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Antec LanBoy Air ATX Case Review

Discussion in 'Articles and Reviews Comments' started by Julio Franco, Feb 24, 2011.

  1. Julio Franco TechSpot Editor

    Antec has earned a reputation for extraordinary case designs such as the Skeleton, Dark Fleet, Hundred and ISK series, but late last year they unveiled what's arguably their most unique and striking case yet, the LanBoy Air.

    Read the full review at:
    http://www.techspot.com/review/365-antec-lanboy-air/

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  2. Punkid TechSpot Enthusiast

    Did you guys get a new camera? 'cause the pictures look nice :p
  3. Steve TechSpot Staff

    Same old DSLR that I have used in all my other reviews, but thank you!
  4. fpsgamerJR62 Newcomer, in training

    Nice review, Steve. With all those power tools, I thought you were disassembling the original Ironman suit rather than the LanBoy Air :). Unfortunately, I'm that gamer with multiple hard drives who also happens to work in a fairly dust-prone environment. I'm gonna have to give this case a pass and maybe look into getting a Corsair case for my next build.
  5. yorro Newcomer, in training

    A ***** to clean without canned air.
  6. Stupido TechSpot Member

    LanBoy... meh...

    To me Lanboy should have been something more like LianLi/Silverstone type of mini-ITX case...
    having in mind gigabyte's H55N-USB3 with nice i5 and juicy GPU... that kind of build I would consider as a LAN machine...

    I would rather call this "CageBoy"... :D
  7. Benny26 TechSpot Paladin

    I quite like it...Looks rough 'n' ready.
  8. stewi0001 TechSpot Enthusiast

    At first glance I thought cool! and then my nerd brain kicked in with all the issues this would have. I was gonna post them but Steve got them all. lol!

    But what I don't really get is if this case is designed for air then why even bother with having the holes for watercooling. Also, why even have the handles if you have to unplug and replug the HDs every time you move.

    Hopefully they'll throw this back into the thinktank and maybe come up with something better.
  9. princeton TechSpot Addict

    You'd think they would have learned when the original antec 900 became a vacuum replacement. Now their cases use dust filters. I fail to see why this one doesn't.
  10. MilwaukeeMike TechSpot Enthusiast

    Good review, and you mentioned the two biggest things that came to my mind the instant i saw the pictures of this thing... how on earth are the case fans going to do anything, and it's going to be a huge pain to clean the dust out of it. They obviously wanted the look of grates and screens everywhere, but it must make the case fans just about worthless. They wont' be able to create any air pressure to force the warm air out. maybe I just don't get it.

    And i'd still need to get over owning a case called 'LanBoy'. Makes the Thermaltake Armor look MUCH more appealing. http://www.techspot.com/review/355-thermaltake-armor-a30/
  11. w3b0n Newcomer, in training

    its nice if you live in a garage
  12. red1776 Omnipotent Ruler of the Universe

    Now those tools you have there for size comparison, are those the regular 16 oz ..or the 20 oz?
  13. QuaZulu Newcomer, in training

  14. Steve TechSpot Staff

    Red please don’t be silly, it’s obvious they are the 20 oz models. Haha

    I really hope no one else knows that you are on about or we will end up with another 3 pages of crap LOL thanks for the laugh though :)
  15. Placeholder Newcomer, in training

    Lan-Boy sounds like it should be John Deere green, 2-cycle, and have a bottom exhaust.
  16. yukka TechSpot Paladin

    Unplug the hard drives to move it? Fail.
  17. captaincranky TechSpot Addict

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  19. red1776 Omnipotent Ruler of the Universe

  20. Steve TechSpot Staff