Antec Mini P180 Micro-ATX Case Review
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Contents & Packaging
The Antec packaging is immaculately designed with the diagonal slots replicating those on the front panel of the mini P180 case and displaying a different image in each so as to show off some of the features. The colour scheme too is similar to that of the enclosure which adorns the front of the box but of course it wouldn’t be complete without Antec’s logo emblazoned at the top along with their trademark logo – ‘The Power of You’.
The back looks pretty similar but contains different images as well as a large picture of the internal layout of the chassis. A short blurb and a few translations complete this side.
Finally, one of the sides shows off the front panel of the case along with some more translations but it’s fair to say that if the case itself is anything like the quality of the packaging, it’s going to be a sure fire hit.
The accessories are found inside a brown cardboard box contained inside the enclosure and there are a fair few included:
- Bag of screws
- 5.25″ to 3.5″ drive bay adapter and front plate
- Drive rails (for 5.25” drives)
- Large Cable ties
- User’s Manual
The large cable ties are a definite improvement on the small ones and should be able to hold thick bundles of cables behind the motherboard tray to keep everything tidy.
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If you put the Hard drives in the top removable bay and removr the bottom removable hard driver bay there is plenty of room for even the largest Video card. See picture on this forum
http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=46848&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=60&sid=bb5cf8091c4894e75091e038307ff3a4
Yes this is a good point but i still feel it would have been better to make the main chamber a little wider in order to accodomodate larger graphics cards if users have mutliple HDDs.
The Top Removable Hard drive tray holds 3 hard drives and if you wish you can put 2 more in the front bays in the Power supply section. With 1T drives being so cheap, I am not sure you need even 3 let alone many more unless you are a P0rn Collector
Joe, if they made the case any wider it would be full atx size. My only quibble is that it would be nice if the hard disk cages were rotated 90 degrees so that the ends of the hard disk are pointed towards the side of the case making them easier to swap out and connect, have seen this feature on other cases and it is very handy.
Grayson, yes this is a very good point and it would also make connecting up the power and SATA cables to the hard drives much easier as you are not having to contend with PCI devices making it quite fiddly to get everything plugged in.
This series of cases P1xx all have the drives facing the front instead of the side. Probably because the entire front is the air intake and rotating them sideways would block the airflow with the side of the HD cage.
This is a very nice case, the problem I have with it is that it is the same size as some mid-tower ATX sizes, and the whole point of moving to mATX is to have a smaller build (at least it is for me).
Cooler Master cases typically have the drives sideways. They are easier to install but you get almost no airflow into the main portion of the case.