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Antec P193 Review

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Musicboffin 17th June 2009, 12:50 Quote
Shouldn't the hard drives be put in the bottom chamber to help keep the main chamber cooler, and so the psu fan and bottom fan cool them?
billysielu 17th June 2009, 13:07 Quote
How does this compare to the Antec 1200 which owned the heat-camera testing a few months back?
trig 17th June 2009, 13:32 Quote
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Originally Posted by shaffaaf27
in the test setup you said you were putting the components into the lian-li PC-P50.

this is one o the worst reviews i have seen from bit tech, its liek its been written by CPC

not great, for sure. been a few reviews since the merge that have been very...well, i'm one or two more away from getting my hardware info from another site. just getting real disappointing. dont mean to be rude btw...
[USRF]Obiwan 17th June 2009, 15:33 Quote
Since BT got a great and large modding community I would like to see in the upcoming reviews. If its possible where we could fit in radiators in places inside the cases, top/bottom/rear/front etc.
biebiep 17th June 2009, 19:35 Quote
They ruined the perfect P182.

Now everytime i see perfection, i'll think about this monstrosity.
I hate you now Antec. But i'll still keep putting systems in your wonderful P182... for now :)
giskard 22nd November 2009, 21:02 Quote
I'd like to know if a Titan Fenrir or Scythe Mugen 2 will fit in the P193 - anyone know?
giskard 22nd November 2009, 21:03 Quote
I'm pretty keen on this case as the basis for a quiet and cool i7-based system
leslie 23rd November 2009, 14:04 Quote
Ewwww.

The originals were so nice, the external changes look like afterthoughts.
giskard 1st January 2010, 18:01 Quote
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Originally Posted by j1o2h3n4
I've heard that this case cant' fit, and wont' fit coolers like thermalright ultra-120, Noctua NH-U12P, Cooler Master V8, Prolimatech Megahalems and so on (coz of the coolers height). I would really like this to be not true, but....to close the side panel they hv to resort to modding it. Please proof i'm wrong, otherwise you are warned.

That's very true, because of the protruding side-panel fan casing that protrudes 12-15mm inside the case. It's so bad that you can't even fit in the radiator of a Corsair H50 without modding the side=panel fan casing.

I wish I'd read your comment before buying my P193 otherwise I would've bought a HAF 932
giskard 1st January 2010, 18:04 Quote
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Originally Posted by giskard
I'd like to know if a Titan Fenrir or Scythe Mugen 2 will fit in the P193 - anyone know?

They don't as I've found out for myself.
Wish I'd read the earlier comments more carefully :(
giskard 2nd January 2010, 21:09 Quote
One thing caught my eye about the review - the Asus Silent Square Pro is stated as the CPU cooler used in the tests for this case but given that said cooler is 158mm tall, how did the reviewers manage to close the 193's side-panel and perform their tests?

I've tried building an i7 920-based system in the P193, with a Scythe Mugen CPU cooler which is 157mm tall and which the P193 cannot accomodate because it's 200mm side-panel fan protrudes about 12mm inside the case. The tallest cooler you can use I'd say would be anything less than 145mm.

Maybe I'm missing something obvious here, but I can't see how the P193 was tested using the quoted hardware, unless anyone from bit-tech can explain how I can fit my 157mm tall CPU cooler in the P193 and manage the close it?
Bindibadgi 3rd January 2010, 10:30 Quote
Not sure, this review was a while ago.. but it worked :/ I'll ask when we get back into the office next week.
giskard 3rd January 2010, 17:36 Quote
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Originally Posted by Bindibadgi
Not sure, this review was a while ago.. but it worked :/ I'll ask when we get back into the office next week.
If it worked then you may have a solution to my conundrum, assuming that the height of the Asus cooler used in the tests is 158mm as I have said.

I await your reply with anticipation.
giskard 3rd January 2010, 17:50 Quote
I checked this page and see that the cooler in question is 146mm tall.

I quoted the 158mm from here but this page confirms that the cooler's height is indeed 146mm.

End of confusion and a lesson not to trust specs on e-tailer websites and reviews.
billysielu 14th November 2010, 17:36 Quote
Still the best case ever.
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