Antec

Antec had on display a few updated products as well as brand new goodies. To start off we got a look at the updated P180, aptly named P182. The changes are minor, but do impact the overall ease of use; the speed control of the fans is placed outside the case at the back where you set L/M/H.



The motherboard panel is moved slightly forward to make room for cable management near the back, a small change but will help clear up the cable mess:


Lastly a cut-out between the PSU area and motherboard area to accommodate power cables going to the video cards, with SLI configurations now needing 4 separate cables this cut-out will help you easily reach the VGA cards.


A new arrival is the P190, which is the larger brother of the P180, the case is noticeably longer and does away with the single fan exhaust and duct, instead we now have 2x140mm at the top, one 120mm in the rear and a huge 200mm fan in the side panel, and one 120mm in the front all standard.



The changes don’t stop there, in the photos above you can see a separate light which is powered from the 12v line and allows you to illuminate the inside when working in the dark. But wait, there’s more, the case comes with pre-fab holes for water cooling tubes, and will ship with not one, but two power supplies! The two PSU’s are configured to power up at the same time and run from one 24-pin ATX power connector. One PSU will take care of the CPU/VGA, the other all the peripherals, ratings for main were 650W and 550W for the secondary, making a total of 1200W!



Behind closed doors we got a glimpse at a special edition P182 which had a complete black interior and a chrome exterior high quality finish.



In other news, the popular Sonata will receive an update; the Sonata III features a different front bezel which doesn’t look like “pregnant woman” anymore. The interior layout hasn’t changed but the case will come with a 500W 80plus highly efficient power supply.



HTPC cases were not neglected we saw a new model, the Micro Fusion which features improved separation of the different heat zones inside the case, a LCD in the front panel and custom airflow path for the CPU area.



The Fusion HTPC case will also get an update to improve airflow inside for silent computing at low heat levels, as well as come in sexy black:



White is the new black! The P150 already had quite a few white panels to announce this change, the new one will further clear things up, doing away with dark colors and being more office (iPod?) friendly. The case is designed for low noise; the hard drives can be suspended and can be kept cool by two large fans in the front. The side panel features noise padding to help stop vibrations:



A four rail power supply with a total rated wattage of 1000W was also display, aptly named the TruePower Quattro it is painted with two white racing stripes; the lower rated 850W version will be colored yellow/black.