The Interior:

The 1050B has two spring loaded lockable latches for added security.

Taking the door off we now returns to the included CPU duct, it is a very ingenious construction. Where you can adjust the length of the duct, by simply releasing a thumbscrew.

This is in my opinion a good thing, because not every heat sink is designed in the same way. It is also possible to position the entire duct around if you release the four screws as you can see in the above picture. The downside to all this is that the duct only houses a 92mm fan, which is a bit annoying because I have the Thermalright XP120 and I think it would’ve been much better if Antec had supplied a 120mm fan duct, especially considering the noise/performance ratio.

The interior of the case with the side panel removed, it has the old trusted design that we have seen many times before in Antec cases. It has the removable 3.5” cages that are secured by metal latches. The lower cage has a plastic fan housing that fits a 80mm fan for cooling the hard drives, there is also a another 80mm fan cage for added case cooling.

Here you can see the drive cages taken out of the case.

There also is a washable fan filter in the front, which is easily removed. Just squeeze two latches together and slide the filter out.

The TX1050B comes with Antec’s 120mm Tricool fan with 3-speed switch, for exhaust. You can see the little white dongle where you alter the speeds supported.

Here are the specs of the fan:

At low and medium speeds the fan is nearly inaudible, but at high it was quiet loud. I would recommend keeping the fan at medium speeds for the best noise/performance ratio.

This seems to be a nice quality fan; I only wish that Antec would’ve supplied more of these fans for the rest of the system.

 

 

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