Antec Phantom 500's now for sale at the Antec website

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pcweltz
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Antec Phantom 500's now for sale at the Antec website

Post by pcweltz » Mon May 02, 2005 7:36 am

Just placed an order for one, been waiting for this baby for a while...

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Post by nici » Mon May 02, 2005 8:06 am

I just bought a Phantom 350 today... Oh well :lol: Its enough for me, and i suppose the 500W is more expensive, this one was expensive enough.

Where from did you order?

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Post by pcweltz » Mon May 02, 2005 8:42 am

the Antec website.....I don't see them available anywhere else yet.

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Post by nici » Mon May 02, 2005 9:16 am

Must be an US only thing to order directly from antec...

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Post by slipknottin » Mon May 02, 2005 9:33 am

$200, eh?

I was expecting a high price, but that still shocked me.

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Post by nici » Mon May 02, 2005 9:44 am

Well yes it is seriously expensive, but i have yet to see a better passive PSU than the Phantom... And they cant excatly price it lower than the 350W now can they? :lol: It would of course have been nice if they had dropped the price of the 350 about 60$ or so and have the 500 at the price the 350 used to cost or something like that.

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Re: Antec Phantom 500's now for sale at the Antec website

Post by Shining Arcanine » Mon May 02, 2005 3:00 pm

pcweltz wrote:Just placed an order for one, been waiting for this baby for a while...
Two days ago I saw the Phantom 500 listed on Antec's website but the link went to the Phantom 350 so I'm not surprised.

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Post by ky » Wed May 04, 2005 1:49 pm

The link is semi-hidden... if you head to the store's front, you won't find it.

You need to navigate to the product page first:
http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=24500

Then, hit the "Buy" button in the product description which takes you to:
http://www.antec.com/Cart.bok?cart_id=753053&nb=1

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Post by Copyright » Tue May 10, 2005 12:44 pm

From what ive read its not passive and the fan comes on when 200W+ is in use.. might as well stick with the 350W for a true passive heatsink.

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Post by Ralf Hutter » Wed May 11, 2005 6:01 am

Copyright wrote:From what ive read its not passive and the fan comes on when 200W+ is in use.. might as well stick with the 350W for a true passive heatsink.
And for SPCR's "official" take on the Phantom 500, you could read the SPCR review of it. :)

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Post by Aracu » Wed May 11, 2005 9:28 pm

Maybe better results can be achieved in terms of the fan not turning on,
and not having to have so much airflow inside the case, if the Phantom 500 is run outside of the case sitting on top. I've ordered one of the monsters, and will give it a try.

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Post by poohbear » Sun May 29, 2005 7:34 pm

Is this more reliable than the Phantom Menace 350's? :D

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