Antec Three Hundred Two Mid-Tower PC Chassis Review
Peter Donnell / 12 years ago
Starting on the left side of the chassis we can see there is a 120mm fan mount on the side panel, set at just the right hight for cooling your graphics card, you can also see on the right side of the picture the curve of the front panel.
Around the back we can see there is a second fan mounting point at the rear of the motherboard, which will hold a further 120mm fan, as is the same on the other side panel these fan mounts don’t come with air filters.
If you look closely at the bottom right hand corner of this panel you can also see there is an embossed “Antec DESIGN” logo, which adds a nice little touch of style to chassis.
On the front of the chassis we can see there two USB 3.0 ports, headphone and microphone sockets, plus the usual reset and power buttons. Further down the chassis we can see there are 3 x 5.25″ optical drive bays and large grill section for air intake, behind which you can also mount 2 additional 120mm fans.
There are a few cool features around the back of this chassis, quite literally too, with two fan speed control switches at the top of the chassis for the two pre installed cooling fans, this is a great little upgrade from the original Three Hundred chassis, which had these switches on wires inside the chassis, meaning you no longer have to open the side panel to take advantage of this feature. Further down we have eight expansion slots, with are held in place with an extra locking panel, while this is a security feature in ways, it is only held on by two screws that are accessible from the out side of the chassis, but at least it helps to keep your components firmly held in place.
Flipping the chassis upside down we can see that it comes pre-fitted with four large rubber feet, which help reduce vibration and give a little clearance from the floor to help with cooling and a large filtered air intake at the rear for your power supply.
Along the top of the chassis we can see the 140mm cooling fan mounted near the rear of the chassis as well as two handy water cooling cut-outs, both fitted with rubber grommets.
