Antec P280 Full Tower Chassis Review

Now that I have the side panel removed we can see that the P280 features a huge cut-out behind the motherboard, great for installing or changing your CPU cooler without removing the main board. There are also four good sized cable management cut-outs, each fitted with a high quality rubber grommet and of course the textured black paint job continues throughout the chassis, keeping an overall very clean look to the chassis.

The rear of the chassis features a pre-installed 120mm exhaust fan which fan be controlled with the fan control switch to the rear of the chassis. Each of the 9 expansion slot covers come cut with large ventilation holes that should aid airflow in multi-GPU systems, each also comes fitted with a quick release thumb screw for easy installation and removal of your components.

The front of the chassis comes with three quick release / lock mechanisms for the 5.25″ drive bays, two slide-in 2.5″ drive bays and six high quality drive trays that are compatible with both 2.5″ and 3.5″ drives, more than enough room for most peoples’ storage requirements. The left side of the drive bay is well spaced too, this should allow for a decent amount of airflow from any front mounted fans.

In the top part of the chassis there are two more 120mm pre-installed fans, these are also controllable from the rear mounted fan switches, there should be little trouble shifting hot air from this chassis.

Around the back of the chassis there are multiple cable management tie down points, perfect for putting the included cable ties to good use, there is also a real solid amount of clearance behind the motherboard and a pair of cable routing cut-outs along the top section of the back plate.