Antec Mini P180 Rebuild

Conan257 · 15 Mar 2009 at 13:25

I think you're always going to have problems with that motherboard....

Although, its not going to affect airflow much at all, so I wouldn't worry

Blackhawk47 · 15 Mar 2009 at 14:03

Conan257 said:
I think you're always going to have problems with that motherboard....

Although, its not going to affect airflow much at all, so I wouldn't worry

Suppose your right, it will do until i do upgrade motherboard, not sure if now would be the best time though as im sure ive seen that dfi matx mobo for about £60-£80 a few months ago. Talk about credit crunch, the only thing that is at good prices is pretty much RAM.

Conan257 · 15 Mar 2009 at 14:56

Personally, i'd wait till you can afford an I7 or even I5 upgrade (depending on its speed)...

Little point cross-upgrading just to move your psu sockets.

Blackhawk47 · 15 Mar 2009 at 15:39

Conan257 said:
Personally, i'd wait till you can afford an I7 or even I5 upgrade (depending on its speed)...

Little point cross-upgrading just to move your psu sockets.

yeah, your right, would be best to wait, as a new motherboard isnt really going to improve things performance wise. I would have thought.

Blackhawk47 · 21 Mar 2009 at 18:23

Well you learn something new everyday, the black interior of the antec mini p180 isnt spray painted, but powder coated. Nice

Blackhawk47 · 22 Mar 2009 at 20:40

Photobucket messing about so just the updated pics:

Blackhawk47 · 28 Mar 2009 at 19:36

@conan: would you say your dfi matx board is stable and reliable, easy to setup etc?

Conan257 · 29 Mar 2009 at 02:43

Quite complex to overclock, mine ran nice with a 440fsb after a lot of fettling...

Dfi website has 600fsb overclock profiles you could try

Blackhawk47 · 4 Apr 2009 at 21:08

A White Mini P180, first time i have actually seen one:

Dont think it looks quite as nice as it does in black.

Blackhawk47 · 10 Apr 2009 at 11:37

A few more Mini P180s:

Blackhawk47 · 10 Apr 2009 at 11:59

Couple of video reviews:

Blackhawk47 · 10 Apr 2009 at 12:07

Oh, this is such a sweet window mod:

Blackhawk47 · 16 Apr 2009 at 21:04

Just found these beautiful photos on MDPCs of an Antec Mini P180 build and good to see it impresses the guys on there:

datawrite · 16 Apr 2009 at 21:11

Lovely case. Just don't like doors though!!

Blackhawk47 · 17 Apr 2009 at 19:16

datawrite said:
Lovely case. Just don't like doors though!!

I dont normally like them, but the door on the mini p180 works really well at noise dampening. Its also very high quality so it doesnt feel flimsy or tacky or like its going to break.

datawrite · 17 Apr 2009 at 19:28

The internals are awesome though. Really like the way it has been split up etc. Pure class.

Blackhawk47 · 18 Apr 2009 at 16:11

datawrite said:
The internals are awesome though. Really like the way it has been split up etc. Pure class.

Yeah its a good layout, and has perfect positions for fans. Unlike my old 300, the mini p180 has a 120mm intake fan that goes straight to the cpu and a 120mm fan straight to the gpu. If you get what i mean.

mjones1 · 18 Apr 2009 at 16:18

I wish my p180 was black inside like the mini p180

Blackhawk47 · 19 Apr 2009 at 20:31

mjones1 said:
I wish my p180 was black inside like the mini p180

Yep, they did a really good job on the interior, its powder coated. :cool:

datawrite · 19 Apr 2009 at 22:42

I just wish it didn't have a door!! This surely cuts down on the amount of airflow the internals will get plus i hate dorrs anyway!!

Antec Mini P180 *Rebuild*

Antec Mini P180 Rebuild