Antec P150
Right away, the P150 struck us as an excellent product. Taking perhaps a little inspiration from earlier Apple computers and mixing in a little of Antec’s own style, the P150 ends up looking very classy.
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The sides and top are steel and are finished in a very glossy white, which while certainly unique doesn’t at all seem out of place. The drive bays are plastic, yet still a glossy white, but the rest of the front panel is brushed aluminum.
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With only three 5¼” drive bays, the P150 certainly won’t be the first choice for many enthusiasts, but enough users will still be plenty satisfied with this configuration, and will even appreciate the overall smaller size. In a similar fashion, the case only sports a single 3½” bay.
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The top two drive bay covers are already configured to stealthily conceal the actual optical drives, so finding a drive with the right bezel won’t be an issue with this case. On the left side is the HDD activity LED, and on the right are the power and reset buttons, power LED, and USB/audio/FireWire port cluster.
The intake air for the P150 comes entirely through the three vents – one on either side of the case, and one on the bottom.
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Looking at the bottom, we found not only the third vent, but also the fact that the P150 uses very soft silicone feet. Everything about the P150 has been designed with a lack of noise being one of the top priorities, and it's nice to see this kind of attention to detail even in the case's feet.
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yacoub - Friday, January 13, 2006 - link
Yes, the Antec P150 is the best case EVER. No really, it's awesome. I wish they'd offer it without the included PSU though, since that PSU has issues with some Asus boards. I ended up buying a different PSU ahead of time since I knew that and was getting an A8N-SLI Premium.I highly recommend the P150. No reason for any other case unless you simply need MORE room than it offers.
The best part about the P150 is you can build a silent PC system in it very easily. I have the included 120mm fan on the lowest setting and insulated from the case itself with rubber grommets so it's totally silent, a TruePowerII 480w PSU (has a 120mm fan inside it) which is totally silent, the harddrive isolated with the included grommets, the CPU fan throttled down dynamically with CPUSpeed, and the GPU fan throttled with ATITool.
It's also high quality part and construction-wise.
Live - Friday, January 13, 2006 - link
The optional front fans in the P150 are for 92mm.Tamale - Friday, January 13, 2006 - link
fixed.xsilver - Friday, January 13, 2006 - link
anybody here from Australia? know where I can get the raidmax X1? not sure if there are any australian distributers -- (cant find anybody on staticice.com.au)Cygni - Friday, January 13, 2006 - link
My only comment is with the title of the article. Probably should be a bit more descriptive... like "Cases - 3 Way Price Point Shootout" or something,.balilu - Friday, January 13, 2006 - link
Is the P150 available in black or any chance of being in the near future?Tamale - Friday, January 13, 2006 - link
I haven't seen any indication that antec is going to release other models of the P150.. that being said, you might want to check out their Sonata II reviewed several months back.Avalon - Friday, January 13, 2006 - link
Raidmax getting an editor's gold choice award makes me giggle inside.Googer - Friday, January 13, 2006 - link
Why does the title of the page sayate: January 13th, 2006
Topic: Cases & Cooling
Manufacturer: 3Com/U.S. Robotics
Author: Joshua Buss
Why is 3Com and US Robotics listed? 3COM Spun them off and they are no longer part of 3COM. Also 3COM and US Robotics do not make PC Cases and there were no other USR or 3COM Components reviewed in this article.
Tamale - Friday, January 13, 2006 - link
no idea. Thanks for point it out....