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Antec P190 Silent Performer Casing

By Vincent Chang - 15 Dec 2007

Digging In: Fire It Up!

Digging In: Fire It Up!

Here's where it gets slightly more interesting, as the first thing we noticed about the sound-dampening side panels which was retained from the original P180 was the addition of a huge Big Boy 200mm side fan (Antec actually calls this giant fan "Big Boy"). This fan has three variable speed settings and at its highest, the sound from the fan was relatively silent, though there wasn't much of a difference between the three speed settings. This may be due to the fact that the fan runs at 400RPM at the lowest setting and up to 800RPM at the highest with noise levels varying between 23.6dBA to 29.4dBA. Due to the sheer size of this 200mm fan, the P190 no longer has the bracket for the video cards as per the P180. Also to prevent the huge amount of dust the fan will inevitably suck in, there's actually a detachable washable filter behind the fan.

The 200mm Big Boy fan drew a lot of stares at the HWZ office for its size. The fan also has a detachable air filter to prevent dust accumulation. When removing the panel, care has to be taken to avoid damaging the power connector, as it is really short.

Speaking of fans, located at the back of the casing are the controls for both the two top 140mm fans and the rear 120mm fan. As you can see, these fans also have three different settings for user preference. Moving down the casing, we also find that the P190 provides conveniences for water cooling enthusiasts.

The fan controls are located at the back for easy toggling of the top two fans and the system fan. The 200mm Big Boy fan and the PSU fan have seperate controls which are only accessible by opening the casing.

The two rubber grommeted ports located at the back to allow for the tubes of an external-mounted water cooling device.

At the bottom of the case is the unique Neo-Link dual power supply system, housed in another bay so as to separate this source of heat generation. Given the rather excessive amount of power available, Antec can afford to split the duties of each PSU such that the 650W PSU would power the motherboards and video cards, while the 550W powers only the optical and disk drives. Besides each of the PSU's own 80mm fan for cooling, another 120mm fan is positioned in front of the twin PSUs.

The 120mm PSU fan is rated at 1200RPM at its lowest setting and up to 2000RPM for its highest. Noise levels range from 25dBA to 30dBA.

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