Antec DP503 Mid-Tower PC Case Review

A Closer Look – Exterior

The DP503 is a really nice-looking case, and while it is a mid-tower, its slightly larger-than-average size is certainly welcome. As I said before, it’ll handle an E-ATX motherboard, which means it’s going to have a little more room for larger hardware overall. The left side has a large glass panel, so showing off your hardware should not be an issue.

Around the right side, it’s a fairly standard blank panel, mounted by a pair of thumbscrews at the rear of the case.

The front panel looks awesome, and it’s also quite thick, sticking out from the main rectangle of the case quite a bit. However, that does give room for the fans to be mounted further forwards and provides ample room for this very cool-looking angular mesh design.

Around the back, it’s business as usual for an ATX case, but I am happy to see they’ve equipped it with reusable and ventilated expansion slot covers. The PSU is mounted from the rear and uses a removable mounting plate with two thumbscrews.

There’s no pre-installed rear fan, but it does have elongated mounts allowing for some height adjustment; handy for improving radiator compatibility.

There’s a lot more ventilation up on the top of the case. The magnetic dust filter runs the full length of the case, but is bias towards the window side, meaning the fan/radiator mounts are further away from the motherboard, which should greatly improve compatibility.

The I/O panel is down the right side of the top panel. It’s well equipped too, offering a pair of USB 3.0 ports, as well as a Type-C 3.2 Gen 2 port. There’s even an LED control button which is wired to an internal PCB to take control of any RGB on the pre-installed fans and a few more you may add later.