The Antec
P-190 is constructed mainly of steel accept of the door and
front bezel of the case which are made of plastic. The
finish on the case as you can see from the photographs is a
very nice black color which I noted had no visible runs
or under/Over-spray on it. The Antec P-180 is a full-size
case that weights in at about 40 lbs so it is not a case you
will be moving very often unless you live in a weight gym. The majority of the weight for the case is made
up of the steel construction and the two power supplies, yes
you read that correctly, the case comes with two different
size power (Neo Power 650 and Neo Power 550)
supplies that operate together to produce a staggering
amount of power for your system and both supplies are
controlled off a single control line.
One thing that this case has that very
few others have is a double hinge
door designed to open up to 270º, thus allowing it to fold back on to
the side of the case. The P-190 has a two removable side-panels that are
held in place by a pair of thumb-screws, then it is just a simple matter
of sliding the side-panels rearward to remove them. The door on
the case is held closed by a pair of small magnets, one located at the
top and another located at the bottom of the door. The door can
also be locked to keep people from tampering with your removable drives.
Locking the door also prevents anyone from turning your computer on
since the power switch is not exposed.
With the door open you can see that
there are a total of four 5.25" drive bays and a single 3.5" drive bay.
There are also two pair of grills through which the fresh outside air
can enter the case. If you look at the bottom of the bezel you can
see the door assembly has a cutout area along the bottom of the door.
This allows air to enter into it to the case even when the door is shut.
One very handy feature of the P-190 is
the use of hidden filter to help keep the inside of your case clean.
The two grills that we mentioned earlier open easily by simply pushing
in on then and the spring latch then releases allowing the door to
release exposing the opening to us. Here you will find a pair of
easy to remove filters, the filters are washable and then can be
replaced until they get filled up with cat, dog or human hair once
again. During our testing we found the filters did a great job
over a 30-day period keeping the inside of the case as clean as it was
the day we built the system.
