Antec P10 FLUX

[Darksaber]

The Antec P10 Flux brings Antec's signature five-fan setup to the P-Series: You get the clean, minimalistic look with the sound dampening and fan control while staying clear of ARGB lighting. This makes the Antec P10 Flux a unique and surprisingly useful option for workstations and professional users.

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[Rowsol]

Topping the charts for noise. Doesn't look like the sound dampening is working very well. I'd be curious on the temps difference with the door open during testing.

 

[yukinin97]

The loudest thing in your case are your fans and they produce low-frequency sounds not the high-frequencies that the sound-dampening material on these cases could help with. In my experience 99% of the time the 'silence' focused cases are the loudest ones simply due to their restrictive airflow: The fans will have to run at a higher RPM in order to cool your components therefore defeating the entire purpose of them unless you only care about idle noise levels which any other case, silence-focused or not, can match or better.

I'll admit that years ago I was all over them to the point of spending a ton of money on Fractals and BeQuiet! cases but at the end of my 'silence' journey I just ended up going with the Lian-Li O11. Slapped 9 fans into that bad boy and have them running at ~600 RPM at idle and no more than 1200 RPM at load. Quietest case I've ever had because airflow is second-to-none and as a result my temps are low meaning that my fans will never have to ramp up as high as they did with my prior 'silent' cases = less noise. That's what you do if you want a silent case, or pony up the cash to get a case with thicker panel construction such as the Phanteks Evolve X which will help with the low-frequencies produced by your fans or/and liquid/water cool your GPU which will always be the loudest component in your case. That'll be my next step.

 

[bonehead123]

There are two more Antec-branded Velcro strips to hold cables in place[quote/]

Oh yea, this is DEFINITELY gonna blow my mind and make me wanna go spend $70 on this otherwise same ole same same lame lame case, oh yea, uh huh, uh huh 4 sure.....

 

[jesdals]

Is there only the rear fan for exhaust?

 

[razorpakk]

Just about anything could get the Highly Recommended badge.

I understand it's good to keep a solid relationship with the manufacturers that send samples, but that badge has zero value to those who follow the website.

 

[TechLurker]

I know it's extremely niche, but I'd be tempted to buy that reverse-flow fan by itself; and pair it with a conventional one for a sort of counter-rotating setup similar to the 76mm THICK various high-end server fans. Of course, that depends on how well the reverse flow fan actually works on its own and in tandem, but I doubt that's a thing that would be tested here since again, it's so niche.