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July 2010
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The editors liked
Build Quality
Superior Airflow
7 PreInstalled Fans W Fan Controllers And Washable Air Filters (forward fans)
5 Regular 3.5' Drive Bays
4 HotSwap 3.5 Drive Bays
1 Exterior 2.5' HotSwap Drive Bay
Forward USB3.0 Port
Big and roomy
Seven fans included
Fan speed controllers
Outstanding airflow and cooling
Highly configurable
Numerous hotswap features
Placements for an optional 120mm fan
Very quiet (on low)
Very good value
Distinctive look
Helpful liquid cooling features
Hot swappable 3.5″ and 2.5″
7 adjustable speed fans
Solid construction
Good cooling
Lots of space
Both horizontally (for extra-long video cards and optical drives) and vertical (for working at the extreme edges of motherboards). Provides options for hot-swapping up to five drives. Doors protecting drive bays are lockable. Intake fan filters are much easier to remove than before. Front panel includes USB 3.0 port.
Outstanding design
Modularity
Ease of installation
Top-notch power supply
Seven fans preinstalled
Two 2.5" HDD/SSD options
Nice appearance
Fairly priced
Support for nine 3.5" HDD's
One external and four internal HotSwap interfaces
Intake fans have individual filters
All fans have speed control as standard
Well constructed
Full height side window
FleetRelease is good innovation
Good performance
Fully painted interior and exterior
USB 3.0 s
Awesome new design
Tons of cooling (7 included fans)
External 2.5-inch SATA dock
USB 3.0 front connection
Room for 9 hard drives
Packed with twoand threespeed fans
Front SATA and USB 3.0
Roomy
Cable management.
Very good price for the feature set
Interesting industrial look
4x 3.5 hot-swap bays
1x external 2.5 inch bay
All fans can be controlled manually and seperately
Loads of space inside the chassis
Screw-less hard drive installatio
The editors didn't like
Price (For Some)
Not The Most Spacious Interior
No eSATA Port
No toolfree features
Somewhat loud (on high)
Heavy
Big bay “guard rails?”
Lots of wires
Expensive. USB 3.0 port requires running an inconvenient cable through the system and out the back.
The handle on top could be just a little stronger for carrying the case
The PSU power cable connector could be standard
No support for quad GPU setup
No XL
ULTRA or EATX support
Space inside is wasted
Front fans are too loud at full speed
PSU mount is undesirable (unless you use CP series PSU)
Fan blocks top 5.25-inch drive bay
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No EATX support
No room for a triple radiator
Narrow
Top paint looks cheap.
Cable management possible
But no good way to hide them
No additional hot swap brackets to buy as accessories
Not the quietest case out there with fans on full throttle
No CPU power expansion cable
Weird implementation to route the USB cable out the b
From the exterior to the interior the DF85 is like the best Vanilla ice-cream that you will ever have. Spoon after spoon its delicious vanilla flavor will satiate your taste buds. That is until you notice all the nuts in the ice-cream that you just hate. ...
Very good price for the feature set, Interesting industrial look, 4x 3.5 hot-swap bays, 1x external 2.5 inch bay, Seven fans included, All fans can be controlled manually and seperately, Loads of space inside the chassis, Screw-less hard drive installatio
Cable management possible, but no good way to hide them, No additional hot swap brackets to buy as accessories, Not the quietest case out there with fans on full throttle, No CPU power expansion cable, Weird implementation to route the USB cable out the b
The entire Darkfleet series from Antec looks very interesting. You will either love or hate the extraordinary design and that is probably the only question you have to ask yourself because the feature set is excellent. Seven included fans, yes seven - ...
Build Quality, Superior Airflow, 7 PreInstalled Fans W Fan Controllers And Washable Air Filters (forward fans), 5 Regular 3.5' Drive Bays, 4 HotSwap 3.5 Drive Bays, 1 Exterior 2.5' HotSwap Drive Bay, Forward USB3.0 Port
Price (For Some), Not The Most Spacious Interior, No eSATA Port
The Antec Dark Fleet Series of PC Cases is nothing like we have ever seen before by Antec although there are a few minor similarities with the twelve hundred gaming case. Starting with the design some people will love it and some will hate it,...
We’ve said in the Introduction that system cases are conservative products and do not change frequently, but the products we have reviewed today do show some changes in design. Those in the Antec Dark Fleet DF-85 are somewhat questionable. This is not...
The Antec DF-85 is rather striking in its subdued aesthetics that would suit just about any preference or personal taste, and would fit into just about any office or home setting. Antec has done a fine job of keeping the styling neutral without becomin...
Big and roomy, Seven fans included, Fan speed controllers, Outstanding airflow and cooling, Highly configurable, Numerous hotswap features, Placements for an optional 120mm fan, Very quiet (on low), Very good value, Distinctive look, Helpful liquid cooling features,
No toolfree features, Somewhat loud (on high), Heavy, Big bay “guard rails?”,
So, is Antec's Dark Fleet DF-85 chassis a worthy addition to their impressive line of gaming cases? If cooling and configuration options are the benchmarks we're looking at, it just may be. With seven case fans included (five 120's and a couple of 14...
What separates a case from the rest of the pack is by doing more than just including a few bezel lights, mesh grills, or changing the placement of the front panel ports. It helps to start with some shock and awe and in a sense Antec has done that bec...
