Antec P280 Black Super Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: Looks nice and professional, no lights, windows etc... to make the case look like its a tricked out sports car. Plenty of space for large GPUs in crossfire and any CPU heat-sink/water cooler. Nicely placed rubber grommets for cable management. All my cables are nicely hidden with no crowding. Added two 120mm fans in the front and is still quiet.

Cons: The only issue I had is the location of the case fan power feed - the back of the case has a molex connector that feeds up to 4 case fans. Since I have a CPU water cooler (Corsair H60), the radiator is attached to the rear case fan. The problem I had is that it interfered with that molex plug.had to get creative with an extention plug to overcome the tight fit.

Not enough to deduct eggs since most people probably won't use a water cooler with this case.

Other Thoughts: My other build I used a Corsair Obsidian 500D case which cost $80 more. This case is similar in quality but less in price. I will purchase Antec again over Corsair...

i7-3770k
ASUS Z77 Sabertooth
Corsair H60
Corsair 8Gb 1866
Seasonic X-850
ASUS HD7970
Samsung 830 SSD 240Gb x 2
WD 1.5 Tb Black

Pros: Plenty of space to install components
Nice cut outs with rubber liners for routing cables outside of the main air flow.
Includes plenty of screws and it also includes a few zip ties to keep the install nice.
The case is very quiet, I have a hard time telling when the machine is running.
Tons of space for drives, internal and external.
Filter on the front intake and on the PSU intake.

Cons: For a mid tower case it's on the large side. I have the three stock 120mm fans, a 120mm CPU cooler and an Nvidia GTX 650Ti w/ two fans. Everything running is very quiet.

Other Thoughts: It's been a number of years since I've purchased a new machine so I wanted a nice case with USB 3.0 and plenty of space. This case has both.

Pros: Both sides of case come off for eeasy access.
Cut out under CPU, to make it easy to change heatsinks. On my previous case this involved removing the MOBO.
Lots of room.
Quiet

Cons: None, it's great.

Pros: Quiet
Excellent for cable management

Cons: Received with a dent on the top left side

Other Thoughts: The package was somewhat battered when I received it, but I still find it hard to believe that the dent occurred during shipping. The case is packaged in a high quality foam, and there was no dent in the package, only the case. I think it's more likely that the case was dented at the factory.

Other than the dent, this is a great case

Pros: super quiet, easy to set up, lots of a fans but whisper quiet. plenty of hard drive bays and space.

Cons: bigger than i thought but not truly a con.

Pros: A nice upgrade from my worn out Thermaltake Tsunami Dream case that has been through three builds.

Obviously this is a very heavy and well constructed steel case with lots of space inside. Definitely bigger than most mid-tower cases. Check the measurements and make sure it fits where you want to put it.
Good cable management
Three very quiet fans
Nice understated appearance.

Cons: Nothing major, but a few minor observations to share.

Big and heavy, but those are also Pros!

The hard drive mounts use odd screws which go through large silicone cushions and are designed so that you can't tighten them down all the way. This reduces transmission of vibrations to your case, but it means the drives are not held in a rigid position. You have to take off both side covers so that you can hold one end of the drive while you attach power and data cables to the other end.

Your power supply may need an extension cable to reach the 8 pin motherboard connector near the CPU. I picked one up with the case just to be sure and I'm glad I did.

My old 18-24 inch SATA cables are way too long now and those darn daisy-chain SATA power cables are just as much of a pain as they were with my old case. Not Antec's fault of course!

The two bays for SSDs are nice, but the little SSDs get lost in there and you have to pull them out to attach the cables, then slide them back in. Fortunately the SSDs are held very nicely by friction so they are easy to slide in and out.

Don't drop one of the side panels on your foot. Wear safety shoes while working with these heavy objects.

Antec did a great job of avoiding sharp edges, except when you break out the sheet metal pieces to open up each 5.25 inch bay. Be careful there.

Other Thoughts: I got a good deal on this case, but I'll probably spend another 50% of that on new power and data cables to clean up the cable management situation. Any time you have six HDDs, two SSDs and three 5.25 inch drive bays you are going to have a lot of cables!

Pros: Went from an Antec 900 to the P280 with my latest build.

-Tons of room
-Looks clean
-Seems to be very easy to clean due to lack of grates and the built in filters.
-Cable management is more than adequate depending on your PSU cables.
-Very sturdy. Even the front door is very durable feeling and closes and opens cleanly.
-Very quiet.

Cons: -Not the best of ventilation unless you utilize the extra fan slots in the front of the case. About a 3 degrees temp increase with this case, but it makes up for it with how stylish and roomy it is.

Other Thoughts: My latest build was:
- Antec P280
- EVGA superNOVA 750b PSU
- i7 3770k
- Corsair H60
- Gigabyte GTX670 Windforce Ed.
- OCZ Vertex 3
- Asus P8Z77 Motherboard
- 16GB DDR3 Corsair Vengeance RAM

The Antec P280 provide plenty of room for a Push/Pull configuration with the Corsair H60. Cable routing was a breeze. Plenty of room to work inside of the case without having to buy a full size tower.

Pros: This is a great case. Nice and sleek and professional looking. Whisper quiet. and has great ventilation. It's so easy to remove dust buildup, and very easy to install/remove components. I've had virtually no problems with it.

Cons: The only thing I had a problem with is that it was a little confusing to connect the case fans to the motherboard, but that might be because I wasn't looking hard enough.

Other Thoughts: It is hard to spoon this case, and it doesn't make me breakfast in the morning.

Pros: I purchased this case last August. I was very happy with it then. I installed a high end system with a Noctua NH D14 (along with extra fans), and the CPU & motherboard temperatures usually range around 27-29 C. Most of the time I can't hear it at all. It exudes quality. There is no cheap plastic at all. In fact there is little plastic period.

I love the filters. They are easy to remove and to clean. After nine months the inside surfaces are still dust free.

This case does what it was designed to do, and does it very well. It keeps the components protected, cool, dust free, and Quiet.

Cons: none

Pros: Awesome case, flipen huge, 22 pounds, and solid metal. Style-less, black, flat boring awesome, I'll get a third one if I ever build another computer. Comes with all the screws and zip ties you'll need. Lots of hard drive bays and three disk drive slots. The hard drive trays are cool, they have little rubber shocks for desktop hdds and screw holes for smaller laptop and sdd drives. Bought one for my groups custom desktop Linux web/ts/minecraft server build and liked it so much I bought another one for my own gaming desktop. Dead silent, can't tell that it's on if not for the power LED. No stupid see though door or pointless LEDs, which is how I like it.

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: The door is double hinged so it can open 270.
The three fans have variable speed switches, set the top ones on low and the back one on medium and you won't hear anything.
Power supply is bottom mounted but there is a hair and lint filter screen that you can pull out and clean right below the power supply.