Starting off with a matte black finish, the Antec case has looks that although not outstandingly visual in appearance nonetheless has a sleek modern appeal. One side is the very standard back panel, but the other has a nifty side window for viewing the cooling fluid circulating around that has a built-in light. This makes for a Halloween type green bubble and looks really cool at night when the lights are dimmed low. The case door opens to the left hand side, which for me is a bit of a problem as my case sits to the right of me on the floor, and so the door opens toward me, instead of away from me.
There are four external 5.25 drive bays and a single external 1.44 floppy drive bay accessible from the exterior of the case. You also are provided with front available I/O options, two USB ports, one IEEE, a microphone and audio out jack as well as the power on and restart buttons. The side panels are in reality a slight pain in the derriere to get on and off, but not as bad as some others we have seen here in the office. After removing the panels you can see the interior of the case. This case is very well made and the parts do have a solid feel to them and are not junk plastic and steel. The entire thing came with plastic protective covering, which I left on in an effort to see how long the case can actually last and still look new.
