Antec C5 - coming soon with rear motherboard connector support

[Ace Modder]

Hi

Check out the upcoming Antec C5 case, with a black version and a white version. MSRP £119.99 for white and £109.99 for black.

Keys features

• Supports back-connect motherboards
• Supports up to 10 fans with 7 PREINSTALLED ARGB/PWM fans in the case. 3 reverse on the floor, 3 reverse on the side panel and 1 normal on the rear.
• Supports a 360mm rad on top, 360mm rad in the floor and a 280mm in the side.
• ARGB front strip for style

 

[tamzzy]

Kudos to antec for using standardised fan and ARGB connectors

 

[Foliedelanuit]

Interested in the reviews for this, thought initially it was on the more compact side but still quite a long case.

Front comparison (forgive the depressing grey boxes, but thought I'd share from a file where I'm keeping tabs on what to go to from an NR200)

Top down:

Rear:

 

[Armageus]

Nice to see the rear connector support - should make for some nice clean builds

 

[ben1987]

Looks good value with 7 fans included

 

[SpellowHouse]

Do any Back Connect motherboards exist yet? Certainly is a good idea.

 

[Kill_Phil]

@Ace Modder when will it be available for purchase?

 

[Gangster]

@Ace Modder when will it be available for purchase?

Also wanting to know. Will be my first build in a while and those connectors always used to bother me.

Am I reading that right, its £120 with the 7 fans included?!

 

[Kill_Phil]

Also wanting to know. Will be my first build in a while and those connectors always used to bother me.

Am I reading that right, its £120 with the 7 fans included?!

It's how I read it but @Ace Modder went awol on my question

 

[Ace Modder]

Also wanting to know. Will be my first build in a while and those connectors always used to bother me.

Am I reading that right, its £120 with the 7 fans included?!

Sorry guys for the delayed replies, correct 7 fans included and first stock due to land in UK end of May.

MSRP
White version £119.99
Black version £110.99

 

[Kill_Phil]

@Ace Modder Took the plunge and got to say I'm mightily impressed given the price point especially when you've got a fan controller and 7 fans included. The fan controller works particularly well with the led button on top of the case to change argb effects.

I was a bit worried it wouldn't fit the arctic freezer iii 360mm as the thing is huge. It fitted easily in the end (installing the pump is another issue which is well documented on googling). Just be sure to plug in the CPU pcie power first off.

Need to some more testing but temps look better than my last setup.

Only negatives I would say

1) no rubber grommets on the cable pass throughs. It's whether I look to change to a back connector mobo in the future

2) glass panels aren't completely flush, so there is a small gap where the two meet.

 

[Ace Modder]

@Ace Modder Took the plunge and got to say I'm mightily impressed given the price point especially when you've got a fan controller and 7 fans included. The fan controller works particularly well with the led button on top of the case to change argb effects.

I was a bit worried it wouldn't fit the arctic freezer iii 360mm as the thing is huge. It fitted easily in the end (installing the pump is another issue which is well documented on googling). Just be sure to plug in the CPU pcie power first off.

Need to some more testing but temps look better than my last setup.

Only negatives I would say

1) no rubber grommets on the cable pass throughs. It's whether I look to change to a back connector mobo in the future

2) glass panels aren't completely flush, so there is a small gap where the two meet.

Glad you are happy with the case