Antec Sonata II

Dev2

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I just bought a Antec Sonata II from overclockers.co.uk yesterday (Wednesday) so it should arrive Monday but hopefully Friday *crosses fingers*. I live in Ireland so things naturally take longer to ship across.
Anyway I was on a tight budget when I made the descision around €90 so £60 give or take for a PSU and case. After googling some reviews to make sure it was a decent enough case I settled on the descion and went for it.
So what I'm asking is does anyone have this case and have you ever had any serious problems with the case or PSU that comes with it?
Also whats it like in real life because I often find pictures can be deceiving especially when it comes to PC cases? Is it a nice case or does it feel a little "mediocre".
 
No real issues with it, the case is good for the money considering a PSU is bundled with it.

If you look in the cases gallery there are some Sonata II picutres in it. :)
 
Great case - decent quality for the price - well laid out (if a little small) - just a shame the PSU doesnt seem to work with the ASRock DualSata (at least my revision of the PSU). Also watch the door - easily broken plastic hinges.
 
Thanks for the replies. I'm aware that there are pictures in the gallery but I was hoping somebody could tell me what it's like in real life. As for instance Alienware cases are very big in real life which came as a surprise to me. I have heard that they are very shiny too. Whats the cooling in the case like as I hope to overclock soon once I buy some more stuff in a couple of weeks time. I am getting Asus A8N ALi SE and a AMD 3700+ venice and like I said some other stuff (such as overclocking RAM and a good CPU cooler in a couple of weeks time.)
 
Its not huge - dimensions are on antec's site.

Its pretty shiny the finish - easily shows finger prints.

I've used an artic freezer pro and san diego 3700 and got a 400 mhz overclock only increasing temps by about 3 degrees at idle on 5 degrees at load. Thats using the rear fan at a low speed setting - and running an amber 120mm fan at the hard drive mounting running at low speed.
 
got no problems with mine it's a lovely little case and really good value when you consider the qulaity PSU that is included.

The metal bits are very shiny just like a piano hence the piano black finish! the plastic front is a bit of a let down the finish isn't as nice as the rest of the case and the door could be broken. Saying that it's a million times better than some cheapo plastics doors and I haven't broken it yet!

Cooling seems fine I have the pre-installed rear fan running slow and another slow spinner at the front and my temps are fine with the system in my sig. Allthough this sunny weather don't help :)
 
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