Antec VSP5000 Mid-Tower Chassis Review

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Working with this chassis was nice and easy, although admittedly the right side panel was a little tricky to get back into place at first, a couple of cable ties to hold down some of the bulkier cables soon fixed this. Cable management looks a little scruffy, but it’s actually rather good and there’s no trailing cables blocking major airflow paths.

There’s plenty of room in the top of the chassis, so large tower coolers should have no issue and certainly more than enough room for a good AIO cooler in the rear should you need it.

One thing I do like, is that there’s a lot of room for the PSU, something that will please those planning on installing some of the bigger high-end units. You could also use the extra space to bundle any excess PSU cables here; handy if you don’t have a modular unit.

The Sapphire R9 270X is a huge card with an even bigger cooler, but that’s no issue here as there’s a large opening between the 5.25″ drive bays and the 3.5″ hard drive bays. However, it’s something to consider if you’re using a multi-GPU setup, as the lower card would be a little more limited in size with stripping out those hard drive bays.

There’s certainly enough room for storage, at least for your average user and the extra 2.5″ drive bay is a welcome bonus. Although I would have preferred slide-out drive trays, which support both 2.5″ and 3.5″ drives, you can always use an adaptor bracket.

All panels back in place, the VSP5000 looks as neat and tidy as it did when I took it out of the box. The chassis looks closed up pretty tight and I guess that’s the whole point, this is a chassis that aims to be neither seen nor heard; perfect for those who find themselves distracted by noisy their noisy computers.