*Official* Antec P182 Case's,Builds,Modifications & FAQ's

5 hard disk drive and 8800GTX-length graphics card will be a tight fit.

i wouldn't say p182 is roomy, but it's just about large enough for every average overclocker would ever need.
 
Well my P182 arrived today, its very nice, very heavy too.

One this that did confuse me I was expecting 2 fans behind the filters at the front where actually the middle on is optional and the bottom one doesnt take a fan there instead its in the middle, very strange. I think it would benefit from the front intake fan so I will be fitting one there in the front middle.

I'm wating on my Asus P5E and TRU120E now then I can start the move.
 
Can someone give me some advice on the front panel audio connector? I'm not sure if I should connect the HD or the AC' 97 audio connector, can't say that I fully understand the difference! For what it's worth & if it makes any difference, I'm going to be using a sound card as opposed to the onboard sound.
 
El Jimben said:
Can someone give me some advice on the front panel audio connector?
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I am using the INTEL HD Audio connector from the case connected to my motherboard which features a choice of AC97 or HD Audio, I intend to install a Creative X-Fi soon which also features aHD Audio Header. I'm not sure if any sound cards feature an AC97 connector but most motherboard do.

I guess you should reveal which soundcard you intend to use and find out what audio header it has?
 
Anybody know the easiest way to determine which cable is the front audio? Can't remember what it looks like! Is there a way to take off the front cover exposing the cables some more?

Edit: Also will the above fit onto my Xonar? I'm guessing it will as the Xonar has a front audio header.
 
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Big.Wayne said:
I am using the INTEL HD Audio connector from the case connected to my motherboard which features a choice of AC97 or HD Audio, I intend to install a Creative X-Fi soon which also features aHD Audio Header. I'm not sure if any sound cards feature an AC97 connector but most motherboard do.

I guess you should reveal which soundcard you intend to use and find out what audio header it has?
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I'm going to put in a cheapy SB Audigy thing.
 
Hmmm, my case has developed a strange knocking sound occasionally - I'm assuming it's one of the fans. My guess is the bottom one, and the cables are catching it...

Is there any kind of screen or mesh I can use to cover the fan blades? It's a 120mm Noctua P12.
 
Big.Wayne said:
It's the cable that says AC97 or HD Audio, not USB 2.0.
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Ah cheers, at a glance I didn't notice they had labels, got the front audio working with my Xonar now, thanks.
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I'm going to put in a cheapy SB Audigy thing.
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I had the Audigy SE and it doesn't have the front header connector, I bought a Xonar for £64 with delivery and this one does, not sure about any others sorry.
 
Jihad said:
Ah cheers, at a glance I didn't notice they had labels, got the front audio working with my Xonar now, thanks.

I had the Audigy SE and it doesn't have the front header connector, I bought a Xonar for £64 with delivery and this one does, not sure about any others sorry.
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Thanks Jihad, do you have any idea what the white header on the card is for?
 
I've had a new pa120.3 sitting around for months and i've now bought a new xspc edge waterblock so with the temps increasing i want to get it fitted.

I was planning on mounting it on the back with a radbox from the top rad fan but the psu socket would be blocked so i'm not to sure what to do.. i've got a dremel at hand so don't mind a bit of modding.

What do people reckon is the best idea?.
 
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Turns out the rad didnt block the psu after all, so i used the dremel to freehand cut a few bits to give me access to the res and two holes at the top rear of the case (need to get some blowhole trim round them)to feed the tubes through.

 
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A lot of great builds :)

has anyone tried reversing the airflow in this case? Was wondering how much cooler the CPU could be if the 2 rear fans were drawing air into the case directly on the cpu, with the 1 at the front exhausting air. (With the PSU area airflow remaining unchanged). Because it would probably allow for just a passive heatsink on the processor
 
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