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This is my "New" workstation, originally it lived in an old ATX fulltower case from 1997, but I got too tired of dust and noise problems, so.. enter 2007 and the glorious Antec P182

Specs:

Antec P182
Corsair HX520W
Asus P5W DH Deluxe
Asus 7950GT 512MB
E6600
Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme
Thermalright HR-03
3x1GB Crucial BallistiX PC8500
3x250GB Seagate 7200.8 (2 PATA, 1 SATA)








From the side


Close-up shot...


Airflow diagram: (my paint skills are... lacking)

Green: CPU fan header, 35-100% in speedfan, varied by CPU temp
Blue: Case fan header, 35-80% in speedfan, varied by GPU + NB temp
Red: HDD fan header, 35-80% in speedfanm varied by HDD temps

UPDATES:

Mostly revamped the whole post...

I have Zalman ZM80D-HP on my 7950GT and it's around 75C on full load

I just mounted my Thermalright HR-03...

BF2 with intake fans @ 800rpm and exhaust @ ~400rpm = 94C
BF2 with fans @ full = 83C

... It wasnt unstable, and there was no artifacts at any time, even at 94C.. funky...

Seems like with the back pressure issues of the Noctuas you would do better if you moved the Noctua from the heatsink down to the bottom chamber and moved the nexus up to the heatsink.

Ofcourse... switched the fans now

Moved one of the noctua fans down to the gpu.. result: abit higher overall temps because I lost the top exhaust fan, and way lower gpu temps... example:

25-26C ambient

GPU:

54C idle
60C in BF2

... not too shoddy really

Also ordered 5 more nexus fans, for $9 a piece.. a bargain in norway

That's what, 1/3 of what Komplett charges? Can I ask you where you found them for that price?

Hi,
back pressure issues ?? Could you please advise what that means ? Because I just order 4 Noctua 120 fans. Is it bad ?? I was planning to use Noctua 120mm fans on my P182 for the whole system. Should I buy another Nexus ???

Mamoz.no, hehe. Not the best site, but I guess they cant do that order wrong...



Noctua's push air just fine, they just dont like pushing air through stuff like filters and heatsinks, you should go for nexus.. also noctua fans stop reporting RPM at 700rpm, while the nexus fans reports down to about 300...

Why not mount the HR-03 wrapped around the card, you could then avoid having to use another fan to cool it. It should be cooled well enough by the airflow from the exhaust and possible even the CPU fan.

This is true.. I guess im abit worried about the available space to do it.

Hi, Wibla..
I'm a bit newbie to this quieting pc stuffs. I'm rite now preparing my new system & would do it just like yours. Is your system totally deadly silent ?
How do you set your nexus & noctua fans? Do you lower the rpm or do you have them running full speed ?
For Noctua, I know we can lower the rpm using the ULNA included in the package. How do you do it with the Nexus? Using the "7 Volt Tricks" ??

Thanks !!

Takk, kamerat.

I never even thought of checking Mamoz, since they are getting horrid reviews across the board. But I guess it's worth trying this time.

Have a little question , u did replace the original fans.
Can u still use the switches then? min med max ??
I don't own one , just want to know....

PS: Nice computer

I use speedfan to control all the fans except psu...



You cant use the switches on the back when you swap out the fans.

It's not deadly silent, but its quiet enough, i can barely hear it when I turn off the fileserver i also have... ofc. if the noctua exhaust fan spins @1300 rpm, I hear it no matter, but as long as its below 1000rpm I cant hear it above the ambient noise. I cant hear the Noctua HDD fan at all except on 100%, as its between the psu and the hdd cage...

Hi, Wibla..
Silly question, Correct me if I'm wrong :
If I also want to use speedfan to control the fan speed & monitor the temperature just like yours, then I'll need to add :
- Add 3 pieces of thermal monitoring hardware for the 3 hard drive.
- Then all the fans in your system should be attached to fan connector on motherboard instead of attach them directly with psu ?

thanks.

I have just purchased a similar setup i.e. P182, Corsair 620W, with ASUS M/B (can't remember the specs...maybe A8N SLI?). The P4 power socket seems to be in a very similar position to yours, and I'm trying to tidy up my cables at the moment.

How did you feed the cable behind the M/B?
Do you have to take the M/B out to do so?
Can the cable cause any problems if it's in direct contact with the M/B?

When I've finished cleaning it up a bit, I'll be happy to upload some shots, but, as everyone here already knows, the pursuit of silence is an ongoing process!! Passive watercooling and a BFG watercooled 8800GTX or on my wish-list (drooling).

how did you manage to mount the nexus on the ultra 120?

Thanks,
Derek

I just fed it behind the motherboard plate and then through the hole at the top.. had like 5mm to spare.

Speedfan should find your harddrives automatically, and then its really a piece of cake read the help file, its actually not bad.

All the fans should be connected to the motherboard, but you need 3plug fans like nexus or noctua 120mm, not the antec units.


I used some heavy duty double sided tape at each corner.



Works good, and I think it reduces vibrations abit too, as its like 1.5-2mm thick.

Hi Wibla, nice rig!

Since u are using Speedfan, u might wanna know that it has been reported in other forums that Speedfan registers coretemps that are 15 degrees lower than actual. It seems logical to me that the coretemps should be higher than system temp at all times.

I'm using both Coretemp 0.95 and Speedfan, Speedfan does show 15C lower . So i added 15C offset value to Speedfan.

Here are my temps for reference:
Ambient 30C: Coretemp=40C Idle, 59C Load (Orthos)
GPU=52C Idle
System=40C

My specs:
P182, E4300 (stock)+ Scythe Infinity, Asus P5K

little question here I see how u mounted your powersupply , the 12 cm fan is at the bottom right??
Can he get air over there??Just a question.

Thanks
Stany

Yeah, there is hole in bottom of that PSU stand, allowing bottom ventilated PSU get more than enough air.

what you need todo is turn 5 harddrives into 2 somehow :/

I tested with TAT.. same temps obviously the "CPU" temp is worthless, but Core 0 and Core 1 is identical.

I have the same coolers for the cpu and vga in a P180. What I have done differently is install the HR-03 the other way around over the graphic card to save one PCI slot. It is now passive (used to have a 92 fan on it) and is being cooled by the airflow from the 120 fans above. It is a bit tight on installation but it works very well. My 7900gt (oc from 400 to 550 mhz) stays always below 80 deg C and when idling approx 45 deg.

I left the top fan installed it makes a small difference.

BTW Great site...

Michael

I ordered the same case, ditching my silverstone SG03 setup due to bad temps, will have Sythe Ninja Heatsink, Nexus 120mm @ 7v for CPU and Exhaust fan as well as front VGA fan, will have Noctua @ 7.5V for Top fan as well as Front Lower fan, and will remove stock fan in PSU area.

PSU will be Enermax Liberty 500 modded with Nexus 120mm running at stock speeds, and will have 2 * Seagate 120GB 7200.2 Drives enclosed in Scythe SDQ2500

Graphics card will be Ati 1950 Pro fitted with Artic Acccelero S1, but will replace with GTX+HR-03 Plus later on

Like this? just did this earlier today, wanted the top exhaust back...

Exactly. I also found that with the top fan as intake VGA temps are a bit lower.

It looks nice doesn't it?

mmm sorry for the repetetive questions , but U control the fan's with speedfan .
So the fans are plugged in the mainboard??Or how is this acomplished.
If so does every decent mainboard this option?
For example a Gigabyte p35 DS3...?

Yes, all fans are plugged into my P5W DH Deluxe.

I don't know if the DS3 supports speedfan at all, sorry.