Antec Performance One
by Purav Sanghani on February 13, 2005 12:05 AM EST- Posted in
- Cases/Cooling/PSUs
Motherboard Tray
The motherboard tray inside the P160 is also an interesting piece of hardware. Yes, you can safely assume that it is removable, but not like the traditional "slide-out-the-back" or "detach-off-the-side" trays. It is held onto the case by a small piece of aluminum with a thumbscrew.
To remove the tray, we remove this aluminum piece and slide the tray towards the front of the case by about an inch. We can then safely pull it off and out through the left side of the chassis. This way, the only hardware removed is the motherboard and the add-on cards attached to it. All of the wiring connected to the motherboard will, of course, need to be disconnected and the add-on cards unscrewed from the expansion slots first.
Once the tray has been removed, we can mount the motherboard by using screw-in stand-offs included with the P160. The tray supports ATX and microATX boards and has a removeable I/O backplate for various port layouts.
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LX - Sunday, February 13, 2005 - link
Will the 180's price be comparable?AtaStrumf - Sunday, February 13, 2005 - link
Nice: cables connected, screws in place :-)I even know now why it takes you so little time
to put it together. Because you already have mobo, RAM, CPU, HSF assembled and everything else is already out of the box. Not a typical situation whenever I was building a PC though.
Anyway, I have a couple of suggestions for future case reviews:
CHIEFTEC Dragon DX-01BD-U or similar
http://www.chieftec.com/products/Workcolor/Dragon....
Thermaltake Tsunami
http://www.thermaltake.com/XaserCase/tsunami/tsuna...
cHodAXUK - Sunday, February 13, 2005 - link
Damn, some of the Antec P180 previews make it look damn good, think I might be upgrading soon :DLive - Sunday, February 13, 2005 - link
Nice review of a decent case for a change. Hopefully you will get your hands on the upcoming P180 as it looks to be a great case. I would love to see more reviews of Antec cases as I see them as the ones to beat. So if a case is better and cheaper then Antec case you know your on to a winner. So while you wait for the P180 and the Sonata 2 take a look at the budget SLK 3000B and the rest of the 3XXX series.FearlessUser - Sunday, February 13, 2005 - link
I got this case from Newegg for $110 with a clear side window, the one without the window is like $15 more. And I've read many places that the case only comes with 1 120mm fan, but I got 2. http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?desc...Nice looking case, I just have to get a few more things to put the rest together.
cHodAXUK - Sunday, February 13, 2005 - link
How about a review of the Asus Vento 3600? ;)Have a look...
http://www.tekheads.co.uk/s/product?product=603913
Thinking of building a PC in one of those for my 11yr old nephew, hopefully it will be *BLING* enough for him :)
IKeelU - Sunday, February 13, 2005 - link
Nice review.btw do you guys plan on reviewing the lian-li V1100? I heard it's really quiet, and I wonder how it compares to this one in terms of usability, sound, and temps.
IKeelU - Sunday, February 13, 2005 - link
bupkus - Sunday, February 13, 2005 - link
#17 said: "..at it's price point ($115) it is by far the best constructed aluminium case around..."I got an all AL Cooler Master a couple years back and was floored with the quality. Unlike the P160, it was a real work of art. It was a newegg refurb so it was real cheap and flawless! ;) Of course, by today's standards, the 80mm ceiling fan just doesn't do it, but that was then.
#18 - Ditto. Although I do like Al, I like the value I have with my Sonata as it comes with a True Power 380W PS for less than the P160 without.
#21 - I agree about the rubber fan mounts. Yesterday, I removed the 120mm fan as it kept slipping off two of it's rubber inserts. I'm thinking of remounting with some metal screws and rubber washers from Home Depot. The fan itself vibrates more than it should, so it's not balanced very well.
ElFenix - Sunday, February 13, 2005 - link
"The external look was also easy on the eyes and we believe that many will accept this model over any of the pre-mod cases that we have reviewed. "hahahah