Antec Dark Fleet DF-500 RGB PC Cabinet Review
The Antec DF-500 RGB costs Rs. 4,750 in India
The three 120mm RGB fans are incorporated yet there's no fumes at the back
The 3.5mm drive confine inside the PSU chamber makes link directing troublesome
In case you're simply assembling another gaming PC, odds are that you can't maintain a strategic distance from equipment that is trimmed with RGB LEDs. With little to separate between items, it appears motherboards, illustrations cards, RAM, and now even SSDs are being blinged out nowadays. A few people may obviously cover these parts inside misty boxes underneath their work areas and disregard them, yet others will need to demonstrate them off. Antec is focusing on the last statistic with its new Dark Fleet arrangement of cupboards. They aren't excessively costly, which implies that even spending purchasers can get in on the good times.
At first look, the DF-500 and DF-500 RGB with their huge glass side boards appear like they could be the ideal approaches to put some bright equipment in plain view. The distinction between them is that the somewhat more costly DF-500 RGB accompanies three 120mm RGB LED fans as of now screwed into its front board. Honestly, given the accentuation on flaunting, we don't know why a non-RGB rendition of this case even exists. We have the DF-500 RGB in for audit today, and we will reveal to you whether it's sufficient to be a show-stopper around your work area.
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Antec Dark Fleet DF-500 RGB plan
This is a shockingly smaller bureau, very in accordance with current low-end contributions. Despite the fact that the front embellishment is all plastic, it has a smooth, cutting edge visor-like outline that is certain to engage an extensive variety of purchasers. It's neither excessively insignificant nor excessively affected. The main issue we had was the immense Antec logo on the base, which is imprinted in brilliant white and degrades the look.
Most of the front face is translucent with a dim tint, which influences the cutting edges of every one of the three front fans to emerge. Tantamount to it looks, there are just modest holes on the sides for air consumption, so we will give careful consideration to the clamor this outcomes in. A work front board would have been obviously better for wind current. Ideally, a great deal of residue won't develop after some time, since it would be almost difficult to reach in and clean it.
The removable left board is a solitary sheet of safety glass, additionally with a smoky dark tint. It's held set up by four thumbscrews and you'll must be cautious while lifting it off, on the grounds that it's heavier than you may anticipate. The corners are sharp and uncovered. The correct board is standard metal, with two thumbscrews on the back to keep it set up.
Antec has put the USB and sound ports on the best. This keeps the front face clear, at the cost of convenience. It would have seemed well and good on a bigger bureau that sits beneath your work area, yet this one is intended to be in plain view, so you'll need to extend a bit. The ports are likewise presented to clean. There are two standard USB 3.0 ports however no Type-C, which is a pity.
Talking about residue, there are exceptionally flawless attractive work boards on the best and within the front that can be evacuated effectively to clean. The one on top is particularly helpful in the event that you aren't intending to have fans or a radiator there pushing air outwards. There's additionally a removable work board for the power supply's admission fan. Nonetheless, there's no assurance for the huge grille at the back.
By discarding 5.25-inch drive sounds through and through and moving the 3.5-inch drive confine to beneath the motherboard, Antec has figured out how to lessen the profundity of this case. It gauges 480mm tall, 470mm profound and 200mm wide. The 6.7kg weight (without parts) is excessive, yet is unavoidable as a result of the glass.
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Antec Dark Fleet DF-500 RGB inside and execution
Glancing through the treated glass, you'll see that the base quarter of the bureau is viably blanked out. We've seen control supply covers previously, yet for this situation it's a totally isolate chamber that must be gotten to from the contrary side. Whatever remains of the depression is totally vacant.
The power supply chamber represented a colossal issue for us when introducing parts. It's greatly restricted and you can just slide your PSU in one way. Antec claims that there's up to 200mm of leeway for a PSU, yet our trusty Corsair RM650 measures just 160mm (170mm with particular link plugs standing out of the back) and essentially couldn't fit inside. The purpose behind this is the migrated 3.5-inch drive confine, which close off the one open side of this fixed chamber and leaves no room at all for thick PSU links. The pen can be slid forward and backward a bit, yet there's essentially no place for links to go.
In this way, our PSU would not fit. We needed to unscrew the drive confine totally just to get it into put, at that point detach all our secluded links, re-fit the enclosure, and afterward reach inside the restricted hole with two fingers to reconnect the links one by one. Things won't not have worked out at all with a non-particular PSU. We would essentially have evacuated the cover, however even that isn't conceivable.
Over all that, it was difficult to course links through the two minor openings in the chamber, or through the tight (non-elastic lined) backplate gaps. This is a colossal issue, and PSUs don't get a ton littler. Antec is likewise flaunting special pictures with expansive radiators and fluid cooling pumps, so there's no reason for not having the capacity to suit a standard-sized PSU.
With possibly no 3.5-inch drive inlets accessible, purchasers may need to manage with the two 2.5-inch mounts on the back of the motherboard plate and two more in the primary chamber where a drive confine ought to be. We believe it's irrational for anybody to need to dump hard drives totally in view of bureau outline.
Fortunately whatever remains of our parts fitted fine and dandy, including a Gigabyte Aorus X470 Gaming 7 Wifi motherboard, AMD Wraith Prism RGB cooler, and additional long AMD Radeon RX Vega64 illustrations card. There's roughly 155mm of freedom for a CPU cooler so something tall, similar to our long-term top pick, the Cooler Master Hyper 212X, won't work. Our designs card's capacity links were likewise squeezed unflatteringly against the glass side board.
Link directing turned out to be a major test, with restricted backplate patterns that were halfway secured by our motherboard and not divided all around ok. Antec incorporates its own RGB LED controller which is a minor circuit board screwed on to the back of the motherboard plate. It brings about a clutter of wires that should be concealed. A hardened little catch on the best board gives you a chance to cycle between seven strong hues and two shading evolving impacts. You can likewise connect everything to your own particular controller or motherboard to match up the fans with whatever is left of your segments.
Antec says that the three 120mm fans in the front can be supplanted with two 140mm fans. You can have a similar course of action on the best, or mount a radiator there. While the non-RGB adaptation of this bureau accompanies a 120mm fumes fan at the back, it's astounding that there isn't one here to help coordinate wind current.
While we aren't cheerful at all with a portion of Antec's plan choices, we do need to state that this case is developed exceptionally well. It doesn't curve or flex, and the inside is covered in dark for most extreme visual impact. There are no sharp metal corners anyplace, and it's pleasant to see thumbscrews and instrument free drive plate.
We purposely picked a CPU cooler and designs card that can get very boisterous, and after that we ran a couple of our overwhelming benchmarks that are known to pressure any equipment. We didn't find that the DF-500 RGB's fans added much to the commotion level, yet we could feel that the whole case was getting warm. We would include a back fumes fan.
Our last concern was regardless of whether the treated glass and plastic front boards would get scratches with conventional taking care of. Both appeared to survive our taking care of through the span of seven days, however we'd at present be cautious with ordinary utilize. We would encourage clients not to peel off the defensive plastic film when initially unloading this bureau - hold up until the point that you are finished building.
The Antec DF-500 RGB looks fantastic in promotion photographs and recordings on the web, and it would be extremely enticing to get one in view of that by itself. It guarantees top of the line looks and highlights at a section level cost, yet the inside plan makes life extremely troublesome for PC manufacturers and clients. We don't expect this sort of dissatisfaction from an organization as experienced as Antec. At last, we can't suggest this bureau as entire heartedly as we would have loved. On the off chance that you think you'll fabricate once and afterward never tinker with the internal parts of your PC, you won't wouldn't fret to such an extent.
Aces
Cramped power supply chamber
Inadequate link directing arrangements
No back fumes fan
Appraisals (Out of 5)
Outline: 4
Convenience: 2.5
Incentive for Money: 3.5
By and large: 3.5
- Jamshed Avari, 23 July 2018
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Features :
The Antec DF-500 RGB costs Rs. 4,750 in India
The three 120mm RGB fans are incorporated yet there's no fumes at the back
The 3.5mm drive confine inside the PSU chamber makes link directing troublesome
In case you're simply assembling another gaming PC, odds are that you can't maintain a strategic distance from equipment that is trimmed with RGB LEDs. With little to separate between items, it appears motherboards, illustrations cards, RAM, and now even SSDs are being blinged out nowadays. A few people may obviously cover these parts inside misty boxes underneath their work areas and disregard them, yet others will need to demonstrate them off. Antec is focusing on the last statistic with its new Dark Fleet arrangement of cupboards. They aren't excessively costly, which implies that even spending purchasers can get in on the good times.
At first look, the DF-500 and DF-500 RGB with their huge glass side boards appear like they could be the ideal approaches to put some bright equipment in plain view. The distinction between them is that the somewhat more costly DF-500 RGB accompanies three 120mm RGB LED fans as of now screwed into its front board. Honestly, given the accentuation on flaunting, we don't know why a non-RGB rendition of this case even exists. We have the DF-500 RGB in for audit today, and we will reveal to you whether it's sufficient to be a show-stopper around your work area.
antec df500 top ndtv antec
Antec Dark Fleet DF-500 RGB plan
This is a shockingly smaller bureau, very in accordance with current low-end contributions. Despite the fact that the front embellishment is all plastic, it has a smooth, cutting edge visor-like outline that is certain to engage an extensive variety of purchasers. It's neither excessively insignificant nor excessively affected. The main issue we had was the immense Antec logo on the base, which is imprinted in brilliant white and degrades the look.
Most of the front face is translucent with a dim tint, which influences the cutting edges of every one of the three front fans to emerge. Tantamount to it looks, there are just modest holes on the sides for air consumption, so we will give careful consideration to the clamor this outcomes in. A work front board would have been obviously better for wind current. Ideally, a great deal of residue won't develop after some time, since it would be almost difficult to reach in and clean it.
The removable left board is a solitary sheet of safety glass, additionally with a smoky dark tint. It's held set up by four thumbscrews and you'll must be cautious while lifting it off, on the grounds that it's heavier than you may anticipate. The corners are sharp and uncovered. The correct board is standard metal, with two thumbscrews on the back to keep it set up.
Antec has put the USB and sound ports on the best. This keeps the front face clear, at the cost of convenience. It would have seemed well and good on a bigger bureau that sits beneath your work area, yet this one is intended to be in plain view, so you'll need to extend a bit. The ports are likewise presented to clean. There are two standard USB 3.0 ports however no Type-C, which is a pity.
Talking about residue, there are exceptionally flawless attractive work boards on the best and within the front that can be evacuated effectively to clean. The one on top is particularly helpful in the event that you aren't intending to have fans or a radiator there pushing air outwards. There's additionally a removable work board for the power supply's admission fan. Nonetheless, there's no assurance for the huge grille at the back.
By discarding 5.25-inch drive sounds through and through and moving the 3.5-inch drive confine to beneath the motherboard, Antec has figured out how to lessen the profundity of this case. It gauges 480mm tall, 470mm profound and 200mm wide. The 6.7kg weight (without parts) is excessive, yet is unavoidable as a result of the glass.
antec df500 inside ndtv antec
Antec Dark Fleet DF-500 RGB inside and execution
Glancing through the treated glass, you'll see that the base quarter of the bureau is viably blanked out. We've seen control supply covers previously, yet for this situation it's a totally isolate chamber that must be gotten to from the contrary side. Whatever remains of the depression is totally vacant.
The power supply chamber represented a colossal issue for us when introducing parts. It's greatly restricted and you can just slide your PSU in one way. Antec claims that there's up to 200mm of leeway for a PSU, yet our trusty Corsair RM650 measures just 160mm (170mm with particular link plugs standing out of the back) and essentially couldn't fit inside. The purpose behind this is the migrated 3.5-inch drive confine, which close off the one open side of this fixed chamber and leaves no room at all for thick PSU links. The pen can be slid forward and backward a bit, yet there's essentially no place for links to go.
In this way, our PSU would not fit. We needed to unscrew the drive confine totally just to get it into put, at that point detach all our secluded links, re-fit the enclosure, and afterward reach inside the restricted hole with two fingers to reconnect the links one by one. Things won't not have worked out at all with a non-particular PSU. We would essentially have evacuated the cover, however even that isn't conceivable.
Over all that, it was difficult to course links through the two minor openings in the chamber, or through the tight (non-elastic lined) backplate gaps. This is a colossal issue, and PSUs don't get a ton littler. Antec is likewise flaunting special pictures with expansive radiators and fluid cooling pumps, so there's no reason for not having the capacity to suit a standard-sized PSU.
With possibly no 3.5-inch drive inlets accessible, purchasers may need to manage with the two 2.5-inch mounts on the back of the motherboard plate and two more in the primary chamber where a drive confine ought to be. We believe it's irrational for anybody to need to dump hard drives totally in view of bureau outline.
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Fortunately whatever remains of our parts fitted fine and dandy, including a Gigabyte Aorus X470 Gaming 7 Wifi motherboard, AMD Wraith Prism RGB cooler, and additional long AMD Radeon RX Vega64 illustrations card. There's roughly 155mm of freedom for a CPU cooler so something tall, similar to our long-term top pick, the Cooler Master Hyper 212X, won't work. Our designs card's capacity links were likewise squeezed unflatteringly against the glass side board.
Link directing turned out to be a major test, with restricted backplate patterns that were halfway secured by our motherboard and not divided all around ok. Antec incorporates its own RGB LED controller which is a minor circuit board screwed on to the back of the motherboard plate. It brings about a clutter of wires that should be concealed. A hardened little catch on the best board gives you a chance to cycle between seven strong hues and two shading evolving impacts. You can likewise connect everything to your own particular controller or motherboard to match up the fans with whatever is left of your segments.
Antec says that the three 120mm fans in the front can be supplanted with two 140mm fans. You can have a similar course of action on the best, or mount a radiator there. While the non-RGB adaptation of this bureau accompanies a 120mm fumes fan at the back, it's astounding that there isn't one here to help coordinate wind current.
While we aren't cheerful at all with a portion of Antec's plan choices, we do need to state that this case is developed exceptionally well. It doesn't curve or flex, and the inside is covered in dark for most extreme visual impact. There are no sharp metal corners anyplace, and it's pleasant to see thumbscrews and instrument free drive plate.
We purposely picked a CPU cooler and designs card that can get very boisterous, and after that we ran a couple of our overwhelming benchmarks that are known to pressure any equipment. We didn't find that the DF-500 RGB's fans added much to the commotion level, yet we could feel that the whole case was getting warm. We would include a back fumes fan.
Our last concern was regardless of whether the treated glass and plastic front boards would get scratches with conventional taking care of. Both appeared to survive our taking care of through the span of seven days, however we'd at present be cautious with ordinary utilize. We would encourage clients not to peel off the defensive plastic film when initially unloading this bureau - hold up until the point that you are finished building.
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Decision
The Antec DF-500 RGB looks fantastic in promotion photographs and recordings on the web, and it would be extremely enticing to get one in view of that by itself. It guarantees top of the line looks and highlights at a section level cost, yet the inside plan makes life extremely troublesome for PC manufacturers and clients. We don't expect this sort of dissatisfaction from an organization as experienced as Antec. At last, we can't suggest this bureau as entire heartedly as we would have loved. On the off chance that you think you'll fabricate once and afterward never tinker with the internal parts of your PC, you won't wouldn't fret to such an extent.
Value (MRP): Rs. 4,750
Aces
- Looks awesome
- Three 120mm RGB LED fans included
- Reasonable
Cons
Cramped power supply chamber
Inadequate link directing arrangements
No back fumes fan
Appraisals (Out of 5)
Outline: 4
Convenience: 2.5
Incentive for Money: 3.5
By and large: 3.5
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