Antec Cube ITX Case

[NumLock21]

 

 

Antec has announced their new ITX case for enthusiast call CUBE. There are two version of this case one of them is designed by Razer and the other certified by EKWB

It has a physical dimensions of 365mm (H) x 250mm (W) x 460mm (D). It can hold has a single 3.5" drive bay and 2x 2.5" drive bays. The 3.5" can be converted and allows for installation of additional two more 2.5" drives. Motherboard support is ITX and it has 3 I/O slots where most ITX cases only comes with 2. With no rads or fans installed, maximum gpu length is up to 350mm and CPU cooler height is up to 190mm. Cooling, it can support, for front intake, 2x 120mm, 1x 140mm, or 1x 180mm, and rear is a 1x 120mm. Antec Cube EKWB version, is certified by EKWB, where users can install a 240mm RAD in the front as well as a 140mm RAD in the rear, and a psu cover with the EK logo. Side panels have window cutouts and there is even one for the GPU. Case comes with RGB lighting. The Razer version is the exact same as the EKWB, except for a few changes such as the additional  Razer logo in the front, razer green front usb ports, their signature green LED lights, and "Razer" on the PSU cover. Can't seem to find the price for the Razer Edition. The EKWB, has a pre-order price of £229.99 at Overclockers.UK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://store.antec.com/cube_razer

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/antec-ekwb-cube-mini-itx-gaming-case-ca-24d-an.html

 

 

[Simurgh]

Good, we need more small cases. IMO compact cases with lots of firepower are more appealing than a Full Tower. 

[TrigrH]

remember when antec made cases worth buying? (still waiting)

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14 minutes ago, Simurgh said:

Good, we need more small cases. IMO compact cases with lots of firepower are more appealing than a Full Tower. 

I would want to put SLI on a Mitx. That's power

[nick5530]

Looks pretty nice for those that prefer a more "gamery" look. I don't even like that style, but kind of like the look of the case. 

[dizmo]

Kind of odd to name it Cube when it's not even shaped like one...

17 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

I would want to put SLI on a Mitx. That's power

You can fit SLI into some very small cases if you look hard enough

[Syntaxvgm]

18 minutes ago, TrigrH said:

remember when antec made cases worth buying? (still waiting)

lol this is 5x better than anything they've put out in years. But yea, still waiting as well. 

[AHaskin14]

39 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Certified by EK, so we put an air cooled gpu and Corsair AIO in it.....

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3 minutes ago, dizmo said:

Kind of odd to name it Cube when it's not even shaped like one...

You can fit SLI into some very small cases if you look hard enough

Well you are right. I need to look harder next time. Poor consoles

[TrigrH]

1 minute ago, AHaskin14 said:

Certified by EK, so we put an air cooled gpu and Corsair AIO in it.....

not a product image as far as I can tell, I doubt who ever took that photo wanted to build a loop lol.

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1 minute ago, AHaskin14 said:

Certified by EK, so we put an air cooled gpu and Corsair AIO in it.....

Does it not look odd to you that they put some red on overall green

[Guest]

Just now, TrigrH said:

not a product image as far as I can tell, I doubt who ever took that photo wanted to build a loop lol.

if he is taking a photo, chances that he has money to afford a loop is small

[Syntaxvgm]

3 minutes ago, AHaskin14 said:

Certified by EK, so we put an air cooled gpu and Corsair AIO in it.....

happy? lol

[NumLock21]

The pic is from a build log in the Chiphell forum.

[AHaskin14]

23 minutes ago, Syntaxvgm said:

 

happy? lol

Quite. Thanks!

[MageTank]

1 hour ago, Simurgh said:

Good, we need more small cases. IMO compact cases with lots of firepower are more appealing than a Full Tower. 

Wouldn't exactly consider 42L small, but to each their own. I do agree that small, powerful boxes are more interesting than full sized cases, mostly from a performance per cubic inch standpoint. To put the size of this case into perspective, the node 202 is 10.2L and still supports 12.2 inch cards and a 650w gold PSU, plenty enough for a high end build. The ID Cooling IS-45VC and Cryorig C7 are both capable of cooling a consumer i7, assuming you don't plan on going beyond 4.5ghz and 1.25v and are both 45mm and 47mm tall respectively. Other great choices are the Silverstone RV01/RVZ02 (12L each) and even the Azza Z (17L). The Dan A4 SFX is another option at 7.2L, but it's not widely available. 

 

Still working on a 4L case myself, capable of housing a full size reference 250w Titan X (Pascal) and my 6700k with 32GB of ram. Mostly for the "told you I could do it" factor, lol. Sadly, my design won't really allow 2.5 inch drives, so a single 1-2TB M.2 drive is all that I will be able to use. 

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4 minutes ago, huilun02 said:

It would take some serious wizard power to have more than one PCIE slot on a mITX mobo.

 

On a side note, is there a Louis Vuitton version of the case? Its too cheap as it is. 

just put a hyper beast sticker

[Misanthrope]

1 hour ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Does it not look odd to you that they put some red on overall green

It looks like somebody let Bob from production know about the photo shoot 15 fucking minutes before they had to start so he just grabbed whatever the fuck was near him in a fucking hurry.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, huilun02 said:

*Makes boxy case full of flat surfaces and sharp angles*

 

"Designed by Porsche. Come get yours for only $999.99"

at least i got a cent back

[goodtofufriday]

I may move my x99itx build into this case. I wanted a dan case but thats gonna be quite some time before I can get one. 

[NumLock21]

14 hours ago, huilun02 said:

It would take some serious wizard power to have more than one PCIE slot on a mITX mobo.

 

On a side note, is there a Louis Vuitton version of the case? Its too cheap as it is. 

 

[Pheelo]

Damn thats enormous. Don't think I have ever seen an itx case above 40 liters.

[goodtofufriday]

2 hours ago, NumLock21 said:

 

thats x79.

 

This might be the only way to do it with x99

 

http://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=EP2C612D8HM#Specifications

 

Shuttle does make a 1151 board with a 4x and 16x pcie slot so it could be feesable there for crossfire, dont think SLI would work though. http://us.shuttle.com/products/sz170r8-v2/

 

 

[TheRandomness]

18 hours ago, dizmo said:

Kind of odd to name it Cube when it's not even shaped like one...

You can fit SLI into some very small cases if you look hard enough

 

18 hours ago, deXxterlab97 said:

I would want to put SLI on a Mitx. That's power

With PCIe bifurcation as well as a supporting motherboard/CPU (X99E-ITX can do this afaik) you could run Crossfire, but SLI needs to be certified on the motherboard.

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Just now, TheRandomness said:

 

With PCIe bifurcation as well as a supporting motherboard/CPU (X99E-ITX can do this afaik) you could run Crossfire, but SLI needs to be certified on the motherboard.

still, having 2 massive 1080 doesn't look small and appealing to me. unless there are some powerful mini/low profile cards in the future