Antec Sonata II and P180 coming soon

[PhoenixOrion]

And prices are great too! $115 to $140.

 

[Cheezeit]

Originally posted by: PhoenixOrion
And prices are great too! $115 to $140.

where did you find that?

 

[PhoenixOrion]

Originally posted by: Cheezeit

Originally posted by: PhoenixOrion
And prices are great too! $115 to $140.

where did you find that?

google it.

EDIT: froogled it.

 

[Cheezeit]

Originally posted by: PhoenixOrion

Originally posted by: Cheezeit

Originally posted by: PhoenixOrion
And prices are great too! $115 to $140.

where did you find that?

google it.

EDIT: froogled it.

all I found was the sonata 1

 

[Cheesetogo]

search for p180 and a bunch of sites selling it come up. It seems none of them have it in stock though.

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Well it should be on NewEgg in a couple of weeks

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: Cheezeit

Originally posted by: PhoenixOrion

Originally posted by: Cheezeit

Originally posted by: PhoenixOrion
And prices are great too! $115 to $140.

where did you find that?

google it.

EDIT: froogled it.

all I found was the sonata 1

Did you go to froggle and type in Antec P180? I bet you didn't.

 

[filterxg]

Originally posted by: michal1980
http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=81800#

Thanks. Thats a lot more fans than I was expecting. 3x120's and 2 optional fans (120 & 80). This thing is going to be a snow blower.

 

[filterxg]

Here is the link for the Sonata 2 http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=15139

This thing has a lot of potential to. Although I doubt its all that quiet fully loaded with fans (4!!). Nice to see a PSU suitable for any CPU, and some OCing.

(I still like the P180 more)

 

[tooltime]

the sonata was the first case i bought and still the best deal around

 

[akugami]

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).

 

[lchyi]

This is definitely my next case *drool*.

 

[JJK80]

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.

 

[Evan B]

Still nothing... I really hope the price drops below 160 at least in CAD...🙁

 

[crimson117]

Sonata 2, where are you?

 

[dodecahedron]

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article249-page1.html
http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=81800

 

[The Pentium Guy]

P180 looks awesome! Too bad for the price though.

 

[dodecahedron]

why? what's the price?
i'd thought it wasn't much more than the P160.

 

[The Pentium Guy]

It's supposed to be $169 or something.

 

[AndyD2k]

Is there any word on how much the limited edition one will cost (the one pictured in SilentPCReview's preview)

 

[Capt Caveman]

Do a froogle search, it can be pre-ordered at many places as low as $120.

 

[JBDan]

@ FrontierPC in Canada it is available for preorder and is $199 for the limited black one.

 

[AndyD2k]

So US$157? Not bad. Hopefully Endpcnoise.com doesn't charge a lot for s/h

 

[ExpertNovice]

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. 😉

 

[AndyD2k]

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?