Antec Three Hundred VS Antec NSK 4000

Dan777 · 11 May 2011 at 17:20

Hi, I'm in the market for a new case and was wondering if there was any major quality difference between the 300 and the NSK. My main objective is silence, and I gather the 300's main objective is air-flow. Is the NSK's airflow significantly worse? Is the cable management ok (I saw it had a kind of "container" on the top for the unused PSU cables that seems quite handy)? It won't be a high-end (or o/c'd) machine, these are my specs:

-Athlon II x3 @3,1Ghz
-Coolermaster 212+
- M4A78LT-M LE
-2G RAM
-HD3870
-Corsair CX400

Thank you very much in advance.

stulid · 11 May 2011 at 17:29

I cant stress how much I hate the Antec 300, its price is a joke, last year it was £30-35. Now at £50 its only a small hop skip jump from better cases in the £55-60 range.

How about a Antec 100?

paradigm · 11 May 2011 at 18:07

The problem is, the 300 looks decent, the 100 looks cheap.

Yes the internals may appear better on the 100, but from the outside (which you CAN see) it looks bloody awful.

I'm biased though as I got my 300 two years ago when they were decent value, when I wanted a cheap case for a 3rd system.

stulid · 11 May 2011 at 18:11

paradigm said:
The problem is, the 300 looks decent, the 100 looks cheap.

Yes the internals may appear better on the 100, but from the outside (which you CAN see) it looks bloody awful.

I'm biased though as I got my 300 two years ago when they were decent value, when I wanted a cheap case for a 3rd system.

would you buy one now? yes or no?

paradigm · 11 May 2011 at 18:17

stulid said:
would you buy one now? yes or no?

Over a 100, yes.

Over something else, possibly not.

EDIT: I'd probably spend £8 more and have a 912 HAF. Or if budget was strict, spend £8 less and have the Zalman Z9.