Upgrade from Antec P180: For better cooling and under 230mm
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 2:23 am
Hi all,
The P180 has served me well over the years and for past builds. However, it no longer copes with current gaming cards. I previously had a HD6970 and had to underclock to keep things stable. My current HD7950 works fine at stock speed but cannot overclock to even 950MHz core (when it should easily reach 1000MHz). On top of that I have had to add extra fans on the top and front (and actively cool the CPU).
I'm not looking to overclock (may do so from time to time, for the fun of it) but this indicates lousy temperatures in the P180. That top outlet is also quite noisy (from vibration). I would like to be able to be rid of a top outlet too as they seem generally noisy. I was planning on jumping on either the P280 or Fractal Design R4 but unfortunately the space under my desk can only accommodate just under 23cm of case width. I have heard about the Corsair 550D and the size is right. Are there any others worth considering?
Thanks in advance.
TL;DR - Need a quiet case with better thermals than the P180 and under 23cm of width. Must cope with HD7950 and future video cards/systems.
The P180 has served me well over the years and for past builds. However, it no longer copes with current gaming cards. I previously had a HD6970 and had to underclock to keep things stable. My current HD7950 works fine at stock speed but cannot overclock to even 950MHz core (when it should easily reach 1000MHz). On top of that I have had to add extra fans on the top and front (and actively cool the CPU).
I'm not looking to overclock (may do so from time to time, for the fun of it) but this indicates lousy temperatures in the P180. That top outlet is also quite noisy (from vibration). I would like to be able to be rid of a top outlet too as they seem generally noisy. I was planning on jumping on either the P280 or Fractal Design R4 but unfortunately the space under my desk can only accommodate just under 23cm of case width. I have heard about the Corsair 550D and the size is right. Are there any others worth considering?
Thanks in advance.
TL;DR - Need a quiet case with better thermals than the P180 and under 23cm of width. Must cope with HD7950 and future video cards/systems.