Antec P180B $79.99

[bulliedn2silence]

This is a STEAL on a great case if anyone's in the market. I'm trying to find a copy of Microcenter's current sales flyer, because this is an in-store only special. They have Antec P180B's on sale for $79.99. It retails for $170 and sells on newegg for $130.

http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=81802

If anyone lives near a microcenter go check it out. They only had like two left at the store here in Columbus.

[DWells]

Do you own one? I've heard bad things about the design having the PSU on the bottom.

[bulliedn2silence]

no, but if the PSU being on the bottom is a design flaw, then Antec's got some issues, because all of there Performance One cases have that design, as does the Antec Nine Hundred that I got but sent back.

I haven't heard of these issues though, this case has gotten great reviews from what I've seen.

Having the PSU on the bottom makes perfect sense to me. The biggest reason it's been moved is because there is an exhaust fan on the top/back of the case. PSU's can put out a lot of heat, and since hot air rises it really doesn't make much sense for the PSU to be in the top of the case where all that heat is just going to float around and not be dissipated anywhere. By moving the PSU to the bottom of the case and putting a HUGE exhaust fan on top instead, they are not only dissipating all the hot air rising up from the PSU, but from all the other components as well. Honestly, I never really understood why case fans were mounted on the front/back/sides of cases to begin with, it just doesn't make sense from a scientific standpoint.

[aclays]

if you manage to get a copy of the sales flyer, let me know. this is an awesome deal!