It fits on my A7N8X Deluxe 2.0. I had to bend one of the fins as it was coming close to my Thermalright SP-97...

Goldmember wrote: I concur. If it is identical, why didn't they just name it the P150B and be done with it?

The NeoHE 430W is a pretty significant part of the P150... not having it included would be a pretty big omission on Antec's part.

dart22 wrote:http://syndicate.tentoe.com/__FileManag ... ED.web.pdf

Oh wow, the Solo is now the case I'll be waiting for.

Trying to digest the differences between the NSK6500 and the P150 Black. The only differences I can see are the TAC vents on the side panel, the included PSU (P150 comes with a NeoHE 430W, and NSK6500 has the TP2.0 430W), and the hard drive mounting system (P150 has suspension). Am I missing anythin...

Nice. I did something similar a while back on my 8500LE.

http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=18398

LC, I think that name has a connection to the famed Deer power supplies which were known in the past to be fire hazards.

I don't like how the side panels are vented (TAC). Not good for dust prevention. Noise can exit through these holes too.

I like that, pretty clean. It'd probably be even better with SATA drives instead.

Mats wrote:The obvious alternative is Opteron 144 ($125), also 1.8 Hz but with 1 MB L2 cache.

This CPU is said to overclock extremely well. I think it is essentially an underclocked FX-57...

http://eclipseoc.com/index.php?id=3,25,0,0,1,0
http://eclipseoc.com/index.php?id=3,29,0,0,1,0

Nice system, and inexpensive I guess. Sempron 2800+ (RevE, 256KB L2.. the higher-rated RevE 3000+ only has 128KB L2, not good) Well it depends what you are doing with it: apart from gaming X-bit labs struggled to find a benchmark where L2 made a meaningful difference. Cool & Quiet did not work... C...

AlNasty wrote:Thanks, the Zalman is actually, smaller, thinner, shorter and appears to be aluminum while the stock MSI is larger and made of copper

I believe it is copper-coloured aluminum.

I built a Sempron64 machine for a friend of mine about two months ago. http://www.thequietrevolution.ca/quiet/images/computer/IMG_3577b.JPG Antec SLK3000B + SmartPower 2.0 400W (rear 120mm Tricool set to medium) Asus K8V-X (K8N wasn't in stock) Sempron 2800+ (RevE, 256KB L2.. the higher-rated RevE 3...

picard wrote:Is blue orb actually quiet? I am considering buying blue orb II version. It has 120mm fan.

Thermaltake rates it at 17dBA... don't bet on it being close to that rating at all.

-tito- wrote:--Seasonic S12500. I would need a 24 pin --> 20 pin connector but I could use it in the new system

You don't. The extra four-pin section just slips off.

My Kingwin rack does indeed have a 30mm fan, but I just unplug it. The majority of the rack & tray is constructed out of aluminium, and should be able to cool most drives passively.

Big news! That's right... I'd forgotten CWT set up the ISO brand. Ningbo ISO - http://www.cwtnb.com.cn/ Edit - I just realized where I've seen that odd "VRL" nomenclature on the main transformers before: http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=51&type=expert&pid=4 Would they could they be Seasonic (pr...

The V1 is not compatible with the 7800GT/X.

Admiral Ackbar wrote:

ArcticOC wrote:I like it like this.. Gives me high clocks and almost no noise

My tread at XS:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/sho ... hp?t=73430

Where did you get the northbridge cooler? What is it made from?

I think it's an Arctic Cooling Freezer heatsink, with the centre section cut out. Great idea.

It pushes air through the fins.

I am most interested.

What impressed me about the previous generation Freezers is the good weight:surface area ratio. For the cooling power you get, there's no weight penalty.

sthayashi wrote:My guess is that this was originally an ATX v1.3 PSUs that was dressed up to be a 2.0 PSU.

I agree. Just take a look at the +5V line, and how it has 52A!!!

Wait, so you guys have had your hands on it at one point?

Are you referring to the ATX12V cable? I'd like to route that under the motherboard in a P180 if I could.

http://www.antec.com/us/pro_p_NeoHE.html - Up to 85% claimed efficiency - Single 80mm fan exhaust, claimed 18dBA (har har... we shall see). We can safely assume large internal heatsinks - Modular like the Neopower - APFC for all models - Three +12V outputs, very lean +5V and +3.3V outputs - Typical ...

BenW wrote:Obviously don't know what they're on about

absorbing heat away from the GPU

Absorbing = in
Away = out

Contradicting

Well, they could mean absorbing into the heatsink body... that's how I see it.

Shouldn't the XP-120 deliver enough airflow to cool the RAM itself?

mb2 wrote:^the heatpipe cooler is an artic cooling freezer 4, with the middle cut out

nice work!

Yeah, fantastic idea at that. The workmanship looks superb, very clean.

Amazing review, took me a very long time to read it in depth, and I applaud all you guys for your efforts, thanks so much for producing the "P180 Handbook" as somebody put it earlier. The case looks awesome (I must get my hands on the black SPCR version), but I am only concerned by one thing... and...

Most nF4 users have enough problems getting the Zalman NB47J to fit. This does look good, but clearance problems...

- Did you use good thermal compound, and did you apply it correctly?
- Is the heatsink itself installed properly?
- Thermalright recommends having the fan blow down into the heatsink.

You must use it, as this square four-pin connector is where the CPU gets it's power (+12V). If your previous board didn't have this connector, then the CPU got it's power from the +5V line.

All Abit NF7/AN7 boards have the the four-pin ATX12V connection...