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Antec's new P183 and P193 on show
Author: Richard SwinburnePublished: 8th March 2009
The new style for the Antec Performance Ones is not one we like.
The Antec P182 is an excellent case and the P190 was a good looker (but try to pick it up without getting a hernia), but it looks like "3" is a bad number for the case manufacturer. The P183 updates look pretty cheap and nasty in the flesh, while the side of the P193 was attacked with an ugly stick.
Most of the design is much the same: the same door and general build quality are there, but the plasticy bits seem obviously plastic and we feel the slash look just doesn't suit what was an attractive and clean design.
Having owned a P190, I do understand that the case just wasn't wide enough and the side fan infringed on the graphics card's space, however while Antec has attempted to find a solution, we feel the one employed on the P193 isn't it.
Antec needs to have another go at this and, in the meantime, it looks like you're better off buying the existing models or sit waiting in hope that the next generation will be better.
Addendum 13th March: We grabbed a phone call with Antec earlier today who were keen to stress that these products were "pre-production", with new features like eSATA on the front panel, improved dust filters and airflow through the front vents (which Antec claims will also be redesigned) and it will include the ability to use larger PSUs and swap them out easier. We were also told that while the plastic looks cheap on the new design in the pictures, it will change in the final product
That's all good, but when pressed on the design changes Antec were less hard to pin-down to what will stay and what was "pre-production". The side-fan on the P193 is likely to stay, but it seems Antec will be concentrating on features over design in the third iteration of the 180s and 190s. Availability should be from April we were told.
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What is that material on the drive bays?
So as a Server case it wouldnt be too bad, can i assume there is massive ammounts of space in the P183 to fill with Hard Drives?
As for the P193, humm....not even a dark corner of my basement will stop me thinking about that "growth" on the side. ill give creit where its due tho, it was a nice attempt. it just needs the "growth" on the other side and the P193 will have stubby wings!
so p193 is now the same size as p183, just with an added side fan??
193's side is an abomination, I'd say an Engineering solution rather than Design.
Antec... what the hell are you thinking?
These weren't released - they escaped!
john
THe P183 isn't bad but it still can't compare.
The old grills were much much better. And if they wanted more width, they should have just made the case a bit wider, instead of a growth on the side of the case.
Ugly!
utter dog meat