THE P380 EXTERIOR

The P380 is really one of the most elegant full towers (555mm tall, 223.6mm wide and 557mm deep) to have reached our lab in years and that's largely because of the front/top aluminum bezel.

A large clear side window takes most of the left side panel.

The front fascia leaves room on both sides to allow air to reach the fan area.

Since Antec skipped on the 5.25" optical drive bays entirely the fascia looks very simple but yet quite elegant.

This may come as a surprise to all of you who've yet to check the P380 out but Antec has actually placed power and reset buttons on the interior of both sides of the fascia so it doesn't matter where you place it.

A very long air-filter is placed between the case and the fascia but unfortunately you can remove it only by pulling downwards (great for people who will put it on their desk, bad however for those who will choose the floor).

The top is also perforated on the sides and on the right side we find the I/O which includes two USB 3.0 ports, two USB 2.0 ports and the usual microphone and headphones ports (unfortunately no activity LEDs are present).

As expected the rear is painted with the same matte black color as the rest of the frame.

Unfortunately unlike most towers the rear 120mm exhaust fan can't be replaced with a larger 140mm one.

You can gain access to the top fans by removing the two thumbscrews holding the top cover.

You can replace the two 140mm fans pre-installed at the top with three 120mm ones or a 240/360mm radiator (a 280mm radiator should fit too).

There's also the option to move the top I/O to the other side if you decide to place the tower on your right.

At the bottom we see that the tower sits on 4 high feet and that it has a removable air-filter right beneath the PSU area.