Testing and Conclusion

Installation went pretty much as we has expected with the exception of one small problem, that being the centrally located fan that sets directly in front of the power supply had to be removed to provide us with enough room to install our Mushkin modular power supply. We were initially able to install the power supply with the fan in place, but the cables from the power supply kept hitting the fan blade so the fan and its assembly was completely removed.

Other than small issue everything else fit into the Antec P-182 perfectly, using our ECS KN1 Extreme with an AMD64 4000+ processor along with a 500 GB western Digital hard drive, 2 GB of OCZ PC-3200 Rev 2.0 memory and Mushkin 600 watt power supply and a passively cooled X1650 video card. We were able to record an idle temperature of 38 degrees and a full load temperature of 56 degrees which is very acceptable.

Conclusion

As we mentioned at the beginning of the review the Antec P180 is a computer case that has a few years on it (released in 2006), but this case is still is a viable choice for anyone looking for a new well designed case.  While the Antec P182 has some major improvements made to it and sells for about $20.00 more, you get basically the same case for a few dollars less and you will still have one of the best cases on the market.  We hope you have enjoyed this review that proves even the items with a few years on them can still be a great choice for that new system.

A special thanks to our good Friends at Antec.