Antec Mini p180

manic111 · 21 Aug 2009 at 17:32

I'm looking at picking one of these up for my next build, and just wanted to confirm whether or not they can fit a Corsair HX520 PSU? Does anyone know whether this is the case?

Also, in fitting the PSU I assume you fit it with the fan pointing down, towards the vent?

Tute · 21 Aug 2009 at 18:07

I'm fairly sure i've seen Mini-P180s with Corsair HX PSUs, so i'd assume it's fine.

AFAIK, they can fit any normal sized ATX PSU.

manic111 · 21 Aug 2009 at 18:16

Yea, thought so, I'd just seen it mentioned that the HX series were a tad thicker than other ATX PSUs. I assume that it will fit any GPU around at the moment? Looking to get a 5870 when they're released, but I assume that they won't be over 14" long?

Tute · 22 Aug 2009 at 12:47

PSUs in a separate bay to the rest, below the board.

So it's not going to get in the way of the GPU I wouldn't think.

manic111 · 22 Aug 2009 at 13:37

Tute said:
PSUs in a separate bay to the rest, below the board.

So it's not going to get in the way of the GPU I wouldn't think.

Yea I know that, it was a separate question to the PSU one

Tute · 22 Aug 2009 at 13:53

I think the X2 makes it a bit cosy around the drive bays, but a standard 4870 will be fine.

5870, don't know until we see some pics, sadly.

Col_M · 24 Aug 2009 at 21:03

I've got a HX520 in mine and it fits fine.
If you take out the lower of the removable drive bays you can fit in any graphics card too.

JonJ678 · 24 Aug 2009 at 21:11

Bit beaten to it, but nevermind. The two hard drive cages are removable, seperately. If the lower one comes out you can now fit any size card you like and it gets its own 120mm intake fan pointed straight at it

It is a really, really good case. The tool less rails drove me mad and I hope never to build in one again, but the end result of all the swearing is well worth it. The top fan will not start at 7V, however the rear one can be dropped to 7V and then set to medium and still start reliably. It made less noise than the crt I was testing it with. Highly recommended

manic111 · 27 Aug 2009 at 12:32

Awesome, cheers guys! Think I'll pick one up ready for when I build in October!

AbsenceJam · 27 Aug 2009 at 13:15

manic111 said:
Awesome, cheers guys! Think I'll pick one up ready for when I build in October!

You realise it's only slightly smaller than the P180/2/3 right?

Tute · 27 Aug 2009 at 13:19

AbsenceJam said:
You realise it's only slightly smaller than the P180/2/3 right?

I was going to bring this up.

It's not much smaller than a full ATX case tbh.

CaDLoN · 2 Sep 2009 at 13:50

yea is a very nice case, HX620 & GTX285 running nicely in mine.... is only a tiny but shorter than my old Lian Li PC60

manic111 · 2 Sep 2009 at 14:07

AbsenceJam said:
You realise it's only slightly smaller than the P180/2/3 right?

I've seen it at a price that's almost 50% lower than that of the full ATX ones though, making it a whole load more appealing. That said I'm now looking at getting the Lancool Dragon Lord instead; probably not quite as well built a case, but it sounds like great value and holds a full ATX board as well...