What happened to Antec?

[Chanfron]

I am still using one of these



The 830, served me well of a long time but needs to be retired soon as it only supports 80mm fans.

[scrlk]

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Give it the 2-tone look of the NSK series, shove in lots of 120mm fan mounting points, add cable management holes and a cpu cutout and there you have a very nice case.

[Olmy]

Antec were one of only a handful of companies that made high quality, aesthetically pleasing, minimalistic cases, and I don't really understand why they feel the need to compete in the 'angular mess from hell with LEDs' market, when it's such an overcrowded segment as it is. The recent trend of putting unnecessary 'detailing' and holes in everything instead of innovating the way they did with the P180 and P182 is a bit troubling. Anyway, I don't mean to be too hard on them, I love my p182 (despite the front panel issues) and from what I can tell their customer service is pretty exceptional.

[MonkeyL]

and from what I can tell their customer service is pretty exceptional.

On that I cannot agree, EU support is at best, abysmal. They are pretty good at fobbing you off and excuses though, I'll give them that.

[CatHoney]

I am still using one of these


The 830, served me well of a long time but needs to be retired soon as it only supports 80mm fans.

i like it

[AGTDenton]

I am still using one of these



The 830, served me well of a long time but needs to be retired soon as it only supports 80mm fans.

Ah the days when they all looked the same!!! I had a very similar looking one from Chieftec (not the following model, couldnt find an image of my old one)

[kmufc77]

Ive had a few Antec cases

Antec 300: A great budget case for the price you cant beat it really

Antec 1200: Probably the best case ive owned,loads of room and excellent cooling.

Antec P183: Great looking case and excellent build,just very small imo for a high end machine ie:big graphics card,also not very good for making alterations to build as inside of case is too small imo.

I wouldnt hesitate to buy another Antec case

There RMA/support is second to none also,the best ive dealt with.

[Biscuit]

I think we should keep pushing this thread because whilst some people have come at it with a crap attitude i dont think the underlying reason behind the thread was formed from malice. We want Antec to be the people who make cases for us because we like the company and we like what they can do. I'm quite confident that if Antec where to release a good quality P182 style case which was better designed for large graphics cards then it would sell VERY well.

I would also like to see them make an approach towards the gaming uATX and mITX markets as that seems to be picking up a bit. Maybe another thread about what cases we would like to see Antec build?

[kmufc77]

I think we should keep pushing this thread because whilst some people have come at it with a crap attitude i dont think the underlying reason behind the thread was formed from malice. We want Antec to be the people who make cases for us because we like the company and we like what they can do. I'm quite confident that if Antec where to release a good quality P182 style case which was better designed for large graphics cards then it would sell VERY well.

I would also like to see them make an approach towards the gaming uATX and mITX markets as that seems to be picking up a bit. Maybe another thread about what cases we would like to see Antec build?

I agree, if Antec did release a P182 /P183 designed for larger high end video cards i certainly might have considered keeping my case.

[Brewster0101]

It's a subjective matter and there are a lot of people out there loving the cases which is why we are still No1 with retail cases.

Really are Antec number one case sellers in the world?.. I really would have thought Coolermaster or a budget make like Casecom would sell more units than Antec.

I would also agree is the comments made at the beginning. The 300 is the last good case Antec released. Since then they have all be naff and ugly designs.

The new Dark fleet series are worse than Thermaltakes recent heaps of rubbish.

[scrlk]

Can't believe this thread is still going! This shows that quite a number of people find Antec's new cases quite distasteful to put it politely. I did not form this thread out of a hatred of Antec, rather I just want it to go back to the golden days of the P182.

Will Antec consider a Three Hundred+ - like the 300, but larger, with cable management holes and a black interior for less than £50?

[Brewster0101]

I would like to see a new clean cut case like the P182, but updated with top mounted fans, cable management, window side panel etc etc.

[scrlk]

Any more ideas? I got a PM from one of the Antec reps asking if they want my hand in providing case design input.

[Brewster0101]

Any more ideas? I got a PM from one of the Antec reps asking if they want my hand in providing case design input.

If they really want to have a killer case idea here it comes.

Take the Lancool K62 -----

Make a modern version of it, ie - add 140mm to the rear, tad more depth to accommodate larger GPU's and add USB 3 and E-SATA ports.

Then make a larger version, so maybe three 140mm fans on the top, extra 140mm fan in the front etc.

Make those two cases and keep the price in line with the current market and BANG

[scrlk]

If they really want to have a killer case idea here it comes.

Take the Lancool K62 -----

Make a modern version of it, ie - add 140mm to the rear, tad more depth to accommodate larger GPU's and add USB 3 and E-SATA ports.

Then make a larger version, so maybe three 140mm fans on the top, extra 140mm fan in the front etc.

Make those two cases and keep the price in line with the current market and BANG

Wouldn't it better until an internal version of USB3 comes along?

[Brewster0101]

Wouldn't it better until an internal version of USB3 comes along?

Really they asked you for help? lol

If your going to design a product that the consumer will want to last for a while then you future proof it as much as possible. Based on the fact USB 3 will happen and become standard, (as the previous 3 versions have)