Antec P180 PSU Problems?

Marky · 23 Apr 2007 at 16:27

Hey all,

I heard that the Antec P180 couldn't hold the Hiper Type-R 580W PSU.

Is this true?

Thanks!

- Marky

Marky · 24 Apr 2007 at 13:05

Bumparado

Anyone know of this?

w3bbo · 24 Apr 2007 at 15:13

It'll 'hold' it fine, its the same size as most psu's of that wattage. The difficulty comes when fitting the 4pin atx cable in the P180 - it needs to be long.

Marky · 24 Apr 2007 at 18:01

w3bbo said:
It'll 'hold' it fine, its the same size as most psu's of that wattage. The difficulty comes when fitting the 4pin atx cable in the P180 - it needs to be long.

Is there an extender anywhere?

sitalchauhan · 24 Apr 2007 at 23:30

I believe that the Hiper PSu will fit as long as you remove the case fan in the lower psu chamber. Because the PSU is modular, the modular connections protude out of the edge of the PSU and may interfere with the fan baldes. The fan in the lower chamber doesnt really help much anyway and I have removed mine and it didnt affect my PSu or hd temps at all one bit.

Also, there are 4 pin psu extension cables available but I dont think OcUK has got any. You may be able to use this and just use one of the 4pin connections and leave the other disconnected:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-022-AK&groupid=701&catid=48&subcat=153

adapt · 24 Apr 2007 at 23:58

I needed one of these on my last abit board http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-021-AK&groupid=701&catid=48&subcat=153
That was only cos it was as far away as poss on the motherboard. On my gigabyte DS3 and enermax psu im fine.