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Antec Sonata II and P180 coming soon

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I already have a P160. The only thing keeping me from the P180 is I dislike cases with doors. Really like the interior of the P180 though. Take the insides of the P180 and maybe something with a similar front bezel to the P160 but done in brushed aluminum and get rid of that wacko three oval shaped fan grill. Put in a nice square intake grill and keep the rotating module at the top of the P160's case. The only thing is to fix the power and reset buttons, they are too easy to push accidently. If it was me I'd put a deeper recess in the buttons, add a slight protrusion around the buttons so you can feel when you're at the buttons while unplugging or pluggin in devices. I'd also redesign the locations of the buttons, swap the locations of the reset and microphone & headset plugs. Call it the P170 or something since it's an mix and match of features from the P160 and P180, or maybe call it the P165. I'd buy it.

Even though I don't like case doors that's not to say that I don't consider the Sonata a good buy. It's on the short list of cases I'd recommend. The Sonata2 only looks to improve things. Beefier PSU, some redesigns to improve things. I'd recommend this in a hearbeat (pending prices).
 
Seems that Antec have changed Sonata's power supply from TruePower to SmartPower 2.0.

I think it's a drawback. TruePower 2.0 would be better. Apparently Antac have desired to make some cost savings.
 
preordered mine (see eariler in the thread) for $130 and have heard it sells for as low as 110. Of course, there is no fan to pull out and trash. 😉
 
Any other sites listing the limited edition? Endpcnoise.com supposed to have it but its not listed yet. Also, how do those audio ports in the front work?
 
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