Antec Performance One P180 (761345-81800-1) ATX Mid-Tower Case
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- Platform: PC
- Cabinet Form Factor: Mid-Tower
- Motherboard Form Factor: ATX
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Stay away from this case.
Pros
Nice looking
Cons
Expensive case when PSU acquired and optional items purchased.
Recommended it?
No
The Bottom Line:
Stay away from this case. Antec missed the mark with this case. Not sure at the moment what a better choice is.
2006.02.27 (Monday)
Antec P180 case
Problems:
1. Cover - couldn't get it off. Finally, after trying many things, had to muscle it off, broke two plastic tabs on the bottom of the cover.
2. 80mm fan (optional) -- acquired, installed, can't install the VGA Ventilation Duct as the AGP card (ATI 9700 Pro all-in-wonder) seems to be too tall. Not sure if the 80mm fan was installed, would it clear with a PCIe card. Choices -- install the duct without the 80mm fan, or, remove the duct for the duration.
3. Fan guards -- acquired for all four 120mm fans (3 provided, 1 optional).
4. Power Supply -- Antec 550w, cables are severely cramped. On the high side, cables are more than long enough.
5. Expensive case
A. Power supply -- case doesn't come with one
B. Fans - 2 optional purchased (1-120, 1-80)
C. Fan guards - 5 optional (4-120, 1-80) purchased. These guards I feel are a must. The 120 fans are quite large, thus if a cable and/or finger ends up in the wrong place, without the guards, it just might be brutal.
6. Front door - seems to be awfully flimsy. It does lock which on the surface seems like a great idea. The locking mechanism is about 1/3 up from the bottom. Once locked, it would be easy to break the door if a small amount of pull is exerted. To get the door to last -- I won't be locking the door.
Case: Antec P180
MOB: ASRock dual939 SATA2 (accepts both PCIe and/or AGP)
Decided to finally build a machine for the first time. This case, when all items acquired to make this case work, final cost for a case that's 100% exceeds $200. I'm sure for this price, there are much better choices than this P180.
I hope to fire up this unit tomorrow -- Will find out how quiet/noisy it is.
Antec P180 case
Problems:
1. Cover - couldn't get it off. Finally, after trying many things, had to muscle it off, broke two plastic tabs on the bottom of the cover.
2. 80mm fan (optional) -- acquired, installed, can't install the VGA Ventilation Duct as the AGP card (ATI 9700 Pro all-in-wonder) seems to be too tall. Not sure if the 80mm fan was installed, would it clear with a PCIe card. Choices -- install the duct without the 80mm fan, or, remove the duct for the duration.
3. Fan guards -- acquired for all four 120mm fans (3 provided, 1 optional).
4. Power Supply -- Antec 550w, cables are severely cramped. On the high side, cables are more than long enough.
5. Expensive case
A. Power supply -- case doesn't come with one
B. Fans - 2 optional purchased (1-120, 1-80)
C. Fan guards - 5 optional (4-120, 1-80) purchased. These guards I feel are a must. The 120 fans are quite large, thus if a cable and/or finger ends up in the wrong place, without the guards, it just might be brutal.
6. Front door - seems to be awfully flimsy. It does lock which on the surface seems like a great idea. The locking mechanism is about 1/3 up from the bottom. Once locked, it would be easy to break the door if a small amount of pull is exerted. To get the door to last -- I won't be locking the door.
Case: Antec P180
MOB: ASRock dual939 SATA2 (accepts both PCIe and/or AGP)
Decided to finally build a machine for the first time. This case, when all items acquired to make this case work, final cost for a case that's 100% exceeds $200. I'm sure for this price, there are much better choices than this P180.
I hope to fire up this unit tomorrow -- Will find out how quiet/noisy it is.
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