Antec p150

utherpendragon · 23 May 2006 at 00:21

Can you get the p150 without the 430w psu?

I think that 430w may be a little underpowered, but really like the idea of a nice quiet case.

Yewen · 23 May 2006 at 00:24

Quiet cases are a gimmic for most people, if you have a noisey PC in any case it will still be noisey.

Lower the volume of your fans and coolers first before changing the case to a silent model, as they really are the last step to take after changing tons of things. Buy it as a case, but do not expect miracles on the noise front.

What will you be running as a 430w PSU is ample for my rig.

(X2 4400, 2gb ram, 7800gt, 2 hdds, Audigy 2zs)

utherpendragon · 23 May 2006 at 00:31

It would be for an upcoming conroe build, but from the looks of your setup, it wouldn't use that much more power, maybe a 430w psu would be ok.

I heard that for modular psu's you should up the wattage another 100w though to compensate for the modular connections. is this true?

Yewen · 23 May 2006 at 00:47

Never thought about it.

My rig draws about 400w on full load.

If your unsure then get yourself a 530w PSU or higher.

In answer the P150 does not come without a PSU, one will do shortly but it will be hugely overpriced going by the thread on here.

You could silence any system in a case and get it lower than the cost the P150 would be if you opted for a Lanboy, or a PC7+II at a push.

Depends what silencing measures you plan to try when you have the rig in the PC, a new graphics card cooler is a must as they usually make silly amounts of noise.