Antec Mini P180 *Rebuild*
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Looks like a good idea but is it going to be sturdy enough to hold 2 hdds. id imagine that it would bend or something.
Soldato
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I know I'm a bit late to the party, but I can't believe they are still using the same hinge as the P180 on the front door. I've broken two 
I know I'm a bit late to the party, but I can't believe they are still using the same hinge as the P180 on the front door. I've broken two
seriously? I've accidentally kicked mine pretty hard a few times and it's still as solid as a rock!
In other news, I'm applying some serious sound reducing techniques to this badboy! Acoustipacks work incredibly well!
I know I'm a bit late to the party, but I can't believe they are still using the same hinge as the P180 on the front door. I've broken two
Not had any problems so far though i tend to only open the front door to turn on the computer.
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Just don't move your pc around with the door open. Make sure its always closed.
Thanks for the tip
I am really liking the side panels on this case, very thick and satisfying
heheh, i just padded my case with some Acoustipack material! quite good i say! that along with how padded the case is originally i'm quite happy. just bought some fans. a mixture of noctuas for high pressure cooling and some nexus for case fans.
anyone know if there are any aftermarket coolers proposed for the 4870x2? its a pain in the bum to cool and keep quiet. even the 8.10 drivers dont do much to control fan well!
so an idea. how does a small water loop around the GPU only sound? with a little mod even the RAD needn't be that large.
anyone know if there are any aftermarket coolers proposed for the 4870x2? its a pain in the bum to cool and keep quiet. even the 8.10 drivers dont do much to control fan well!
so an idea. how does a small water loop around the GPU only sound? with a little mod even the RAD needn't be that large.
Is it really that loud? my 8800gts is very very quiet...i guess you could do a small gpu water loop, would have to mount the rad on the bottom front 120mm fan or something, as for the pump... its going to be tight
Found this and it is quite interesting...im guessing it is showing how air will flow through the case.
Looking at that it has a bad vortex problem below the graphics card..
I think it is exagerrated quite a bit, i mean my fans dont push that amount of air so fast - but more calmer. I have them at 600-700rpm
Update: doing some major cable management, getting a few little bits from ocuk, cable to convert the 200mm for use with my fan controller, Scythe Quiet Drive 3.5" Internal HDD Silencer so i can mount the hdd in the bottom, a new cpu cooler. Im then going to mount a spare sharkoon silent eagle 2000 in the top intake (because i will remove the hdd cage).
This will mean i will have on 2 intake fans on the front, one to the cpu and one to the cpu, and also have a quieter if not silent hard drive
Ordered last night at midnight, already been dispatched
This will mean i will have on 2 intake fans on the front, one to the cpu and one to the cpu, and also have a quieter if not silent hard drive
Ordered last night at midnight, already been dispatched
Got "carded" today by dhl and i was there...just arranged a redelivery for tomorrow.
Got these to come:
Scythe Quiet Drive 3.5" Internal HDD Silencer
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775)
Akasa AK-CB423-ADPT 4 - 3pin adapter cable
And a intel e6600 ready from my old job, should give me a bit more grunt for my system. Granted it works as i havent tested it on my pc yet.
EDIT: cleaned out dust filter on the intake fan i have at the moment. First time cleaning and its done a good job stopping dust into the case. I would say just as good as the 300 but you dont even have to open up the case to do so
Got these to come:
Scythe Quiet Drive 3.5" Internal HDD Silencer
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775)
Akasa AK-CB423-ADPT 4 - 3pin adapter cable
And a intel e6600 ready from my old job, should give me a bit more grunt for my system. Granted it works as i havent tested it on my pc yet.
EDIT: cleaned out dust filter on the intake fan i have at the moment. First time cleaning and its done a good job stopping dust into the case. I would say just as good as the 300 but you dont even have to open up the case to do so
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Disaster, this Scythe Quiet Drive 3.5" Internal HDD Silencer simply wont fit into the case, it is just too long. I expected it to be about the size of a dvd drive but it is more like 7 or 8 inches long. Kindly OCUK said i could return it to them for a refund (thanks ocuk - your the best).
Be warned
Other than that, here is the so called cable management i tried to do. My idea originally would be to route the 24pin/4pin connector behind the graphics card through the little gap but this was bit of a far cry. Any ideas on how i could do it better i would be most grateful.
E6600 + arctic cooling freezer pro 7 are working perfectly.
Doing a few loops of 3dmark06 on my new e6600:
Later on that day, i was pretty much finished:
Be warned
Other than that, here is the so called cable management i tried to do. My idea originally would be to route the 24pin/4pin connector behind the graphics card through the little gap but this was bit of a far cry. Any ideas on how i could do it better i would be most grateful.
E6600 + arctic cooling freezer pro 7 are working perfectly.
Doing a few loops of 3dmark06 on my new e6600:
Later on that day, i was pretty much finished: