Various cables at Performance-PCs . Yes, but I'm looking for connectors, not cables. I'm trying to make 2 cables to beautify my P180: 1) 4 sata right-angle power connectors, 1 molex (male) connector on the end. This is to power my raid array in the lower bay. Before I attach the molex, I'm going to...

Atragon wrote:Is this the type of thing you're looking for?

http://www.adpmods.com/case-modding/Rig ... c-172.html

Yeah, but they're in Canada and charge more to ship than the connectors cost. Flat $20CDN for shipping to the states.

BoB

Hey all, I want to make some custom cables to tidy up the olde P180. I need to buy right-angle SATA and Molex power connectors. I want to use black to be color-consistent. Right now, my regular supplier, jab-tech, is all out. Anybody know another place I can get them? Any national retailers sell the...

Why did you not recommend the Phantom 350 for my application? Not enough power? More or less. W/4 HDDs and dual core, you might as well have a little extra headroom. You're going to need a 120mm fan in the lower chamber anyway, so as long as this is in place, you should be able to keep the P500 fan...

I am currently running a Phantom 350 and 2 RAIDed WD 250G HDDs in a P180 (w/DFI GF4, A64 3500+ Venice, 1G RAM, NV6800GT). A Nexus 120 fan at 5V runs in the lower chamber. I don't have any temp monitoring of the lower chamber, but the back of the PSu is never hot and the HDDs always feel whenever I'...

What about the front intake fan?

acaurora wrote:The S12 series, I have a 600W, and it reaches just fine no matter where. I am not aware of any cable length differences between the 430 and teh 600... is there mike ?

Which mobo you have? Also, are you trying to run the cabling neatly?

BoB

MikeC wrote:BoB-O -- probably.

Hmmmm. Are you a bettin' man?

Doing the math: Actually, I got it wrong; went too fast. :lol: Antec cites the following -- 5V=35A, 3.3V=35A, 12V1=17A, 12V2=19A -- on this page: http://www.antec.com/specs/SP500_spe.html But the 5V & 3.3V lines have a combined maximum of 180W, AND the combined +5V, +12V1, 12V2 and +3.3V maxload is...

I don't recommend any fanless PSU in the P180 w/o a fan. I never intended it to be used with a fanless PSU. If It had been, I'd have specified a much bigger path for heat conduction from the PSU to the case. A good fan blowing like 10~15cfm is inaudible and will keep any decently efficient, reasona...

Anyone have a SPII-500 in a P180? It looks good cable-wise. It's listed as 3db louder than the SS-400W at 200W, but what about the SS-460W, which is what I'd get? I'd imagine they're about the same in the lower chamber of a P180 + Nexus 120mm. Can anybody confirm or deny? I'm ordering the case, but...

Hey all, I'm getting a P180 that I intend to load up with Nexus 120mm fans. Before you go crazy, I'm just looking for a quieter computer than this crazy loud workstation I have. The 4 Nexus fans won't even come close. That said, I bought a nexus mount kit, but it only has 8 of the long iso-mounts. W...

Anyone have a SPII-500 in a P180? It looks good cable-wise. It's listed as 3db louder than the SS-400W at 200W, but what about the SS-460W, which is what I'd get? I'd imagine they're about the same in the lower chamber of a P180 + Nexus 120mm. Can anybody confirm or deny? I'm ordering the case, but ...

Silent1 wrote:That's information on a silver plate!

Outstanding, Mike.

Hell yeah! MikeC 'da man!

My original concept for the P180 PSU chamber was to use a straight-through 80mm conventional PSU. Among them, the Seasonic Super Silencer 460 is the one I'd get for your rig -- then swap out the stock fan for a Panaflo 80 medium speed fan. And block off the extra grills around the PSU on the back o...

System specs:

A8N-SLI Premium
Athlon X2 4400+ OC'ed to 2625 (10.5x250)
2GB (2x1GB) Mushkin HP3200 DDR
XFX Passive GeForce 6600 (non-GT)
Areca ARC-1210 PCIe RAID card
NEC 3540 DVDRW
Raptor 74GB SATA
4 x Maxtor 300GB SATA (on RAID)
Internal USB card reader

Thanks!
BoB

Hey all, Man, I feel like I've posted more in the past two weeks than I have in the past 2 years. Anyhow, I'm thinking about getting a P180. This has me thinking about the "best" power supply for a P180. I put "best" in quotes because it's quite subjective. First off, I want it to be quiet (silence ...

Vulcan wrote:What kind of exhaust fan are you running? I have no temp problems with my sonata. With a X2 3800 and Freezer 64 I have an idle of around 27C, I'm not sure what the load is I'll get back to you on that.

I'm using a Nexus 120mm exhaust and another Nexus 120mm up in front of the drive cage.

BoB

The P180s airflow, while slightly better isn't going to vastly change your temps (actualy, some people have actualy had worse temps when coming from a 3700/sonata). What exactly are the temps you are getting? I'm using an XP-90 with 92mm Nexus. With my S12-430, I get idle 40C, dual Prime95 load 57C...

Freelancer77 wrote:With two pairs of WD Raptors in the lower drive cage (two 74's and two 36's), I'm well beyond satisfied with the grommet mounting of the drives in the bottom of the P180. There is NO drive vibration transmitted to the case. I can pick up the seek clicks, but that's it.

How are the temps?

BoB

Hey all, I've been fighting with this BQE for a few weeks now. It's running too hot up top. This is for a quiet (not silent) workstation that contains an X2 4400+, 2GB RAM, Asus A8N-SLI Prem, 4 Maxtor 300GB drives in RAID5, PCIe RAID card, 1 Raptor 74GB drive, DVDRW, and passive PCIe GeForce 6600. A...

Hey all,

Are the P180 height measurements to the top of the fan cover or to the top of the case proper? If you put the P180 on plush carpet, how high does it sit above the carpet? I'm thinking of getting one for my office, but it looks to be a tight fit below my desk.

Thanks,
BoB

Hey all,

I know the wattage is different, but I'm experimenting with different power supplies. Will the Antec SL350S (comes with the SLK3700-BQE) be quieter or louder (under average usage) than the SmartPower 2.0 450W?

Thanks,
BoB

As soon as I replaced my enermax noisetaker (rear vent heat problem) with a sp 2.0 500w all the hot air from the cpu goes out the rear case exhaust. Hot air does not rise to the top of the case as I thought. The psu intake fan stays at ~1100rpm - to me it's virtually silent. The psu exhaust fan wil...

I wouldn't use the psu to exhaust case heat. A 120mm case exhaust fan should be able to do that. - FG I have a 120mm fan in the rear (heh heh) of the case to exhaust heat from the CPU. I want the PSU to exhaust it's own heat and, hopefully, any stagnant heat that pools at the top of the case. My S1...

Hey all,

I was wondering if any people have had success in changing the fans in the SmartPower 2.0 450W PS? I see that they use thinner fans, but it looks like there's room. How much quieter could I expect to get it while still effectively exhausting the heat?

Thanks,
BoB

I just installed the PSU gasket from the NoiseKiller kit from Antec. It actually superseeded my expectations, It took care of my noise problem! My Sonata II is acceptable quiet now. I could live with this light hum my Setup makes. Which by the way is: ASUS A8N SLI Premium AMD 3000+ Venice core Zall...

I'm getting the same heat venting issue with my S12-380 in a Sonata case. It makes the top of the case warm to the touch and keeps my optical's nice and toasty. I'm emailing Seasonic about a replacement. Let me know what happens. Seasonic tech support usually takes several days to respond to each o...

So, the S12-430 is putting out a little more heat than I'd like. I'm RMA'ing it with Seasonic for a straight-through PS (Super Silencer). They don't have any of the 460's in stock, but they do have the 400W (22A on the 12V line). The S12-430 has no problems at all with my system, but it has 29A spli...

IIRC, in another post you mentioned you had a WD Raptor mounted in one of the 5.25" bays. I'd imagine this contributes much more heat to the 5.25" area than a few small vent holes in the Seasonic. I thought of that, too. So I unplugged it. Same issue. Also, I can actually feel the heat radiating ou...