Antec Announces Draco 10 Mini-Tower Case

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Antec is presenting a new m-ATX case which offers PC enthusiasts an abundance of build options in a small format case. The Draco 10 is the first model in Antec's new Constellation Series. This chassis provides powerful support for the latest gaming gear. Despite the small size, the Draco 10 still supports motherboards up to M-ATX. Moreover, Draco 10 features a 4 mm edge-to-edge tempered glass panel to showcase the gaming setup. The frame measures 444 x 220 x 410 mm (L x W x H) and features a case structure made of cold-rolled steel and plastic. The Draco 10 offers two 2.5" / 3.5" HDD drive bays, three 2.5" SDD bays and four expansion slots. It offers space for graphics cards with a length of up to 330 mm. The chassis accommodates three 120 mm or two 140 mm fans in the front, two 120 mm or 140 mm fans on top and one 120 mm fan in the rear (which is included).

Furthermore, it is water-cooling ready with massive space for a 280 mm radiator in the front and top and a 120 mm radiator in the rear. With its small but functional design, The Draco 10 provides superior cooling support. Front ARGB lighting and air intakes add to a striking look. Despite the compact size, the Draco 10 can still fully support all the mainstream graphics card with a length of up to 360 mm (without front fan), m-ATX and ITX motherboards and GPU coolers of up to 165 mm. Sufficient space for cable management ensures a nice and neat built experience. Last but not least, dust filters at the front, top and bottom and a front bezel with two USB 3.0 as well as Power / Reset and LED control button and HD audio jacks round-up this amazing offer. The Draco 10 will soon reach store shelves and online retail outlets in Europe with a competitive MSRP of 54.99 €.



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[ZoneDymo]

jesus this is hideous, just so bland and boring....almost makes me depressed just looking at it

 

[tabascosauz]

Couldn't help but think of the Dell G5, which isn't an enviable design for reasons both internal and external

 

[Gmr_Chick]

Couldn't help but think of the Dell G5, which isn't an enviable design for reasons both internal and external

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That was the very first thing that popped into my head as soon as I saw the case.

 

[Chrispy_]

It saddens me that mATX is dying off. NZXT recently pulled all of its mATX models and some other brands haven't offered them for a while.

This looks to be a half-decent case in terms of features but there's simply no point in making an mATX case if it's going to be extra wide, extra tall, and extra long just so it can support a trio of radiators and a completely out-of-spec 14.2" graphics card.

The entire point of an mATX motherboard is to have a smaller PC; Room for a 12" graphics card is ample for a small form factor and if it has support for a 280mm radiator in the top then there's no need to make the thing extra deep to also accommodate a second 280mm radiator at the front.

People who want multiple radiators are buying Lian-Li 011D and the like; If someone's in the market for an mATX case it's because they want a smaller PC.

 

[BSim500]

This looks to be a half-decent case in terms of features but there's simply no point in making an mATX case if it's going to be extra wide, extra tall, and extra long just so it can support a trio of radiators and a completely out-of-spec 14.2" graphics card. The entire point of an mATX motherboard is to have a smaller PC; Room for a 12" graphics card is ample for a small form factor and if it has support for a 280mm radiator in the top then there's no need to make the thing extra deep to also accommodate a second 280mm radiator at the front. People who want multiple radiators are buying Lian-Li 011D and the like; If someone's in the market for an mATX case it's because they want a smaller PC.

I once dabbled in Mini-ITX then drifted back to ATX for the same reason. Unless you need something portable and deliberately seek out the minority of "SFF" cases that are actually genuinely small (inc SFX PSU's and single fan GPU), the bulk of the rest have just mindlessly inflated themselves out to the next size up they were originally supposed to downsize from (ie, I've seen MATX cases with 7x drive bays that are still smaller than some ITX's without them purely for the sake of "just in case you want 3x radiators and a 9ft long 27x fan GPU" in your tiny case). In the end I came to the conclusion that if I wanted a genuinely compact portable PC I'd just buy a gaming laptop, and for one fixed location the real space saving comes with buying a compact ATX / MATX and placing it *under* the desk to give the maximum amount of actual working space than any "fat cube" on the desk will. In other words, on desk footprint (working space) matters far more than under desk "volume" (usually unused space), which is something "low volume but huge footprint" of short & fat cubes rarely reflect.

 

[Operandi]

It saddens me that mATX is dying off. NZXT recently pulled all of its mATX models and some other brands haven't offered them for a while.

This looks to be a half-decent case in terms of features but there's simply no point in making an mATX case if it's going to be extra wide, extra tall, and extra long just so it can support a trio of radiators and a completely out-of-spec 14.2" graphics card.

The entire point of an mATX motherboard is to have a smaller PC; Room for a 12" graphics card is ample for a small form factor and if it has support for a 280mm radiator in the top then there's no need to make the thing extra deep to also accommodate a second 280mm radiator at the front.

People who want multiple radiators are buying Lian-Li 011D and the like; If someone's in the market for an mATX case it's because they want a smaller PC.

Yeah, it looks alright. I like the front design, probably pretty plasticy but for the price... whatever. For F's sake though offer a version without a side window.

I've said it in other threads mATX should be the default form factor. Nobody needs dozens of liters of volume and 7 expansion card slots when the only thing you install is graphics card and maybe a wi-fi adapter.

 

[Chrispy_]

For F's sake though offer a version without a side window.

This. Budget cases are for budget parts which are rarely attractive enough to want to show off. People on tighter budgets buy things based on price/performance ratios, not by what colour they are.

To some extent you can fix that with ARGB, but that shit's expensive if you want to do a proper job that's more than just rainbow-vomit all the colours at once - and once again it's mutually exclusive with the low-budget/bang-for-buck segment this case is priced for.

 

[Operandi]

This. Budget cases are for budget parts which are rarely attractive enough to want to show off. People on tighter budgets buy things based on price/performance ratios, not by what colour they are.

To some extent you can fix that with ARGB, but that shit's expensive if you want to do a proper job that's more than just rainbow-vomit all the colours at once - and once again it's mutually exclusive with the low-budget/bang-for-buck segment this case is priced for.

To me its not even about the budgetness of it, its just bad design; you have the front bezel with angled slats for ventilation, and RGB light (which looks alright imoh) so both aesthetic and functional design elements. A solid top with more ventilation, buttons and ports, so purely function. A solid panel on the left side with nothing going on which is obviously just there for function. And then a huge glass panel out of nowhere that dominates the entire design of the case, its just bad design. The Lian Li O11 is an example of how to make TG as a material look good but its expensive to build a case like that and very shouty looking, it looks sick but its not for me.

I tend to buy pretty nice hardware when I build, never the top spec parts but top quality when I can and do all the tidy cable management stuff but I have no reason to constantly be able to see the insdie of my PC nor do I want the case to the center of attention in my office. Personally I just want a solid well built, good looking case, with good air flow, no TG please.

 

[bonehead123]

Antec....pffff....

the 1st, 9th & last words in garbazzio pos crapola anything.....