Gadgetory

our computex coverage is made possible thanks for the following sponsors show them some love for helping us get here to Taipei alright so as soon as I heard antec will be on the show floor at computex i received the tiny glimpse of hope for the company to come out with something amazing and competitive and so this is their signature chassis the s10 I'm not gonna lie I wasn't expecting something of this caliber as this case is launched at five hundred dollars instead I was hoping for something mid-range to blow us away but the s10 no doubt integrates some unique features first the build quality I'm loving the materials with the thick brushed aluminum side panels and I suggested to have them sandblasted as that is the direction we see aluminum heading within the chassis industry the side panels have magnetic strips that hold them to the case which means easy access as the panel's goal was to open but not having the panels securely attached to the frame is a bit worrying one of the most interesting design choices are for the frame is this gap between the main chamber and the hard drive chamber now the concept is great to actually separate the heat transfer from hardware and allow direct airflow delivery in the main chamber without sacrificing on the actual length of the chassis the hard drive compartment will support six mechanical drives on these rubber brackets and three dedicated SSD spots by the side there but for the hike that is available six drives seems kind of limiting but they are mounted in this vertical position as there is an exhaust fan at the bottom to take away the heat from all the tribes in the power supply chamber there's another drive cage that's built in but this one's only for ssds and again given the size of the s10 I was hoping for a bit more storage capacity and user flexibility when it comes to drives the orange filter in the gap is easily removable from the side it covers triple 120mm fan spots on that internal wall allowing direct air for delivery for the main compartment that might compromise GPU clearance if you install a thick radiator with push-pull at the front the top air flow is limited to do 120 140 mil fans and coming around to the back we can see that chamber separation a bit more clearly when that tans fan hub included that this SATA powered and one of the most annoying things would be routing the SATA cables to the top hard drives because you need to pass the cables through this small gap at the bottom so antic is telling us that SATA extensions will be provided with the case and I sure hope so for the price they're asking now if you guys want to see a full review of the s10 let us know in the comments below I really want to give this case another chance or your food chains and also a more premium model will be released with tempered glass panels that looks absolutely fantastic so like or dislike to let us know how you feel about the s10 thanks for watching and we'll see you in the next one