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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Tamale - Friday, January 13, 2006 - link
Thanks for the quick criticism guys. Article updated.Please continue to scrutinize :)
Viditor - Friday, January 13, 2006 - link
Another comment for your conclusion (which is important for those of us that do video work)...the P150 is the only one of the 3 that has Firewire connector in front (as far as I can tell). If you could list the specs of each case at the head of that cases segment, that would also help (e.g. number of 3.5 slots, front firewire connector, etc...).Cheers!
ceefka - Saturday, January 14, 2006 - link
The P150 also features a cable organizer. If you take of the right panel, you'll see it at the right side of the internal 3,5" drive bays. This can make your cabling a lot tidier than the picture in the review shows.The FireWire connection is S400 on an Intel standard. Those who wish to connect AMD boards might want to call Antec for an adapter cable.
All'n'all I think the P150 looks like a fridge. I bought it though because it made the most sense for its price.
Tamale - Saturday, January 14, 2006 - link
I've heard the P180 referred to as a fridge much moreso than the P150.. hehebut yah, good catch on the cable organizer.
andrewln - Friday, January 13, 2006 - link
i wonder if they suspended the hard drive or they used the brackets.... it makes a difference when the hard drive seeksyacoub - Friday, January 13, 2006 - link
For that matter I wonder if they had the 3-speed 120mm fan it comes with on the lowest setting for the sound tests or still ramped up to max from the cooling tests.gman003 - Friday, January 13, 2006 - link
Why only 3 cases in the roundup? Not much to compare to... :-(In any case, I would really love to see an Aspire case tested against these sometime. I've been building with them for a while now and IMO they look better and cool better than Antec or other so called "Gaming" cases.
Raidmax and Antec cases are nice, but Raidmax is too chinsy with their materials at times and Antec is sooooo overpriced sometimes that one really shouldn't even consider them anymore as their go to case because of so many other competing vendors out there with high quality cases at cheaper prices.
mindless1 - Friday, January 13, 2006 - link
True, Antec is often overpriced but (putting aside the possible issues with the power supply), it's expected that with the Antec one has a power supply they can use long-term. Raidmax power supplies I wouldn't even install in most systems. What would be most interesting is a P150 discounted due to no power supply until the issues with the present one are resolved.oofboi754 - Thursday, March 31, 2022 - link
This case isn't so bad. Put in some Noctua Fans in the front and back ant it keeps my 3060ti (EVGA XC) and 12700kf (NH-U12S) at a comfortable 40 Degrees Celcius when idling. The Noctua Fans combines with the quiet nature of this case keep my rig silent as possible. For it's age, the cable managment isn't bad, it just takes a bit of creative thinking. This case is great for a Sleeper PC like I made.