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Antec LanBoy Air ATX Case Review
At first glance you can tell this is an enthusiast and gamer-oriented product. Antec touts the LanBoy Air for its highly customizable and modular design. Weighing 20.3 lbs (9.2 kg), the case can be outfitted with an insane fifteen 120mm fans -- so you know the "Air" moniker belongs in its name. Perhaps more intriguing, nearly every part of the case is modular, even the motherboard and PSU mounts.
It also comes as good news that the Antec LanBoy Air starts at $150, which is not a bad price point for a unique case offering these days. Let's check out in better detail what Antec has got in store for us.
Read the complete review.
User Comments (30)
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Punkid
on February 24, 2011 4:00 AM |
Did you guys get a new camera? 'cause the pictures look nice :p |
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Steve
on February 24, 2011 4:16 AM |
Same old DSLR that I have used in all my other reviews, but thank you! |
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fpsgamerJR62
on February 24, 2011 5:35 AM |
Nice review, Steve. With all those power tools, I thought you were disassembling the original Ironman suit rather than the LanBoy Air |
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yorro
on February 24, 2011 5:43 AM |
A ***** to clean without canned air. |
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Stupido
on February 24, 2011 5:46 AM |
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"... |
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Benny26
on February 24, 2011 6:52 AM |
I quite like it...Looks rough 'n' ready. |
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stewi0001
on February 24, 2011 7:01 AM |
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. |
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princeton
on February 24, 2011 8:27 AM |
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. |
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MilwaukeeMike
on February 24, 2011 10:37 AM |
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. [link] |
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w3b0n
on February 24, 2011 1:06 PM |
its nice if you live in a garage |
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red1776
on February 24, 2011 2:01 PM |
Now those tools you have there for size comparison, are those the regular 16 oz ..or the 20 oz? |
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QuaZulu
on February 24, 2011 2:08 PM |
The guys over at Maximum PC evaluated this case and said that it's cooling was actually very good...but they had the same concern over dust: [link] |
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Steve
on February 24, 2011 5:15 PM |
Now those tools you have there for size comparison, are those the regular 16 oz ..or the 20 oz? 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 |
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Placeholder
on February 24, 2011 10:00 PM |
Lan-Boy sounds like it should be John Deere green, 2-cycle, and have a bottom exhaust. |
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yukka
on February 25, 2011 2:03 PM |
Unplug the hard drives to move it? Fail. |
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captaincranky
on February 25, 2011 11:56 PM |
In Keeping with the DeWalt Theme..... Here's the mother lode of tacky black and yellow, over priced DeWalt product...... [link] . I'm especially fond of the boom boxes....... Hey, you started it. |
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dividebyzero
on February 26, 2011 12:36 AM |
If you're going (tacky) yellow and black then I think this is a little more understated -and probably more practical. (Dis)Honourable mention to our second-place contestant. |
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red1776
on February 26, 2011 1:33 AM |
If you're going (tacky) yellow and black then I think this is a little more understated -and probably more practical. (Dis)Honourable mention to our second-place contestant. Almost as tacky as mine ey Chef? : |
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Steve
on February 26, 2011 1:58 AM |
Here's the mother lode of tacky black and yellow, over priced DeWalt product...... [link] . I'm especially fond of the boom boxes....... Hey, you started it. haha good one, I bet you are a Ryobi man because they get the job done no fuss :P |
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red1776
on February 26, 2011 2:20 AM |
haha good one, I bet you are a Ryobi man because they get the job done no fuss :P NO!...he's a Ryobi fan because they have better calendars.:p |
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dividebyzero
on February 26, 2011 2:29 AM |
Almost as tacky as mine ey Chef? : ??? Isn't yours an acrylic ? If so, then I'd probably put it in the challenging category- cable management/hiding, easily scratched and cooling (plexi being an insulator rather than a radiator of heat) come to mind. I thought your other chassis were a HAF 932 (rather a good chassis I think) and a DF-85 ? (the need to mount the PSU upside down and pulling hot air off the graphics card doesn't thrill me but seems serviceable) Now, if you're talking non-performance parts (CCFL's), that's an entirely different matter... |
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red1776
on February 26, 2011 2:36 AM |
Now, if you're talking non-performance parts (CCFL's), that's an entirely different matter... yup, thats it! [link] |
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dividebyzero
on February 26, 2011 2:59 AM |
Each to their own I guess. I have built a few systems with CCFL's -they just don't appeal on a personal level. Most builds I put together for people who want a windowed and highlighted case I now steer towards getting smaller individual LED spotlighting of components (fixed mount) or sheaving an individual LED/Halogen cable in flexi narrow-guage steel shower tubing for a flexible mount (handy for changing out parts if you plug the light into a second PSU or bridge the pinouts on the 24pin ATX). I generally find that fully lit builds can be a little obtrusive. They also tend to highlight everything -including the boring bits- to the extent that highlighting everything is, to a degree highlighting nothing since everything is highlighted equally -if you get my drift. |
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Steve
on February 26, 2011 3:19 AM |
Brick Tamland: "I love lamp." haha how things go off topic fast, but still a fun read, continue |
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red1776
on February 26, 2011 3:46 AM |
haha how things go off topic fast, but still a fun read, continue I believe I will Steve I now steer towards getting smaller individual LED spotlighting of components (fixed mount) well...I use those as well (the 5 light LED at the top) and there is one in the Holodeck as well....it turns the from 230mm red LED fan purple. [link] does that count? :p No boring bits..its all beautiful...can you imagine how many CCFL's I would need for this? At least a dozen 12''ers just for the cow catcher. of course , I'm gonna need a bigger case. |
. 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.
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