box, January 8, 2010

By Uzi

I bought this some months ago via Amazon.It arrived in good shape. Lucky me.

If you've not seen published reviews for this on the net go look it up. There are some videos here and there to be found as well. It is as good as they say. I can't complain.

WEll, a couple niggles. I dont' like the clear plastic side panel and wish they would offer a solid alternate, easily fixed though with some paint.

I wish I had realized just how huge it really is. LoL. It is a monster case so

be sure it is what you want. Some may not like the open grilling on top but that can be blocked if you need to.I wish they had provided provision to add filters for the top grills for those of us

Where to Buy

Corsair CC800DW Obsidian 800D Black Aluminum Full Tower ATX Enthusiast Case (Amazon.com)

Corsair Obsidian 800D Full Tower Case (TigerDirect.com)

Antec Nine Hundred Two Case Review

Antec Nine Hundred Two Case Review

hardwaresecrets.com

Conclusions

Hardware Secrets Golden Award

Antec Nine Hundred Two is a mid-tower case targeted to the exigent user that wants a high-quality mid-tower case. Here is a summary of what we found about this product.

Strong Points

* Top-notch quality.

* Amazing number of hard disk drive bays that will please even very high-end users (six or seven, if you use the 5 ¼”-to-3 ½” adaptor).

* Hard disk drive cages are removable.

* Dust filters.

* Speed control for all fans.

* Eight expansion slots.

* eSATA port.

Cooler Master Cosmos S Selected in Tom's Hardware's Performance PC Build

Cooler Master Cosmos S Selected in Tom's Hardware's Performance PC Build

"External cooling components don’t just look ugly, they also create huge risks when moving a system from place to place. We needed a case that would hold all of our parts internally, and the extended height of our graphics card cooler meant the model used last September simply wouldn’t work. Of the three cases that would hold all our parts appropriately, Cooler Master’s Cosmos S stood out as the best-looking and most flexible.

Cooler Master HAF 922 Case Review

Cooler Master HAF 922 Case Review

Reviewer: NinjaLane.com

Conclusion

Cooler Master really seemed to listen to its customers on the HAF 922 design by responding with improvements in most areas that the larger HAF

932 lacked in. Cable management is one area of improvement, here you have many places to run cables behind the motherboard tray and built in

spots for cable ties that really helps to clean up the case internals. Tool less design is very important when it makes sense the lack of tool