Antec Overture Revisited - Keeping it cooler

Cases & PSU/Cases by jmke @ 2004-07-02

The original Overture was a great case, but it was thermally challenged, high system temperatures meant that running a high end system in there would be almost impossible. Antec went back to the drawing board and came up with several improvements to the original idea. We take a closer look at this new revision and let you know how it turned out.

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Introduction

Welcome back! At the end of February we tested the Antec Overture desktop case and found it lacking in cooling efficiency. We are now only a few months later and they’ve already updated the design in order to solve this issue, have they succeeded? Read on to find out.

On the exterior only a few changes can be noted, the case still looks “the part” and will fit nicely in your multimedia home. In this review we will only be discussing the changes when compared to the original, for more details on the Overture desktop case please click the photo below!

Madshrimps (c)


So Antec went back to the drawing board in order to come up with ideas on how to improve the airflow inside a desktop case.

Madshrimps (c)


So beside the things mentioned on the sticker in the photo above, what has changed ? ->
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