Antec Performance One P182 > Reviews > Antec P182

Author's product rating:   

Ease of Use	Simple
Quality	Excellent
Durability	Excellent
Value for Money	Satisfactory

Advantages:	Low noise, very good airflow  +  cooling, easier cable management, stylish
Disadvantages:	High price, better airflow available

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

The P182 is, like the P180, a great case for those who want a quiet but high-performance PC. My temperatures in this case were a good 5ºC lower than in my previous case, which I attribute to the separation of the two main heat sources - the PSU and the CPU.
There's also the option to turn up the case's fans without opening it up for when you need that little bit more cooling, or to turn them down for silence. Even at the maximum speed, the case kept the system amazingly quiet, no doubt due to the triple-layered side panels. Whilst the option to change the fans' speeds was in the P180, you had to open the case up to do this - hardly convenient!
Antec has managed to enable the odd layout to support more PSUs than the P180, and the cable routing options have been vastly improved, allowing for a cooler, and therefore faster or quieter, computer.
Having said all of this, for maximum airflow (and price) other cases, such as the Antec Nine Hundred, provide a better option, with the disadvantage of more noise, worse looks and fewer of the little touches Antec have put into the P182. For the still very good airflow and lack of noise, the P182 is a good choice for the computer-user looking for a quiet system with performance components.