Well, you would be only partially right but you would also be partially wrong in my opinion. Now don't get mad and stop reading here--let me explain. Basically what it boils down to is you get what you pay for, plain and simple. Don't go and buy a $50 chassis and expect it to function the same way as a $250 case, it's just not going to happen.

Here are a few questions you need to ask yourself before you consider buying a chassis from any manufacturer: what do I want to do with the system? Am I a gamer and a LAN Party person? How much equipment am I going to put in it and how much heat is going to be generated? What is the end result I am going for, and what type of aesthetics might suit my preferences? And you thought choosing a chassis was easy, huh?

Unfortunately I can't help you with these questions, you're on your own for that, but I can answer this: How does the Antec Sonata Elite stack up when put through the ringer? So as you may have guessed this is the chassis I will be looking at today. Read on to see how it fares.

Thanks go to our friends at Antec for supplying the review sample.

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