Antec CES pictures at AMD Zone

Post by **NeilBlanchard** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:44 pm

Greetings,

Some interesting pictures of new Antec cases and power supplies over at the AMD Zone. It looks like they have some black/aluminum P150's and some smaller siblings...there appears to be a HTPC case, too.

What do you think?

spolitta · Post by **spolitta** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:23 pm

that just reminds me soo much of P180, I still prefer this:

Post by **NeilBlanchard** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 5:15 am

Hello,

The other photos show the HD rack, and the intake grills on the bezel with a little more detail. All the photos show the cases with a PS -- maybe though, they would be available with and without a PS?

What I don't understand is why the middle-sized model is missing the audio plugs on the front?

Sooty · Post by **Sooty** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 5:46 am

What’s the block thing, dangling from the NeoHE PSU?

jaganath · Post by **jaganath** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 6:08 am

Well the outputs are marked 4.5V, +12V and +3.3V (can't decipher the symbol over the connector on the far right in the second picture); could it be the mythical "converter" mentioned by some retailers which is supposed to address problems with the NeoHE?

ozdoc · Post by **ozdoc** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 6:31 am

Far right connector looks like GND (?ground).
As far as being the mythical converter, - seems a bit clumsy. It would take up at least a 3 1/2" bay..
Perhaps it allows them to demonstrate the case with fans on etc, without a motherboard attatched? Just guessing.

AntecRep · Post by **AntecRep** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 7:51 am

The thing hanging off the NeoHE is our ATX12V power supply Tester. The plugs/ports on the bottom allow you to use a multimeter to test the outputs.

The cases pictured is our NSK line.

|Romeo| · Post by **|Romeo|** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 7:51 am

It's Antecs PSU tester. The LEDs light green provided the voltages are within spec, and it has those connectors that you see on the back if you want to connect the rails to a multimeter/oscilloscope to look at the actual data.

spolitta · Post by **spolitta** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 12:07 pm

AntecRep wrote: The cases pictured is our NSK line.

spec or ETA? more info please

nici · Post by **nici** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 12:12 pm

spolitta wrote:
AntecRep wrote: The cases pictured is our NSK line.

spec or ETA? more info please

Or is that "If i tell you im afraid i have to kill you" kind of information?

spolitta · Post by **spolitta** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 1:40 pm

correct me, I think P150 has a CPU and VGA side pannel duct like the SLK3000b.

mathias · Post by **mathias** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 5:35 pm

What is this doing in the off topic forum?

Post by **NeilBlanchard** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 6:26 pm

Hello,

I dunno -- maybe it should be in the cases forum, but my intention was just to be informational. We don't know if these are quiet cases, or not, and so it is just a discussion about what we can see...

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I'm not sure I like these as much after I see the relatively small openings in the intake bezel -- the ones on the sides. The tiny perforations on the face are not worth very much at all, in terms of air flow.

Now, a black P150 would be a lot better.

mathias · Post by **mathias** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 6:36 pm

Suspension.

Aris · Post by **Aris** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 6:46 pm

is that an SFX psu in the far left (smallest) one?

a micro atx black p150 style case would be very nice.

i hope they all employ hard drive suspension. it would be nice if it became more standardized and odopted by other case manufacturers.

mathias · Post by **mathias** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 7:10 pm

It wouldn't be nice, it's ludicrous that practically no other manufacturers are making any cases with any of such quieting features, except seperate thermal zones. Since the P180, antec are basically competing with themselves. The other manufacturers won't even bother to release a good acrylic case, which would also target another market simultaneously like the P180.

Edit: wait a minute, this isn't a new case. And I was getting my hopes up that it had room for 7 hard drives.

Rory Buszka · Post by **Rory Buszka** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 11:33 am

To avoid a Cyber-SLAPP, I've removed the content of this post.

spolitta · Post by **spolitta** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 11:58 am

from what I understand

The largest case is P150 with SLK3000b-style side panel (no other changes visible)

The middle one is an atx case with P180-style drive cage. 2x 92m exhaust?

the small one is a m-Atx with 2x 80mm intake fan (why two?) no drive cage, only has one place at the buttom to place the HD and one on the 5.25" bay.

the small one would be my fav if the price is right.

mathias · Post by **mathias** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 12:54 pm

spolitta wrote:from what I understand

The largest case is P150 with SLK3000b-style side panel (no other changes visible)

You mean the one on the right in this pic?

spolitta · Post by **spolitta** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 6:50 pm

mathias wrote:
You mean the one on the right in this pic?

Yes.

Richard Berg · Post by **Richard Berg** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 9:33 pm

If the HTPC case is capable of P150/180-class silence, I want to be first in line.

spolitta · Post by **spolitta** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 10:56 pm

Richard Berg wrote:If the HTPC case is capable of P150/180-class silence, I want to be first in line.

it has a PSU chamber, thats all.

rpsgc · Post by **rpsgc** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 2:17 am

In depth shoots and details on the Antec Fusion and NSK 2400:
http://www.futurelooks.com/?m=show&id=243

"It's like an horizontal P180" and it has twin 120mm fans.

Tibors · Post by **Tibors** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 6:54 am

Oh, man which total moron has designed that future looks website. In all the bloat there are one picture and three lines of text per page. If you can find them. It gives me a headaeche and makes me stop reading after the second page.

Swiftman · Post by **Swiftman** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 3:53 pm

Antec Rep: Is that black p150 style case in development or is it already in production? I quickly went through all the cases on the antec.com website but wasnt able to find any variations on the white p150. If it is in development when do you anticipate it being available for purchase?

Tibors · Post by **Tibors** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 4:31 pm

Swiftman wrote:Antec Rep: [...] when do you anticipate it being available for purchase?

This is the second question like this in this thread. For all the people relative new here: He won't answer such questions

This is discussed several times before with other new Antec products. So if you want to know why, just dig up old posts by AntecRep.

Edit: typo

spolitta · Post by **spolitta** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 4:42 pm

Ok, the case that looks like P150 will be called NSK 6500, It will have an exact clone of the SLK3000b side panel and it might not actually come with the HD suspesnsion. Price is $119 and it will be available in March.

the middle case will be called NSK 4400 ($100~$110) and the smal matx case is NSK 3300 $89 and it will be the first in its kind to have a PSU chamber and 120mm exhaust. both will be shipping in march as well.

the HTPC case NSK 2400 $99 with 380watt PSU "will have something called "air dam" that sits inside the case next to the back-panel air intake vent and lets you direct airflow depending on your motherboard's layout."

The other HTPC case (with knob and display) is called Fusion, will be available around May for around $199

EDIT: NSK 4400 is not Btx.

Weldingheart · Post by **Weldingheart** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:46 am

spolitta wrote:Ok, the case that looks like P150 will be called NSK 6500, It will have an exact clone of the SLK3000b side panel and it might not actually come with the HD suspesnsion. Price is $119 and it will be available in March.

Seems quite reasonable price there, btw why they put those perforated holes instead of let front intake do the job?

nutball · Post by **nutball** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 4:52 am

*ufff* I wish that middle case was ATX not BTX. (Some folks are never happy!!!

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nick705 · Post by **nick705** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 5:34 am

I'm a bit puzzled by the small mATX case (the NSK 3300). It looks like one of those micro-ATX power supplies sitting in the top... does this mean a standard ATX PSU won't physically fit? And it appears to be "upside-down"....

Also, it seems from the pics as though it has very thick case walls - is this a false impression from the camera angle, and it's simply the way the upper chamber is constructed or a non-standard way of attaching the panels, or is there some kind of acoustic sandwich being used...?

Interesting...