ANTEC AX61 Mid-Tower Gaming Case

The case is actually great for the size and features.

First, yes the materials are a bit thin and cheap, so not the ‘premium feel’ and edges can be sharp, so careful when installing, but it does have the rubbery inserts to protect your cables from rubbing and getting damaged, so that is fantastic.

The GPU bracket holding arm – is actually why I picked this case over a similar. With GPUs’ being huge and having sag issues, it is almost required to have something to help get to the “front right” corner of the GPU to keep it from sagging. This has an adjustable little arm with rubberized coating on the tip to keep from scratching (and reduce vibration noise from GPU through the arm) – and works great. Best of all it is rather discreet. looking more like a cable adapter than a sag-prevention system.

The next obvious thing is “the fans” – they are RGB, they have a controller, and they work pretty well. They don’t appear too loud or anything either, even pushing them to full speed. Are there better fans? Sure, but these essentially were free with the case, so, a huge bonus. (similar ‘higher quality” fans with RGB could easily be $15 each on the low end)

My main reason for this case was the need for the ability to install a 360mm radiator on top. There are not many cases that allow this, and while installation was a bit tedious, the end results are pretty great. It was my first time using an AIO and radiator, and I tally up my fumbling to that over case design.

The design of the case also allows for magnetic mounting antennae (like for Wifi/Bluetooth) to easily happen on top rear of the case, or even the (back) side if you needed.

The pre-wiring wasn’t fantastic, and there was not a ton of room behind the back side panel for wiring, but it is possible with a bit of time and a lot of cable ties.

I am happy with it. I have had it for a few months of use now and honestly, just taking the time installing everything and figuring out wiring made it all come together. I shouldn’t need to rewire anything for a long time, so that won’t be another problem for some time. Top access USB will take some getting used to (and maybe some 90degree extensions, to prevent thumb drive damaging) – and I would consider getting some silicone USB and audio plugs if you don’t use the ports often- as they will catch dust.

The magnetic top ‘filter’ I find rather useless, unless you turn your system off often. Mine forces air UP through it nearly all the time- so dust has no time to settle into the system, but if you had it off, maybe it would be of use? The front filter was easy to clean after a month of build up, although the shapes did require a bit more than a “quick brushing’ to get in the crevices.

This case is seriously so so so cheap… I can not emphasize just how cheap the build quality is. It is terrible. Every component of it is thin and feels terrible. It is way smaller then you would expect. Like in between a micro and mid tower size. Your power supply has to be very short otherwise wiring is an issue. Where the motherboard goes flexes because it is so thin. The front mesh of the case is the highest quality part. The front 3 fans daisy chain into the rear fan with 4 pin proprietary connectors and the rear fan has an extra Sata connector. There is no way to connect the fans to the motherboard so you can not control the fan speed.

Do yourself a favor and do not buy this junk….

Easy to assemble my computer in this case. I love the color switching button, saves me time installing an RGB program.

Fans are quiet, plenty of space to help with cord management. Love it

The only con is that the included fans can not be re-mounted vertically on top of case, the type of fan included has bearing whine when mounted in that orientation, so they have to stay in the front as intake. In the front as mounted in the case, the fans are quiet.

Pros:
Extremely easy to build in. Had issues with an AIO and had to rebuild 4 times first week, so I’ve had plenty of experience building in this case, and each time it was noticeable how well thought out the case was built.

Solid against scratches. Again, rebuilt 4 times in first week, no scratches.

Spacious: Was easily able to mount an aftermarket RTX4080 and front mount an AIO with the fans pulling from inside case, and still had a few cm between the fans and the gpu.

Included RGB fan hub has been a blessing.

Rear area spacious with great included cable management options.

The product is completely new and excellent in terms of quality and price, If your budget is limited and you want to build something that is medium, Libyan, good, beautiful and cheap, I recommend this one. I don’t see any defects so far and the RGB lights make it look incredible

Recieved damaged product whose leg support was broken and dent in that area due to which installation of PSU was difficult. Right side side panel does not fits well even after cable management. Design of the product is good but build quality is average.