Wondering what Antec is cooking up for 2010? Even if the answer is 'meh' you still might be interested in the LanBoy Air, a new gamer-oriented mid-tower PC case that will be officially announced at CES 2010 in January.
The upcoming chassis features a mesh design for better ventilation, a modular construction, has three exposed 5.25-inch bays, a front (top) I/O panel with one eSATA, two audio and two USB ports, a removable motherboard tray, suspension mounts for up to six hard drives, and two drilled holes for the tubing of watercooling systems.
The LanBoy Air would be equipped by default with no less than five fans - two 120mm fans in the front and one at the rear, and a couple of TriCool spinners on the side panel.
Antec is still working on the chassis so certain things may still change but the overall look and feel should remain like this. Once out, the LanBoy Air is said to be priced at about 200 Euro.
Once again, pictures can be found here.
I don't wanna offend Antec designers, but they really did jump over their head to make one of the ugliest cases ever IMO.
Antec used to be decent, /sigh.
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this has to be the worst use of the anec 900 frame ever, and it makes u wounder why people from the community dont get hired unless u have a degree in art but this comes out
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I saw this and it jumped out at me saying "Megablocks! Tonka Truck! Rescue Heros!"
Given I have a place in my heart for their 180 line ( and I have some respect for the 900, there I said it .... ) I am somewhat shocked to say the least.
It is a novel concept, one I feel has wings but the overall feel just isn't... attractive?
Are Antec hiring 3yr olds as their new design team ?
They have gone down massively in terms of the quality cases they used to produce. The P180 were so well made and designed. Then they started down the path of cheap and cheerful with the 900, 1200, 300, Skeleton. And now they come up with this utter monstrosity.
that doesn't mean ANYTHING related to the performance one series.
When they released their Skeleton case, were you also yelling: where are the case panels, like the on the P180 which was well made and designed?
use arguments related to the product at hand; if this case was to be called P195 , you'd have a very valid point; but it's not, so don't compare it to that product line
I saw this and it jumped out at me saying "Megablocks! Tonka Truck! Rescue Heros!"
Haha, this made me laugh as I was thinking the same ! Antec used to make good looking produc, I owned a nine hundred and it was looking fine...but that case is like a punch in your face. Unless the air flow is really superior, I believe there is alot more good looking product in the market.
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It seems it's fail after fail for them. I thought there couldn't be anything uglier than the Antec Six Hundred case I've posted here in the news section but then this...
Unless the air flow is really superior, I believe there is alot more good looking product in the market.
Funny thing is, no matter how good the airflow, it still can't compete against a open a benchtable, so dumping 200 on this won't make sense if someone is looking for better airflow.
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it still can't compete against a open a benchtable
that's only true if you install fans that blow air over your open benchtable,
inside a well ventilated case the overall motherboard temp and other components will actually be lower due to the forced air, where as on a bench table without extra cooling the hot air will not be "blown" off
Funny thing is, no matter how good the airflow, it still can't compete against a open a benchtable, so dumping 200 on this won't make sense if someone is looking for better airflow.
Why do Casemanufacturers believe Gamers are blind and deaf? Seriously, It's borderline to offensive for Gamers what gets released "for" them.
Because gamers use 5.1 ch headphones at full blast and sit 2 inches away from 22 - 24" very cheap and fast monitors that are horrible for your eyes.... they probably have good reason to believe gamers are blind and deaf
that doesn't mean ANYTHING related to the performance one series.
When they released their Skeleton case, were you also yelling: where are the case panels, like the on the P180 which was well made and designed?
use arguments related to the product at hand; if this case was to be called P195 , you'd have a very valid point; but it's not, so don't compare it to that product line
Don't get me wrong, I know what you are getting at here but there is still no reason the case should look as gaudy as it does, regardless of the line it is placed under. It probably is a well built case but the colors chosen and finishing used just make it seem cheap. There is no reason they couldn't have a case with similar if not the same utility AND have it appeal to the eye. Hell, a black frame and darker gray plastic would have done spades, at least it would look passable.
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‘In that direction,’ the Cat said, waving its right paw round, ‘lives a Hatter: and in that direction,’
waving the other paw, ‘lives a March Hare. Visit either you like: they’re both mad.’
‘But I don’t want to go among mad people,’ Alice remarked.
‘Oh, you can’t help that,’ said the Cat: ‘we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.’
‘How do you know I’m mad?’ said Alice.
‘You must be,’ said the Cat, ‘or you wouldn’t have come here.’
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Antec is readying Lanboy Air for CES
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