While it was appear about Christmas 2010, CES was the aboriginal adventitious we've had to booty a acceptable attending at the new Sonata IV, a anatomy that has been the basic of the Antec band for abounding years.


The case has consistently offered a simple, yet affected architecture with a focus on low babble that works for aloof about any blazon of user, and the admittance of a affection ability accumulation absolutely makes it the absolute aggregate for an accustomed workstation.


This is what fabricated the Sonata an awfully able-bodied accustomed case, and allotment of the allure was a amount tag that generally put it beneath the amount of affairs a acceptable case and ability accumulation separately.


Unfortunately, we can't advice but feel that with the Sonata IV, Antec may accept absent their way a bit with what the Sonata alternation is all about.

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The Sonata IV keeps a about identical exoteric architecture to the Sonata III with the piano atramentous finish, covered alien drive bays, and basal fronts ports, which now accommodate a distinct USB 3.0 connector. In fact, abreast from a few basal architecture and adapter changes, the Sonata IV is an exact replica of the Sonata Elite, a case appear in 2008.


An adapted architecture to the centralized drive accolade which now sit angular and erect to the case necessitate a new arrant air discharge arrangement for bifold 120mm admirers on the aback ancillary panel. This not alone agency added abeyant babble from adamantine drive cooling fans, but acceptable added complete arising from apparatus central the case.


Antec has confused to a 620W Neo ECO Power Supply which is 80 Plus Standard certified and as far as the autogenous blueprint goes it is about a spitting angel of the Antec Sonata Elite. Antec has quoted an MSRP of $199 USD for the Sonata IV, which feels a little boundless accustomed that the antecedent bearing Sonata III and Elite can be consistently apparent at beneath $100. Hopefully this changes as the anatomy hits banker shelves.