Antec have released the P190 Super Midi Tower Case, one of the biggest and most
powerful cases on the market, complete with DUAL PSUs, we take an in-depth look.
The P190 case is a very similar design to the Antec P182 Mid Tower case, which has been extremely popular in the PC enthusiast market over the last 6 months or so. It has pretty much the exact same drive bay design and configuration, they even look very similar, but there are several key differences between the two models which we will go into more detail throughout the review.
The features of the P190 are: (taken from www.antec.com)
- Dual chambers structure. The power supplies reside in a separate chamber to isolate heat from the system and lower system noise
- Dual-layer sound-deadening panels for Quiet Computing
- Flexible snake light (installed), lights your way while working inside the case
- Cable organizer behind motherboard tray minimizes cable clutter
- Fits up to ExtendedATX (12" x 13") motherboards to fit your dual processor board, or any other board you could possibly have
- Rubber grommeted ports on the rear for liquid-cooling tubes allow you to easily mount external liquid-cooling hardware
- Neo-Link 1200 Watt dual power supply system:
- One 650 Watt Neo Power is responsible for powering the motherboard and add-in cards, while another 550 Watt, handles your drives and other peripherals
- Advanced cooling system - Even larger fans than previous designs, move more air and turn slower for even quieter operation
- 2 top 140mm TriCool fan (standard)
- 1 rear 120mm TriCool Fan (standard)
- 1 lower chamber 120mm TriCool Fan (standard)
- 1 side 200mm Big Boy fan with air filter (standard)
- External fan control on the rear panel (for the 2 top fans and 1 rear fan in the upper chamber)
- Front-mounted ports provide convenient connections
- 2 x USB 2.0
- 1 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire®, i.Link®)
- Audio In/Out (AC’97 & HDA)
- Dimensions: (H x D x W)
- 20.28 x 23.35x 8.07 (in)
- 51.5 x 59.3 x 20.5 (cm)
- Net weight: 43.2lbs / 19.6kg
- Gross weight: 51.1lbs / 23.2kg
So that’s the main features as listed by Antec, but it really doesn’t explain a lot about this AU$570 case, so we’ll be going into some of its main features in more detail:
