WEBVTT 00:00:07.839 --> 00:00:12.480 welcome to my unboxing of the antec p280 00:00:10.920 --> 00:00:16.279 and you might be wondering why I had such a big smile on my face to start 00:00:14.400 --> 00:00:23.840 this video and the answer is quite simple because I believe the p280 is a 00:00:20.760 --> 00:00:27.080 true return to form for antec this is 00:00:23.840 --> 00:00:29.279 one of the most Innovative 00:00:27.080 --> 00:00:33.399 and here we go just opening up these seals this is one one of the most 00:00:30.599 --> 00:00:40.719 Innovative case designs that I have seen in a very long time and it is a true 00:00:37.399 --> 00:00:43.640 update to the original p180 we've seen 00:00:40.719 --> 00:00:48.840 incremental updates like the p82 and the p183 but we haven't seen anything that I 00:00:46.360 --> 00:00:56.640 would consider a reimagining up until now so let's go 00:00:52.680 --> 00:00:57.680 ahead and take this bad boy out and you 00:00:56.640 --> 00:01:02.760 know what I'm going to do I'm going to take the box here and I'm just going to put it here and we're going to have a 00:01:00.760 --> 00:01:06.920 look at some of the features before we get started so one is you can install up 00:01:04.320 --> 00:01:10.439 to 13-in graphics cards I'm going to get some more light for you here so you can 00:01:08.439 --> 00:01:14.720 actually read this quiet Computing so it uses a dual layer design with steel and 00:01:12.200 --> 00:01:18.080 polycarbonate side panels ease of use and we'll talk a lot about that but it 00:01:16.240 --> 00:01:23.560 includes grommet line Cable Management holes and tons of space for managing 00:01:20.079 --> 00:01:25.280 cables tooless 5 and 1/4 in Bays quiet 3 00:01:23.560 --> 00:01:29.920 and 1/2 in Bay and these are these are cool okay uh two front panel USB 3 ports 00:01:28.360 --> 00:01:33.840 an advanced cooling system including three fans and four additional fan 00:01:31.439 --> 00:01:37.880 mounts so yes you can have quiet and you can have cooling triple layer aluminum 00:01:36.159 --> 00:01:43.720 plastic and foam front bezel with double hinged door opens up to 270° finally PSU 00:01:41.240 --> 00:01:48.960 intake and front air filters which are very easy to take out and clean compared 00:01:46.600 --> 00:01:55.200 to designs that I've seen from antec and their competition in the past so let's 00:01:51.920 --> 00:01:57.439 go ahead and take off this foam ANC 00:01:55.200 --> 00:02:02.920 always packs their cases very well in closed cell foam which is much less 00:01:59.960 --> 00:02:09.920 susceptible to damage during Transit and much more durable much more reusable 00:02:05.399 --> 00:02:13.360 than other stiffer less durable kinds of 00:02:09.920 --> 00:02:16.000 foam go ahead and take this plastic off 00:02:13.360 --> 00:02:19.640 very excited to see this case because it arrived in the mail a little while ago 00:02:17.519 --> 00:02:24.080 and I haven't actually had a chance to check it out yet even though I've seen 00:02:21.440 --> 00:02:29.599 pictures and I've seen specs and I've seen where'd it go a reviewer's guide I 00:02:27.440 --> 00:02:35.080 haven't actually seen the case in person yet so let's get some lighting on that 00:02:31.879 --> 00:02:38.080 front panel while we oops sorry 00:02:35.080 --> 00:02:39.879 reveal the finish on there so this is 00:02:38.080 --> 00:02:44.200 about what I'd expect from antech in terms of the overall quality of 00:02:42.159 --> 00:02:49.239 materials I mean the p180 had a beautiful uh metal finished front door 00:02:46.959 --> 00:02:55.560 and the p280 continues in that proud tradition we've got two USB 3 ports and 00:02:53.000 --> 00:02:59.680 two USB 2 ports with the front panel we've got our microphone Jack as well as 00:02:57.760 --> 00:03:03.760 headphone jack and let's go ahead and open open this thing up so here we see 00:03:01.239 --> 00:03:07.440 the foam sound dampening material we also see the 3 5 and 1/4 in Bay and you 00:03:06.239 --> 00:03:14.239 guys are going to love this the gamers are going to love this because what kind of gamer is not lazy and doesn't like or 00:03:11.680 --> 00:03:19.000 and likes to work hard to take out the filters hold on okay so this is step one 00:03:16.920 --> 00:03:27.120 to take off the filter that was it step one take off the 00:03:23.200 --> 00:03:29.000 filter now you can access the uh 120 mm 00:03:27.120 --> 00:03:33.720 cooling fan slots that are in the front you can also see your 3 and 1/2 in Bays 00:03:31.599 --> 00:03:37.400 which are double purpose because you can mount 2 and 1/2 in drives in them there 00:03:35.760 --> 00:03:41.799 you go that's the whole thing nice honeycomb Grill design to protect it 00:03:39.680 --> 00:03:47.319 give it some rigidity but that is how easy it is to take out and clean your 00:03:43.879 --> 00:03:49.879 fan filter simply astounding in terms of 00:03:47.319 --> 00:03:54.239 airf flow antec has not forgotten in spite of the fact that this is a silent 00:03:52.319 --> 00:03:59.040 silent concept case they've not forgotten airf flow so look at these 00:03:56.120 --> 00:04:03.200 huge gaps between the side of the door and the closing point which are going to 00:04:01.280 --> 00:04:07.840 give those front fans the air flow that they need in order to not suffocate and 00:04:06.280 --> 00:04:10.840 actually here speaking of the door swinging open there here I want to show 00:04:09.439 --> 00:04:16.400 you guys the 270° hinge so you just snap that out put 00:04:14.519 --> 00:04:21.919 that over there a lot of people complain about front case uh doors personally I 00:04:19.320 --> 00:04:26.120 like them um what I really don't like to see is the power and the reset switch 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:31.360 hidden behind the front door because as much as I don't need to see my uh 5 and 00:04:29.479 --> 00:04:34.960 a qu inch Baye I very rarely use my optical drive and I don't need to see my 00:04:32.880 --> 00:04:39.080 fan filter I do need to turn my case on and off so antec has repositioned the 00:04:36.880 --> 00:04:43.320 power and reset switches for this case to the top in a very convenient 00:04:41.199 --> 00:04:48.199 userfriendly location compared to what we've seen from their competition as 00:04:45.680 --> 00:04:53.400 well as from antec in the past we've got two 120 mm cooling fans up here which 00:04:50.479 --> 00:04:58.160 are spaced correctly for a dual radiator for those of you who are interested in 00:04:54.919 --> 00:05:00.440 running one of those very very cool good 00:04:58.160 --> 00:05:05.880 foresight and then take off the side panel where we see the polycarbonate 00:05:02.680 --> 00:05:07.400 layer as well as the metal layer on the 00:05:05.880 --> 00:05:11.600 side panel that gives it some stiffness it also gives us some weight this is not 00:05:09.240 --> 00:05:14.560 a light case so you know don't imagine you're going to be easily hauling it 00:05:13.000 --> 00:05:21.400 around to land parties unless you're like you know huge like me right yeah 00:05:17.800 --> 00:05:22.600 that's right okay so moving on uh where 00:05:21.400 --> 00:05:26.720 should we start on the inside you know what let's start with the fan filter since we've talked a little bit about 00:05:24.880 --> 00:05:30.280 that already on the outside this fan filter oh it doesn't come out it doesn't 00:05:28.360 --> 00:05:35.199 come out oh that because it comes locked from the factory 00:05:33.400 --> 00:05:38.960 see now I can easily remove it that's the filter for your power supply intake 00:05:37.479 --> 00:05:42.360 and then when you put it back in you don't have to lock it you can make it 00:05:40.800 --> 00:05:46.319 easy but if you're going to ship your case or something like that you just 00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:49.600 push on it and now it's locked the reason antech designed it this way is 00:05:48.039 --> 00:05:53.479 just because during shipping they don't want these fan filters coming out and 00:05:51.400 --> 00:05:57.639 getting damaged in the box so there you go personally I would always keep that 00:05:54.960 --> 00:06:01.840 unlock so I can easily clean it and there you go all right what else we got 00:05:59.479 --> 00:06:05.600 in here a little bit of accessories there's a little piece of paper here's 00:06:03.919 --> 00:06:09.960 some cable ties which will help you manage your cables here's some hardware 00:06:08.120 --> 00:06:15.000 and screws hard drive screws all that good stuff so silent concept case does 00:06:13.240 --> 00:06:19.680 that mean we can't put an extreme gaming machine in here I would postulate no it 00:06:18.160 --> 00:06:24.800 does not mean that because check this out antech has included in the p280 nine 00:06:23.039 --> 00:06:29.160 expansion slots so yes that means you can install crazy Enthusiast 00:06:27.319 --> 00:06:34.440 motherboards with up to nine expansion slots this is an XL ATX case so you can 00:06:32.680 --> 00:06:39.039 put pretty much anything in it because it supports long motherboards slightly 00:06:36.960 --> 00:06:43.199 wider than normal motherboards but not full eatx server board so stuff like the 00:06:41.360 --> 00:06:47.400 Rampage series from ASUS which tends to be a little bit wider that'll be no 00:06:44.599 --> 00:06:51.319 problem and it also supports long graphics cards up to 13 in which is 00:06:49.400 --> 00:06:55.360 longer than anything else on the market now we've got rubber grommets here for 00:06:53.759 --> 00:06:59.039 cable management and they've also sensibly positioned the rubber grommets 00:06:57.120 --> 00:07:03.479 a lot of the time you see one down here and then you see one up here and kind of 00:07:00.879 --> 00:07:07.080 one up here but obviously you can't pull out twice as many cables as you put in 00:07:05.240 --> 00:07:11.759 in the first place so an's giving you room to put them in here and here pull 00:07:09.319 --> 00:07:17.800 them out here here here here and here we've also got aha our 3 and 1/2 in or 2 00:07:15.360 --> 00:07:21.680 and 1/2 in drive adapter so here's the caddies there's your 2 and 1/2 in holes 00:07:19.800 --> 00:07:27.759 there's your 3 and 1/2 in holes with rubber silicone silicone 00:07:24.680 --> 00:07:30.400 mounts very solid compared to competing 00:07:27.759 --> 00:07:35.440 Solutions these have a lot of uh durability to them and they're not 00:07:31.879 --> 00:07:36.919 flimsy at all so there's six of those uh 00:07:35.440 --> 00:07:41.720 what else we got here oh let's go ahead and undo 00:07:38.520 --> 00:07:43.879 this front panel 00:07:41.720 --> 00:07:48.680 connectors I like that these are black for the most part wouldn't have minded 00:07:46.759 --> 00:07:52.599 seeing all black but I guess it's not the end of the world because you can 00:07:50.440 --> 00:07:55.159 hide them very easily down the rubber grommets in there so I wouldn't worry 00:07:54.039 --> 00:08:00.560 too much about it there's your front panel connector so that's your hard drive LED your power led oh no hard 00:07:59.000 --> 00:08:08.800 drive LED oh yeah there's the hard drive LED and then we've also got uh what else 00:08:03.280 --> 00:08:11.039 here USB 2 front audio and USB 3 with um 00:08:08.800 --> 00:08:15.199 uh with a header so rather than with using the cheesy you know go around the 00:08:13.440 --> 00:08:21.319 back and plug into the io Shield we have a nice molded plastic header piece there 00:08:18.280 --> 00:08:23.599 so what else do we have oh yeah tool is 00:08:21.319 --> 00:08:27.919 5 and a quar these are actually oh these are smart so what 00:08:26.360 --> 00:08:31.720 happens is when you slide in your drive it's going to push out this and then 00:08:29.879 --> 00:08:35.599 it's going to drive that pin right into the side of your drive no big deal and 00:08:33.959 --> 00:08:38.760 then you've also got two holes left over here as well as here if you want to 00:08:37.279 --> 00:08:44.320 secure it with screws like say for example for shipping so that's awesome 00:08:41.159 --> 00:08:47.440 all right what else we got 120 mm 00:08:44.320 --> 00:08:49.760 cooling fan is over here we've got those 00:08:47.440 --> 00:08:54.680 120 mm cooling fans that are in the top up here we've also got uh cooling fan 00:08:52.839 --> 00:08:58.560 controls over here so that's on a little PCB there going to want to power that up 00:08:57.160 --> 00:09:03.640 and then you can use the switches at the back of the case which I have haven't shown you yet to control the speeds of 00:09:01.760 --> 00:09:08.399 your fans you got your water cooling grommets these are pretty standard these 00:09:05.560 --> 00:09:13.760 days and oh check this out that is a huge CPU Cooler Mount or CPU Cooler 00:09:12.040 --> 00:09:19.160 cutout so that's going to allow you pretty much no matter where your CPU 00:09:15.880 --> 00:09:22.480 socket is located to easily you replace 00:09:19.160 --> 00:09:24.480 a back plate and uh not have to take the 00:09:22.480 --> 00:09:28.720 motherboard out of the case in order to do it so I'm just taking off a couple of 00:09:26.240 --> 00:09:32.360 thumb screws here and the camera's apparently fall following me so I'm 00:09:30.200 --> 00:09:40.480 going to have to turn it around and show you guys all right thumb screws 00:09:36.720 --> 00:09:42.680 off case opened so same thing we got the 00:09:40.480 --> 00:09:47.680 polycarbonate on the side panel there just going to go ahead and put that 00:09:44.000 --> 00:09:49.240 aside for now now check this out tons of 00:09:47.680 --> 00:09:53.720 cable management room look how much space there is I'm going to like jam my 00:09:51.200 --> 00:09:58.800 hand in there for emphasis lots of room to manage cables by the motherboard tray 00:09:55.959 --> 00:10:02.720 ante has also included little Clips so you can EAS manage your cables where 00:10:00.839 --> 00:10:06.600 exactly they're going you use zip ties you can secure the cables down nice and 00:10:04.399 --> 00:10:10.560 flat so that you don't interfere with trying to close a side panel it's become 00:10:08.720 --> 00:10:13.320 with a lot of cases they're like yes we have cable management holes but then 00:10:12.120 --> 00:10:18.600 when you actually go to close a side panel it's like sitting on a suitcase so 00:10:15.880 --> 00:10:23.079 uh very very challenging in that regard on the back here we've also got a large 00:10:20.600 --> 00:10:26.920 hole for putting up to two EPS 8 Pin connectors through here and then we've 00:10:25.320 --> 00:10:30.600 also got a hole up here so this is the one I mentioned before where you can run 00:10:29.120 --> 00:10:35.000 your your front panel connectors and whatnot through here without interfering 00:10:32.320 --> 00:10:38.959 with any of your 5 and 1/4 in Bay and without having to look at any of these 00:10:36.880 --> 00:10:43.040 cables in order to run them down to the bottom of your 00:10:41.240 --> 00:10:47.959 motherboard I think that pretty much covers it but give me a moment here 00:10:45.079 --> 00:10:53.839 guys so two more things guys one is the actual dimensions back here is 3 cm so 00:10:51.200 --> 00:10:59.320 even fat 24 pin cables will fit and the other thing is here are the controls for 00:10:56.519 --> 00:11:03.680 the two cool fans that are included two cool for school that is uh so you can go 00:11:01.560 --> 00:11:09.079 ahead and turn those to low or high in order to get either low cooling and low 00:11:05.639 --> 00:11:10.240 noise or high Cooling and higher noise 00:11:09.079 --> 00:11:15.279 so thank you for checking out my unboxing and overview and first look at 00:11:12.880 --> 00:11:18.639 the antech p280 don't forget to subscribe to lineus Tech tips for more 00:11:16.680 --> 00:11:22.360 unboxings reviews and other computer videos one feature that I actually 00:11:20.720 --> 00:11:26.360 missed on this case and it's been so long since I realized I missed it that 00:11:24.040 --> 00:11:30.320 I've actually already installed a system in it cuz I went to mount the SSD and I 00:11:28.399 --> 00:11:35.120 went oh yeah it's got that handy SSD Mount that's just a pressure mount so 00:11:32.399 --> 00:11:40.519 you go ahead and you slide your SSD in here and it's secure enough see you can 00:11:38.480 --> 00:11:44.680 okay here you can see I can pull in it a little bit doesn't go anywhere if I pull 00:11:41.920 --> 00:11:49.680 in it a lot then it comes so that is how you mount an SSD in the p280 in addition 00:11:47.320 --> 00:11:55.560 to being able to mount an SSD on any one of the drive sleds anytime you want so 00:11:51.680 --> 00:11:55.560 sorry about that and now I'm