Antec Draco 10 Mini Tower Case Review

How Much Does it Cost?

Antec’s new Draco 10 Micro-ATX PC case is available now from most major retailers. It’s available on Amazon for just £56 too, but the stock does seem to be dwindling there at this time. For such a stylish and compact case that has all the usual luxuries like tempered glass and RGB, I’d say that’s a pretty killer price. It’s going to be hard to beat value like this, especially given the level of build quality on offer here.

Overview

This is easily one of my favourite micro-ATX cases on the market right now. This is saying something, as most of the best ones are over £100 from InWin, Lian Li and NZXT. So to put out such a killer product for around £50 is just a huge win. Especially cool is that they’ve released this at all, as so many brands have lost their edge when it comes to smaller cases. Mini-ITX still gets a lot of love and attention, but there are fewer mATX motherboards and cases in recent years, which irks me, as all five of our family/home/office systems are, you guessed it, mATX.

Easy to Build

So many times I feel like a case has been designed, but the people designing it never actually tried to build a PC inside it. Antec clearly has done their homework on this one though. The cable routing holes are all placed where you’ll need them. Plus, there are easily double the amount of routing holes you’re likely to need, which is awesome, as it made for a super easy build process. The Inclusion of the PSU shroud helps you get a clean looking build really quickly too. Of course, even the shroud offered up plenty of cable routing holes too.

There’s a good amount of space behind the motherboard, and despite the small size, you can get five SSDs in this case, when many rivals are still only putting in two or three mounts at the most, even on ATX models.

Cooling

While only one fan is included, it’s high quality and offers some ARGB lighting that you can sync with the front panel RGB too. Of course, you could put that fan in the front, if you’re using an AIO cooler in the top or rear, which could double as your exhaust.

Antec has put a dust filter on the PSU air intake, a dust filter in the front panel, and another on the top. Honestly, that’s pretty decent for such an affordable case. It makes maintenance easy, and there’s actually really good airflow just passively as that front ventilation offers more than cases that just have those little side vents. Plus, it’s great to see it’ll support up to 140mm fans and some good side radiators too, if that’s what you desire.

Should I Buy One?

Given the cost of graphics cards these days, finding such a slick and compact case that can house the latest flagship graphics cards and that only costs around £55, I’d say that’s a deal that’s hard to pass up. The design looks excellent, you get all the features a modern PC gaming build could need, and the build quality is much higher than the price point would suggest. Antec, you’ve done great, and I can’t wait to see what comes after the Draco 10 in the new Constellation series!