A look at the Inside
Some will
look inside the Antec P-190 and ask "where is the removable
motherboard tray." and I would be the first to answer that
when you have a case as large as this one you don't need
one. I think the proper term is spacious, and that
indeed is what this case is. It will hold your micro-ATX
motherboard all the way up Extended-ATX motherboards which
measure a massive 12" x 13", so that should give you a clear
picture of just how much room you have to work with inside
the P-190 enclosure.
It this
picture we have removed the two power supplies which reside
in lower compartment of the case in the lower left-corner.
The idea behind keeping the power supplies in their very own
compartment is to keep various part of the system isolated
and by doing so keeping the heat only in the areas that heat
is generated.
To give you an idea of watch the case
looks like with most of the drive cages removed you can see just how
easy it is to work the P-190. The drive cage on the lower level on
the right side will hold four 3.5" drives, the drives are mounted
vertically on their sides. The drive cage directly above it holds
two 3.5" drives mounted in small slide-in brackets. Each of the
drive cages use silicon washers to help reduce sound generated from the
vibration of the rotation of the hard drives. Above that are the
drive bays for the 5.25" optical drives (4) that you will be installing
in your system.
With the other side-panel removed you
can better see the four holes locates on the motherboard tray (three
along the top and one on the left-side) where you can route your power
cables or your data cable to insure the best possible air-flow
through-out the enclosure. Also worth mentioning are the three
cable tie-downs that you can see in the photograph, included with the
case a more of these types of hold-downs should you need them to hold
down additional cables.
Looking at the front of the case you
can see where I have one of the drive cages partially pulled out of it's
slide-in position. Looking at it from this angle you can see small
black storage box that comes in handy for the placement of screws and
other small items.
With the side-panel
removed and reversed you get a clear view of the "200mm
Big Boy Fan" I have also taken the included slide in
filter and slide it partial out so that you could see what
it looks like. The fan also has a 3-position speed
controller attached to a short wire that allows it to hang
inside the case. This filter is just like the filters
we showed you on the front of the case that can be cleaned
with a bit of soap and water, a then simply slide it back
into place until it latches.
You will also notice that
the side-panel has a black-colored material that covers the
entire metal area of the side-panel. The black
material is actually a sound deadening material that is held
in place by right-angle cut pieces of this material on each
corner.
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