Antec Displays Gamer PSUs and New Cases
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Antec at Computex 2011.
New High Current Gamers Plus PSU
- All certified 80 Plus Bronze
- Modular cable system
- 500, 650, 750 watt versions
- Availability: August
- Price: TBA, but in $100's range
Solo II
- Mid Tower
- Aluminum
- Special system for vibration dampening
- USB 3.0
- Availability: September
- Price: $120
P 280
- Successor to P180
- Alluminum
- Fan control on the back
- Lots of expansion slots
- Availability: November
- Price: $140
SoundScience Rockus 3D
- New brand: SoundScience
- Rockus 3D, a new 2.1 sound system kit
- Already available at around $160
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What I do like is the cutout in the tray behind the CPU allowing for easy swap out of heat sinks with backplates. I also like that there are no drive bays blocking longer video cards at the bottom front of the case. Most people I know, don't use more than 3 or 4 HDDs/SDDs in their cases. Also, does anyone use more than one or two multi optical or blu-ray drives these days in their gaming or home builds? I think most cases, from a home use standpoint, have too many drive bays which restrict airflow from the intake fans. The Coolermaster HAF series cases allow you to remove these air-blocking bays.
What kind of innovation is Antec showing us with these cases? None.
For full tower cases, though I don't like the fact there's no cutout in the tray behind the CPU in the Spedo, I'd like to see more companies doing what is done in the Thermaltake Spedo case by which two exhaust fans are at the rear of the case at the top in addition to allowing one big or two small top exhaust fans. Case manufacturers should focus more on airflow and the physics of it all.
When are case makers going to figure out that people do care about how the case looks, and they don't want it ugly?
Still Lovin' my mini P180, sexy as beast and looks like military grade stuff! This new stuff here, looks a bit softer... disappointing.
Post some booth babes!
The PSUs look very good too, but a little too expensive.
Now I'm rockin' a Lian-Li case. It's still not ideal, but it's leaps and bounds better than the P180.
On another note, people need to stop negatively voting on comments because their opinion is different from your own. There were two legitimate comments on here that were hidden because they just weren't impressed. I, for one, am not impressed either. The PSUs are only bronze rated and stop at 750watts. Not enough for a solid high-end computer these days. The cases are just P180 variants with mild improvements... nothing ground breaking.
A good case needs to be easy to build, spacious enough for long video cards, have a good cable management system, have positive air pressure w/ decent fans and filters, keep noise to a minimum, and MUST BE MADE OF SOLID MATERIALS ESPECIALLY IN FREQUENTLY STRESSED AREAS (no plastic joints, no warping materials, no weak glue, no flimsy buttons or switches, etc).
All three models of the High Current Gamer Plus Series, mentioned in the article, are made by Seasonic and are semi-modular.
Then ANTEC just lost a potential client.
Just like how my Antec TruePowerNew 750W is made by Seasonic, but rebranded into Antec.
A lot of Seasonic-made PSUs are rebranded into XFX and Corsair as well, though if you just want the Seasonic branding on it, that's really your call.