| Article Index |
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| Antec VSK-2000 New Solution Series Case Review |
| The Exterior |
| The Interior |
| Installation |
| The Tests |
| Conclusion |
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The Interior
The Opening
The side panels of the case are held on with regular thumb screws, all comes off nice and easily without a screw driver. Inside is a sheet of anti-corrosion paper and a basic case overview from Antec with 2 cable ties and a bag of screws for mounting your drives.
In the efforts of saving paper, Antec suggested to visit their website for the proper manual.
Click here for the VSK-2000 Manual
If you look carefully enough, you should notice in their manual they are trying to install a beige drive when the case which is obviously black. Worth a laugh.
The Chassis is made from 0.6mm SECC (Steel Electro Galvanised, Cold Rolled Coil) , so it is thinner than most other Antec cases which are usually 0.8mm, but it is still quite strong and slightly lighter
Although slightly smaller inside than most other cases, it still holds enough room to mount a standard full sized ATX motherboard, 7 expansions and 10 drives. You can see 6 elevation screws already installed. More are provided in the goodies bag.
The PSU Bay seems small, it’s able to hold PSUs with the dimensions 450mm (H) 200mm (W) x 470mm (D).
Atop inside are the three 5.25” bays. All drives mounted inside that case are all manual screw driver work, there’s not easy lock in brackets. Although it takes more time and effort, it can be a little more fun during the building process. It’s almost similar to whether or not you drive and automatic or manual car.
Below is the single bay for the floppy disk drive followed by the six 3.5” drive bays for hard drives. At the front of the hard drive bays is a plastic grill which can be removed to mount an extra two 92mm fans at the front of the case and improve airflow, However I’ll show later it is actually large enough to accommodate 120mm fans.
Antec supply one of their own 120mm Tri-cool fan is ready to plug in. The fan has a 3 setting speed controller for 1200, 1600 and 2000rpms. Because its the only fan onboard, the higher rpm maybe what’s needed, but we’ll soon find out. Above it all lies the front panel I/O cables, neatly bundled and secured.
The "Bulge" didn’t bother me, and I thought it lent an edgy look, along with the Sarge pattern. The front 3.5" trap door is awkward, and I can’t think of a real use for it, but fun to flip when you're bored - lol. Did you note the front indent that looks like an "Eject" button to the left of the trap door? Has no use, just a 'shape' on the face... could confuse lame End Users (aka customers).
I miss the silicon drive mount option to reduce vibration, but it's a budget case.
I used a full size Gigabyte ATX MoBo so the standoffs were not an issue. I had an extra Antec 500W PSU lying around from another build, and used it here... fit perfectly.
Finally, my only let down, was th...