ces wrote:Why are you not considering the Promlimatech or the Thermalright HR-01 plus, the two top rated SPCR coolers?

They are both quiet and powerful.

They are quite expensive Also i like the look of a huge cooler on a small board Scythe has both (nice price and hugeness ).

Hmm 45 dollars isnt quite a lot of money. But it still is dealextreme (good for cables/adapters/cheap stuff). I prefer to have a goot brand for my cooling.

Firstly, Hello all, first post here. Secondly, ive been researching fan controllers and rheobus's, and have made a few myself in the past week with 5amp and 7amp current limits but they still all seem to heat up a fair bit even though the voltage regs are heatsinked, and im afraid of putting them i...

i think that the mugen2 cools better than the ninja, but it's a pain to install. I installed the mugen before (on a friends pc). I found it good to do. You just need some books to support the motherboard when you want to install the cooler. The Mugen is the better cooler, but as the rpms go down th...

Well, i have a cpu to cool on a silent way.

Its a Q6600 (105w TDP) in a P180 Mini but i was wondering what cooler gives me the best temps on a low rpm (800 and less). Both wont cool the cpu passive i guess.

Whats the best cooler for this cpu?

^Thanks!!! I would love a SSD but its not in the budget at 3+$ per GB. maybe in quarter 2 when intel releases their new SSD's and the prices come down a little. Anyone have a HD5750 GPU? i need to quiet the fan down, even at 20% its audible, ive looked everywhere for aftermarket coolers and there o...

DVI and HDMI are digital signals (the monitor converts those signals to a picture). VGA is a analog signal (videocard converts digital signal to pictures). That way your image is way crisypier.

I'm way to anal retentive... Your front fan is installed with the sticker upside down. You're gonna put a window on this with a stock heatsink to show off... ;) Oh - and there's not enough blue LED's and da-glo water tubes for a lan party rig! Actually it looks really nicely done. It's too bad you ...

Hmm i built a thermaltake watercooled cpu system for a friend. And it sucks... bigtime. Pump is not strong enough for a good block (heatkiller).

One recommendation. Get some good stuff TT wil work (but for how long, friends system had problems 3 months after purchase).

Update: picciez Well, i had a lamp, camera and photoshop in reach so i thought why not shoot some artsy pictures :) How do you like them? http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp125/Henkje1/P180%20Mini%20build/DSC02605.jpg http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp125/Henkje1/P180%20Mini%20build/DSC02611.j...

PSU's are just as wide as Optical drives (hint, hint ).

I agree. That IS a waste of aluminium.

Where are the sleek, straight lines of lian li? The only cases i still like are the PC-7 PC-60 V351 and X1000.

Post your experience when you got the card!

I think it will work because normal 5770 can do it too.

Grump wrote:

BlackWhizz wrote:What hardware is gonna be in this case?

I have bought nothing so far, so everything is an option. Any ideas?

Grump

What do you do with your pc?

Its funny because i wanted that case but i decided to dont get it because many of the gpu coolers wont fit in there. I was concerned about that too, but I think there's a solution. I don't have a motherboard picked out yet, but I think the second story floor can be cut just above most... Oh wait. S...

~El~Jefe~ wrote:OHhhhh.. ok. Hey, I was wondering if I could cut them off. I never will use more than one display. hm. Lil snip snip makes the day grow shorter?

Wouldnt try it. Just get another card which has no stacked connectors. asus CuCore, PowerColor has one. MSI Hawk is also good for aftermarket coolers.

Replace the cooler. its easier than you think.

Scythe Setsugen? It will fit, but you need to have a card which doesnt have stacked backpanel connectors. Thats the man reason why so much coolers dont fit. This is the first I've heard of this concept. What are "stacked backpanel connectors"? See this picture: http://forum.i3d.net/attachments/hard...

I think you can. your CPU has a tdp of 95w. get a Scythe Ninja (not the mini ninja) mount it and you'll probably can cool your cpu passive. But i think the silenter option may be replace your back 120mm fan with a 3pin fan and run your top fan on 7v (at high) many say the top fan is more silent that...

setsugen? hm. lots of good comments :) THis is my first air system in many years so I really have no experience with air since my ati 9800 all in wonder pro I dont think that setsugen fits 5770. sucks right? Scythe Setsugen? It will fit, but you need to have a card which doesnt have stacked backpan...

Dremeltime! Fanholes can be cut out. Front panel remove a few layers.

Its funny because i wanted that case but i decided to dont get it because many of the gpu coolers wont fit in there.

I'd go for a HD5770 with the backpanel connectors next to eachother (not on top of eachother). With a setsugen (with fanflip) on low. Fan is inaudible and the VRM's get cooled.

Accelero S1 rev 2. And tiewrap a 120mm fan running on a real low RPM on it and your videocard is cool and silent!

Hr03 can be done to.

Well i'd go for a P182 because there is more space inside. Also that dualchamber design is genius!

Do a Cmos reset, try switching sata ports, what happens then?

Do you have problems with hard drive vibration? In my brother's Mini P180 I had to put foam in the corners below and above the hard drive cage to dampen it. Hello Lawrence, i first had vibrations. But that was because i overtightened the screws so the antivibration rubbers didnt work. Just dont ove...

About the 5770. Get one which has the backpanel connectors sideways. Not on top of eachother. That way you can always upgrade to another cooler. The Asus 5770 CuCore has this so more aftermarket coolers will fit on that card. About that thermal paste. Get that MX2. That paste also comes in quite han...

How much drivers do you have for your server part of the case.

What specs does your workstation have?

Hmm, for me its the challenge to have quiet build that performs. So power usage is not my main point.

They go hand in hand but i mainly want performing components.