New Antec cases being shown at CES on pcmag.com
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New Antec cases starting to appear
D and H distributing, my primary distributor is now showing several of the new Antec cases in stock or in route. They are:
CS400, CS600, TX635, TX640, Titan550, TX1050B w/500watt, TX1088 w/480watt. No mention of the P180 or Sonata.
The CS400&600 are in stock and the description seems to make them a replacement for the 1600/2600 series, but with no PS or fans. (No pictures of anything posted yet)
Here's the description they have listed for the TX1050B:
"TX1050B - SOHO File Server - black - 500 Watt PSU - Advanced cooling system with 120mm tricool fan,chassis air guide with optional 92mm intake fan to provide maximum cpu cooling, side panel with optional 80mm fan with the vent to provide maximum cooling to the vga card. Built in washable air filter. Antecs latest ATX12V v2.01 power supply."
I'll post again when I find out more.
CS400, CS600, TX635, TX640, Titan550, TX1050B w/500watt, TX1088 w/480watt. No mention of the P180 or Sonata.
The CS400&600 are in stock and the description seems to make them a replacement for the 1600/2600 series, but with no PS or fans. (No pictures of anything posted yet)
Here's the description they have listed for the TX1050B:
"TX1050B - SOHO File Server - black - 500 Watt PSU - Advanced cooling system with 120mm tricool fan,chassis air guide with optional 92mm intake fan to provide maximum cpu cooling, side panel with optional 80mm fan with the vent to provide maximum cooling to the vga card. Built in washable air filter. Antecs latest ATX12V v2.01 power supply."
I'll post again when I find out more.
Just tell me it will be out by September so I can get myself one for my birthday. Actually make that July so prices can be normalized by the time I purchase, thanks!AntecRep wrote:Reason why I won't post dates/confirm dates:
Every date I've ever been given for a product launch has always been pushed back in the 7 years I've been at Antec (I'm talking about dates flung around the office). Such that until it's in the warehouse (in Fremont), it's not here in my mind. So why that happens?
Seriously it is nice having you post what you can, and it's probably a good policy not to talk dates until it's actually shipping to stores as people will get frustrated if they are counting on something being availible at a certain date and it's not.
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P180 height details
Similar concern here. Am curious, though, for anyone who's seen it -- does the 21.3" height perhaps include the top fan cover? I notice the P160 is 20.3" high, am expecting (hoping) that maybe the P180 is similar with the extra inch accounted for mostly by that top fan cover.Mr_Smartepants wrote:Damn, now I'm going to have to buy a new desk too!Rusty075 wrote:54cm H (21.3") x 20.5cm W (8.1") x 50.7cm D (19.9") .dano wrote:What are the aproximate exterior dimensions of the P-180? In particular im loooking for height.
Really need a case for a PC upgrade soon -- if this doesn't come out by mid-April or so, I'll have to go with the P160 or the WaveMaster, and this looks far preferable to either. Godspeed, Antec...
Re: New Antec cases starting to appear
Does the Titan still have 2 92mm's up front? The TX looks nice is that 80mm they are talking about upfront? or on the side panel as well?jferrante wrote:D and H distributing, my primary distributor is now showing several of the new Antec cases in stock or in route. They are:
CS400, CS600, TX635, TX640, Titan550, TX1050B w/500watt, TX1088 w/480watt. No mention of the P180 or Sonata.
The CS400&600 are in stock and the description seems to make them a replacement for the 1600/2600 series, but with no PS or fans. (No pictures of anything posted yet)
Here's the description they have listed for the TX1050B:
"TX1050B - SOHO File Server - black - 500 Watt PSU - Advanced cooling system with 120mm tricool fan,chassis air guide with optional 92mm intake fan to provide maximum cpu cooling, side panel with optional 80mm fan with the vent to provide maximum cooling to the vga card. Built in washable air filter. Antecs latest ATX12V v2.01 power supply."
I'll post again when I find out more.
P180 pre-order pricing in the UK
Just in case it helps anyone Gladiator Computers in the UK have the P180 on pre-order at 119.96 UKP
http://www.gladiatorcomputers.com/acata ... Cases.html
At that price it better make the tea as well
http://www.gladiatorcomputers.com/acata ... Cases.html
At that price it better make the tea as well
Re: P180 pre-order pricing in the UK
Iain wrote: At that price it better make the tea as well
Really?
I expect it to retail at 20-40% more than that here in Denmark. We have to pay around £101 or $190 for a case like Silverstone's TJ06.
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Re: P180 pre-order pricing in the UK
But why should it cost more than Temujin Six?Mumrik wrote:Iain wrote: At that price it better make the tea as well
Really?
I expect it to retail at 20-40% more than that here in Denmark. We have to pay around £101 or $190 for a case like Silverstone's TJ06.
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I don't understand the price comparisson to a TJ06 either. A more logical conclusion from that UK site is that the P180 initially costs 1.5 times what a Sonata costs now. That would amount to ~€155 on the Dutch market. Which is more than what you pay for a TJ06 (€127).
Re: P180 height details
Insiders with info? AntecRep, perhaps you have an answer to this question (does 21.3" = height of the case *including* top fan cover, or not)? Am itching to know!adama0 wrote:Similar concern here. Am curious, though, for anyone who's seen it -- does the 21.3" height perhaps include the top fan cover? I notice the P160 is 20.3" high, am expecting (hoping) that maybe the P180 is similar with the extra inch accounted for mostly by that top fan cover.Mr_Smartepants wrote:Damn, now I'm going to have to buy a new desk too!Rusty075 wrote: 54cm H (21.3") x 20.5cm W (8.1") x 50.7cm D (19.9") .
Really need a case for a PC upgrade soon -- if this doesn't come out by mid-April or so, I'll have to go with the P160 or the WaveMaster, and this looks far preferable to either. Godspeed, Antec...
Jefe, thanks much, that is reassuring to hear (I had hoped as much, but was unsure). Basically, I have a keyboard tray that would be too low (20.5" clearance) to accomodate the full 21.3", but if nearly an inch (I hope) of that is the blowhole cover at the back, the tray shouldn't interfere with it. I now feel better about waiting a while longer for this puppy.~El~Jefe~ wrote:While I do not know inside info, I can tell you that manufacturers always list maximum external heights, so the edges of things and highest peeks are listed, not just the box portion.
They would have to full refund all orders that complained about this, as it would be false advertising.
Thanks for the info AntecRep
Yet another question.
I have been putting off buying a new system for quite some time now waiting for the p180. Could you give us a hint or indication of when we might be able to get our hands on this case? I'm really looking forward to it but getting more impatient.
Thanks.
I have been putting off buying a new system for quite some time now waiting for the p180. Could you give us a hint or indication of when we might be able to get our hands on this case? I'm really looking forward to it but getting more impatient.
Thanks.
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Yeah. basically, I am going to go for this as soon as its out. I NEVER say that about anything besides for half-life2 and diablo2.
however, if it goes another month and no word, im considering it dead in the water and will just go my merry way of buying something else. I have sound proof mass loaded vinyl stuff I am going to try and get going.
however, if it goes another month and no word, im considering it dead in the water and will just go my merry way of buying something else. I have sound proof mass loaded vinyl stuff I am going to try and get going.
Here's something that I've been confused about since I first saw/heard about this case:
WHAT is the purpose of the mesh dust-screen-lookin-thing that everyone seems to be calling a "spoiler"? Why would one want to filter the air coming out of the case?
Hopefully we would put effort into filtering air going INTO the case, then we wouldn't have to worry about air coming out. If anyone has some insight into the reasoning behind this, please let me know.
WHAT is the purpose of the mesh dust-screen-lookin-thing that everyone seems to be calling a "spoiler"? Why would one want to filter the air coming out of the case?
Hopefully we would put effort into filtering air going INTO the case, then we wouldn't have to worry about air coming out. If anyone has some insight into the reasoning behind this, please let me know.
Not to mention all the dust that would gather there when the fan is not running. This depends a bit on locale, but I suppose the chances of things falling into the fan while running has to do with locale as well (ie whether or not one has kids.Rusty075 wrote:To stop stuff like paperclips from falling into the fan.
BTW I might have missed it, but is this the longest thread in SPCR history yet? It sure has generated a LOT of interest, especially considering there are no units shipped yet!
OK could I just say I check SPCR now twice daily to see if the P180's have started shipping yet? So yeah, it's generated QUITE a bit of interest... It's just a bit frustrating having to wait for so long to get a nice, long, in-depth spcr review of one... or have the chance to purchase one myself...
But about the "spoiler"... wouldn't it have been just as effective, if not more so, to make the top of the spoiler solid, with the raised part behind the case open? I'm just worried that after they took such special care to eliminate direct paths of sound to the user, they left one glaring error! Has this occured to anyone else....?
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But about the "spoiler"... wouldn't it have been just as effective, if not more so, to make the top of the spoiler solid, with the raised part behind the case open? I'm just worried that after they took such special care to eliminate direct paths of sound to the user, they left one glaring error! Has this occured to anyone else....?
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PS: Yeah, I mentioned that earlier in the thread about the top blowhole. The response I got was "if it bothers you so much, block it off". But A) For a super quiet case I shouldn't have to fix such a glaring error and B) That's where the air is supposed to exhaust. The back fan, normally the exhaust, is where the air comes in, and the blowhole is where it goes out. I don't know what eliminating the exhaust portion would have on temps. Or even if I covered up the top hole, and used the back one as an exhaust instead.
fans
It is my understadning that there is both a fan in front and behind the drive cages. Just look at all the images that have come out. There are two front 120mm fans then the drive cages and after that one 120mm fans for the lower drive cage.
In total the p180 seems to sport five 120mm fans standard plus one optional 92mm duct fan.
Front fans:
http://www.thetechlounge.com/image.php? ... ges/67.jpg
PSU/drive cage ductfan:
http://www.thetechlounge.com/image.php? ... ges/80.jpg
In total the p180 seems to sport five 120mm fans standard plus one optional 92mm duct fan.
Front fans:
http://www.thetechlounge.com/image.php? ... ges/67.jpg
PSU/drive cage ductfan:
http://www.thetechlounge.com/image.php? ... ges/80.jpg
Boyyah!!! New finally:
Dear Sir,
Thank you for your mail.
The P180 will become available in Europe by end of May / beginning of June.
Best Regards,
Michel
Michel Peeters
European Sales Manager
Tel:+31 10 2088923
Fax:+31 10 437 17 52
www.antec.com <http://www.antec.com>
Dear Sir,
Thank you for your mail.
The P180 will become available in Europe by end of May / beginning of June.
Best Regards,
Michel
Michel Peeters
European Sales Manager
Tel:+31 10 2088923
Fax:+31 10 437 17 52
www.antec.com <http://www.antec.com>