Antec P183 Advanced Super Mid Tower Shell Case

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 19.9 x 8.1 x 21.3 inches ; 31 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 33 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B001ULCOV6
• Item model number: P183
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 20, 2009

Product Description

Product Description

The Antec P183 case builds upon the renowned features of the revolutionary P180, adding even more cooling, quiet and convenience. The P183 boasts a dual chamber design that isolates the power supply from the rest of the components, minimizing heat and reducing system noise. The P183 also features a three-layer design (aluminum, plastic, aluminum) for its side panels and front door, further reducing noise and ensuring Quiet Computing. Additional features include an external control for fans, cable organizers and a special gunmetal gray finish for one-of-a kind style. Antec's CP-850 is the perfect match for a Power Supply unit.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Almost perfect, September 2, 2009

By	Dan "Dan" (Berkeley, CA) - See all my reviews

This case is, in many ways, the best case I've owned.
It's the right size for my needs, can hold the largest graphics cards without any trouble if you remove the upper drive cage, has nice cable management features, excellent airflow, looks nice, and dust filters over all the intakes. The case also feels sturdy and durable, and does a great job at quieting hard drive noise. There are some things that might be negatives for some people though:
You do need to remove the upper drive cage to fit long graphics cards (e.g. nVidia 260 GTX and larger). This will only be a problem if you have more than 4 hard drives.
The stock fans are pretty loud for what is advertised as a quiet case. In the average office, the fans are fine, but if you keep your computer in your bedroom, consider getting replacement fans. After doing this, I can leave my computer on at night and sleep in the same room without noticing it.
The case is heavy, and not especially portable. Probably not a problem for most people.
You will want a power supply with long cables, especially the CPU power connector.
You can hit the power button with the door closed, an odd design choice.
Not tool-free. But all the parts end up very secure.
There is an excellent review of the case on [...], for those interested in making an extremely quiet computer. Removing the top fan grill (per their recommendation) made the case noticably quieter, and took 5 minutes.
Overall, I'm extremely happy with my purchase, as the case has excellent airflow, and is whisper quiet. But the case will definitely be at its best with a little planning on your part. The problems are not enough to keep me from enthusiastically recommending the product, but it won't meet everyone's needs.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It is just as good as p182, June 7, 2009

By	KTC - See all my reviews

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I have been using p182 for more than a year and had kept checking its price to buy another one. Then p183 come up and is slightly cheaper. So there is no reason to buy p182 any more. Basically p183 is very similar to P182 with some minor changes.
1. Move the lower chamber fan to the front instead of sitting in the middle to accommodate longer than normal power supply. But that will increase noise level somewhat. The middle position fan in p182 can cool the high end video card through the hole when installed in 2nd PCIex16 slot. I did that to spread the hit across the MB and that also allow me to install a fan in the middle chamber to further cool down the system. And since the middle fan is closer to the MB so it is more efficient and therefore quieter. However Antec does not include this fan in p183 anymore anyway. SO this change is not necessary a positive.
2. Make all the front covers(5") with air filter, while not used, to have better air flow. But to suck a meaningful amount of air from there, you need to turn up the back fan speed that will make too much noise. So this it is always better to anyone but little to me because when both fans are set to lowest position, it is still too noisy to me.
3. Install Esata connector instead 1394a on the front panel, which seems somewhat more useful.
Other than these mentioned. p182 and p183 are virtally identical. BTW, the front door look a little different.

5.0 out of 5 stars Quiet, cool and not too flashy!, August 17, 2009

By	Craig Franchuk "Porsche73RS" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I chose this case to build my new workstation because it felt very well put together. The design and construction quality of the Antec is top notch. Looking inside this case you will notice that Antec spent a lot of attention to detail. Originally I was not going to spend this much on a case but in the end it was a good decision. This case is running two Xeon 5500 series CPUs and the CPU temperature stays between 26-28c using the stock case fans and an Intel CPU heat sink. The video card temperature stays between 29-31c. For me the selling point of this case was the noise factor... or lack their of. Being a developer most of my day is spent sitting near my computer and I do not want to listen to it all day. As soon as I brought this machine to work my coworkers were coming over and trying to listen for noise. They could not believe how quiet it runs. It is that quiet.