I'm thinking of doing a few mods to my P180. The largest is enlarging the top fan exhaust hole to fit a 140mm fan. I need to take some measurements, but I think it will work well. Actually, I might try to use dual 140mm fans in the top if it seems practical.
In addition to that I want to work out some better cable routing. Has anyone figgured out a way to run cables behind the motherboard tray?
Contemplating some P180 mods.
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I haven't yet ordered my P180, so I could be misunderstanding the layout slightly, but...
Couldn't you run the cables (even the 24-pin ATX) behind the motherboard tray with the right-side panel removed, thread the cable around the top/front edge of the tray as desired, and then put the panel back on? If the size of the connector is the limiting factor, rather than the thickness of the cable itself, then this should work. I can't quite see in the pictures whether there is any space between the top of the tray and the ceiling of the case.
This is one of the reasons I might want to hold off until the P182 comes out. I see this case as something that I would continue to reuse for years as long as hardware designs don't change radically, so it might be worth waiting for the "2.0" revision that fixes the minor flaws in the original design.
Couldn't you run the cables (even the 24-pin ATX) behind the motherboard tray with the right-side panel removed, thread the cable around the top/front edge of the tray as desired, and then put the panel back on? If the size of the connector is the limiting factor, rather than the thickness of the cable itself, then this should work. I can't quite see in the pictures whether there is any space between the top of the tray and the ceiling of the case.
This is one of the reasons I might want to hold off until the P182 comes out. I see this case as something that I would continue to reuse for years as long as hardware designs don't change radically, so it might be worth waiting for the "2.0" revision that fixes the minor flaws in the original design.