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Olle P wrote:Add at least one (filtered) intake fan in the side door, covering the expansion slot area, ...

And/or add a fan sucking air in through the bottom of the case. (Requires some free height underneath.)

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Read the TIPS & HINTS FOR ASSEMBLY at the bottom of this page. (It's specified for early P180, but applies to P182 as well.)

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Add at least one (filtered) intake fan in the side door, covering the expansion slot area, if you run a high power rig.

The top fan should be left sucking out, or be removed with the hole covered.

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Googly_Eyes wrote:Could this even be considered for a silent PC; or is it too tight & will create too much back pressure to cool correctly w/o a high CFM fan?

It's tight, yes, and will provide lots of cooling and noise when operated correctly!

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gmyx wrote:Odd that your test show very different temps than here.

It often makes a slight difference with heatpipe coolers whether the motherboard is vertical or horizontal. Perhaps that's what comes into play here?

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gud4u wrote:I remember one tower case review with a possible combination of 7 120mm fans. If all fans were used, it would have to sound like a helicopter.

That's one stealthy chopper!

Seven Noctua NF-S12-800 @ 200rpm (3.0V) makes a combined noise of ~0dBA, same as one such fan running at 295rpm.

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Measuring noise at such a close distance and such high levels, ... may have biased the results. Also, open air sound levels are also not always representitive of real-world results, because the case and the room the computer is in may be much better at eliminating some (typically higher) freqencies...

Seems like chipset power consumption is an overlooked area in motherboard reviews...

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Any regular $30 case turned upside down?

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First I'd check the wattmeter. If it's a cheap Kill-A-Watt or similar then that's most probably the source of fault; these are notorious for showing the wrong numbers when measuring on switched PSUs. (If your PSU is of very good quality and doesn't send ripple back out on the line then it should wor...

You should be able to find generic engine filters for vacuum cleaners, roughly 15x20cm in size, at a fair cost. (Look in the supermarket where they have accessories for vacuum cleaners.)

That's what I use and it works great!

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A fan controller is always nice, but might be a little pricey. Another option is to attach the fan to the motherboard and the use some freeware, like SpeedFan, to adjust the fan speed. A third option is to "build" your own controller. Can be anything from a fixed resistor to a setup with potentiomet...

The pump is so weak that it can not lift water to 50 cm high, this makes the degassing difficult and the overall flow rate very low since the radiator it self is already 40cm high. The actual height shouldn't matter at all (once the system is filled). Since it's a closed loop the water moving up at...

Background In the old school PC case design more or less all ventilation was done by the PSU fan alone. As CPUs became more power hungry, this wasn’t enough, so one or two extra fans near the PSU became a standard feature. In a fairly generic mid tower case the inside air is heated mostly by the ...

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I use this with no big issue.
What can be annoying is when the fans spin at almost the same speed. Then you get a resonance phenomenon that makes the (hopefully small) noise vary in intensity in a "floating" manner, up-down-up-down-...

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Jet powered (beer) cooler.
Why? Because the can says "serve cooled"!

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I would like to calculate how much cooling I get by making the back wall out of, say, a finned plate of aluminium. Another option is to fold it in a zig-zag pattern to increase the surfaces facing both oil and air. Start out with a thin plate (or possibly a couple, adding up to) 50cm high and 400cm...

That type of job I've only done in the metal work shop at my work place.

Then I chose/alternate between vacuum cleaner an blowing compressed air, depending on size and amount of the cut parts.

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What about your other computer setup and temps?

Is there reason to think that your S2 now get less and/or warmer air for cooling than it used to? (Extra equipment added, clogged dust filter, etc.)

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Why is choosing glass bad, aside that its more fragile.. Who said it's more fragile? The glass used for aquariums is by no means "fragile", not to mention 4" thick laminated bullet proof glass... The tricky part is that it's much harder, both physically and in terms of working with it. A single sid...

Why would anyone sane consider a sealed/all-in-one liquid cooling outfit. Requires no more maintenance than a heat pipe cooler. More rugged and portable(*) than a heat pipe cooler of same cooling capacity. Better cooling capacity than a heat pipe cooler of similar ruggedness. Fairly cheap, when bou...

angelkiller wrote:Average cooling performance for $150? I'll pass.

At a slightly higher price you'll get the Siberian Tiger II with superior performance.

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A processor working at 35 C will not last longer or be more stable than a processor working at 50 or 55, that is just fud. What decreases the longevity is overclocking, ... There are other thermal considerations too... - High temperature (within specs) might reduce the technical life time, but not ...

... they tend to have very low-quality pumps and make an incredible amount of noise for their size. I don't think that's an issue here, nor with Asetek's competitor; the LCLC system. These are designed for OEMs, with 50,000h MTBF and principally no maintenance. Noise level and cooling performance i...

If the temperature of your components (CPU, GPU, NB and HDD) is okay, then the air flow is sufficient.

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Bummer!

Well, I'll have to come up with some other solution then...

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There seems to be many owners of P182 here, so a quick question... What's the height from the surface it stands on up to the top, excluding the wedge shaped fan grill? I'm planning to buy a P182 within the foreseeable future. Public listings says the height is 51cm, and want to know if it's possible...

I've got a used stock cooler, complete with P3 800/133 and mobo. (No RAM.)
I'm willing to let you have it all at the cost of P&P.

Where on Earth are you located?

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