I give a lot of credit to Antec for the way they packaged the Nine Hundred
Enclosure, normally you would expect to find the case packed solely in a
decorative carton. That is not the case with the Nine Hundred,
the decorative shipping carton is protected by a plain cardboard box thus
offering this case a double layer of protection.
Looking at the front of the shipping carton you can see what may be one of
the best photos of a computer case out there, here you can see the 200mm fan
located at the rear of he case. Slightly in front of the fan you can
see the molded area that has been build in the top of the case of storing
small items. Directly in front of that you will find the accessory
panel which we will cover a bit more closely.
The rear of the carton is is used to showcase the features of the Nine
Hundred in three different languages.
It's all about square corners and acute angles when you
look at the side of the Nine Hundred, located on the side of panel you will
find a nice size window so you can look in and see all of your goodies at
work inside your computer. Also you have the option of
adding an additional 120mm fan to the side-panel to help cool your graphics card. Removal of
the side-panel is accomplished by simply unscrewing the thumb-screws and
then pulling the side-panel rearward to remove it completely.
The Nine Hundred has nine drive bays and of those six
have the added benefit of having a pair of blue LED 120mm fan fronting them. The bays
where the 120mm fans are at are actually modular devices each holding three
- 3.5" drives, while the remaining three opening can be filled with
your choice of optical
drives.
Moving to the rear of the case we are once again
presented with a 120mm fan and a case that is taking great care to
insure that the maximum amount of air is allowed to enter into the case.
You can see in the photo that the power supply have been moved to the bottom
of the case making way for the behemoth of a fan. Antec has managed to
shoehorn a a slow rotating 200mm fan into the top-rear portion of the case.
My only concern about this large of an opening is whether or
not it will also become one large dust trap especially since it did not come
with a filter of any type.
