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Introduction

Antec’s new line of high performance chassis’ are aimed at gamers and professionals alike offering exceptional cooling combined with flexibility and functionality.

Indeed, the Dark Fleet DF-85 has already been granted high praise here at XSReviews so how will this cheaper, mid tower Dark Fleet offering shape up? Introducing the DF-30…

Antec on the DF-30

“Meet the swifter, lighter Dark Fleet enclosure, the DF-30. On the front reside two Fleet-Release™ access doors packing tool-free washable fan filters allowing rapid access to a massive array of drive bays – 11 total. Each door comes standard with a variable-speed; knob-controlled 120mm blue LED fans that allows precise tuning of your builds cooling/noise level balance. Along with both internal and external hot-swap 2.5" SATA (SSD) bays for smoothly integrated fast data transfer, the DF-30 is the enclosure providing heavy-duty performance and versatility in a swift, convenient mid-sized package – soaring up and above the competition with style.”

Features

• Two Fleet-Release™ access doors open separately for convenient entry to drives
• Two washable fan filters allow for easy cleaning
• Two variable-speed knob-controlled fans mounted on Fleet-Release™ access doors
• Top 2.5" hot-swap SATA (SSD-compatible) drive bay
• Bottom-mounted power supply isolates heat
• CPU cut-out allows for easy installation of CPU coolers
• Cable routing compartment organizes cables discreetly
• 11 drive bays
  – 6 x internal 3.5"
  – 3 x external 5.25"
  – 1 x top external 2.5" hot-swap SATA (SSD-compatible) drive bay
  – 1 x internal bottom-mounted 2.5" SSD drive bay
• Advanced cooling system
  – 1 x top 140mm TwoCool™ fan
  – 1 x rear black 120mm TwoCool™ fan with blue LED
  – 2 x front black 120 mm fans with blue LEDs and speed control knobs for HDDs
  – 1 x side 120 mm fan for graphics cards (optional)
• 7 expansion slots to support multiple graphics cards
• Maximum graphics card size: 11.5"/292 mm
• Stylish blacked-out interior
• Windowed side panel
• Front ports
  – 2 x USB 2.0
  – Audio (AC’97 and HDA compatible) In and Out
• Motherboards: Mini-ITX, microATX, Standard ATX
• Power supply not included
• Unit Dimension
  – 485mm (H) x 198mm (W) x 486mm (D)
  – 19.1" (H) x 7.8" (W) x 19.1" (D)
• Package Dimension
  – 577mm (H) x 288mm (W) x 510mm (D)
  – 22.7" (H) x 11.3" (W) x 20.1" (D)
• Weight
  – Net : 15.1 lb / 6.9 kg
  – Gross : 17.0 lb / 7.7 kg