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The P193 is an excellent chassis which is set to make a mark in the historical line up of Antec Performance designs. We also like the fact than when compared to the P190, the price has dropped by around £100.
The build quality as with all Antec products is first class and the chassis is literally the ‘tank' of the chassis world, with the side panel alone weighing 3.3kg! You will not be lugging this around to your LAN parties on a regular basis, that is for sure.
The P193 however might offend followers of the P190, as the design is a little more aggressive in areas and generally not as subdued. The side panel mount for instance is sure to divide opinion as it protrudes noticeably from the chassis and the insides are still slightly limited when fitting the tallest CPU coolers on the market. When we fitted our Coolink Corator DS it barely allowed us to close the door for instance.
While the two cases are targeting a different market, I prefer the Antec DF 85 Dark Fleet. There are many reasons why … the cooling system is more balanced and better implemented, while maintaining slightly quieter levels of performance at similar air flow levels. The painted internal looks better and it comes with a side panel to show off your handywork. The top caddy system is useful and works great for backups and transferring files. Bigger coolers are also easier fitted and the side panels aren't so heavy.
At the end of the day however, whether the P193 appeals to you is down to individual taste – it wouldn't personally be at the top of my list, but there is no denying that it does a very good job and is built to the highest of Antec standards. It currently costs around £126 inc vat.
KitGuru says: The P193 is another quality product from Antec.
Man, no offense to antec, but both this and the DF 85 are quite ugly looking cases.
ITs not a bad looking chassis, but that side fan system which sticks out is a mess. they should have made it wider and moved that internally.
3.3 kg for the side door? christ, thats madness. It looks ok, but I agree the DF 85 seems the better case, if they had finished the front of it !
This looks much nicer than the DF 85 which is the ugly duckling of the antec range.
However, if you can get past the looks, the DF 85 is probably right up there with the Raven 02 for cooling performance.
I want to see lian li reviews here. that case is quite nice, but im a sucker for aluminum, who isnt?
It does look like metal, shame its plastic at the front and that side door would take some getting used to. fair review.
I quite like it. shame they didnt paint it black inside, I forgot how ugly raw material is.
Its quite attractive, the filtered 200mm fan is a stroke of genius ! i love the idea of a 200mm fan which moves massive air, but not having to deal with massive levels of dust later.
Its quite attractive. DF85 I didnt like, but its a shame about the fan that sticks out at the side, it ruins the whole look of it.
Antec make all their cases with heavy metals and not aluminum, thats a shame. Steel is good, but its just so damn heavy. I like the semi portability of aluminum when I move to my friends for some gaming.
It is a lot of case for the money, they dropped the price a lot from the p190 which i have.
I like these cases a lot, the insides are very spacious indeed.
That is very well designed, all the filtering makes live so much easier and I apperciate a company doing all this. I just dont know about the looks.
THe biggest competition it has is from the 900 and 1200.
Very nice looking case. not sure about the side panel either, its a bit messy looking I think.
I really think this is a lovely looking case, im tempted to pick one up.
Nice price drop, but sadly the looks have also dropped 🙁