Antec TWELVE HUNDRED Expert Reviews

You will not find a more powerful air-cooled case on the market than Antec's Twelve Hundred-not unless you strap a box fan to the side of your chassis. That's what it would take to challenge the cooling prowess of this full-tower enclosure, which ...

More cooling than a wind tunnel, elegant design, USB and eSATA front-panel connectors

A tight horizontal fit, drive installations take forever, no screwless mounting

We liked the Antec Nine Hundred, but we expected the Twelve Hundred to improve on its predecessor's shortcomings-such as the narrow body and overly complex drive installation. Antec has done nothing to fix these issues. We could excuse these things in ...

Now that respected PC hardware manufacturer Antec has a local distributor (the similarly named, but no relation, Altech), Kiwis can finally get their hands on Antec products, and about time too, they come with a stellar reputation

At 513mm deep and 538mm high the case is large and heavy (14.5kg) but even so, the lack of depth means the interior can be surprisingly cramped as there's not much room between the rear of the drive bays and the motherboard. This, and the fact the ...

Antec Twelve Hundred is the current flagship of the line gaming. The closet is a huge development in the popular Nine Hundred case, with twelve drive bays, seven expansion slots and a large number of fans .

+ solid construction + attention to detail

- expansion shields without screwdriver to remove

The Twelve Hundred is a great PC enclosure which almost every detail is finished.

chassis on the test bench units Antec Twelve Hundred, brother to Three Hundred, which we reviewed in summer. The smaller model got good grades, and the question is whether the Twelve Hundred is the same good quality .

Very good quality, solid build, good cooling; Smooth fan control ;

No direct ;

Fair functionally offers Twelve Hundred is we can expect from a modern enthusiast chassis today. This means the opportunity to pull cabling behind the motherboard plate, openings for water cooled, fan control and dust filter. In terms of cooling performan...