WEBVTT 00:00:07.520 --> 00:00:16.240 Welcome to my unboxing of a case that is not actually what it appears to be. So, 00:00:13.519 --> 00:00:22.640 I wish I could show you guys the correct retail packaging for the Anttech 3002, 00:00:19.760 --> 00:00:26.960 but my sample arrived before they actually had, and I'm very sorry that 00:00:24.560 --> 00:00:34.160 this uh unboxing is a little late, but before they had a 302 box, or maybe it 00:00:31.199 --> 00:00:38.320 didn't. That was my assumption. but inside. So what they've done is they've 00:00:35.920 --> 00:00:44.640 double boxed it so that no one involved in the 00:00:41.600 --> 00:00:47.600 transportation process could have known 00:00:44.640 --> 00:00:56.079 that something so top secret was being shipped via courier and then opened it 00:00:51.680 --> 00:00:57.520 up to see the secrets inside. 00:00:56.079 --> 00:01:02.480 That's probably not how it went down. Okay, so the 3002 00:01:00.079 --> 00:01:08.560 is, as you may or may not be able to figure out on your own, an upgrade to 00:01:04.879 --> 00:01:10.560 the enormously successful Anttech 300. 00:01:08.560 --> 00:01:16.880 If you've ever gone to a LAN event, what you've probably noticed is that other 00:01:12.560 --> 00:01:19.439 than Anttech 900's and 300's, everything 00:01:16.880 --> 00:01:24.960 else is kind of like a few here and a few there. Between those two, they are 00:01:22.960 --> 00:01:29.840 what you could label sort of the gamer's choice cuz they, especially at the time 00:01:27.759 --> 00:01:37.360 they were first introduced, had great features, great build quality, and 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:44.040 very reasonable price points. So, the 3002, actually, I still need this for a 00:01:39.200 --> 00:01:44.040 sec. The 3002 ish 00:01:47.200 --> 00:01:52.960 the 3002 brings into the year 2012 00:01:51.119 --> 00:01:58.640 everything that was good about the 300 before including the value optimized 00:01:56.159 --> 00:02:04.880 price point, the excellent cooling options and adds a few things that were 00:02:01.600 --> 00:02:07.520 maybe missing with the 300 given how old 00:02:04.880 --> 00:02:10.800 of a design that that one was. So, I'm going to show you guys what Antech has 00:02:09.119 --> 00:02:16.000 to say for themselves before I get into the case myself. So, up to 12 1/2 in of 00:02:13.680 --> 00:02:20.480 expandability. Uh, maximum cooling. We'll cover that later. Uh, ease of use. 00:02:17.920 --> 00:02:24.400 So, toolless 3 and 1/2 and 5 and 1/4 in bays. 00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:29.440 Front panel USB 3. Uh, that we'll get into more later. A washable PSU air 00:02:26.720 --> 00:02:35.360 filter and front intake filter. Eight expansion slots for up to XL ATX 00:02:32.400 --> 00:02:40.720 motherboards with eight slots. So this particular one for example, the X79 UD7 00:02:38.560 --> 00:02:47.200 does have eight slots, but ones like the Gigabyte Assassin for X58 have nine. So 00:02:44.720 --> 00:02:50.640 watch out for that. XLATX is not a real standard. Okay. Side cooling fan, cable 00:02:49.280 --> 00:02:56.080 routing holes behind the motherboard tray. Okay, let's have a look at the 00:02:53.440 --> 00:02:59.840 outside before we open this baby up. So for one thing, you can see the front has 00:02:57.920 --> 00:03:03.440 got a bit of a curved appearance to it. So, don't worry. The bays are still 00:03:02.159 --> 00:03:06.879 straight. So, you're going to have that very clean look even if you install 00:03:05.599 --> 00:03:10.640 optical drives. You're not going to have, you know, how some cases have like 00:03:08.879 --> 00:03:14.159 curved front bezels and then you install a flat optical drive and it looks kind 00:03:12.400 --> 00:03:17.680 of goofy because the rest of it's curved and there looks out of place. So, they 00:03:16.080 --> 00:03:22.319 haven't done that. They've just done a curved look on the side. Looks very 00:03:19.440 --> 00:03:26.959 slick actually. Two USB 3.0 ports. Microphone. Headphones. Reset switch is 00:03:24.800 --> 00:03:29.920 very hard to accidentally press. You can see even if I push on it like this, I 00:03:28.560 --> 00:03:33.280 can't really press it. You got to get right in there and push it in order to 00:03:31.840 --> 00:03:36.640 reset your system. This is awesome because the last thing you want to do is 00:03:35.120 --> 00:03:41.200 accidentally reset your system with your knee while you're in the middle of a game. This is a gaming case after all, 00:03:39.840 --> 00:03:45.040 so they have to consider things like that. We've got our hard drive cages. 00:03:43.680 --> 00:03:48.959 And that's pretty much it for the front. I mean, the Anttech 300 was a very 00:03:46.879 --> 00:03:53.280 classic looking case, and they've gone that route again with the 3002. Now, 00:03:51.680 --> 00:03:59.280 this is interesting. More on this once we open up the case, but there's a 120 00:03:55.200 --> 00:04:02.480 mm cooling fan spot on the motherboard 00:03:59.280 --> 00:04:05.200 side of the inside of the case. So, yes. 00:04:02.480 --> 00:04:11.360 Yes, more on that later. Yes, indeed. We have a 140 mm cooling fan in the top as 00:04:09.439 --> 00:04:15.920 well as a couple water cooling grommets. Although most people probably won't use 00:04:13.120 --> 00:04:19.199 these. Hey, you never know. Um, they could. 00:04:17.600 --> 00:04:23.440 If you did want to do an external water cooling setup, it's handy to not have to 00:04:21.440 --> 00:04:28.000 punch holes in your case or use those horrible PCI bracket passroughs that 00:04:26.160 --> 00:04:32.800 usually the tubing doesn't even like fit properly through. So, let's take the 00:04:29.600 --> 00:04:34.720 side panel off. Inside, we find it does 00:04:32.800 --> 00:04:38.800 not have a black interior, although it's up to the individual user whether or not 00:04:36.479 --> 00:04:42.560 that matters. I've always thought it's a little bit silly to do a black interior 00:04:41.120 --> 00:04:46.160 on a case that doesn't have a window anyway, but to each his own. Uh oh, we 00:04:45.040 --> 00:04:51.040 should look at the back of the case before we wrap up here. So, here are our 00:04:48.720 --> 00:04:57.520 eight expansion slots, bottom- mounted power supply, 120 mm cooling fan, as 00:04:54.240 --> 00:04:59.919 well as speed adjusters for both this 00:04:57.520 --> 00:05:04.479 120 mil fan and the 140 mm fan in the top. These are two cool fans, which 00:05:01.440 --> 00:05:07.680 means you have low and high RPM 00:05:04.479 --> 00:05:09.759 settings. On the inside of the case, we 00:05:07.680 --> 00:05:14.479 find a number of things. So, we find the power supply filter, which actually Oh, 00:05:12.880 --> 00:05:18.080 locks in place. Okay, that's kind of handy. There you go. So, you can take 00:05:16.320 --> 00:05:22.400 that out, clean it off, put it back in, and it comes out the side. This is a 00:05:20.080 --> 00:05:25.759 very smart design decision because when you're set up at your Okay, here. Here, 00:05:24.160 --> 00:05:30.000 I'm going to put this where it would be. So, this would be next to my monitor. 00:05:28.240 --> 00:05:33.919 And uh so, I got all my cables coming out of the back of the system and my 00:05:31.440 --> 00:05:37.360 monitor's here. And so many cases implement the fan filters back here. How 00:05:35.840 --> 00:05:40.479 am I going to reach this? My face is in my monitor now. I have to take my case. 00:05:39.120 --> 00:05:44.639 I have to hope that I don't pull on my cables too hard. If they put it on the 00:05:42.320 --> 00:05:47.600 side, all of a sudden it's much easier for me to get it out. All I have to do 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:52.960 is take my case, angle it a little bit, and I can get it out no problem. 00:05:50.880 --> 00:05:56.320 Back to the interior. So, pretty much a no frills interior, 00:05:54.720 --> 00:06:01.600 though they've done a nice big CPU cutout. And now, let's talk about this 00:05:58.560 --> 00:06:03.520 right here. So, this is a 120 mm cooling 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:07.919 fan spot that's on the other side of the motherboard tray. Why? Why, you may ask? 00:06:05.840 --> 00:06:14.880 Well, check out this gaming motherboard. There are actual CPU VRM components on 00:06:11.680 --> 00:06:17.600 the back of the motherboard that in 00:06:14.880 --> 00:06:22.000 addition to the fact that any modern motherboard has a ton of copper content 00:06:19.759 --> 00:06:26.240 in it. So it's is actually conducting a lot of heat away from the CPU just out 00:06:24.240 --> 00:06:30.319 here through the PCB itself. If you ever touch the back of a motherboard, it's 00:06:27.520 --> 00:06:35.120 quite hot. that allows Anttech 3002 users to install an additional 120 mil 00:06:32.479 --> 00:06:39.440 fan back there, use it as an exhaust and pull some of this heat away from the 00:06:37.919 --> 00:06:43.360 back of the motherboard. Alternately, I guess you could use it as an intake and blow the air directly at the back of the 00:06:42.240 --> 00:06:49.039 motherboard if you want more of a positive air pressure thing going on in 00:06:45.759 --> 00:06:50.400 your case to keep dust out. That's not 00:06:49.039 --> 00:06:54.400 not really sure how I would do it. I guess since it's got filtered intakes, I 00:06:52.639 --> 00:06:59.360 would probably use it as exhaust, but I mean, the choice is yours. So, here are 00:06:56.319 --> 00:07:02.479 our three toolless 5 and a/4 inch bays. 00:06:59.360 --> 00:07:05.440 And here are the mounting pieces for our 00:07:02.479 --> 00:07:08.240 six toolless 3 and 1/2 inch bays. There's actually not a whole lot here in 00:07:06.880 --> 00:07:14.560 terms of frills and gimmicks, so I'm not going to bother taking it out. But you got your screws and your hard drive 00:07:11.840 --> 00:07:18.720 rails and uh Oh, actually, okay, I will take this out. Give me a sec. Well, 00:07:17.120 --> 00:07:21.520 unfortunately, they're not the same ones that were included with the 1100. So, 00:07:20.319 --> 00:07:24.800 I'm not going to do the demo where I lift Oh, actually, I guess I can. Okay. 00:07:23.759 --> 00:07:31.199 Okay, I don't think they're the same ones, but it's actually fairly secure. 00:07:26.800 --> 00:07:32.880 So, once you put these on, all you do is 00:07:31.199 --> 00:07:37.759 slide your drive until it locks. There's no screws involved whatsoever, and it's 00:07:35.440 --> 00:07:41.120 pretty darn secure once it's in there. Another thing to note about Anttech 00:07:39.280 --> 00:07:44.880 cases is even when they have a value case or a budget case or whatever it is 00:07:43.039 --> 00:07:49.199 you want to call it, the build quality is always there. And this is not always 00:07:46.960 --> 00:07:52.319 true of cases that might look flashier or have more features. And this is this 00:07:50.800 --> 00:07:56.240 is just me, Lionus, personally talking to you guys right now. And I want to 00:07:54.400 --> 00:08:00.479 just I'm not going to name any names when I talk about their competitors, but 00:07:58.080 --> 00:08:04.720 not all of Ant's competitors would have built the 3 and 1/2 in hard drive cage 00:08:02.639 --> 00:08:08.879 like this. See the way they have folded over the metal so that there's 00:08:06.240 --> 00:08:14.879 absolutely no chance of any kind of a rough edge. Not only does that improve 00:08:12.400 --> 00:08:19.280 the uh the usability of the case by making it safer, it also adds structural 00:08:17.520 --> 00:08:23.120 strength to it. The other thing they've done is this is just a design thing. 00:08:21.919 --> 00:08:29.759 It's not like the metal's more expensive, but the way they've done the cutouts here also gives this an enormous 00:08:27.360 --> 00:08:34.640 amount of strength. I have seen cases damaged in shipping to the point where 00:08:31.840 --> 00:08:38.800 this is bent so much that a hard drive slid in here would just fall right out 00:08:36.880 --> 00:08:42.159 or like go to the side because it doesn't even catch on these rails 00:08:40.080 --> 00:08:48.080 anymore. But I really have never seen that with an antec. So there you go, 00:08:44.880 --> 00:08:50.320 guys. Uh SSD mount. We've got a 2 and 00:08:48.080 --> 00:08:55.040 1/2 in SSD mount in the bottom. Uh, personally, I would prefer to have seen 00:08:52.399 --> 00:08:58.160 a toolless uh 3 and 1/2 in mechanism that allows you to install more SSDs, 00:08:56.560 --> 00:09:01.839 but it's not the end of the world. And it looks like we've got another SSD 00:08:59.920 --> 00:09:05.120 mount on the other side of the motherboard tray. So, you can put you 00:09:03.279 --> 00:09:09.040 can put that one hiding this one. I like I like hiding SSDs behind the 00:09:06.720 --> 00:09:12.320 motherboard. That's awesome. So, uh, what else we got here? Oh, let's look at 00:09:10.560 --> 00:09:18.320 the front fan filter. I haven't even shown that yet. So, there's a couple clips here on the front. I'm going to go 00:09:15.600 --> 00:09:22.040 ahead and pull that off. So, a front fan filter is 00:09:23.440 --> 00:09:30.320 here. Yes, there we go. 00:09:27.600 --> 00:09:33.120 Comes off somehow. Oh, there we go. So, it's just these 00:09:31.760 --> 00:09:39.519 little clips right here. And you pull it out like that. There we go. So, that can be cleaned fairly quickly, fairly 00:09:36.480 --> 00:09:40.640 easily. Pop that back in place. Once I 00:09:39.519 --> 00:09:45.360 figured out how to do it, that's actually quite quick. 00:09:42.640 --> 00:09:48.680 Pop this back on. Oh, these go into the hinge first. 00:09:48.720 --> 00:09:53.680 There we go. And I think that pretty 00:09:52.399 --> 00:10:00.000 much covers it. Is there anything I'm missing? So, we already covered the 12 1/2 in thingamabber. Oh, right. The 00:09:57.839 --> 00:10:03.440 cable management on the back. And Slick's gone ahead and turned it so that 00:10:01.680 --> 00:10:08.800 he can see it so he could remind me of something. But, uh, I have a cheat sheet 00:10:05.279 --> 00:10:10.640 over there as well. 00:10:08.800 --> 00:10:14.959 Aha. So, there you go. Aha. Cable management. So, cable management is 00:10:12.880 --> 00:10:20.720 something where the 3002 just blows away its predecessor. Look at 00:10:17.760 --> 00:10:24.560 this. 3 cm of space on the back of the motherboard tray. That means you can 00:10:22.079 --> 00:10:30.800 actually route a 24 pin cable without any hassle. You've got one, two, three. 00:10:29.360 --> 00:10:34.240 We could call that a cable management spot. I could potentially call that a 00:10:32.480 --> 00:10:37.440 cable management spot. Okay, it's going to be hard to count these, but four 00:10:35.680 --> 00:10:41.279 major ones. And then you can see they've got this extra room up here for your 00:10:38.800 --> 00:10:46.240 eight pin right there. And then they've also got a little one here for front 00:10:43.279 --> 00:10:49.760 audio or USB 3 or whatever else. Uh, speaking of which, the included cables 00:10:47.920 --> 00:10:54.320 are right here. So, it does have an internal USB 3 header for those two USB 00:10:52.399 --> 00:10:59.760 3 front ports. Very high quality cable, actually. That's good to see. And then, 00:10:56.880 --> 00:11:04.399 hey, look at this. Hey, hey, black and gray, which happens to be the color 00:11:02.320 --> 00:11:07.040 scheme of the case. Power reset and front panel switches. And there's our 00:11:05.760 --> 00:11:12.480 front panel audio. So, that's the kind of thing I would run through here in 00:11:09.279 --> 00:11:14.720 order to uh make it more more hidden. 00:11:12.480 --> 00:11:19.040 Also, cable management spots on the back. You can use the included zip ties 00:11:17.200 --> 00:11:23.360 to There we go. Anchor your cables to these 00:11:21.600 --> 00:11:27.279 and then tie them up tight so that when you put the other side panel back on, 00:11:25.519 --> 00:11:34.160 you don't have any trouble fitting it into place. I think that pretty much 00:11:30.959 --> 00:11:36.399 wraps up the 3002 for me. Don't forget 00:11:34.160 --> 00:11:40.480 to subscribe to Linus Tech Tips for more unboxings, reviews, and other computer 00:11:38.079 --> 00:11:43.360 videos. And I do have one more thing to say. Check this out. They thought of 00:11:41.920 --> 00:11:46.880 everything. There's a vent right here. So that means that whether you're doing 00:11:44.959 --> 00:11:50.880 intake or exhaust, the air is actually going to have somewhere to go um on that 00:11:49.839 --> 00:11:55.279 fan that's on the back of the motherboard tray. Yeah. Don't forget to 00:11:52.880 --> 00:11:55.279 subscribe.