Antec SX1030 at Amazon $86.30 FREE SHIPPING!

[scoreadeal]

Hey guys, last week I ordered the Antec SX1030 from Amazon. I checked my order status this weekend and it said they hadn't shipped it yet. I also noticed they had flagged the case for free shipping on a $99+ order so I quickly cancelled my existing order and placed a new one (saving $25 in shipping costs) and blew the new money (savings from shipping) on other goods (net total of $40 free shipping now) with more extra goodies...

Anyways, looks like you can stack the free shipping with a coupon, so I applied one of those as well, picked up a KVM cable, etc... and made it over the $99+ minimum. Pretty good deal since these Antec cases weigh at least 24 pounds...

The case is $91.30 and I used a $5 promo code, the $10 off and $15 off ones seem to have expired, anyone else having luck?

See below for coupons...

 

[MarkM]

fyi you also can get the sx830 (similar, though with a couple less features) at your local best buy for $80 after rebate (or something like $45 after price matching with blue, as some have posted)

edit: mea culpa, I got 1030 and 830 confused in my original post

 

[dc]

the 8xx and 10xx are same size, but different configuration and design.

the 8xx has 3 ext 5.25, 2 ext 3.5, 3 int 3.5.
the 10xx has 4 ext 5.25, 2 ext 3.5, 4 int 3.5.

the 8xx has 2 front fan intake mounts while the 10xx has just 1 front fan intake mount.
both have 2 back outtake mounts.

the 10xx has a front slide down panel that hides the drives.

the 10xx is more oriented to be a file server.

just fyi.

 

[Z_Amon]

DC- there's actually 2 front fan intake mounts, one is exposed, one is in the second removable 3.5 bay grouping. Didn't want anybody to think that the 1030 skimps ;-)

Z.

 

[dc]

ah, from antec's site


4 x 80mm fans
1 Front (Optional)
2 Rear (Standard)
1 HDD Bay (Optional)


cool, i want the 10xx over the 8xx.. but need to find a good deal on it. heh. a deal that can compete with the $45 8xx from bestbuy.

 

[masterxfob]

looks like they brought the price up to accomodate for the so called "free shipping" :disgust:

 

[scoreadeal]

The price still says $91.30 when I check... they haven't marked it up. Maybe you are one of those lucky Amazon customers that they chose to charge more? I've had that happen before, cleared my cookies (or used different browser) and the price was lowered again.

Antec SX1030

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As far as drive bays go, I need as many as I can get, having a SB Live Drive, DVD, CDRW, and Tape drive fills all 4 5.25 inch bays on mine, otherwise I'd probably go for the 830 model maybe.