Installation & Usage
So what’s going in this huge case? We have a system comprised of an Intel Core i7-965 processor, ASUS P6T Motherboard, 24GB of memory, ATI Radeon 4870 X2 video card, 2x 1TB SATA drives, Thermaltake Evo_Blue 750W power supply, and a Blu-ray drive. The first thing you want to do is install the motherboard, the standoffs are already installed so just secure the motherboard with screws.
Now for our 2 hard drives. I decided to install them in the lower bay, which fits 4 hard drives. The drives easily slide in and you secure them on each side with screws. Around each screw hole are rubber grommets that dampen vibration and noise your drives will make. The top hard drive bays are the same way except you put the drives in flat on the trays and slide the trays back into the hard drive cage
Next we have our Blu-ray drive. The first thing you are going to want to do is install the drive rails on each side, just screw them on. Next just slide the drive into an open 5.25-inch bay and lock it into place.
Before we get to the rest of the components let’s connect some of the cables. Since this case is so big you do have a lot of room to work with. Also the openings in the case make it easy to route your cables.
Installing the power supply is easy, just slide it into place and secure it with screws. If you take the other side panel off the case you are able to route your cables around the back of the case and Antec even provides cable ties so keep everything neat back there.
Finally we have our video card that nicely slides into place on our motherboard. Just secure it with 2 screws and connect power to it. The 2 PCI-E power connectors come up perfectly through the opening in the case.
Go ahead and connection everything else up and you are ready to close the case up. When I had everything connected I noticed there was sure a lot of room to work with inside the case. This would definitely be a good case to use as a test bed as there is a lot of room inside. When I went to put the final side panel back on I did notice that the power cable for the fan was a bit short, it just made it a pain to connect to my power supply. I really wish Antec would have done what Thermaltake did on both the Element G and Element V cases, have a connection on the side panel that when you close the side panel it connects power to the side panel fan. Also the fan speed controller was on the inside of the case, I really would have liked to see it on the outside for easy adjustment.
Very slick case! Is there not a removable motherboard tray? I couldn't tell
Nope no removable motherboard tray, I'm not sure if any Antec cases have removable trays actually
I had an Antec P190 for three years and I didnt like it much. Because of the motherboard area the case is a bit of a pain to work with and isnt that much bigger than any other case in the motherboard area. Looking at the P193 there isnt much improvement over the P190. I am happy I went and changed my case for a Corsair Obsidian 800D which is a thousand times better.
I had an Antec P190 for three years and I didnt like it much. Because of the motherboard area the case is a bit of a pain to work with and isnt that much bigger than any other case in the motherboard area. Looking at the P193 there isnt much improvement over the P190. I am happy I went and changed my case for a Corsair Obsidian 800D which is a thousand times better.
I just got my P193 yesterday, and there is most definitely room for 2.5″ drives! They're in the removable hard disk sections on the same level as the motherboard. The holes are there, just move the silicon grommets over and voila. You might want to increase your rating!
I just got my P193 yesterday, and there is most definitely room for 2.5″ drives! They're in the removable hard disk sections on the same level as the motherboard. The holes are there, just move the silicon grommets over and voila. You might want to increase your rating!
The P193 case has fantastic build quality and massive amounts of room for any type of set-up you may have in mind. I’ve built a system using the P193 case, an ASUS Sabertooth 990FX motherboard and 6 x 2TB Western Digital hard drives. The case can easily fit two full length graphics cards and has more fans than a Hollywood celebrity!!!
However, there is one issue that I only discovered after my build was complete and I was about to put the case cover on. I installed a Corsair water cooling system with the radiator fitted to the back, lower fan outlet. The P193 has the additional fan installed on the case cover and this intrudes into the case itself…and wouldn’t then fit because of the Corsair radiator location. Wherever you install it the case, the cover fan always hits against it. So you end having to take off the case cover fan and install it on the outside of the cover, so it doesn’t take up any space inside the case. Great case, but be warned!!!!