While some may not know of the Antec Dark Fleet Series of cases, in fact, we only ever reviewed one of them, the DF85. This aggressively designed chassis was ahead of its time with its included features, with things like dust filters, a SSD dock, backplanes for hard drives, easy access to the preinstalled fans, and was one of the first cases to offer USB 3.0, although you had to connect the lead to the rear I/O of the motherboard at that time. Hopefully, what we know of the Dark Fleet Series rings true today, as we ponder the latest chassis to hit the office.

In this review, we will be discussing the DF500 RGB, a new mid-tower chassis from Antec. In it, you will find that Antec is incorporating many things on trend at this time. The significant points are things like tempered glass on the left side, a tinted front panel that allows a view of the fans in the front of the chassis, and the inclusion of RGB controls via motherboard or by the built-in LED controller. Without giving away too much on what makes up the DF500 RGB, we feel it is time then to get down to the nitty-gritty and see what it is that Antec has in store for us now.