the intake fans have sort of a fan sleeve that clips to the case. they are sorta tricky to take out unless you know the trick, you have to bend the big piece of plastic a bit.
i broke one on my P180 a long time ago learn from my mistakes.
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- Sat Nov 12, 2011 8:13 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Switching from Antec Solo to P183 v3
- Replies: 13
- Views: 14596
- Sat Oct 22, 2011 6:50 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: File server needs silencing
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6315
Re: File server needs silencing
unsupported drives on your areca card ... don't take my word for it but those drives might fall out of the raid5 array
- Tue Aug 23, 2011 7:44 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: advice on i3 gaming small rig
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1964
Re: advice on i3 gaming small rig
Looks very nice. If you're looking for PSU recommendations, I'd suggest Antec Earthwatts supplies, or Seasonic Supplies. Antec 380w routinely runs $40 in the US and shouldn't have any problems powering said system. If you're sticking with air cooling for the video card I find that most dual slot sto...
- Tue Aug 16, 2011 2:02 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: i3 2100 web server PSU
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9732
Re: i3 2100 web server PSU
I've built an SB system with a 60W PSU. Picos are very good but I used the case's fanless PSU to save money. I also did not go with a DH61AG for the same reason. 80+ 300W PSUs are a lot less efficient than a pico because you don't get 80+ at low load! Only platinum-rated mainstream PSUs compete wit...
- Tue Aug 16, 2011 12:48 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Low power file server
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4920
Re: Low power file server
You need to get it booted into an OS with power saving features enabled, and look at your killawatt. You might be pleasantly suprised.
- Tue Aug 16, 2011 12:46 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Diagnose system not booting with ATI 5770 graphics card
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3570
Re: Diagnose system not booting with ATI 5770 graphics card
If the computer will boot up without the card, but not with the card, it's absolutely 100% the power supply. No-name 350w supplies may not provide the necessary 12v amperage to run the card. Try to find that 12v amperage and let us know what it is, may be listed on the PSU. I wouldn't recommend supp...
- Tue Aug 16, 2011 12:38 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: i3 2100 web server PSU
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9732
Re: i3 2100 web server PSU
I would speculate that the pico-PSU nets you 10%+ more efficiency, but I think that you should take a look at some of the smaller, fairly inexpensive 80+ bronze supplies you can get, for example an Antec EA-380D or a Seasonic 300w Both can be had for less than $40, where as a pico-psu generally cost...
- Thu Aug 04, 2011 1:34 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Quiet 2TB HD with blended performance
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3512
Re: Quiet 2TB HD with blended performance
the difference between 5400 and 5900 RPM drives is probably minimal. 7200RPM [and faster] will net you better access times. Hitachi makes by far the cheapest 7200RPM drives. I'm using 5 7200RPM 7K2000 [the 32mb cache version] drives, I am pretty happy with the noise. I'd speculate western digital bl...
- Wed Jun 15, 2011 1:33 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Opinions on storage system
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1552
Opinions on storage system
Hello. I'm looking for some opinions on how I'm upgrading from my current storage system, in particular any pros and cons for operating systems. I'm familiar with all manner of operating systems, including Ubuntu Server, Server 2008/R2 I am also comfortable with virtualization platforms, in particul...
- Mon May 23, 2011 12:13 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Intel Core i3-2100T & Core i5-2400S Low Power CPUs
- Replies: 48
- Views: 44910
Re: Intel Core i3-2100T & Core i5-2400S Low Power CPUs
Thanks for the informative review! It's great that lower wattage desktop chips are becoming more common-place. I have great love for my 2.5GHZ AMD 45w chip [X2 4850] as well as my 1.9Ghz BE-2300. I know that there might not be any microcenters wherever the review takes place, but even now you can pi...
- Sat May 14, 2011 6:12 am
- Forum: Newcomers Briefing Room
- Topic: My CPU heatsink is SOO loud! Help please!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5279
Re: My CPU heatsink is SOO loud! Help please!
You're using the stock AMD phenom cooler.
See if you have the 4 pin connector from the cpu fan in the correct slot. Check if the motherboard has the Q-FAN feature on, as previous poster stated.
See if you have the 4 pin connector from the cpu fan in the correct slot. Check if the motherboard has the Q-FAN feature on, as previous poster stated.
- Thu May 05, 2011 10:52 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Single Platter 500GB 2.5" Hard Drive?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 15001
Re: Single Platter 500GB 2.5" Hard Drive?
most macs can house 12.5mm drives, i have one in my macbook pro @ 1TB.
most 2.5" drives don't produce a lot of vibration, in particular the slower spinning drives, though you lose a bit of performance.
most 2.5" drives don't produce a lot of vibration, in particular the slower spinning drives, though you lose a bit of performance.
- Mon Mar 28, 2011 10:27 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Mini-Itx with overclocked C2D Extreme x9100
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3690
Re: Mini-Itx with overclocked C2D Extreme x9100
I imagine since this is a laptop chip, a standard desktop size cooler wouldn't have much issue dealing with 44w of TDP.
- Fri Oct 29, 2010 6:09 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: please critique my home ZFS build
- Replies: 55
- Views: 26802
Re: please critique my home ZFS build
I would agree, but unless he's moving to 10g, which seems unlikely since he said he's rolling a mac mini, you can easily saturate gigabit [~110-115MB/s after overhead] with iSCSI traffic with two disks striped.
- Fri Oct 29, 2010 5:56 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: please critique my home ZFS build
- Replies: 55
- Views: 26802
Re: please critique my home ZFS build
Sanity wise everything looks to be in order. If anything you should consider your strategy here. If you're so concerned about the data, are you taking into account a backup routine. ZFS parity is *not* a backup. RAID is about performance and uptime. I know ZFS isn't RAID and I would agree that some ...
- Wed Oct 27, 2010 1:02 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Pro Tools Home Recording PC Build Suggestions
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5746
Re: New Build Help Please
Might delete your other post in the gallery, this is where that thread belongs. Looks solid. Antec Solo is cheaper. Both cases are fairly quiet with the dampening. The tri-cools that come with both cases are considered mediocre among this very picky crowd here, but they are probably good enough if y...
- Sun Oct 24, 2010 7:01 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Gigabyte H55N-USB3: The De Facto LGA1156 Mini-ITX Board?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 16773
Re: Gigabyte H55N-USB3: The De Facto LGA1156 Mini-ITX Board?
I bought a Scythe Big Shuriken for one of these without really looking at the motherboard closely.
Of course it covered up the PCI-E slot quite well, had to use the Intel stock cooler.
Of course it covered up the PCI-E slot quite well, had to use the Intel stock cooler.
- Thu Oct 14, 2010 8:32 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Question for German/international SPCR friends
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1961
Re: Question for German/international SPCR friends
Thanks for the quick reply! Lets hope it gets there in one piece.
- Thu Oct 14, 2010 6:50 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Question for German/international SPCR friends
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1961
Question for German/international SPCR friends
Hi. This is probably a very simple question. I am shipping a computer for work to Germany from the united states. I believe I have purchased the correct power cable [CEE7] for this computer. The power supply says it will autoswitch to whatever power is available. It's a Corsair HX750. It's also powe...
- Fri Oct 08, 2010 11:22 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Fast, Small, PC Q07 AMD Quad-Core/HD 5670.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 13913
- Tue Sep 28, 2010 4:45 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Lian Li PC-Q08 Mini-ITX Mini Tower Case
- Replies: 53
- Views: 73963
- Mon Sep 27, 2010 3:44 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Corsair 600t upgrade
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7351
Yes, I liked how easy it was to put the hard drives in; screw less design, you see. However once I turned on all 4 1TB blacks, the vibration dampening was inferior to the white-rubber grommets on the P180. It felt like the HDD's were flush against the plastic base of the supplied trays, so vibration...
- Mon Sep 27, 2010 9:19 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Lian Li PC-Q08 Mini-ITX Mini Tower Case
- Replies: 53
- Views: 73963
- Mon Sep 27, 2010 4:46 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Corsair 600t upgrade
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7351
Corsair 600t upgrade
I've "upgraded" my gaming computer from a lightly modified Antec P180 [some behind the tray cabling] to a Corsair 600t... I'm overall pleased, but I'd share a couple things with yall that you would only get if you did it yourself Parts list : Corsair HX750 ASUS Maximus Formula motherboard Intel i7 8...
- Mon Sep 27, 2010 4:27 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Is the Solo too small for my build? ( heat issues?)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4393
I run pretty much all antec solo's at work, every machine is a quad core and usually has a pretty decent video card [240GT or 5670]. Adding in the two front fans [I use low RPM scythe's] seems to keep everything cooler, especially the HDD. With what you have listed, you won't have any problems, thou...
- Fri Sep 24, 2010 5:26 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Fast, Small, PC Q07 AMD Quad-Core/HD 5670.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 13913
- Wed Sep 22, 2010 5:27 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Fast, Small, PC Q07 AMD Quad-Core/HD 5670.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 13913
- Wed Sep 22, 2010 8:41 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Fast, Small, PC Q07 AMD Quad-Core/HD 5670.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 13913
Fast, Small, PC Q07 AMD Quad-Core/HD 5670.
Note this is copy/pasta from here I recently built this little Q07 Build. We're cramming a lot of power in a little space here, but I think they turned out awesome, especially for how quiet it is. Since they are in an office space you can pretty much always count on the hvac to cover up what little ...
- Mon Sep 13, 2010 2:10 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Converting to Rackmount
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2464
For your existing hardware, since you're probably going to re-establish stability, I'd recommend a supermicro board. Here is a nice looking one, it's a bit expensive, but I've had good luck out of the box with SM motherboards for workstations. Otherwise, find the cheapest, well reviewed LGA775 mothe...
- Sun Sep 12, 2010 5:51 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: $150US Budget - Which CPU/Mobo/IGP-GPU?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7263
This seems challenging, I like that. As for advice, I'd say Athlon X3 is better/cheaper than X2. You might read up a bit on unlocking cores, sometimes you can get lucky and unlock extra cores in the X3 processor lines. Just poking around the egg site, I'd say this might be something to think about, ...