antec 1080 "card guide"

[Ryon]

Ok, this seems like, and probably is a stupid question. I recently started getting some of the pieces for my new box. I decided on the antec 1080. For those of you with the same (or similar chiefteck case) my question is this....
At the front of the case there is a plastic bracket&.... Pulled it out checked the manual.. "Card guide"..... now I've looked all up and down the damn case and there's no real place to put it. Am I missing something? I don't get the point of it. If some one could enlighten me (other then telling it's a guide for my cards) I would greatly appreciate it.

[CiKoTiC]

Humm, are you refering to the guides that are in the bottom of the case?

[Ryon]

not the fan bracket but the purple "thing" in the back ground.

[BobyJo]

These are case fan holders.
You put a 80mm case fan in that one, and one in the hd holder box, two in the rear holders and if the side panel has a holder there.
That is a total of 5 80mm case fans for your use to keep everything cool.

[accurateimage]

Actually the ones he is reffering to is the little tiny retangle shaped ones, those were used WAY back in the day for giant isa slot cards :) Cards so long they required extra support *LOL* Still cannot figure out why they put them in there, I have not seen an isa card for years :)

Thanks fo r thie info AI, good to know that im not an idiot its just that i dont date back that far.... :lol:

[accurateimage]

haha I asked the same question man when I got my first antec 1040 file server... I had forgotten what they were for I was not really a pc guy but had seen them back in the day. My buddy was like remeber what an isa slot card is..?? I about died that my new hightech case had holders for them. Even my latest aluminum xpider case has them, actually all antec style cases have them tha I know of.

[Blakhart]

There are pci cards that are that long, and can use the brace. These cards are usualy scsi raid cards, I have one and it is a beast of a card.
The divide the case in two quite well.