Antec P280 ATX Tower Case Black 3X5.25 2X2.5 6X3.5IN 2X120MM Top 1X120MM Rear Front USB3.0 No PSU

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I love Antec, This case is great, like the others say. I'll focus more on criticizing it. The 2.5 drive slot for Solid State Drive is too far out. It's badly design. Not a deal breaker it doesn't touch a case, but it's a dumb design. Can't use a Sata Power connector because of that. The sound proofing is so thin (like 1 or 2 mm). I wanted more padding all around the case.Corsair Cooling Air Series A50 I bought that, it was a close fit, but I blame the cooler more then the case because this Antec case is quite wide.Not hot-swappable. I was hoping for that. I'm pretty sure this is a top of the line Antec case, so I want Hot-Swappable.The two front led (one for power other for hard drive) are very bright. Maybe I should have asked my computer guy to disconnect those lights, but too bright.I wish I could changed which way the front case opens. I prefer the other way.Here are some great prosCase looks beautiful. No LED crap. I hate that. My computer is in my bed room, good luck trying to sleep with all that LED crap. I hate LED fans.Oddly enough these days it's hard to find a case with no LED.Solid Construction.Pretty quiet, not silent. You can hear the fans etc.., but this computer is still more silent then my old P4 I had.Love those big fans the case has nice.I like the front filter, my old Antec Case (Plus1000 Series SOHO File Server Case) the filter was tricky to get it. This one is easy.Plenty of room, fits the newest stuff. Got an I-7 with Asus P8Z68-V Pro. Overall you should buy this case, but I'm surprised I don't hear people mentioning the stuff I have.

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This case is amazing. It looks great, its extremely quiet (even with higher end graphics card and a CPU fan that's known to be loud). It is also very eay to work with, the hard drive mounts are great, it has finger twist screws for almost everything, and lots of space to work with. Managing my cables was also very easy because of these great spaces lined with rubber/silicon to facilitate the hiding of cables. The fans that it comes with are great (very quiet when turned down) and adjustable to your liking. There is also lots of room to add your own fans too if you want the coldest rig possible. I strongly recommend this case to anyone who is looking for a quiet, cool, and professional looking case without sacrifcing any features. The only downside (partly due to my older modular power supply) is that the placement of the 8 pin power connector on my motherboard was in the farthest possible place away from the power supply and the cable I had would not reach. I was forced to go buy a cheap adapter in town and use a molex connector to reach. Other than that minor issue this case is great and worth every penny.

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In the past I bought a P182 and i liked it.. but i had a love hate relation ship and still do with it. 1. the seperator was a good idea but got in the way bigtime. with the p280xt they just made the PSU suck from the bottom through a filter instead..much improved 2. Cable management was a PITA with my P182 having to come up through that hole in the divider now there is awesome cable management and they made the back space bigger so you can hide unwanted cables thus not breaking the doors like you would with the 182's. 3. much better HDD management not much more to say just look at the differnces. 4. more room to work. 5 cleaner after installs 6 you can now reach the 8 pin from behind where as i couldnt with same psu used on the 182 i had to run that 8 pin across the Graphics cards to reach. 7. Dual top fans can run dual rad water cooling if desired. 8 they cut away the Air restricting junk at the front doors and just opened up the airflow Super nice there. 9. top power buttons not having to open the door each time 10. moved all the usb ect up and have native front pannel usb3.0 so you dont have to plug in back of pc is nice. I want to trade cases with the person i built this for basically.

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There is lots of space for cable management. All the cables could be hidden behind the motherboard tray. They are two 2.5” dedicated drive bays for SSDs and two USB 3.0 front ports with an internal motherboard connector for the new motherboards. Good longevity in perspective.

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This is a pleasure to work in. Plenty of room to access parts, well positioned wholes and gromments for cable management. Quality parts. Several HDD emplacements eachc capable of having a 2.5 inch drive or a 3.5 inch (except the two dedicated 2.5 slots). Surprisingly, the Antec fans have speed controllers ate the top rear of the case and these push a lot of air, yet, they are very silent which surprised me considering their fans are usually very noisy. Very impressed and hightly recomend this case to any serious pc builder

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I bought this case to replace my older case as this one out performs better than my exisitng. it does the work and able to keep my system cool and constructive. well worth the money

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I set up my folks' computer using a P182 for its noise dampening features. It was a nice case, lots of space. It was a major pain to work with, though. The PSU and drive bays were all separated from the main compartment by metal or plastic. Power cables had to go from the CPU, up through a small (adjustable) hole into the main compartment, and then spread out like horrible tentacles from there. There's almost no way of making it neat and tidy.The SATA power cables for any HDDs in the lower bays had to go up into the main compartment, then back down to the HDD. And the bays were awkward to work with since you had to be careful not to yank on the attached cables, or somehow remove/reattach the cables while the drives were in the bay ( : ).The P280 improves on this usability in every possible way. It looks like it's a much bigger case, since there's even more room to work with, but it's not *quite* a full tower (Antec calls it a "Super Mid Tower"). There are no more separators that you have to work around. Since there's nothing in the way of the PSU and the rest of the components, Antec's added an intake, with a cleanable filter, to the bottom of the case. That way the PSU doesn't screw with airflow, but it also doesn't need the awkward case fan and separator it has in the P182.The P280 was actually designed with cable management in mind! This is a major improvement over Antec's older cases. All the cables from the PSU can be routed behind the motherboard, and then pop out where-ever you need them.The 3.5" bays slip in and out easily with a squeeze of their plastic handles. They've got silicone grommets to absorb noise, as in the P180-series. They're also oriented so the HDDs run width-wise across the case, with the ports behind the motherboard. Super convenient, since that's where the cables all are.The 5.25" bays are completely tool-less. Weird, but nice and convenient. In fact, most of the case is tool-less. Even the screws at the back that you need to use when you're installing a PCI/PCIe card are tool-less thumbscrews, which is a really nice touch. You need to use a screwdriver to screw in the HDDs and the PSU, but that's it.

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Previously used an Antec P180 and upgraded as a birthday present for myself.It is easy to access all components within the case because of the implementation of cable management. This is great for people who like to get inside the case often like myself. With the cables out of the way, the air flow is increased which is assisted by up to four fans on the front. This keeps up to two SSDs and six hard drives cold while being a great intake for cold air.Added an Antec Kuhler 920 for the win.

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quiet and awesome looking, antecs one of my fav case makers

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Everything goes together really well in this case.VERY quiet in operation.Well done on grommmets for cable routing They can be easily put back in place if worked loose from cabinetLot of room in rear for installing different cpu cooler configuations, have a generous motherboard tray opening for thisTop Front usb 2 & 3 and audio portslots of internal case fan configurations possibleSupplied with 2 top and one rear.120 x 120 two cools.Accepts tricool switch in switch bay mount at rear, room for 4 switches.Installed tricools in mine.Typical Antec quality.

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I'm very happy with this case. It's a middle ground between a regular mid-tower and a full tower case: lot of room for stuff without being too huge. Only problem I've had is when I installed my 240mm rad on top of the case: it wouldn't fit because of the small fan controller at the back of the case. I unscrewed the controller and moved it a little bit further and now the rad fit perfectly.

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The product is very solid, everything is easy to install inside. Very nice black interior. Ventilation is easy to install. Possibility to install 7 120mm fans. Filters easy to clean. I was hesitant for a long time to buy the P183 but I disliked some aspects. When I saw the changes in the concept, I was convinced and I do not regret my purchase.