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Posted: January 15th, 2002
Written by: Tuan Huynh
Introduction
Pros: Stylish, HD tray, drive rails, and PSU.
Cons: One 3.25inch Drivey bay must be used with floppy
type device.
Verdict: Awesome Mid-Tower for $69 which many modding
capabilities.
Inside the hard drive tray, there’s a place for another 80mm fan to keep
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Being very much like its older brother, the
630/635 features a remove able hard drive tray that locks and unlocks
with a simple latch at the top of the tray.
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Since the model I received was the
SX635, it came with an Antec PP352X 350 Watt P4 compatible power supply.
The power supply features 2 80mm fans on the back and on the bottom with
fan grilles.
Antec makes quality power supplies that can rival manufacturers like Enermax;
it’s nice to see Antec not skimping on the power supply even though the
price of the case is still relatively low.
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Installation and Setup
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Installation was relatively simple
even with the lack of a motherboard tray. This didn’t prove to be an obstacle
since there was plenty of clearance to stick the motherboard in.
Installing the peripheral cards was simple like it’d be in any case, stick
the card in, screw it in, and you’re done! Same thing goes for the hard
drive, unlatch the drive cage, screw in your hard drive, and put the drive
cage back in. The 5.25 drives are installed simply by installing the rails
onto the drive and sliding the drive into the case.
Installing components in this case is very easy; the edges are rounded
with nothing sharp to cut yourself against with everything worked out
to make the task as simple as possible. |
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Conclusion
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Antec has been well known for producing
cases, their recent SX630/635 live up to their brand and reputation. Antec
has taken their time to make the hard drive cage remove able and 5.25inch
drives mountable via drive rails, this proves to be a convenience and
lessens the mess you’d make while installing all the components. There
are no sharp edges anywhere on the case making reaching into those small
areas easy and painless. The SX630/635 is a fine example of a Mid-Tower
case done right.
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