Antec P280 Case

[healthhazad]

Hi all,

I'm looking at the Antec P280 for a new build.

It will likely be housing a 3930k which I am considering cooling with a Corsair H100.

A few questions...

Has anyone with a P280 tried to install a H100 at the top where the two fans are?

I have heard that Antec intend to swap the silver screws for black ones (according to the ***** review and some others). Does anyone know more about this?

I'm also looking at adding some front intake fans to the case to increase air flow coming in. I haven't purchased fans in time (6 years since last build..) so would be interested to hear from you guys. The fan sizes would be 120mm and I would prefer them to be as quiet as possible.

 

[reygjabla]

Check this http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=20919557&postcount=86

 

[King Damager]

Fans, you'd probably be looking at Scythe Gentle Typhoon's, Akasa Apache Blacks or if you really wanted to break the bank Noctua do some fans with absolutely incredible performance/noise ratios. Alternatively the Enermax T.B. Silence fans are silent. Well, silent is pushing it slightly, but I can hear HDD and PSU fan over them...

H100 can fit in a P280 as above.

I'm not too sure about the screws, best bet may be to ask in the Pre-Sales Enquiry forum: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=117 or ask Antec direct.

kd

 

[healthhazad]

Apparently they extended the length of the front panel connectors -

http://blog.antec.com/cases/introducing-the-antec-performance-one-p280-mid-tower-chassis/

Somewhere down the list you see the Antec guy say so.

Glad to know it will fit a H100, shame there isn't space to do a 'push/pull' fan config though to be fair I don't know how much difference that would make to temps?

Sent Antec a query r.e the screws so hope to hear back on that.

Fan wise I don't mind paying a bit extra for quiet. I must confess what with it being so long since my last build I am really out of touch on all this stuff.