Antec Fusion Remote Max


  • Aluminum plate front bezel with LCD, built-in IR receiver, and volume control to work with media center applications
  • Triple chamber structure to separate the power supply, hard drives, and motherboard for cooler and quieter operation
  • Removable HDD brackets with extra soft silicon grommets to reduce vibration noise
  • 5 drive bays
    • External: 1x 5.25"
    • Internal: 4x 3.5"

  • 7 expansion slots
  • Desktop 4U height fits in any environment
  • Built-in washable air filters
  • Cooling System
    • 1 side 140mm TriCool fan
    • 1 rear 120mm TriCool fan
    • 1 front 120mm fan mount to cool the graphic cards (optional)
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    • Air guide brings fresh air to the CPU cooler

  • Motherboard: Standard ATX form factor (12"x9.6")
  • Front-mounted ports for easy multimedia connections
    • USB 2.0
    • FireWire
    • eSATA
    • Audio In and Out

  • 0.8mm cold rolled steel for exceptional durability
  • Dimensions
    • 7.0" (H) x 17.8" (W) x 17.6" (D)
    • 17.8cm (H) x 45.2cm (H) x 44.7cm (D)

  • Net Weight: 19.6 lbs / 8.9 kg
  • Gross Weight: 24 lbs / 10.9 kg

The Fusion Remote Max is a larger HTPC case that's almost 180mm tall. The VFD and optical drive are located on the right side of the front bezel, which is again made from aluminum. A plastic cover on the bottom of the front flips open to reveal the eSATA, USB, and multimedia jacks. The power button sits right above within the small silver line that separates the aluminum part from the plastic cover. The right side has a large 140mm fan installed that exhausts air from the motherboard/CPU compartment. The other side has a large perforated area that will be perfect for power supplies with a 120mm fan on the bottom (which will face to the left). That puts the power supply in a separate cooling zone, so it won't get any additional heat from the other components -- though it also won't contribute any airflow. The back houses another 120mm fan that will also exhaust air from the inside.

Looking inside the chassis, we can see how much space we have to work with. The Fusion Remote Max is able to accommodate a regular size ATX motherboard, although we won't do that for this test since we want to use the same components on all three chassis. There is space for four hard drives, two in the power supply compartment and two more at the front of the case. There are ventilation slots beneath the hard drives with air filters to keep out unwanted dust; however, unless you use a power supply that doesn't have a fan on the "bottom", the two drives on the left side of the chassis are not likely to get a lot of airflow. Between the different compartments are small openings through which we can pull the cables from the power supplies and for the hard drives. If you wish to install a longer GPU, you can remove the small plate that sits in front of the middle hard drives and you can install a plastic holder to secure the end of the card. However, you will also need to sacrifice both of these hard drives bays.

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