SPCR Does CES 2007

There is a lot less skin then the Debbie Does …. series but for HTPC geeks its just as entertaining. They cover all of the proper HTPC and silent computing companies. Arctic Cooling, Antec, Seagate and a host of others can be found by clicking the link.

From the article:

Featured at the presentation were two new cases derived from the original P180 – an improved version with minor tweaks that will be sold as the P182, and an extended, enhanced ventilation model, the P190. Antec bills the P190 as being designed to handle systems that contain multiples of essentially every PC component, from CPU's, to GPU's, to stacks of HDD's.

The P182 we are very exited about – the modifications to the original P180 design seem very logical, and should help make an already quiet case even better. The P190 we are not as sure about. It adds large amounts of open area on the top and left side – the sides that frequently directly face the user – allowing more noise to potentially escape. Few people seemed to complain about systems overheating in the P180, so all the extra airflow may be overkill.