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VaderDSL · 17 Aug 2007 at 19:14

Scythe S-FLEX 1600RPM Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3/4 Pin
Antec P182 Special Edition Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Mirror Finish)
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)
Belkin Cat5e Network Patch Cable 1m
Akasa 8-Pin 30cm PSU Extension Cable
Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme Heatsink (Socket AM2/LGA775)
Samsung SH-S203BEBN 20x20 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
Abit IP35 Pro (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK)
BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-8500 1066MHz SLI-Ready Edition Dual Channel DDR2 (OCZ2N1066SR2GK)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.66GHz (1333FSB) - Retail

Can'twait to see the P182 SE ... it's expensive for not much over the base, and I have been racking my brains trying to figure out what case to get.

But the thing that decided it for me was seeing someone on here with a P182 an IP35 Pro and Corsair HX620 ... I decided to get the 4 pin extension cable so I can have all wires routed behind the motherboard tray.

Only problem, the GTS won't have it's legs stretched that much, only have a 19" TFT (1280X1024) at the moment.

Heard great things about the IP35 Pro, the Thermalright (I've owned a few thermalright products in the past) the Ram was relatively cheap, way overkill for what I needed though I guess but meh.

I shall post pics of the case and of the lapping on the Thermalright (if it needs it, but most accounts say the base canbe very concave, unless they've sorted it.

Needed the Cat5e as somehow I seem to have destroyed all my other cables.

clocka · 17 Aug 2007 at 19:51

was there a question in there or are you just saying you have bought some parts?

DavidB · 17 Aug 2007 at 20:18

I decided to get the 4 pin extension cable so I can have all wires routed behind the motherboard tray.

All my cables are routed round the back with standard corsair 520w on my p182 case, so im not sure if thats really nessesary.

VaderDSL · 18 Aug 2007 at 15:48

DavidB said:
All my cables are routed round the back with standard corsair 520w on my p182 case, so im not sure if thats really nessesary.

Bah didn't realise I had submitted this, was going to ask about any compatibility issues/cable lengths.

I saw on here a picture of someone with a P182, Abit IP35 Pro and a Corsair HX620 and they had to have the 8 pin atx cable over the top of the mobo to get it plugged into the motherboard.

Turns out after the build today there was plenty of length on the cable from the PSU

All installed, just awaiting XP install.

I did mount the fan wring though, it is currently blowing through the heatsink, but to be fair I was unsure on having the rear extraction fan so close to the CPU fan, I might switch it round once I get an idea of temps.