So when I built my machine last fall, I carried over a 7600GT from an old system, knowing that in the near future I'd get a modern dx10 card. That time is now, CoD4 is a bit pokey with that 7600GT and hl2 could use a couple more FPS. With Diablo 3 and Starcraft 2 coming, I'm even more motivated. It ...

Thanks Falcon. Your's was one of the builds that inspired me. I also must mention Konnetikut, miahallen and Oscar3d. You guys all rock. Update on the machine....it's humming along. I still have some issues with sleep mode, but i think it's Vista + one of the various USB devices i have plugged in. I ...

Many cable ties died to bring you this post. Here’s the version 1.0 parts list: Antec P182 with installed Antec Tri-Cools x3 Corsair CMPSU-620HX Gigabye GA-P35-DS4 Rev 2.0 Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 + Arctic Silver 5 + Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme + Scythe SFF21E (1200 RPM) 4x 1 GB Crucial Ballisit...

I'm having a similar problem getting SMART data from 4 Western Digital drives in my new system. Niether Speedfan nor RivaTuner want to report temperature data from the disks. I've checked and triple checked that SMART is enabled in the BIOS. The drives are members of two RAID 1 sets, could that prev...

Panter- did you mount a fan at the front of the P182, at the bottom? I mean in front of the lower hard drive cage, presumably, blowing across the 4 drives mounted at the bottom. I'm building a rig with a P182, it's going to have 4 drives and I've been going back and forth as to how to lay them into ...

Thanks ... I forgot all about NCIX. Stupid job dulling my brain! I'm planning on using at least some of the included Antec Tricools off the bat in the interests of being cheap. :wink: I figure if they are too noisy I'll replace them during inevitable tinkering stages as I get a feel for the cooling ...

Been lurking on this site for a while... these forums rock. I was debating buying a premade or building again (last time was 9-10 years ago). You guys put me over the top. So building my own it is :D Here is my initial parts list...please comment on anything. Antec P182 Corsair CMPSU-620HX Gigabyte ...