The installation process with Eleven Hundred is quite pleasant. As you can see from the below pictures, creating a good, clean layout is easy. There is plenty of space, even the motherboard sits higher due to the overall height within the chassis. The only complaint I really have is that the CPU power doesn’t reach behind the motherboard tray and into the connector if you have the PSU mounted with the fan facing upwards. I tried and tried to stretch the cable and at one point it was looking as though it would slot in but alas it was just short of a few mm. So instead, because I prefer to have the fan facing upwards in all reviews I had to route the cable across the front of the motherboard. If you would rather the PSU fan face downwards then getting the cable to reach the CPU power connection won’t be an issue at all should you want to route the cable behind the motherboard tray. A few manufacturers are starting to include a CPU power extension cable to provide more flexibility with cable management – I hope that more companies, including Antec will include this useful, inexpensive adapter as it just helps to keep the inside tidier.





In order to get HDDs into Eleven Hundred two brackets need to be attached to either side of the drive (same for 3.5” and 2.5” drives). Once attached, the drive then just slides into an available slot in the HDD cage and clicks into place. It’s good to see that the HDD cage is only populated by objects that are in use – ie: there are no HDD trays or frames empty and blocking potential airflow for optional cooling fans.



Next we will observe the clearance that we are left with after installing all components inside Eleven Hundred.