Antec Six Hundred V2 Gaming Case

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The crew at Pro-Clockers strapped the Antec Six Hundred V2 to the review bench today and had their way with it.

The previous model we are talking about is the original Six Hundred case, a winner due mostly to its unique top panel and aggressive front bezel, a style that was something many of us have never seen in a gaming case before. But now, Antec figures that they could improve on that uniqueness even more by re-releasing the case under the Six Hundred V2 badge, and kicking in some nice features as well; typically found on their higher end models.
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I guess you could take out the 2.5 hot swap and put in a Silverstone breakout box for USB 3.0. My hot swap is in a 5.25 hole for regular HD's. A USB 2.5 setup for 3.0 runs very good.
 
Hideous. When are case makers going to learn that increasing surface area with nonfunctional shapes tends to make cases look ugly rather than edgy?
 
Well Billy, when an Antec and a Xclio love each other very much (for 30 minutes in a motel room) you get a 600 V2 gaming case that lives in the basement all its life and never pays any rent, but its really good at playing computer games. ;)
 
Antec is incapable of designing an aesthetically pleasing case even if their life depended on it.
 
fdiaz78 said:
Antec is incapable of designing an aesthetically pleasing case even if their life depended on it.
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I don't totally disagree with that, but they do have SOME good looking cases:
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But I will agree that this case is pretty nasty looking.
 
cmadki4 said:
I don't totally disagree with that, but they do have SOME good looking cases:

But I will agree that this case is pretty nasty looking.
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Those cases above with exception of P183 are +4 years old. If you count the original Antec 900, Antec 300 and P180 its almost like Antec's design stood still for the last 4 years. They still use the same bodies as 4 years ago and terrible hard drive placement that forces the hard drive cables to the motherboard. Add the annoying upside down PSU that prohibits a PSU from breathing cool air.

Now we have other companies cases that beat those 4 year old Antecs with less price and better features.

P183 -> Fractal Design
900 -> CM 690 II Advanced, PC-K62
300 -> HAF 912
 
cmadki4 said:
4+ years maybe, but they did design them...
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And yet, never figured out the problems they created with a "bottom of the chassis" PSU placement, they let everyone else figure out the space between the floor, and a filtered intake; and they still haven't done anything about it themselves, unless you count the ATX12 extension, the PSU is still upside down in order to breath.

And I hate the HDD placement, everyone has moved on, to save space and allow some room for cards over 11", Fractal's XL even gives you the option of rotating the HDD bay, or taking it out.

Thermaltake's V9 is very similar to the 900 in looks, if you like the look of the 900 range, and you want to have the current features on the market, buy the Thermaltake V range, CM HAF, or Corsair 600T, all cheap cases that have moved with the times.
 
cmadki4 said:
I don't totally disagree with that, but they do have SOME good looking cases:
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Um, no. Those are disgusting, too.

I think Antec is proof that the "market" doesn't always know what's best considering they have the most market share in the DIY case business.
 
Icejon said:
Those cases above with exception of P183 are +4 years old. If you count the original Antec 900, Antec 300 and P180 its almost like Antec's design stood still for the last 4 years. They still use the same bodies as 4 years ago and terrible hard drive placement that forces the hard drive cables to the motherboard. Add the annoying upside down PSU that prohibits a PSU from breathing cool air.

Now we have other companies cases that beat those 4 year old Antecs with less price and better features.

P183 -> Fractal Design
900 -> CM 690 II Advanced, PC-K62
300 -> HAF 912
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That the 300 itself is still a strong seller is a testament to its design. I only just got it last year, so if it's a 4 year old case... they did something right with this one: design it to be classy rather than tacky. Personally, I think the HAF 912 looks like shit.

Though I did end up having to dremel the rivets out so I could remove the 3 1/2 drive bays... I did this more for airflow rather than card space issues. (Dropped case temp by about 2 degrees when it's already pretty damn close to room temp in general.)

Believe it or not, there ARE some people out there who don't need to have a figurative neon light hanging above their heads announcing that they have a "OOOH ZOMG PERFORMANCE LOOK AT MY BOX IT SCREAMS GAMERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!" rig.

As far as the PSU on the bottom issue goes...

I flipped the power supply. The grille/fan faces up towards the rest of the case. It gets its cool air from the front casefans. No problem there. Last thing I wanted was a generally inaccessible filter on the bottom of the case to clean when I can just put one on the side and two in the front. Done. The PSU generally is only an exhaust anyway, so you'd want it to help pull out air when using positive pressure and air filters to keep dust out of the case.
 
You really have no choice but to put the PSU upside down, I built Antec's flat, or upside down due to this marvelous design feature, you won't lose a screw in the fan that way, but it's still effecting airflow.

Yeah that's a marvel of design, I like how it hasn't changed in almost eight years (unless you count the motherboard tray), just fresh panels on the same chassis, mutton dressed up as lamb as they say.
 
Outamyhead said:
You really have no choice but to put the PSU upside down, I built Antec's flat, or upside down due to this marvelous design feature, you won't lose a screw in the fan that way, but it's still effecting airflow.
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Because putting a filter or piece of paper on top of the fanguard when you are working inside the case is so fucking difficult.
 
I dunno what your problem is, but defending an eight year old design flaw, of a company you obviously love a little too much, is going pretty far.

I've never had to cover or protect a PSU fan intake in the 500+ systems I have built (mainly because they are the right way up, or they are not on the bottom of the case at all), don't intend to waste time doing that now or in the future either, I don't have a problem with anything else Antec make, just their cases being so far behind everyone else, 900 was the only one I liked when it was new to the market, then the CM stacker came out.

I recognize that blue case now, the side panels have a sheet of metal, but the panel itself is plastic, those are terrible, I built a few of those, and the very first one taught me to be careful putting the panels back on as the little guide tabs tear off like butter, lost half of the bottom row due to sub standard plastic...certainly wasn't built for being taken on and off too much.
 
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Outamyhead said:
I dunno what your problem is, but defending an eight year old design flaw, of a company you obviously love a little too much, is going pretty far.

I've never had to cover or protect a PSU fan intake in the 500+ systems I have built (mainly because they are the right way up, or they are not on the bottom of the case at all), don't intend to waste time doing that now or in the future either, I don't have a problem with anything else Antec make, just their cases being so far behind everyone else, 900 was the only one I liked when it was new to the market, then the CM stacker came out.

I recognize that blue case now, the side panels have a sheet of metal, but the panel itself is plastic, those are terrible, I built a few of those, and the very first one taught me to be careful putting the panels back on as the little guide tabs tear off like butter, lost half of the bottom row due to sub standard plastic...certainly wasn't built for being taken on and off too much.
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I think you're focused a little too much on Antec in general when nearly every other brand has also done this same design flaw... even without a filter for the bottom.

Like so: http://pcwizkidstechtalk.com/images/stories/pcwizkid/11.jpg

Cooler Master. No vents or filter on the bottom mounted space for the power supply.

Not that it would be a good thing if you're one of those who put the case on the floor: http://techgage.com/reviews/cooler_master/cm690/cooler_master_cm_690_06_thumb.jpg

So, either way...

All the brands you've praised for not making the same mistakes/design flaws as Antec... have made the same mistakes and design flaws, and still continue to do so.

Main reason why I prefer the fan on the bottom and grille facing up without vents/filters below the PSU: It's a place to hide extra cables.

You call it a design flaw, I call it your being selective about what you condemn.
 
techrat said:
I think you're focused a little too much on Antec in general when nearly every other brand has also done this same design flaw... even without a filter for the bottom.

Like so: http://pcwizkidstechtalk.com/images/stories/pcwizkid/11.jpg

Cooler Master. No vents or filter on the bottom mounted space for the power supply.
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You should research more because I owned a Scout and it had this filter under the PSU properly. If I wanted to I could mount my power supply in the case upside down as well since the Scout and many other cases from other companies have both sets of holes. The power supply filter is right there under the power supply area in the back of the case.

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The main problem is with an Antec 300 or Antec 900 is the front to back HDD bays. Once you have 3-4 hard drives there is no viable room to have SLI and cable management. This means the ends of the hard drives need PSU cables as well as sata cables. These cables will touch the motherboard and block the GPU area.
 
techrat said:
I think you're focused a little too much on Antec in general when nearly every other brand has also done this same design flaw... even without a filter for the bottom.

Like so: http://pcwizkidstechtalk.com/images/stories/pcwizkid/11.jpg

Cooler Master. No vents or filter on the bottom mounted space for the power supply.

Not that it would be a good thing if you're one of those who put the case on the floor: http://techgage.com/reviews/cooler_master/cm690/cooler_master_cm_690_06_thumb.jpg

So, either way...

All the brands you've praised for not making the same mistakes/design flaws as Antec... have made the same mistakes and design flaws, and still continue to do so.

Main reason why I prefer the fan on the bottom and grille facing up without vents/filters below the PSU: It's a place to hide extra cables.

You call it a design flaw, I call it your being selective about what you condemn.
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Let's see brands I have, as you say "praised" (although I merely mentioned them as alternatives to this case), CM HAF: filtered, Corsair 600T: Filtered, Thermaltake V series cases...filtered.

Since it's a thread about an Antec case, I thought the focus should be on them?

I wasn't really complaining about the PSU fan anyway, my main problem with Antec, is the chassis haven't changed at all in eight years, they haven't painted the innards, the HDD drive bay layout hasn't changed, they were onto something with that case and the removable bay, the rest of the case, and mainly the plastic panels with the easily breakable guide tabs let it down, if it was full metal panels and modernized a little, it would be a good case,

At the time I was looking around for a case, Antec was in the shortlist, along with CM, if Fractal existed at the time I would have got the R3 or XL, I may even switch to one of those eventually (those are also filtered).
 
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