Antec Performance One

Cooling Hardware

Usually when we have a product with as many features as the P160, we expect the product to pack an equal amount of power in all areas of the case. One of the most important areas is the thermal management capabilities of cases.

Antec includes a single 120mm exhaust fan at the back of the P160 with a total capacity for two. The included fan is rated at a speed of 1600rpm and as loud as 28dB/A. A removable fan mount has been implemented in front of the hard drive cage. We can see from the picture that there is a slide-out mount for the second 120mm fan. This makes it easier to install the fan, but it seems redundant since we don't usually replace case fans.

Now, we have seen cases with a single fan, even an 80mm fan will do fine when it comes to thermal conditions, but as technology progresses, components will only run hotter and produce even more heat. This heat will need to be moved away from the system components as quickly as possible and the P160 has the potential to do this with two 120mm fans. However, the stock model comes with only one fan as we have seen on various retailers' websites, forcing users to purchase another fan, thus adding to the cost of the case.