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[Case Gallery] Antec P180

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Mar 8, 2008
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Location
Anaheim, California
Processor 9800X3D
Motherboard Gigabyte X870 Aorus Elite WiFi7 ICE
Cooling ID Cooling FX360 Pro
Memory TEAMGROUP T-Force Delta RGB DDR5 Ram 32GB 7200mhz
Video Card(s) EVGA FTW RTX 3090Ti
Storage Acer Predator 4TB NVME
Display(s) Viotek GNV34DBE2, Viotek SUW49DA
Case Hyte Y60
Power Supply Corsair RMx1000 white
Mouse Glorious Model O
Keyboard KBDFans Odin V2
Software W11 Pro
To view this case mod, go here.



Specs:
C2D E6750 w/ lapped TRUE120
8800GTS 640mb w/ HR03+
x1 74GB Raptor HDD
x2 300GB Seagate HDD
PC P&C Silencer 750w PSU


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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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.
 
ohhh the good a lil old P180 i dreamed of one (before) now snaching a PC1000
10/10 :D
 
thanks guys. soon i plan on painting the side panels and the front panel too. still, not sure what color though. any suggestions?
 
new pics added

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.
 
Very clean. That case sure has a bunch of compartments. I bet its a really solid(quiet) case.
 
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. 8\10
 
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. 8\10

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.)
 
I like the black color. It looks "clean".
No need for neon lights or similar.
An 8 from me.
 
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