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Out of stock | | | | | | Introducing the P182, the newest edition in Antec's continually improving Performance One design. More innovations have been built in, such as an external fan control for the top and rear fans, a special gun metal black finish, cable organizers and even rubber grommeted ports for externally mounted liquidcooling radiators. All of these improvements build upon the great features of the original P180: the triple layer side panels and door design, and the upper and lower chamber structure to isolate power supply heat from the rest of your components. The P182 truly is the new standard by which all other performance cases will be measured. | | | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Product Length: | 19.9 inches | | Product Width: | 8.1 inches | | Product Height: | 21.3 inches | | Product Weight: | 35.0 pounds | | Package Length: | 24.9 inches | | Package Width: | 24.0 inches | | Package Height: | 11.7 inches | | Package Weight: | 34.2 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 25 reviews |
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| | Features | Attractive gun metal black finish/Stainless Steel TrimDual chambers structure: The power supply (not included) is located in the lower chamber to isolate heat from the system and lower system noiseSpecial three-layer side panels and front door (aluminum, plastic, aluminum) dampen system generated noise, making this one of the quietest cases available0.8mm cold rolled steel for durability used through the majority of the chassis, 1.0mm cold rolled steel around the 4x HDD area11 Drive Bays:- External 4 x 5.25inches 1 x 3.5 inches - Internal 6 x 3.5 for HDD
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Great Case, Great features, Some Limitations Sep 25, 2009
See my "Listmania" for what components I put into this case.
This is my 3rd (maybe 4th, not sure of the make on the oldest one) Antec computer case, and I have been happy with it(as with all the other Antec cases), despite some limitations that you will want to consider:
-Power Supply (PS) Depth. If you are planning on using a longer than normal PS, a high powered PS for instance, it may be too long to use the fan bracket that is placed right in front of the power supply section. I moved the fan out of the way and in front of the hard drive to cool that a bit more. I also could not use the sliding panels to keep the Motherboard and PS chambers seperate for the airflows due to where the PS cables need to be routed. Regularly sized PSes will not have an issue.
-Video Card Depth. Same thing again, but this time there is a conflict between my EVGA video card in the 2nd PCI Express slot and the lower Hard Drive tray in the upper Hard Drive Cage. I just removed the tray from the cage and have no problems now. Smaller sized video cards will not have an issue.
-I did have one more minor issue, when screwing the motherboard to the case, some of the holes did not line up great, but I think that is because the I/O panel shield that came with the motherboard was a bit thicker than normal, so the screw points did not match up perfect.
Other than those negatives, the case is great. Routing all the power cables behind the motherboard is awesome, and makes the motherboard chamber much much less cluttered than older cases I have used.
I love that it is a very understated case compared to all the "Fast and the Furious"/Rice Burner Wannabe cases with lots of lights and plexiglass windows.
The front I/O panel works great, but the case is too old to get in the eSATA on the front I/O panel bandwagon, which would have been a plus.
It is a heavy case, so its probably not for heavy LAN party usage, which is ok in my case since LAN parties are for the younger people.
To add or remove hard drives, it will be a mostly tooless process. Thumb screws are included for the side panels, and the 3.5 drives slots all exist in easily removeable cages. You will only need a screwdriver to screw the drives to the rubberized grommets (for sound deadening I suppose) in the drive trays/cages.
I do not have anything in the 5.25 drive slots yet, but it looks like an easy task to add/remove devices using the rails that look similar to the rails that I have used on my previous Antec cases.
Cool, quiet, roomy, but the fan controls could be better Jun 04, 2009
I recently upgraded my desktop to a quad-core CPU and dual-graphics card setup. This required a beefier power supply while I was at it, and I have two loud Raptor drives encased in noise-reducing copper boxes. My general use is for photo work, not gaming, but I build gaming-level systems to process those megapixels. That means bursts of heat when I need the performance, but I want quiet while I work.
I needed something that could dissipate all of this heat, move air (especially for those encased Raptors stuck in the 5.25" bays), and have room for all of this stuff.
The case delivers. Putting the PSU on the bottom was a great start. The pictures didn't make this clear, but there is a false bottom so the PSU isn't resting right on the bottom of the case. The air it gets is filtered, and there's a mid-section fan in the bottom chamber to pull air through (and that pulls air right through a secondary hard drive space). The upshot is that the heat from the PSU doesn't accumulate near the mainboard and you can run the general case fans at a lower speed. The one hard drive I keep in that lower chamber rarely cracks over 27C, a benefit of having all of that air rushing past it.
The top chamber is roomy unless you have two graphics cards. With two, the second graphics card comes right up against the bottom of the top chamber. My cards happen to have very large heat sinks (9800 GTs), and there are only millimeters between the second card's heatsink and the bottom of that top chamber. Fortunately, both GPUs run at 41C pretty consistently.
The rest of the motherboard, RAM, and a hefty CPU cooler have plenty of airspace around them. With the PSU on the bottom of the case, there's no bundled cords blocking airflow between the 5.25" stack (where the Raptors and optical drive live). You can feed the cables through various points of the case, and I snake many behind the motherboard and over the top of the case. If you take the time to manage your cables, you'll have a really open setup.
As a result, I'm running a quad-core 125W CPU consistently at 41C (or 35C in low power mode). Those are the temps of the *cores*. The motherboard never climbs out of the 30s. The Raptors are now running cooler in this case by 5C than in the last one. I credit the improvement in airflow.
My one key complaint is that the fan speed controllers for the three case fans are all cheesy. You have three simple speeds, set manually, on a dinky little controller that is either hard to reach (in the back upper corner of the case) or impossible to reach in the bottom chamber. The switch doesn't always respond correctly either. I was fooling with the different speeds and couldn't get the case fans out of medium speed, which must have added another 20db until I fixed it. Why not have these things plugged into the case fan controller on the motherboard? C'mon!
That one issue aside, this is a great case that lets you run a performance system cool and quiet.
 Well Organized! May 01, 2009
I have bought three computer cases and this has been the best one to work with. Well organized and easy to work with. Fits everything i need, I have about 8 fans running in this tower (includes power supply, CPU and Graphics Card Fans), yet it's really quiet. The Antec 850W Signature serious power supply is also something I would recommend.
P-feng shui Jan 11, 2009
I would echo the many positive comments previously mentioned. This is an excellent, quiet, and well designed case that is a pleasure to work with.
I have two identical builds-- one in a P180 (original design) and one in the P182. The P182 moves the mounting board for the motherboard about 3/8" centrally allowing one to pass the power cables behind the mother board- vastly cleaning up the cable mess-- the view of the motherboard is truely thing of beauty, and everything is easy to access for future upgrades- even my tech-less wife was impressed. I "liked" my p180 for it's modular design and superb airflow control. I "love", my p182. Aside from aesthetics, soft, vibration reducing drive mounts, and improved airflow; running the cables behind the motherboard allowed me to use passively cooled 9800 GT video cards (in SLI configuration on my EVGA 780i MB). I was unable to fit two such cards in the P180 case due to power cables hogging up room below the 3rd slot. Equiped with a nice set of Nexus 120mm fans and a bit of acoustical foam, the P182 will provide an easy, remarkably clean installation that runs cool and silent.
Of note, the Thermalright Ultra 120 heatsink just barely fits-- about 1/16" room to spare (plently of room on the P180).
I've never had a computer case put a smile on my face--- this one does.
Quad 6600 with Thremalright Ultra 120
Dual sli 9800GT with passive heat sinks
WD 300 gb raptors
Corsair 650 Watt modular psu
5 nexus 120 mm fans at 1000 rpm
Acoustitec sound insulation = Nearly inaudible computing without compromise.
Pretty nice. Jan 02, 2009
I think this case is pretty good with the noise defening panels and the dual chambers. Case is nice and heavy, not like those cheap ones where everything is bendable and gives you cuts. The case is very sturdy, nice finish. Looks great. The slide in bays makes it so much easier. The 2 filters in the front are great. Cleaning them is a breeze.
There are two circles on the back for water cooling, i think thats a great option. And the little silicon or rubber things on the hard drive thing are great, takes away vibration sounds. The dual chambers also help seperate the heat.
One of the Antec Tricool fans (rear fan)stopped working well after a few months. Had this computer running for at least 8 - 10 hours a day. The fan rumbles/vibrates and makes an annoying sound with the case. Something is jamming it from turning and moves very slow if not at all. Replaced it with a spare blue led 120mm fan.
Another Antec Tricool fan (top fan) is starting to have some problems too. When the computer starts up, it makes a loud noise, but eventually goes away.
I covered the vents (the little holes in the expansion slots and the two holes for water cooling) in the back with either tape or cut out post-its to stick on because I didnt want exhaust air to be sucked back into the computer.
Dust still gets inside the computer, I use a vaccum to clean it every 6-10 months or so, but my house or my room is pretty dusty.
I have five 120 fans in total, 3 antec tricool fans on high (not including my cpu fan). It gets pretty loud. Wish they would add something that would make the fans quieter.
This case is quite big, but thats not much of a problem for me. It may be for some people though. (short psu wires, or too small of a desk)
When I bought this, it was actually the Antec p180b version, but at that time, the p182 version was getting shipped out. So I belive i got the p182, I dont think there were any differences at that time. I don't know if they've made any changes to the p182 again so... yea... Got this thing from Fry's with a rebate. I think it was 60 dollars after the rebate or so (forgot price). I wish the the fan was bigger like the one on the p190, I think its 200mm?
I gave this thing 4 stars because 2 of 3 the tricool fans didnt work well.
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