I haven't scratched my P180, and I haven't been overly careful. It's probably about as easily scratched as aluminium cases.

My manual doesn't mention the different thumbscrews, this is something Antec should have made more obvious, it's very counterintuitive to have two almost identical types of thumbscrews. They could just have a warning label attached to the thumbscrew.

I might have? :cry: but if I used the big thumbscrew and managed to slide on the panel shouldn't it come off the same way? It's actually easier to slide on the door than get it off, the shape of the clip is such that the clip will slide over the thumbscrew, and then the clip will get pushed in when...

Did you use a big thumbscrew on the lower drive cage? There is a special small thumbscrew for the lower drive cage, because if you use the big thumbscrews there, one of the clips will jam against the thumbscrew. If that's it, I don't know of a good solution apart from gently pulling the door off, yo...

The clicking is pretty bad, it sounds like about 25ish decibels. I bought the rev 1 and connected it to a molex connector to get 5 volts, that removes the clicking and I haven't had any problems yet.

The 2x120 gb raid drives are soft-mounted with rubber mounts that came with the Kingwin case - I did not find a reason to suspend or silencing them further since they are quite quiet WD? Quiet? I don't believe you. :shock: I used to have two WD 120 GB HDDs in my computer (RAID0 actually), but I got...

BenW wrote:So it just draws twive as much power instead of dividing by 2.

I guess?

Thanks
Ben

That is right, the voltage is the same, but the amperage (and wattage) doubles.

You could try to connect the Rev 1 to a molex connector to get 5 volts before buying something new, that removes the ticking, and I've had no problems with the temps on my X800 pro.

Wow, it looks really badass, nice work!

Well, I thought I'd try to replace the whiny CPU fan with one of the 120mm antec fans at "low", I used some clear plastic and made a duct, I attached the fan to the duct with clear tape, then attached the duct and fan to the old heatsink with some steel wire and aluminium tape. http://images5.theima...

Well, I've tried it for a few days and it seems to be okay. I finished HL2 again over a couple of days with some AA and AF, and there were no problems.

Shadowknight wrote:What width cable sleeving did you use for the differrent cable types? PSU, fan, PSU molex, P4 cable, etc.

The PSU came with the sleeving already on, it was the least Yesico could do, passive power supplies cost a fortune!

Sorry I couldn't help.

Okay, I've connected the fan to a molex connector, now it's at 5V. This review suggests the cooling is better by 15 C than the stock cooler at "32%", so it should be alright. A margin of 15 C from "32%" seems comfortable. Now that the clicking noise is gone, the noise levels from the case fan, the C...

Ralf Hutter wrote:Look through the P180's thumb screw collection and you'll find one with a shallow head. That's the one to use for the lower drive cage because it will clear the door.

Ohh, right you are. I didn't notice that.

I bought the ATI silencer 4 without knowing about the clicking problem, now I've connected the fan to a molex connector and it's running fairly quiet at 5V, but will the temps be okay at load? I saw a review that had it running okay at "32%", but how many percent is 5V?

limee wrote:Those are the copper smart drives right? What hdd temps do you get with'em? Do you remember what they (the hdd's) were bare?

Yeah, they're copper. The upper one is 41 C and the one on top in the drive cage is 44 C right now. I don't know what their temps are bare, I've never run them bare.

Argh, I just read about the ATI silencers in in the VGA silencing forum. :( Arctic Cooling should have some disclaimer on the packaging. "Our fans suck!", "We hate consumers!", "Bugger off and die!" or something. Hooking the fan up to a a fan controller didn't work, it just revved up to 2250 and sta...

But the CPU fan and the three smartdrives don't look matched to me. The CPU fan is not the loudest component though, as far as I can tell, the sound from the CPU fan can't be heard from outside the case. Right now the loudest component is the ATI Silencer fan, so I suspect it might be faulty. The n...

In an attempt to get better temperatures, sound levels, cable management and a nicer case, I have replaced my old chieftec case with a P180. This has also coincided with my acquisition of a new digital camera, so I'm able to show you the results. http://images5.theimagehosting.com/sideview.3.JPG Her...

Well, I was able to fit two smart drives in the lower cage, but it's a very very tight fit with the fan, and there was no room for the suspension I was hoping to get room for. I'll post some pics in the gallery tomorrow.

I recieved my case today and the exact specs with the cage are W: 6.3" H: 4.25" D: 7.5". Without the cage the width is about 7.5" and the height about 4.4", unless you remove the cage mounts, which will give you about 6" of height.

Wohoo, just ordered my P180, it's available in Norway at a number of stores through the link in my last post.

I think most people here ascribe to a different KISS:

KISS = Keep It Silent Stupid

From what I've been able to determine, it should be possible to fit two smartdrives in the lower compartment without removing anything. The height and width aren't a problem, but it might be a tight fit length-wise with the cables and the distance to the fan. A guesstimate on the dimensions (without...

Not in Sweden, but I suspect P180s will arrive roughly at the same time in Norway and Sweden, I use Hardware.no to find offers and information, I think some even ship to Sweden. Most have no arrival date, but one has the arrival date set to the 15th and one has the arrival date set to the 22nd, but ...

Try to open up the case while the computer is running and feel the temperature of the air inside the case, if it is about the same temperature as the air getting blown out, you just have more than adequate airflow.

I have a fanless PSU now, and I will move it into the P180 I intend to get. I will connect the PSU to the lower fan, so it'll turn on when the PSU gets hot. This means the two HDDs I'll have down there will have no air moving over them most of the time, but HDDs don't make a lot of heat. I'll have a...

Very nice dynamiks, I can't wait until I get my P180, they're supposed to get them in stock tomorrow, but I'm not holding my breath.

They seem to be comparing the case to a picture of Saddam...

That can't be good.

How soon can one expect a proper review by spcr?

It will be very interesting to see if the case is as good as the specs suggest.

Maybe within a couple of weeks if it's supposed to be available in europe in one to one and a half months...