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Antec P182 Advanced Super Mid Tower ATX Case (Black)

Brand: Antec
Category: CE

List Price: ~~$169.00~~
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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

21 reviews
Sales Rank: 3221

Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 17
Dimensions (in): 19.9 x 8.1 x 21.3
Warranty: 3 years warranty

MPN: P182
Model: P182
UPC: 761345818209
EAN: 0761345818209
ASIN: B000P0CTSQ

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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 5.25inches 1 x 3.5 inches - Internal 6 x 3.5 for HDD

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
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 gunmetal black finish, cable organizers and even ports with rubber grommets 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.

Amazon.com Product Description
The Antec P182 Advanced Super Mid Tower ATX Case is the newest edition in Antec's continually improving Performance One design. This performance case boasts 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. The P182 also features triple layer side panels, and an upper and lower chamber structure to isolate power supply heat from the rest of your components. All this and much more make the Antec P182 a superior case.

The Antec P182 has 11 drive bays--four external 5.25-inch bays, one external 3.5-inch bay, and six internal 3.5-inch bays for HDD. This case also has seven expansion slots and a remarkable cooling system with one rear 120-millimeter TriCool fan (standard); one top 120-millimeter TriCool fan (standard); one lower chamber 120-millimeter TriCool fan (standard); one front 120-millimeter fan (optional); and one middle 120-millimeter fan (optional) to cool the VGA. In addition, there is an external fan control on the rear panel for the fans in the upper chamber. Constructed mostly of 0.8-millimeter cold rolled steel, the P182 is a robust case designed to fit standard ATX 12-by-9.6-inch motherboards. It measures 21.3 by 8.1 by 19.9 inches (HxWxD).

Other features include:

Three-layer side panels and front door dampen system-generated noise
Cable organizer to help minimize clutter
Attractive gun-metal black finish
Double hinge door designed to open up to 270 degrees
Front-mounted ports provide convenient connections: two USB 2.0 ports, one IEEE 1394 (FireWire, i.Link) port, audio in/out port

Customer Reviews: Read 16 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

The Best Case Ever June 1, 2007
David-kim T. Nguyen (South Bay, California)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful

Previously a test engineer for a server company, I am very picky when it comes to computer chassis. While I like performance and good airflow, I also would like noise to be minimal at home since I have to hear servers like airplanes at work 11 hours a day. This case was not a noisy airplane, it has very minimal noise at the medium fan speed setting(just enough to know your computer is on). The low noise also is attributed to the sound dampening side panels and all the sound deadening gadgets for HDD/PWS/etc... vibrations.

The next best thing about it is the layout. All the cables I have were hidden very well with no obstructions to airflow. My CPU and GPU SLi setup was running relatively cooler with this case. Also, the tool-less parts made it even better.

As for build quality, this case is the nicest and one of the highest quality controlled products I've seen in the industry. The only negative is that it is ~40 lbs (for you LAN guys who don't like to move it around) but for me, I can carry it just fine. This guy is running as my media center for home theater right now. All you need to remember is it takes a bit of time (45 - 60 mins for me) to route wiring and everything, but once done, it was well worth it.

All the reviews you have read about it are true, this case is definitely a flag ship for Antec. If you want quality, performance, and functionality this is the case and I stand behind it 100% from past experiences in thermal management, cable routing, and server testing.

MY SETUP:
Asus P5N32-E 680i
Intel Core 2 Quad QX6700 2.66GHz/1066MHz
4 x 512MB Crucial Ballistix DDR2-800MHz
2 x XFX Geforce 8800GTX 630M XXX
2 x 150GB Western Digital Raptors
PC Power & Cooling 750W Quad Power Supply
5 x Antec Tricool Blue LED Fans

5 out of 5 stars

Really well thought out case. My new favorite. July 7, 2007
Peter Connolly (SF Bay Area)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful

This is a very well thought out case. The design makes it easy to install the motherboard, hard drives and adapter cards. The exterior is very slick looking. This case has become my new standard by which other cases are judged. And I'm considering moving my other boxes over to the Antec P182.

There are two types of disk installation. On the top bays, you attach a black plastic strip with metal spring locks to either side of the drive and slide it in from the front of the case (not the back). In the two detachable disk bays, you mount the bottom of the drive onto its tray using the long screws and a vibration-damping rubber gasket. Once mounted, the trays slide easily back into their tray and the tray slides easily back into the case. Finally, the two internal disk cases are secured by a thumb screw. Sweet!

If anything, the manuals could be a little more explicit about how to install the hard drives. Once you've figured it out, it's very easy. (That's what a friend used to say about physics: "It's easy once you know it.")

Cabling is easy as there are channels behind the motherboard and between disk sections for routing your cables. Antec provides some nifty tie-downs to keep the cables out of the way too.

The case comes with no power supply, so make sure to have an ATX, SATA or whatever PSU you require. Even with the two 120mm standard Antec case fans and the PSU going, the case is very quiet. There are two switches on the top back of the case to vary the two fans' speeds.

This is a large case. This is the largest case I have right now. That allows you a lot of space to maneuver around when working on your case. There are so many drive bays that you will probably run out of power or hard drive budget before filling them all. My particular configuration probably under-utilizes the space. With 4 SATA RAID drives and a single PATA drive and the PSU mounted in the bottom third of the case, my case definitely has a LOW center of gravity. That's fine by me.

5 out of 5 stars

Superb Design January 5, 2008
Schaef (Florida)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

I've built 7 systems from scratch, and updated about a dozen others, and this is absolutely the best-designed case I have ever experienced. I can only point out two VERY minor issues:

1. One of the three 120mm fans is designed to pull air through the bottom drive cage and push it to the power supply for exhaust. To accomplish this task, Antec mounted the fan on the back side of a center "bulkhead" between the drive cage and the power supply compartment. This setup is fine if you don't have an over-sized power supply. My SilverStone Strider ST60F, however, is 180mm deep, which left very little space for cables between it and the fan. Antec's design, however, allowed me to simply reverse the fan's orientation on its mounting bracket, then mount the bracket to the front side of the bulkhead.Just be aware that this mounting position will not allow you to install hard drives in the bottom cage (you still have two HDD bays in the upper cage). I can't take any stars away, because this configuration works just fine for my system.

2. Antec put so much thought into cable management that I'm surprised they overlooked the last remaining trouble spot - the bottom of the motherboard. This area needs to accommodate cables for front-panel audio, USB, Firewire, and power/reset/LED connections. Yet nobody has ever thought I would need more than a couple of millimeters between the bottom of the MB and the case. It IS possible (though difficult) to secure these cables to the MB tray so only the connectors come out underneath the bottom edge of the MB. The alternative is to just run the cables in front of the MB, but that sort of nullifies some of the engineering that went into this case. Again, no stars lost, because I've never seen any case that addresses this issue, and it probably won't even bother most system builders.

5 out of 5 stars

Antec P182 ATX Case (Black) January 5, 2008
A. D. Minton (Hampton VA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Bought this case for my new system build: Intel 975XBX2 board, 2.4 Quad core processor, Antec Neo HE 550 power supply; X1650Pro video card.

First, this case is absolutely beautiful, and in case you didn't know, it also comes in a special edition (P182SE) with mirror finished side panels and door, a black interior, and a built in flexible case light; it's priced about 20-30 dollars more. My case is listed as black, though the side panels and door are actually gun metal brushed aluminum, as opposed to the silver case, which has the mirrored side panels and door.

My motherboard fits very nicely in this case with plenty of room. Some people may complain about the case being too heavy (weighs about 30lbs) but the only time I move it is for maintenance, and I don't think its any heavier then my old Antec SX1000II series SOHO file server case. It's also slightly wider and deeper then the SX1000II so it'll pretty much sit in the same spot.

The case comes stocked with 3 120mm case fans which are adjustable to low, med, and high. You have a fan at the top, rear, and bottom of the case where the power supply goes. If you need more cooling, the upper hard drive bay can be used to add another 120mm fan, which will sit right behind your video card for extra cooling. Nice! I have my fans set to medium, and as I sit here, the only thing I hear in the case is the video card. If you have your heat or AC running you probably won't hear the case; it's that quiet, especially when coupled with an Antec Neo HE 550 power supply, which is extremely quiet in its own right! The case also comes with a screened scoop that fits at the top of the case to keep large debris entering the case and hitting the top fan. This case is designed to keep your components cool and it does a very nice job of doing that.

Not recommended, but I over clocked my processor to 3gig on the stock heatsink, ran the case fans on high... well... the case kept the processor at about 75 degrees Celsius load. As a reference, this is a B3 stepping processor that runs around 55 degrees Celsius stock at idle. I've since then dropped the processor to down to 2.6 gigs with no problems and temps stay around 57 degrees idle, 63 load with case fans at low to medium settings.

The other nicety about this case is the two removable dust screens behind two swing open panels in the front of the case behind the swing open door. These screens do a nice job of keeping dust to a minimum and are easily removed for cleaning.

Another thing I like is the fact that you can hide your cables behind the right side panel (looking at the front of the case). Some might complain about the case being too big for the power supply cables, again, no problems here using the Antec Neo HE 550 power supply, with the modular cables being long enough to reach the 2x4 12volt power connector at the top of my motherboard.

Other cool points include rubberized grommets and sidings to reduce vibration, tie-down points for cables, a small built in case on the upper HD bay to hold extra screws and stuff, rubber grommet ports for water cooling, and blue HD and power LED's.

I do have two recommendations though: 1- get a power supply with a forward facing fan (example: Antec HE 550) as there's not much room for efficient cooling with a fan facing up or down, 2- don't sit the case directly on the floor. Reasons: the power supply area is enclosed, and at the bottom of the case.

The only "worry" I have with the case is the front door panel, which swings open from right to left, fully resting on the left panel. Since I have my case in an enclosure, I can't fully open the door, and I have to be real carful not to accidently hit it and break it; but that's a personal problem.

Overall, I'm extremely satisfied with the P182's design, style and function.

Quiet, cool, looks, price! Buy!

5 out of 5 stars

Another Astounding Antec Chassis July 17, 2008
Stephen Mahanes (Arnold, MD)
Introduction: Antec is one of the finest manufacturers of computer chassis and power supplies. This case is a fine example of why Antec firmly holds their good reputation.

Background on the Reviewer: I am an IT Professional. I have been building computers since 1997. I currently work in an IT Field for the US Government.

Features: Steel, Aluminum, and Plastic construction. Blue power and activity LEDs in a stealthy mount. 270-degree front-panel door. Minimalist exterior, carefully organized interior. 7x 3.5" bays (one with an external face for drives with removable media). 4x 5.25 bays. Front USB, Firewire (1394), and Audio jacks with Intel-Standard motherboard headers for each. 3x 120mm fans, with mounts for up to 2 more (and room for 1 more mount to be added if you are into case-modding).

Why This Case Earns Top Marks: The design present in this product is fantastic. The interior design is spacious and carefully organized, leaving room for even the largest ATX motherboards, and the longest video cards. The understated exterior gives the case a very "classy" appearance, a quality present in many of the higher-end Antec chassis.

This chassis is designed for quiet computing. It includes silicone rubber bushings on the hard drive mounting apparatus, silicone rubber pads on the power supply mounts, and three-layer side-panel construction. One thing to consider doing while assembling your system in this case: purchase some rubber or silicone rubber washers (3/16" or 4mm) to install around each of the fan-retaining screws (so you'll need 12 by default or 16 if you use the included optional mount).

My favorite aspect of the design used in this chassis is the manner in which the motherboard tray is arranged. While this tray isn't removable, it does include loops for zip-tying cables along behind it, and gaps for those cables to return to the top-side of the motherboard. This allows one to have an extremely clean wiring job with positive airflow to encourage adequate cooling of the internal components.

Things that could make this case shine even brighter: the lower intake vent does not have a means for mounting a fan. It has a small space the size of a 120mm fan but not a pre-drilled mount. Even a novice case-modder could find a manner in which to add an additional fan here, however. A little bit of drilling and dremeling will allow a 6th 120mm fan to provide better intake to the lower bays.

Conclusion: I love this case. I am completely satisfied with my purchase (I ordered it here on Amazon). I highly recommend this case.