Antec Sonata Plus 550

[gazfocus]

I have just ordered this case and it will be delivered Thursday but I was just wondering if it is a good case in peoples opinion?

I wanted a nice looking case without a door and opted for this one because I also needed a PSU for a computer I'm building for a friend.

Please let me know your thoughts

 

[fobose]

I have the antec solo for my old PC, which is exactly the same but doesn't come with a PSU, and there is no "copper" looking bit around the front (which I personally didn't like on the sonata plus but thats personal preference).

Its a really nice case, a bit on the expensive side though (the solo was £60). The piano black looks very smart and goes well with the silver front. I especially like the rubber mounted hard drive bays which also have built in suspension mounts too (but for only 3 drives).

The inside of the case is very clean and I thought was very easy to hide cables, as seen here (sorry for everyone who keeps seeing this picture in posts):

The stock fan is pretty much silent on "low" and gets rather noisy on loud setting. I also bought 2x 92mm antec tri-cool fans for the front which only cost me £6 for the both (new)! The air vent at the front is also quite easilly reachable as you just need to remove the side panel and "pop" the front off so that it swings open (so you can clean the dust filter). One last thing I will say, my front panel had a defect where the silver paint went all funny, but I got a free replacement from antec

 

[gazfocus]

thanks, does anyone know if a Thermaltake Big Typhoon will fit this case?

Ta