Antec P180

JoeBoi

JoeBoi

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Well heres the thing with the 2 out take fans set to High they are so loud! so currently I've got em on M and its not as bad, but would I actually be able to run a game like cs:source for hours without it overheating if I put them down to Low?
 
Try it :)

Simple answer really, but If I had a P180 I would only have around 2 case fans running on 5V.

Try it, if it overheats (which I doubt) then put it on medium.
 
Well It don't seem like its going to overheat was playing CS for a while no probs I guess although I just want to hear from more people how low they can have the fans etc.

Joe
 
Which PSU would be suitable for the P180? I understand the PSU sits at the bottom of the case, so is cable length from the PSU an issue for anyone?

*off the topic*
Would a...

Tagan TG530-U15 530W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU

...be enough to power:

X2 4400+, 2GB RAM, X1900XT/7900GTX etc with some mild overclocking.
 
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It would power it, but seriously if you are spending that much on your rig you need to be looking at a £80+ PSU to be perfectly sound of mind.

The PSU is the most important part of the PC, overload it and it will blow up, a good one wont damage anything else, a poor one (Qtec) will kill everything attached to it.

For the rig you have I would not feel comfortable with anything below 500w really, as it gives a nice overhead for adding drives.

If you can't afford a better PSU, X1900XT/7900GTX knock that down to a 7800 or a 1800 and get the better PSU, a stable computer will always beat a fast one.
 
Oh I will be able to afford it, I mean it's only an extra £20 or so. What would you recommend out of the following:

Enermax Liberty 620W ELT620AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU - £105.69
Tagan TG580-U15 580W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU - £91.59
Seasonic S12 600W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply - £103.34
Antec NeoHE 550W Modular ATX2.0 PSU - £82.19

Any others worth mentioning? Preferably modular.
 
Well the Seasonic and the Tagan are my personal favourites.

The Seasonic is the best PSU you have listed, they are quite good! :)
 
Akasa AK-183-L2B Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3 pin (FG-024-AK)

£10.52

Thats from OcUK, although they have a habbit of popping up on offer of the week for aorund £6.

Very good fans, probably the best sub £20 120mm fans I have found.
 
I was planning on getting a Hiper HPU-4K580-MK Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Black UV (CA-005-HP) for my P180, would the cable length be ok, for example getting the top and back fans to plug into it, and the main power connector to the mobo, or would something like the Tagan TG580-U15 580W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU (CA-009-TG) be a better buy?
 
Done it! Ive just finished transplanting my rig from my old Thermaltake Xaser3 to my new P180. Its a nice case, but my god, what a mission ive had fitting everything in. The 4 pin power cable on my Tagan TG480-U01 480W only just reached, and I really mean only just. Ive also spent ages sorting the cables from the harddrives out, as they were interfering with the 120mm fan. Also mounting the PSU was a right struggle amd took ages. To top it off, I bought an Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro as well, but mounting it was a nightmare as there is a set of capacitors right next to the CPU on my MSI K8N, which I had to gently bend out of the way to get the HSF fitted. Its all done now though, and the system running perfect.
 
THC_SsSsSnake said:
is it because of the case layout,Im a newbie builder and would like an easy to build case?would the akasa 62 be easier fitting things?
thanks
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Overall yes, you have less things to worry about when using the Eclipse, it is a bigger case where it counts aswell so it is less fiddly to use, which suits my big fingers more :p
 
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