I'm with Michael on this one, get the Antec Solo + VX450W, it costs abit, but I'm willing to bet you'll be more satisfied with that setup

I ran my ultra120 extreme fanless on an E6600 (stock) with antec fans on low, i got about 55C load..

I'd rather get a Samsung 500GB than that 160GB.. the 500GB runs about $105-115 anyways, so its not horribly more expensive, for a faster drive and alot more space.

I'd rather keep my P5W DH Deluxe than buy this... review a P35 mobo instead

Edit: Maybe the Abit IP35 is a good mobo review candidate? it looks really good

Hi Wibla, Many thanks for your reply. That heatsink and fan combo looks great; that's a serious bit of metal! :) Any particular reason why you'd recommend the Corsair over the Antec PSU? They look pretty similar to my uninformed eye. And do you have anything you'd recommend for the VGA card? On my ...

CPU: E6750, its alot cheaper and clocks beyond 3GHz with ease. PSU: Corsair HX620W I'd recommend air cooling... Thermalright Ultra120 eXtreme and a nexus or scythe s-flex 120mm :) Edit: Noticed you didnt want to OC now.. still I'd get the E6750, put it at 375x8 (3GHz) and be done with it, it should...

The stock P182 filters works fine for me, but ofcourse you still have to vacuum the case from time to time, just not as often... tho, remember to clean the filters from time to time (just rinse them in water and dry them off with a towel - takes about 5 minutes)

This is a slot1 cpu right?

remove the slot cpu and take off the fan, remove all dust and crap from the heatsink, consider replacing fan, re-assemble, put in the cpu and boot up...

I'm controlling 5 fans from 0-12V on my P5W with SpeedFan.. tho it only has 3 PWM's, one for cpu, one controlling both exhaust fans, and one controlling both hdd/intake fans.. works like a charm.. but this abit setup seems to be -alot- better control-wise... I've used speedfan and I like it a lot. ...

I'm controlling 5 fans from 0-12V on my P5W with SpeedFan.. tho it only has 3 PWM's, one for cpu, one controlling both exhaust fans, and one controlling both hdd/intake fans.. works like a charm.. but this abit setup seems to be -alot- better control-wise...

I envy that 3 monitor setup .. alot!

on my P5W DH Deluxe the PWM controller for the cpu fan (4pin) can control 3pin fans aswell, no problems

You should try a top exhaust... i have my setup rigged up with a Nexus in the rear and a noctua in the top, the noctua only spins up when i pass 45-50% fan speed, by then the nexus has been spinning for a while... really helps when the temps are soaring, especially for the passive 7950GT i have, hehe.

This is very good! do you have a top exhaust fan at all on your p182?

Just set the following boxen up to run F@H for spcr:

one Celeron 2.66GHz (colo in the us)
one Celeron 3.2GHz (home fileserver)
one AMD64 3000+ (colo in the netherlands)
workstation - E6600 @ 3.1GHz - one gui + one cli
one P3-933 (home gw)

hovering at about 400ppd i think, not exactly alot

This looks fine... how much do the temps vary when at 100% load?

There has been major quality control issues with the WD 500GB drives lately, a friend of mine lost 17 of 21 drives in 3 weeks (they were migrating in a new storage solution + a few servers)... so I'd rather not recommend WD for raid0 stuff at all.

I use munin on linux to graph the hdd temps...

Edit: about the power supply thing in my stacker.. in the classic stacker there's a psu cage in the top, problem with the tagan was that the fan hub was too tall compared to the rest of the psu, so it didnt fit...

This is the code I used before I got munin up and running.... /usr/sbin/smartctl -a -d 3ware,0 /dev/twa0 | grep Temp | awk {'print $10'} /usr/sbin/smartctl -a -d 3ware,1 /dev/twa0 | grep Temp | awk {'print $10'} /usr/sbin/smartctl -a -d 3ware,2 /dev/twa0 | grep Temp | awk {'print $10'} /usr/sbin/sma...

O&O is disappointing indeed... gonna give PD a try

Ultra 120 extreme with a nexus or scythe fan...

Bragging pic:

Delete this, double post.

This is a 6ms G2G 24"WS Samsung S-PVA (LTM240M2) panel... It probably is a nice purchase. however, it has input lag and I could never consider that for competitive gaming. I do not know how much lag though it truly has. 5ms response is meaningless. unless it is a cheap crappy panel made over a year ...

Yes, I want to mount one where the psu is placed on my setup now

The noisiest components in my pc now are the 250GB seagate 7200.8 and the 320GB (HD320LD) PATA samsung drive in the upper bay.. seriously annoys me when I want to sleep
I can run the nexus fan in front of the drives at 750rpm before I even notice it...

Yeah, I messed up with the psu, the fan hub protrudes too much from the psu case, so it didnt fit in the top spot.. im gonna get a hx620W to replace it, then another 4in3 module in the bottom ;) I'm thinking about putting in nexus fans (yate loon..) to replace the coolermaster ones, but been too laz...

I'd get one 2900xt and an e4300 for now, and just oc the hell out of the e4300 till penryn arrives....

Why this obsession with "no cpu and vga" fans? its utter nonsense as long as it means higher overall sound levels because the case fans has to rev faster to pull enough air through the case to cool the heatsinks. Get the P182, nexus 120mm for the front intake, lower hdd bay and rear exhaust, and a n...

This looked oddly familiar.. oh, wait, HELLO COPYCAT!

How did you like the yate loon fans compared to the stock Coolermaster ones the 4in3 modules? and honestly, the 810 isnt as suited to fileserver duties as the classic...

this should work fine, albeit you should have a fan on it that is software controlled if possible... my e6600 @ 3GHz idles with the fan turned off and the rear fan + top fan at about 25% (which in practice means the top fan is off and the rear fan is turning at about 300rpm.. noctua top fan and nexu...

There are plenty of ground in the power and data cables to the harddrives anyway