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Oh, yeah! What we have here is a jet black piece of art that doubles as a very swank computer case destined to impress the next gamer who lays eyes on it. And by jet black, I mean the entire case, both inside and out. There's not one major component of the chassis that is anything other than black. Just the thumbscrews holding the drive bays in place are the only thing silver.

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It's a very well finished case all around. The panels all come together nicely on all sides creating very clean seams. And speaking of panels, the window panel has that familiar shape as the Antec 900 with room for the optional 120mm fan. Of course, the panel is a bit larger and reveals quite a bit of the internal chassis.

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Looking at the front bezel, you can see it's finely meshed and slightly taller given the larger case size. There are now three 120mm blue LED fans barely visible through the front due to the new filters helping cut down on dust being drawn in by the three fans. Each fan is controllable now by three very variable speed knobs in the bottom right corner of each meshed section.

Front Bezel

Fan Knobs (Bottom Right)

The upper most part of the bezel houses the the USB, eSATA, and Audio ports. These are probably in the most ideal place for easy access. One could place whatever devices are plugged in on top of the accessory tray.

Knob Close Up

USB, eSATA, Audio

The back of the chassis is also completely black. Since the chassis is taller, Antec added a second 120mm fan. The fans are black framed 120mm blue LED and are controlled by two switches in the upper left of the chassis. The PSU bay has also been extended to be able to house really large PSU like those over 1000 Watts. There's a standard sized PSU adapter plate already attached by default. You'll have to remove this if you have one of those behemoth PSUs. And there are still two grommet holes for tubing for water cooling users.

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