Anything better than Antec P100 for the money?

fish99 · 4 Dec 2016 at 19:48

Ok, I'm wanting a new mid-sized case. Currently have an Antec 300 but my 1070 barely fits, the HDD storage is a mess if you have lots of drives, and it's not noise dampened.

The Antec P100 looks good, but is there anything better for around the same money?

Requirements are-

-fits my 28cm GTX 1070, and some headroom for future GPU upgrades would be nice too
-storage for 5 SSDs, 1 HDD and 1 DVD, preferably with the drives side mounted (when viewed from front) so the wires connect behind the back plate
-dust filters an absolute must
-noise dampening would be a bonus
-front USB3 ports would be a bonus too
-good airflow i.e. HDD cage doesn't block front fans too much, and plenty of fan mounts

I already have spare tri-cool fans and I won't be watercooling.

Many thanks in advance for any help. Hope you don't think I'm being lazy by asking, but there are soooo many cases to choose from these days.

Ace Modder · 4 Dec 2016 at 20:19

P100 is great, it offers all of what you want

Noise dampening is amazing too.

fish99 · 4 Dec 2016 at 22:17

Yeah true, and it does look nice (esp. in white). Just checking there isn't a better choice.

I guess my only reservation is max GPU length for future upgrades, with it having a non-removable HDD cage.

Ace Modder · 6 Dec 2016 at 12:14

fish99 said:
Yeah true, and it does look nice (esp. in white). Just checking there isn't a better choice.

I guess my only reservation is max GPU length for future upgrades, with it having a non-removable HDD cage.

The white version is far better if you like white cases. My suggestion is just go for it!

fish99 · 9 Dec 2016 at 16:01

Yup, I was just waiting for payday. Got one ordered. I'll post a pic of the build when it's done, should look pretty with the white interior

Ace Modder · 9 Dec 2016 at 19:02

fish99 said:
Yup, I was just waiting for payday. Got one ordered. I'll post a pic of the build when it's done, should look pretty with the white interior

You won't be dissapointed

fish99 · 11 Dec 2016 at 18:23

Got the P100 case and everything installed in it. It's very nice.

I didn't buy it mainly for sound dampening but wow it's so quiet. Probably 80% of the sound is gone versus the old case (which was already pretty quiet with 12cm antec tricool fans on slowest). It's just a whisper now, even with a mechanical drive and 7 fans installed.

I decided to stick with mounting the PSU upside-down since it's an extra exhaust and means I don't need to install a fan on the top, plus I don't want the PSU sucking up dust from the carpet.

Cabling (and therefore airflow) is so much better than with the old case, and the GPU fits nicely.

Job done, cheers