Hi All - Late reply to this thread, mainly because the CPU coolers recommended are no longer available in my area due to their age. Can anyone recommend a decent passive cooler for this case which will fit around the RAM? I'm now running an i5 and the stock cooler has a habit of stalling on startup ...

I had the system running without filters for 2 weeks and the inside was filthy – we have a lot of construction near our place. So as for noise, with the nexus 120mm fans they are pretty much silent at 7v, the loudest component is the CPU fan and the Antec tri-cool on Med (doesn’t start reliably on L...

Been a while since posting on SPCR - after having a P180 case way back when & then moving to an iMac, SPCR seemed the natural place to start when building an HTPC. There weren't many posts featuring the PC-C50 case, once of the few cases which would fit inside out home entertainment unit. The doors ...

id install a zalman 7000aclu (is that its name?) and swap out the fan + add a fanmate (included).

you may also want to look at removing that pesky little NB fan with the zalman NB heat sink.

Cheers,
-Mark

p.s. Barton cores do run quite hot in comparison to newer socket 939 cpus.

Does anyone have a couple drives running in the lower chamber of a P180 with one of these Phantom babies? I've 2x Maxline SATA drives, nexus @ 7v, followed by the Phantom 350 and boy does that sucker heat up. The HDD's are quite warm to touch, even with nice fresh air being sucked over them. The dri...

no front intake at this stage - mainly on the grounds that it would be too noisy...

The top hdd cage is there only to hide cables from sight - im not sure how much it restricts airflow... anyone?

Hi All - I just thought I'd post a quick pic of a duct I've whipped up for my case. I found my temps to be pretty high after installing the ninja + x2 3800 and had a hunch that the size of the 7800gtx card might have something to do with it... (preventing clean air from the front air intake making i...

Ive managed to fix my sata \ nforce problem, dont know how much of it relates to the asus board imparticular, or nforce 4 in general... there are loads of resources available, so if you want a maxtor drive (for whatever reason) i think it would be safe to purchase one, assuming you dont mind going o...

Ninja =)

From what I understand (and know from having an old Barton myself) the old barton processors run particularly hot. My x2 3800 runs about 7 deg cooler in stock formation than my old Barton cpu. An x2 3800 with a Ninja will run passivly without any problems...

One thing to be aware of is Maxtor Diamondmax 10\11 + Maxline III nForce4 compatability. Check your motherboard specs and SATA controller driver details before purchasing... I found this out the hard way with the A8N-SLI Premium and the Maxline drives crashing, not being recognised + corrupted data....

Well here it is - 7800GTX with a nexus 80mm fan swapped out. It runs on 5v pretty much all the time and idles at 41deg. What an overkill. I think that fan was measured at 18db in some article. In recommended fans they even said it didn't start reliably at voltages lower then 7V. But whatever suits ...

Well here it is - 7800GTX with a nexus 80mm fan swapped out. It runs on 5v pretty much all the time and idles at 41deg. I've played games for a few hours and i havent seen the card go above 60 and thats OC'd to 490mhz. The loudest thing in the case are the 2 Maxtor Maxline III drives, so I'd say the...

I guess as long as it works and is silent right?

Do a search for case resonance - MikeC has posted a few times about this. As stated by Aris, try some foam dampening material inside the case.

You could also try fixing some foam to the wall directly behind the exhaust fan =)

I think we must be on the same wavelength with the yellow sleeving!!

Nice build!

I have the zalman vf-700 with a swapped out nexus fan on my xfx 7800gtx and with the fan on medium during gaming, my video card temps hardly go over 50... On the low settings is not even audible... less noise than hdd's in a P180 lower chamber. Go with the Zalman & swap the fan, you won't regret it =)

On a slightly off-topic note, I would LOVE it if someone managed to make the hole bigger on the piece of metal separating the PSU chamber from the rest of the case (where the plastic cover is with the hole to allow cables to come through). It is just too small, and is really bad for bottom feeding ...

If you tape up all the holes in the side of the drive cage, the air from the front should blow straight over your NB...

Thats my take on it at least....

forget about justifying it - just buy one =)

(they rock)

Halloran - Did you end up trying the fan swap?

I'm tossing up between a VF700 + ZM80D on a 7800GTX...

How quiet are the VF700's in a near silent pc?

I've got the plain vanila flavoured DiNovo and don'trun the software which was included... The volume + mute keys still work and the mouse is a bit lame but otherwise it's great.

Two thumbs up!

I've done a bit of searching and only found a handfull of posts relating to this HDD encosure... Is anyone using one? I purchased one last week as an experimental attempt to quieten a noisy Segate 160gb SATA drive with an annoying whine. The case is a P180 and the box is sitting in the upper chamber...

How do you guys think the ZM80d would go on a 7800GTX?

I have one on a 9800pro and am scepticle about running the vf700cu as im not sure how loud the fan would be...

I'm leaning towards "better the devil you know..."

Anyone with experience with this?

When you say the Top fan - do you mean the front fan linked to the upper chamber or the top rear fan? If it's the top rear fan, I'd suggest using this as an exhaust. If this is the fan you mean, then the spoiler is more for allowing unrestricted airflow (incase books, etc are placed on the case). Th...

Do you have any hard drives in the upper cage? I removed the upper cage completly since I wasn't going to place any hard drives there. I don't know if it affects airflow, but it should do SOME good atleast. No drives in the upper tray - I figured since I only have 2 they would be best suited down b...

how did the fan swap on your zalman 7000 go for you? It's the second one I've done on this baby and they are easy as pie. Just make sure to place something soft & squishy in between the fan and the metal base. I didn't bother about the tiny screw holes... nothing some strong glue can't fix =) Im th...

i like the title :D catches a lot of attention as for you case excellent, but not yet on par with Ralf's on a side note, WHY don't we have a Mike Fan Club or Ralf Fan club? It's no Ralf toppler yet.. maybe one day. Here's a shot of the heat-shrinked power cables.. Excuse the mess at the top of the ...

After seeing many of Ralf's stylish minimalistic cable jobs on this site I thought it was time to have a crack at one myself. The Neo Classic case mod was fun, but I wanted more. Like most of you i get a bit of a kick out of building systems & seeing how they go.. not to mention all the experimentin...

Dynamiks - Don't know if this has been covered already, but how come you aren't using the lower chamber for your drives? Would the hdd's int he lower chamber with a 120mm fan pulling air over them give you greater airflow int he upper chamber due to less obstruction? Also - how do you find the Sunbe...

Hi Gurus - I've got a question relating to the above fantastic products =) It's a cross between CPU cooling & Case cooling - so I'll post in this thread... With the Antec P180 running with the top vent blocked up and the rear fan as exhaust, the cool air for the upper chamber is sucked in via the fr...