Testseek.com have collected 58 expert reviews of the Antec Dark Fleet DF-85 and the average rating is 86%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Antec Dark Fleet DF-85.
July 2010
(86%)
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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
Loads of space, Cools very well seven included variable speed fans, Removable and washable fan filters, Four removable/interchangeable hot swap SATA hard drive bays, Grommets for external water cooling loop...
Price...
As far as my expectations went with the Antec DF-85, every one of them was met. Antec did a great job with the engineering of the DF-85, as its design offers plenty of features, space, and cooling capabilities. Antec chose not to use tool-less drive b...
Published: 2010-08-18, Author: Chad , review by: tweaktown.com
Under power, the fans were the first thing I noticed. I found that when I booted the PC the front fans were making a bit of a rattling noise at first. Running the fans for a bit seemed to have made that noise go away on its own so I decided to play ...
Great functionality, Very spacious, Excellent for cable management, X7 120mm speed controlled fans, Good results in thermal performance
Not to everyone\'s taste, Backplate coverage for AM3 is poor, Fans on max are rather disturbing, We would like to thank Antec for providing the DF-85. You can discuss this review on our forums
Its been some time since Antec released a new product and the Dark Fleet series, whether you like it - is an interesting one. The DF-85 being the biggest in the Dark Fleet series is a great addition to an exciting range.The DF-85 has great functionali...
Overall the DF-85 shows Antec has listened to the gaming audience by including a number of neat features in a substantial frame. The company has catered for old and new, with the 2.5in bay capable of mechanical- and solid-state-drive usage and the move...
While we don't review cases from Antec that often, they do tend to come up winners; if a little expensive. The DF-85 follows in this trend with a nigh complete feature set without any real problems. The styling may not be to everyone's taste but the c...
Antec una vez ha fabricado una caja de enorme calidad, basada en la experiencia adquirida a lo largo de los años, con un excelente sistema de refrigeración, mediante un sistema de puertas frontal, por las que podremos acceder a nuestras unidades de alm...
