Antec P180


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Owner: Spacegoast
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Posted: Mar 18, 2008
Last Update: Mar 22, 2008 15:27
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Rating: Superb (7.8)
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Performed Mods:
Well first I used a 1 inch hole saw to cut several holes out behind the motherboard and throughout the case, to allow for better cable management. Then I put rubber grommets on the walls of those holes that I cut out, that way the cables I run through there wont get snagged or damaged on the rough edges. I also had to pull out the dremel to cut into the case a little to ease the cable management. I took a close up of where I cut out. After some heavy planning I went through and routed the cables anywhere could where they would be the least visible. I dont thing anyont notice but I fit a 120mm fan down in front of the lower hard disk drive cage. In order to do that I had to remove a piece that was held down by rivets, but they easily popped out with a flat head screw driver. I will make another log of my earlier cable management pics too so others can see how that was done. I have lots of pics and several revisions of cable management on the Antec P180. To top it off I painted my case in mid-February to give it some added luster, lol. I used Dupli-Color bumper black and also the Sandable Primer. I included some pics of the primer process and a few pics of the painting. PM with question, comments, suggestions, etc.

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by EnergyFX (March 19th - 9:21 PM) - Reply
Nice job, I like the black. Good work on cable managment as well. The yellow SATA cables are a nice contrast to the black paint. Keep it up and get some more pictures posted for better scores.

7/10 from me for now.
by FlipIt (March 21st - 9:08 AM) - Reply
ohhh the good a lil old P180 i dreamed of one (before) now snaching a PC1000
10/10 :D
by Spacegoast (March 21st - 8:35 PM) - Reply
thanks guys. soon i plan on painting the side panels and the front panel too. still, not sure what color though. any suggestions?
by Spacegoast (March 22nd - 3:31 PM) - Reply
I posted some additional pics and added a little more explanation to what I did. Is there any way to post the mod details directly underneath each pic? Also, is there any way to get more than 16 pics up? I have maybe a hundred pics I could post on how I modded my case.
by MKmods (March 22nd - 3:53 PM) - Reply
Very clean. That case sure has a bunch of compartments. I bet its a really solid(quiet) case.
by evertigox (March 22nd - 6:08 PM) - Reply
very nice job....the black paint makes that case look much better. Great cable management. What about lighting? need a pic with side panel on. 810
by Spacegoast (March 22nd - 6:37 PM) - Reply
by: evertigox
very nice job....the black paint makes that case look much better. Great cable management. What about lighting? need a pic with side panel on. 810
the side panels are still silver and all beat up. i havent painted them yet. i will soon though. as for lights, i dont have a window so why bother with them? i know performance-pcs.com has a p180 side panel with a window but its $90. way overpriced. the whole case is cheaper than that right now at fry's ($70 after rebate.)
by Spacegoast (March 23rd - 1:45 PM) - Reply
check out my P180's evolution here:
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=55837
by TechnicalFreak (March 26th - 1:12 PM) - Reply
I like the black color. It looks "clean".
No need for neon lights or similar.
An 8 from me.
by steelkane (May 14th - 8:28 AM) - Reply
Nice deep black paint, Superb 8 for me,, Clean build, Stop by with your thoughts..... http://www.techpowerup.com/gallery/1523.html Thanks.
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