I figured today would be a good day to post my review of the Antec P182 case as yesterday I posted my review of the Antec TruePower Quattro 850Watt Power Supply. The P182 has won numerous awards and become a very popular case among many, many people, and for good reason it's an excellent quality case that we've come to expect from the folks at Antec. It's almost a perfect case, and for some it might be the perfect PC case... So read on to learn more about the Antec P182 and to see what I learned about this case from my time with it...

Review: Antec P182 Super Mid Tower PC Case

Reviewed by: Kristofer Brozio AkA Dracos

Sponsor: Antec

Tech Specs,Features or the Basic Info:

Antec P182

Advanced Super Mid Tower

The new standard in performance cases

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 liquid cooling 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.

Features:

Attractive gun metal black finish

Dual chambers structure: The power supply (not included) is located in the lower chamber to isolate heat from the system and lower system noise

Special three-layer side panels and front door (aluminum, plastic, aluminum) dampen system generated noise, making this one of the quietest cases available

0.8mm cold rolled steel for durability used through the majority of the chassis, 1.0mm cold rolled steel around the 4x HDD area

11 Drive Bays:

-External 4 x 5.25”; 1 x 3.5”

-Internal 6 x 3.5” for HDD

-7 Expansion Slots

Cooling System:

- 1 rear 120mm TriCool Fan (standard)

- 1 top 120mm TriCool fan (standard)

- 1 lower chamber 120mm TriCool Fan (standard)

- 1 front 120mm fan (optional)

- 1 middle 120mm fan (optional) to cool the VGA

External fan control on the rear panel for the top and rear fans in the upper chamber

Motherboard: Up to Standard ATX (12” x 9.6”)

Double hinge door designed to open up to 270º

Rubber grommeted ports on the rear for liquid-cooling tubes allow you to mount external liquid-cooling hardware

Front-mounted ports provide convenient connections:

- 2 x USB 2.0

- 1x IEEE 1394 (FireWire, i.Link)

- Audio In/Out (HDA & AC’97)

Cable organizers behind motherboard tray minimize cable clutter

Dimensions:

- 21.3" (H) x 8.1" (W) x 19.9" (D)

- 52cm (H) x 21cm (W) x 51cm (D)

Net Weight:

- 30.9lbs

- 14kg