The Antec Torque—just like most open air cases out there—is not meant to wow you with a long feature set. You won't find elaborately engineered functionality within the chassis or lots of additions that result in down-to-earth price to performance. On the contrary, the Antec Torque is quite sparse when it comes to those aspects.

You have to think of the chassis like a fleshed-out race car. Gone is every useless nut and bolt, seat and amenity usually found in luxury vehicles. Instead, such a car is torn down to serve one purpose. Antec has taken a similar approach with the Torque as its singular focus is to look amazing, and some dare say even take a stab at all the other open air cases out there by being even more elaborate. The Torque stacks aluminium panels which come not only with lots of cutouts and distinct shapes but multiple bends and stacks to achieve the final product.

To that end, the Antec Torque has clearly managed to hit the mark. While some may gasp at the high price tag in relation to its blatant lack of extras, once the system is up and running and you realize that it still offers the bare necessities to build a cool gaming rig, those issues may suddenly be none. It looks that cool.