Sunday, September 4th 2016

Antec and Razer Team Up to Co-brand a New Mini-ITX Gaming Chassis

In the year of their 30th anniversary, Antec Inc., a leading provider of high-performance computer components and accessories for the gaming, PC upgrade and Do-It-Yourself market, has announced the release of a co-branded Razer Edition of Antec's Cube, a mini-ITX gaming case. The Antec Cube-Designed by Razer combines the e-sports design elements of Razer, with the reliability and build quality of Antec, into a small form factor case for gamers.

Debuting at PAX West 2016, the Antec Cube-Designed by Razer is the product of extensive collaboration between Antec and Razer. The efficient interior layout features one 3.5" HDD drive bay, up to four 2.5" SDD bays, three expansion slots, and accommodates graphics cards of up to 350 mm in length. To allow for a seamless building experience, the Antec Cube-Designed by Razer features a basement compartment that separates the PSU and allows for easy cable management. The side and top panels are fitted with darkened acrylic windows and an innovative, click system which enables users to open and close the case in a quick and easy way. This thought-out case could serve as a conventional PC, gaming rig, or home theatre device and media center, but is also well-suited for professional users.
On the exterior, the unique, leaned forward design of the Antec Cube-Designed by Razer is constructed with a hybrid structure made of 3 mm aluminum and 0.8 mm cold-rolled steel and features Razer's iconic Triple-Headed Snake logo in the front. The lower left and right sides are flanked with LED underglow strips in Razer's signature green, while the green LED rear exhaust fan, power button, and USB 3.0 ports complete the Razer-themed design.

"We are pleased to be working with a company as prolific in the gaming space as Razer to create something new for the gaming community," says Han Liu, Vice President of Antec North America. "We are confident that our shared expertise and passion for building the best experience for our diverse range of customers will add tremendous value to our product lines."

Says Kevin Sather, Director of Product Marketing for Razer's systems business: "Antec manufactures some of the best cases for gamers, and we're very happy that our engineering and design teams could come together to make this possible. The Antec Cube - Designed by Razer provides PC builders the platform to create a high-end desktop gaming PC in a compact form factor."

In the China market, the Cube-Designed by Razer will be available exclusively as a pre-built gaming system through MayN, an award-winning firm that specializes in custom built systems.

"It's my honor to have the opportunity to be the exclusive partner in China on this case with Razer and Antec, two of the industry-leading gaming hardware and software brands," says Hongtao Wang, Founder and President of MayN, a leading System Integrator company in China. "This cooperation represents a shared goal between MayN, Razer, and Antec-to bring more professional gaming products to the Chinese market. MayN will work with Razer to provide the best specs and hardware centered on the unique characteristics of the Antec Cube-Designed by Razer."

Production of the Antec Cube-Designed by Razer is scheduled to begin in October, and the arrival date and MSRP will be announced in the latter half of Q4.
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20 Comments on Antec and Razer Team Up to Co-brand a New Mini-ITX Gaming Chassis

#1
Disparia
Good move. Antec can build cases well but I haven't bought (or even liked) a case from them in about 8 years. Even with only a few pics and specs I can say this is the best thing I've seen from them in a very long time.
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#2
Sp33d Junki3
I agree, been long time Antec has not being doing good in making cases. Antec 1900:laugh:
This does look great, need to see how it looks built.
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#3
ZoneDymo
team up....aka Antec does the work and Razer slaps their logo on it and sells it to the pro mlg 360 no scope mountain dew group.
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#4
wagana
It looks as slanted as those cartoons when they stop when going too fast :laugh:
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#5
Arrakis9
ZoneDymoteam up....aka Antec does the work and Razer slaps their logo on it and sells it to the pro mlg 360 no scope mountain dew group.
razer does have good design aesthetics and they do seem to be present here. I will agree what their logo signifies is close to what apple has now but it is a nice looking case and maybe if the internals aren't designed from the year 2006 this might be something worthy at looking at for a build, minus the logo of course.
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#6
ensabrenoir
......Antec finally makes a good looking case and Razer will take the credit :shadedshu:
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#7
D1RTYD1Z619
I hope Antec releases a nonRazer branded one because Razer sucks monkey balls.
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#9
Caring1
DEcobra11It looks as slanted as those cartoons when they stop when going too fast :laugh:
With my OCD, I would want to keep trying to straighten it :laugh:
DethroySure looks ugly.
I really like the design, well apart from the slant.
Edit, just noticed the inverted Motherboard design.
I wouldn't buy it unless I could turn that around.
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#10
ZeDestructor
Anyone else reminded of this beastie from way back?

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#11
Air
ensabrenoir......Antec finally makes a good looking case and Razer will take the credit :shadedshu:
Maybe its good looking because Razer is involved? I will join a party to bash Razer's low quality, high price standards any day, but I admit they do make some good looking stuff.
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#12
heky
Does anyone know of a case that is similar design/layout wise, but has the abbility to take micro ATX mb`s?
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#13
ZoneDymo
ZeDestructorAnyone else reminded of this beastie from way back?
Heh yeah, well lets get 2 of these, stack them and put XPS on it :P
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#15
dwade
Their Razer Core, which looks like an ITX case already, looks way better than this.
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#16
deemon
darkened acrylic windows
Looks cool, but no thanks. Only tempered glass is good enough for durable case windows.
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#17
peche
Thermaltake fanboy
antec should do a remake of the 3 hundread and 9hundread to come back ..

Regards,
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#18
ZeDestructor
ZoneDymoHeh yeah, well lets get 2 of these, stack them and put XPS on it :p
Would require extensive modding to support the full ATX form factor... :/

Hope Antec is listening though.. something with this styling, SSI-EEB support and room for a pair of 480mm rads would be very high on my list of cases to get instead of a 900D...
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#19
Bjorn_Of_Iceland
42 Liter for an ITX case WTF. Someone should lesson them the difference between an ITX case and an mATX case. They should know that majority of ITX builders build ITX because of space footprint. The smaller the better.

nCase m1, Dan A4 SFX, SS SG05.. now those are real ITX cases. Not this mATX case pretending to be an ITX.
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#20
Fx
JizzlerGood move. Antec can build cases well but I haven't bought (or even liked) a case from them in about 8 years. Even with only a few pics and specs I can say this is the best thing I've seen from them in a very long time.
8 years is just about spot on. The last case I bought from them was the P180 which I believe was 8 years ago. I still have it, but it is no longer in service due to the introduction of the Fractal Design R4 series
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