- Steel ATX Mid Tower
- 2 x USB 3.0 / Audio Front Ports
- 3 External 5.25" Drive Bays
- 6 Internal 3.5" Drive Bays
Large Case, Begs For Lotsa HDDs
07/01/2014
This review is from: Antec Three Hundred Two Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case with Upgraded 2 x USB 3.0
Pros:
I maintain dozens of these among users, all max-filled with HDDs and this case gives those the most spacious spacing between drives, allowing the best air-flow from the front-mounted fans.
Substantial construction.
Cons:
Substantial construction also means "heavy" and "large", which can be a negative for lugging around.
The case's drive-bays don't allow drives to be flipped for inserting - you can only install HDDs 'cables-in / nose out' which means to work on HDDs, you must pull the case out and remove both panels. The case is spacious enough for this, but the designer didn't see fit to use this wonderful consideration. I take points off for that lack of imagination OR lack of usefuless experience. Move 10 of these cases in a day JUST to access both panels, and it becomes an obvious drawback, compared to a certain Fractal case.
Overall Review:
This is a Top 3 Case for users that need a lot of hard-drives - Fractal Arc Midi R2 allows drives to be inserted 'in' or out making a much easier drive-SATA-Cable maint routine. The CoolerMaster N400 has the old-style drive-cage but it has such substantial spacing that drive-maint is an ease. But this Antec 302 has the best between-drive air-spacing.
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