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July 2010
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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
YOU CAN ALSO WIN A BRAND NEW DARK FLEET DF-85 IN OUR NEW FORUMS GIVEAWAY
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
The Antec Dark Fleet DF-85 retails for about $170 (Amazon Link, Newegg Link) at the time of this review. This is well in-line with other high-end enthusiast cases and represents a good price for what you get. The hot-swappable SSD bay at the top is pro...
As we had an Antec Twelve Hundred to hand, we couldn't help but instigate a mini clash of the titans with the Dark Fleet DF-85 going head to head with our trusty old favourite. The two roof-mounted 140mm fans are clearly doing just as good a job as the 20...
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
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)
In this section I am going to write a brief five point summary on the following categories; Performance, Appearance, Construction, Functionality and Value. These views are my own and help me to give the, Antec DF-85, a rating out of 10, a high score d...
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
Fan blocks top 5.25-inch drive bay, YOU CAN ALSO WIN A BRAND NEW DARK FLEET DF-85 IN OUR NEW FORUMS GIVEAWAY
Well first off let’s say it’s finally good to see a new series from Antec! I know many people have been waiting for a while for this. I know ever since CES in January we have been waiting to get our hands on this case! The Dark Fleet series is someth...
Abstract: You can't accuse Antec of only going halfway with its gaming cases. Sure, they sometimes look downright conservative compared to what you see from Thermaltake (the Level 10, anyone?) or Coolermaster, but Antec knows what serious system builders need an...
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.
Expensive. USB 3.0 port requires running an inconvenient cable through the system and out the back.
The highest-end case in Antec's new Dark Forces series, the DF-85 is loaded with features that will appeal to the hardest-core gamers and most enthusiastic enthusiasts. The case is a bit on the pricey side, but with so much room to work, support for h...
The Antec Dark Fleet DF-85 is a nice full-tower case for the user that is looking for a case that supports lots of hard disk drives and comes with lots of fans with speed control. The construction quality is top-notch, but we didn’t like the tabs cover...
