Description
Product Description
Antec, Inc. is the global leader in high-performance computer components and accessories for the gaming, PC upgrade and Do-It-Yourself markets.
Founded in 1986, Antec is recognized as a pioneer in the industry and has maintained its position as a worldwide market leader and international provider of quiet, efficient and innovative products.
Antec has also achieved great success in the distribution channel, meeting the demands of quality-conscious system builders, VARs and integrators.
Antec DF700 FLUX
The Ultimate Thermal Performance for Gaming Cases
The DF700 FLUX mid-tower gaming case is well equipped with an industry-leading design of advanced ventilation, taking the Antec Dark League to the next generation.
- F-LUX Platform: Advanced case structure for excellent airflow + 5 x 120mm fans included
- ARGB & PWM Fan Controller
- Provide massive airflow to your components with room for up to 9 x 120mm fans
- Supports a high-end GPU and provides the best cooling for it
- Ready for a radiator up to 360mm in front, 360mm on top & 120mm in rear
- With room for 2.5” SSDs: 3 & 3.5” HDDs/2.5” SSDs (convertible): 3/2
- Plenty of space for clean cable management
- Motherboard Support: Up to ATX
F-LUX Platform
The definition of FLUX is Flow Luxury.
The F-LUX Platform is a new industry-leading and highly efficient design by Antec featuring an advanced case structure for excellent airflow combined and 5 x 120mm fans included. A core element of the design ethos was to enhance GPU cooling performance.
Ultimate Thermal Performance
Supports up to 9 fans. (Without the ODD)
DF700 FLUX keeps your gear cool with room for up to 360mm radiator in the front & top. (Max. Radiator Length : 405 mm)
- Front : up to 360 mm
- Top : up to 360 mm (W/O ODD,W/O bracket : ≤ 405 mm)
- Rear : up to 120 mm
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Color Your System by Built-in LED ControllerYou only need the LED mode button to control all the addressable LEDs. Or you can sync it with the motherboard to enjoy more custom light effects. |
Ready for Excellent Gaming Performance
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Keep It Clean
All the hubs have a dust plug, preventing them from dust damage. |
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Technical Details
| Number of USB 2.0 Ports | 2 |
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| Number of USB 3.0 Ports | 2 |
Seanzilla (verified owner) –
5.0 out of 5 stars Solid unit, but TAKE YOUR TIME.
For the money, the case has some pretty nice features. If you’re into lights with various setting options and plenty of ventilation fans, then look no more. The unit came with some basic instructions for the features, but not much more. You can get some better ideas on their website and via the video attached to the page.
The unit was a bit larger than I had expected. Lots of room to work with and tons of wires going everywhere for the lights and fans. Adjusting the riser posts to fit my mobo was not too difficult. Everything seemed to go were it needed. Figuring out how to get the power supply installed took me a couple of minutes (both sides of the case are removable). Duh.
Even with a new power supply, routing the cables was kind of a challenge. Using a miniATX board meant the distance to reach was a bit longer, so it took some finagling to get them just right. Mounting the 2 SSD drives were also a bit of a challenge. There’s not a lot of clearance, so you have to have SSD cables that are STRAIGHT END types, and the SATA power cables have to get pretty flat as well. Took some time to figure out the frames for the SSD drives didn’t require unscrewing from the frame, and are held in place by rubber grommets that allow you to remove the frames with a bit of steady pressure.
Once everything was in place, the unit fired up nicely. Lots of fans mean a bit more noise as well. They are NOT quiet, but not too annoying either. Changing the LED settings for the fan colors was kind of fun. There’s no real guide to know how many pushes of the LED button (by the power button) will yield what kind of color combination you’re looking for, so just keep pressing until it displays something you like.
Mounting the Blu-Ray ODD was easy. Make sure you have mounting screws available.
All in all, I’m pretty impressed. It took time, but I am happy with the final results. Looks nice in my home studio.
Christopher l. (verified owner) –
5.0 out of 5 stars Great look and features
The buttons and ports are fine. Airflow is crazy. Lighting is cool with this setup. The odd is perfect for adding some extra connections with an odd adapter. You can fit an odd adapter with 3 top fans but it takes some vending and cutting. The lights on the buikt in fans are so so. Order some other brands lit fans to complete the look.
Joe (verified owner) –
5.0 out of 5 stars Great case for the price
Pros:
It looks great
Good Airflow
Most parts are easily assembled
Good options for Hard Drives, SDDs, etc.
Neutral:
Could come with more fans but what it has is ok. Wish it said what exact fans came with it so it was easier to buy more that are the exact same.
Bottom fan is useless if you have a large GPU but can be used elsewhere
LED Controller seems like it could be more structurally sound but works really well.
Cons:
Bracket (cover?) for PCI slots is weird and I had to unseat and reseat my giant 4090 (MSI Gaming X Trio) too many times to get it to install correctly with the included stabilizer bar.
Instructions could be clearer.
Overall would purchase again, can’t beat the price point for the quality and style that you get.
Paxton Larcher (verified owner) –
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Case with amazing Customer Service
I bought this case instead of going with a very common Lian Li, corsair, or the Hyte Y40. It took the risk of buying it off of Amazon and it came with no dents or scratches which I was happy about. I built everything a month after I recieved this case. Unfortunately there were some things wrong with the ARGB and at first I thought it was the fans because my deepcool AIO fans weren’t flickering. Well, it turns out it was just the controller not working with antecs fans interestingly enough. But Antec was nice enough to send me out new fans and a new argb controller without requesting the broken ones back, so now I get more fans to increase cooling.
Although I did have an issue with assembly, the radiator was difficult to install because the top of the case didn’t slide off or anything special like corsair or lianli. I didn’t have much wiggle room to easily install the radiator either.
Thank you Antec
J. J. Mason (verified owner) –
5.0 out of 5 stars Fast Shipping.
This came direct from the Antec Store and only took 2 days. I sent back the same case from a different vendor that the box was beat-up and had shipping stickers removed. Someone wrote NEW on the box but it was very used. Anyway, this one is perfect. Brand new case in the correct box with instructions. I will be painting this one before assembling as I want it Candy Red with white interior. Will take my time as I want it right. Very very pleased so far. Oh yeah. It was a lightning deal for $70.
Doug (verified owner) –
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Case – Great Bang for Buck
I absolutely love the case. There are a couple things that can be improved – Such as 1/2″ or so more room in the other side panel area (where you would hide wiring etc..) would be ideal as it can be pretty tight trying to pack everything in there no matter how neat a job you do, getting the side panel back on can be a little more difficult than it could be due this to reason. (not a huge issue, just pointing out more room would be great, specially nowadays with controllers, RGB etc.. which adds a lot more wiring). Though, maybe this has been resolved on newer cases ? not sure myself as I have not checked out the new versions. Currently pictured is the Corsair iCUE H100i RGB ELITE CAPELLIX though I have the Corsair iCUE H150i RGB ELITE CAPELLIX to replace it with (it was a temporary addition as at the time of order I could not find the 150 in stock, so I have my i9-12900k underclocked atm.
Aesthetics on this case are just beautiful in my eyes at least, I love the front design with the wavy look and really appeals to me as it adds character to the overall look and the side glass panel is always a plus. There is plenty of room to customize your look and get it setup how you want. I coupled my setup with an old Hyper-X DDR Cooler (just because it looks cool, no pun intended) and routed my AIO cooler lines under it after ensuring any possible air is already upstream. Also, added the Heatsink to my backplate as the temps were sitting at 85-87C on one of the Zotac Sensors prior in which now (without the small fan) are is sitting at 52C – Fan made no difference and will be removed, it was a test I added in a few hours ago.
My only other wish is that the front panel itself had a removable filter to filter dust. The mesh is great as it will catch anything large (such as cat hair) and allows for great airflow but for dust particles it will not do anything for. This is an easy fix as I took dryer sheets and overlapped them going down to cover the area. This being the main intake for airflow, it is important to prevent anything that could build up in the case from preventing proper cooling or reducing lifetime of fans (dust). It my photo, the 2 bars going across are not part of the product, they are self made rigid items to prevent the dryer sheets from being sucked into the fans. Just pointing that out in-case anyone gets confused why theirs does not have it ..
I highly recommend this case, for the size (compared to a full tower like my old case) it has a ton of room and is in my opinion, one of the better looking cases around as far as clean looks while providing the important things such as the airflow overall.
michael (verified owner) –
5.0 out of 5 stars I love it
Good aire flow, pretty lights, the included screws are very useful.
Kelly (verified owner) –
5.0 out of 5 stars Best case for $80
Pros:
Beautiful modern looking case
5 included fans (3 RGB)
Fan and rgb controller included
Optical drive bay w/ door to hide it
Sturdy, thoughtful design with no sharp edges
Tons of mount bays for hard drives (all sizes)
Great cable management
Virtually toolless design
Includes velcro tie offs, screws, and other little accessories
Magnetic dust filters
Full tempered glass side panel
Cons:
Fan controller will run all the fans at 100% = loud
My head is 3 ft. from the case (on my desk) and it sounds like if you had an old oscillating standing room fan next to your head at max power. I ended up plugging the 3 front fans into my motherboard fan headers and using the BIOS to regulate the speed of the fans.
Controlling the RGB lighting on the case might use different software compared to other RGB effects in your build
Because I use the RGB controller that came with the case, there is a button on the case that lets you cycle through the different lights and settings for the 3 RGB fans in the front. I have Corsair RBG memory that uses its own iCue software to control the effects on the memory sticks. My CPU fan is plugged into the motherboard and I use the motherboard software to control that. Three different RGB light sources = three different methods to manage it. Your setup will likely differ and it may not affect your decision at all, but worth mentioning.
Overall:
I have been building PCs for 20+ years and this has been my favorite case to build in so far. I am a gamer and have no heat issues with this case. I bought this case in December 2020 and I still love looking at it today. My picture shows the case without the glass side panel (it was reflecting the light I used to illuminate the inside of the case) and it has a Ryzen sticker on the PSU shroud that I put there myself. The case is a dream to work with, build in, hide cables in, and look at. The case is a steal for the price. I did find a cheaper case that I also liked, but it didn’t include as many fans nor the fan controller; once you add those costs to that case, this easily became the better value. The lack of thorough documentation didn’t bother me since I’ve been doing this a long time (lots of videos online anyway). The fan controller and RGB management notes I put in the “Cons” section was only a minor nuisance during the setup; once setup, I don’t even think about it. No “reset” button which I initially didn’t like, but if you have a stable system, how often are you really pushing that button anyway? I don’t even notice that it doesn’t have one. In the end: buy it, you’ll be glad you did.
toolshed (verified owner) –
4.0 out of 5 stars enough space for cables
cables were easy to manage
Jonathan (verified owner) –
5.0 out of 5 stars Better than I expected
I was expecting this case to be like other cased that I had. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised by this case.
1. The included fans are nice
2. The fan controller was really easy to set up
3. The case seemed to have enough room to route cables
4. No Sharp Edges. All of the edges feel like they have some sort of covering on them. (this is what pleased me the most)
5. pretty easy to add more fans and lots of spot
what did I not like
1. The power supply felt cramped.
2. the magnet screen on top seems to move a lot when barely touched. (at least it is easy to put back)
3. The led color button is right by the power button, so if I want change the LED lights, I am always afraid I will hit the power button.
I will have to say I was most happy with the lack of sharp edges. it is great to see when a company really thinks about what is important in a case (Yes ,they did a good job with airflow also)