Antec DF700 Flux Review 10

Antec DF700 Flux Review

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Value and Conclusion

  • The Antec DF700 Flux sells for US$75 excl. taxes.
  • Well priced
  • Functional fan controller with motherboard signal pass-through
  • Universal ARGB controller for easy expandability
  • Clean side panel design
  • Well-designed metal mesh front
  • Five fans out of the box
  • Velcro strips included
  • Can hold six hard drives
  • Removable dust filter on the underside of the chassis
  • Reusable expansion-slot covers
  • Good cable-routing possibilities
  • Plenty of space for potent hardware
  • All the usual liquid-cooling possibilities of a modern ATX chassis
  • Rubber plugs on all I/O
  • Reverse fan may not be that useful, depending on your setup
  • More zip-tie hooks would have been nice
  • No grommets for that ultimate clean look
Antec is clearly dedicated to the Flux setup as all of their focus products now include it and are clearly named as such. Thus, the DF700 Flux is no different. That said, Antec continues to tweak the Flux functionality with each release. This is most apparent when looking at how these fans are controlled. While the DF600 Flux was the first to offer this set of fans at that great $70 price point, we had critiqued the fact that the hub does not allow for any smarts and ran the fans at full tilt. With the DF700 Flux, which clocks in at a just ever so slightly higher $75, you do get a proper, fully fledged high-quality fan controller, so the experience you get from the Flux setup is quiet enough for you to actually enjoy that your affordable case came with a whooping five fans out of the box, even if the Flux setup is not going to make a huge dent in your system's temperatures.

Besides that, as the frame of the DF700 Flux is the same, its improvements mostly are in the case design, which does away with acrylic as a material. Instead, the front is now constructed out of metal mesh of a pretty cool visual design to boot, which should make the DF700 Flux a more appealing choice than the DF600 Flux in terms of looks.

All these improvements and design choices make the Antec DF700 Flux a nice, affordable, and functional case, and you will be hard pressed to find this out-of-the-box setup with many other cases in this price segment.
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