Antec p183 case rev 2, they have changed the design

meridius · Post by **meridius** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 4:51 am

hi all just thought i would psot this as i dont know if people know about this

there seems to be a new revision of the antec p183 as i must have the latest revision, I read alot of reviews on this case and watched some videos on youtube and one of the complaints was that there was no cut out for the motherboard to be able to replace the heatsink and if you needed to replace the heatsink you had to take all the motherboard out to replace it, When i got my antec p183 case last week i took the side panel off and now there is a cut out for you to be able to replace heatsinks without taking the motherboard out.

nice one antec they always listen i hope this helps people as they might like this option and have not thought of getting this case becasue of this.

also the side of the box has a new SSD compatable sticker on the side so i dont know if this is the sign to tell you which is the newer version of the case

hope this helps

ghitz · Post by **ghitz** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 10:08 am

Can you post some pics for us?
Thanks.

danimal · Post by **danimal** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 11:27 am

thanks for the tip, i'll second the request for pics

meridius · Post by **meridius** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 11:48 pm

Yep, I will post some tonight when I get back from work, also can u post the pics on here?

Cheers

ghitz · Post by **ghitz** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 7:36 am

Also, did they add support for USB 3.0 for front connectors? Doubtful but worth asking.

sub · Post by **sub** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 9:22 am

hi,

Same SDD stickers on the solo, no changes to the case.

meridius · Post by **meridius** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 9:40 am

Hi all on my way home now will post some pics later, no there is no support for USB 3 on the front case but even if there was the motherboards only seem to have USB 3 on the rear not on the internal of the motherboards well on the asus anyway.

Would Silentpcreview add my pics to there main review at all as this might be helpfully for other people who read the reviews.

meridius · Post by **meridius** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 1:34 pm

here is a pic sorry for the low quality used my iphone try to take some better ones as i start this build this week.

but as you can see there is a cut out now for changeing cpu coolers

i will take another pic when i install the motherboard from the other side.

Antec_Rep · Post by **Antec_Rep** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 2:32 pm

I just checked with our product development team and we are glad to see that the new versions with the CPU cutout is now available! These should be available on the P183, P193 and Mini P180 soon if it is not out there already.

Thanks,
Antec

Post by **CA_Steve** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 3:27 pm

cool beans!

bonestonne · Post by **bonestonne** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 3:29 pm

i take it the SSD mount is on the bottom of the upper HDD tray? can't tell from the picture.

my only question is, what about downsizing the P18x? it's huge. that's the biggest caveat (aside from price) for me. my cooler master Elite 330 is just a tiny bit larger (and sometimes the same size as) many mATX cases.

although I will say, if i do take apart my rig for future upgrades, i'll probably but the hole for the CPU socket myself...much easier than buying a new case for me, as i love this one...works like a charm, and does what i need it to. upgrading to a larger graphics card might not be a possibility, but i'm not a gamer.

meridius · Post by **meridius** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 11:22 pm

Yes it looks like mounts are there on the uper cage for ssd drives, I will upload some more pictures later

meridius · Post by **meridius** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 3:19 pm

couple more pics with motherboard in the case

and

hope this helps you all out

netmask254 · Post by **netmask254** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 7:57 pm

They are nice updates.

Don't know how about the top fan noise issue, which is concerned mostly here

Bop · Post by **Bop** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 8:45 pm

I got mine in and it is the new revision. I could not find any specific SSD mounting position for my Intel 160GB G2. : /

sub · Post by **sub** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 3:20 am

They listen customers, hope they sell a usb 3.0 port assembly.

sub · Post by **sub** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 3:26 am

Sorry double post

KayDat · Post by **KayDat** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 7:29 pm

The "SSD Compatible" is referring to the drive rails used in the upper drive cage. Here's a photo comparison with the Antec Solo/P150/Sonata Designer cage on the left, and the P183 (rev2?) cage on the right. You can see holes for you to reallocate the silicone grommets to install SSD's.

Edit: Whoops, forgot to include image.

sub · Post by **sub** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 1:17 am

Your're right KayDat, my bad !

On the old drive rails there is no 2.5 inch holes for the gromets

spworley · Post by **spworley** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 6:01 pm

KayDat wrote:You can see holes for you to reallocate the silicone grommets to install SSD's.

What's the point of using silicon vibration isolation grommets to mount an SSD? Hard mounting with raw screws is easier.

I suppose the answer is that it's useful for 2.5 inch laptop drives, not SSDs.

pqyrz · Post by **pqyrz** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 10:00 pm

Was the front door design changed? I preferred the clean look of the P180 over the P183.

Thank you.

KayDat · Post by **KayDat** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 10:23 pm

spworley wrote:
KayDat wrote:You can see holes for you to reallocate the silicone grommets to install SSD's.
What's the point of using silicon vibration isolation grommets to mount an SSD? Hard mounting with raw screws is easier.

I suppose the answer is that it's useful for 2.5 inch laptop drives, not SSDs.

Quite true, but unfortunately, there are four big gaping holes in the drive rails, so unless you're up to some drilling, you don't have much of a choice in the matter.

pqyrz wrote:Was the front door design changed? I preferred the clean look of the P180 over the P183.

Thank you.

Yeah, I liked the old clean look more as well.

Antec_Rep · Post by **Antec_Rep** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 9:03 am

pqyrz wrote:Was the front door design changed? I preferred the clean look of the P180 over the P183.

Thank you.

Hi pqyrz,

As far as I know the only changes are just the SSD mount and the cut out of the motherboard tray. This case however, does NOT have USB 3.0. So to answer your question, the front door design has not changed to the P183.

Regards,
Antec

tokyob · Post by **tokyob** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 9:10 pm

KayDat wrote: Quite true, but unfortunately, there are four big gaping holes in the drive rails, so unless you're up to some drilling, you don't have much of a choice in the matter.

I'm currently building a system with the "SSD compatible" Antec and you have to move the silicone grommets from the 3.5" holes to the 2.5" holes and then put the screws through to fix the SSD in place (same way as installing the drives in the lower cage).

KayDat · Post by **KayDat** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 9:09 pm

Yes, I'm quite aware. My post was in response to spworley comment that you don't need the grommets for SSDs. I was saying you have to use them either way, because that's the way the drive rails are designed.

Giddy · Post by **Giddy** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 4:10 am

I think I've got rev 3, because I allso got the SSD sticker on the side of te box. They allso put a little plastic bag with 4 screws inside that says "for use with 2,5" HDD" (or simmilair text). Pitty that there are only 4 screws, now I have to devide them between my two SSD's.

Antec p183 case rev 2, they have changed the design

Antec p183 case rev 2, they have changed the design

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