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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
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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
Abstract: De fans zijn ook hier voorzien van een individuele fancontroller, dit is een draaiknop wat het makkelijker maakt om de fanspeed zodanig af te stellen dat deze...
Abstract: Корпусы компании Antec из линейки Dark Fleet почему-то не позиционируются самим производителем как геймерские, хотя все их характеристики прямо-таки кричат: ну, собери скорей во мне мощную игровую машину! Кнопки питания и перезагрузки расположены спереди ...
Корпус Antec Dark Fleet DF-85 является флагманом «Темного флота», что и отражено в его размерах, функциональном наполнении и дизайне. Корпус обеспечивает отличное охлаждение совершенно любой игровой системе, даже с несколькими мощными видеокартами, а бол...
Excelente quantidade de ventoinhas: sete, Controle de velocidade para todas as ventoinhas, Tampas dos slots gradeadas, Filtros de ar nas ventoinhas frontais, Quatro baias de 3,5” e uma baia de 2,5” com conectores hot-swap, Suporte para até dois discos ríg
As tampas em frente às baias de 5,25” tornam a inserção de mídia na unidade óptica um processo chato, Não tem mecanismo que dispensa o uso de parafusos nas baias dos discos, Não tem mecanismo anti-vibração para discos rígidos, Não tem porta eSATA, Não tem
O Antec Dark Fleet DF-85 é um ótimo gabinete full-tower para o usuário que quer um produto que suporte vários discos rígidos e venha com várias ventoinhas com controle de velocidade. A qualidade de construção é excelente, mas não gostamos das tampas qu...
Abstract: Antec har altid været en af de store spillere inden for kabinet markedet, og kommer jævnligt ud med nye sager. Deres DF serie kan vel siges at skulle være en afløser for deres meget populære 900 og 1200 kabinetter som var en kæmpe succes, og har været ...
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Published: 2011-10-01, Author: Michał , review by: pcfoster.pl
Kontrowersyjny design, Rozbudowany system chłodzenia, Pełna regulacja wentylatorów, Duża liczba zatok 3,5 cala, Rozbudowany panel I/O na froncie, Hot swap do dysków 2,5” oraz SSD, Duże, przestronne wnętrze, Solidna konstrukcja, Otwory do prowadzenia kabli
Kontrowersyjny design ;), Brak beznarzędziowego montażu, Brak otworów i filtru pod zasilaczem, Wysoka cena
Obudowa Antec Dark Fleet DF-85 to produkt pełen kontrowersji, którego trudno poddać jednoznacznej ocenie. Pierwszym punktem, który trzeba poruszyć jest wygląd zewnętrzny. Model ten prezentuje się bardzo nowocześnie i ekstrawagancko. Swoim designem przemów...
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Published: 2010-10-06, Author: Michal , review by: pc.zoznam.sk
Po niekoľkých decentne ladených kúskoch je Antec DF-85 prvou výstrednejšou skriňou, ktorá nám prešla rukami. Mali sme viac než dostatok času na dôkladné zhodnotenie našich dojmov a postrehov, a tak nastal čas rekapitulovať.Súvisiace články:Ako sme spom...
