We have already looked at quite a few cases from Antec, including the extremely popular P160, the follow-up P182, and the Three Hundred. We had a chance to test the Antec Nine Hundred and today we're looking at the successor to the Nine Hundred: the Antec Nine Hundred Two - The Ultimate Gaming Case.
This is not the first time Antec is revamping one of their products. They also launched NSK 4480 II, a new version of their NSK 4480 case. Let’s see the differences between the two models and if Nine Hundred Two is really a good product.
A comparison between the new Nine Hundred Two and the standard Nine Hundred is inevitable. The appearance has changed a little and it does include some new features, but it retains many similarities with its predecessor, including the nine front 5.25" drive bays. What Antec did was basically get their Twelve Hundred full-tower case and shrunk down to a mid-tower form factor. Below are the main differences between Nine Hundred Two and the original Nine Hundred, but as you can see all these new features were stolen from Twelve Hundred:
- Internal parts are painted black, whereas on the original Nine Hundred they are not, carrying the traditional gray zinc-coated steel looks.
- The top panel was remodeled (became identical to Twelve Hundred’s).
- The original Nine Hundred had a Firewire port, not present on Nine Hundred Two. The new model, however, has one eSATA port, not present on the previous version.
- Washable dust filter for the optional 120-mm side fan on the new version.
- One extra expansion slot for daughter boards on Nine Hundred Two, for a total of eight slots. The original Nine Hundred carries the standard number of expansion slots: seven.
- The speed controllers for the rear and top fans were moved to the rear panel of the case, which is great, as you don’t need to open the case to adjust the speed of the fans.
- The speed controllers for the front fans were moved to the front panel of the case, which is great for the same reason as above.
- Holes for water cooling hoses on the rear panel.
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