I see what could be a potential problem in that it does not look like these coolers will fit (depending on their exact height on the vertical part) when running with a tower cooler on the cpu. On my Abit An8-Ultra I have 60mm between the bottom of the Ninja and my video card. The vertical part looks...

I can't say for sure if the grill is the cause of the noise, was assuming that was the cause given the fans used and the mounting method used. I hear a slight buzzing sound. I first noticed it using a Nexus set a different voltages from 6v-12v. Currently using a Yate Loon there hooked up to the moth...

Well at least I'm not alone on the rear grill matter. I noticed this with a Nexus and a Yate Loon (currently using). After a bit I guess I just got used to it though cause I really don't notice at all now. But I would assume cutting out the grill would solve it. For the time being I cut a piece of c...

While temps have been decent for my card with a Zalman vf700cu running at 1600rpm, I figured if I underclocked it for 2d mode it might better temps unless I'm gaming or doing something with 3d. So the stock clocks for my eVGA card are 350/1000. For 2d mode I'm trying 325/1000 to see how it works, I ...

For the Yate Loons anything 900rpm and lower is very quiet. The YL will start every time at 5V Sorry, bit off topic, but what kind of controller are you using? I have 2 hooked up to an Aerogate III (which goes from 5v-12v) and I can't get them to stay spinning at 5v, they just shut off. The slowest ...

Probably wouldn't even need the top fan on a p180. I ran a 4400+ passively with the top vent on the p180 blocked and a Yate Loon as my exhaust.

The stock heatpipe coolers that are being used on some boards? I don't think so, seems they are dependent on orientation. But if you have the room a Thermalright HR-05 could be a viable replacement.

I think it would depend if your motherboard can automatically adjust fan speed according to temps. I have an Abit An8 Ultra in a p180 with the Ninja. When I was running my 4400+ I had the front Yate Loon set at 900rpm and the back Yate Loon plugged into the motherboard. I had it setup in BIOS so the...

I don't understand why it can't be thick/re-inforced plastic. I don't know if I got a different manual with mine. But I do recall it stating something to the effect of; if the Scythe backplate does not clear all motherboard components, use the backplate supplied with the motherboard. Unless you buy...

That's exactly what I'm looking to do. Well the duct part anyways, just haven't gotten around to it yet. I did try the concept out with some cardboard. CPU load temps dropped about 1-2C, but I saw a good improvement in my PWM temps, about 4C compared to without the duct. Would like to do something i...

What other case fans do you have? I have the same setup as far as mobo/heatsink goes, even under load sys temp gets to 35C. PWM idles around 36C-38C goes up to about 47-48C under load. The only time PWM will heat up a bit is if I run the Ninja passive which I did for a while. But found the Nexus run...

While I'm not too happy with Antec anymore, I do like the look of the p180. Personally I have never understood all the hoopla around Lian Li cases. To me 20 slot covers and mesh/grille on the front of the case isn't too stylish.

Hello, Is anyone else having trouble with Speedfan not saving settings in regard to the graphics card? My 6800gt has the MAX6648 sensor, so I setup the local/remote temps in speedfan for my video card (ambient/gpu). No matter what I do it will not keep my offset values, desired/warning values or eve...

I used to be a fan of Matrox. Had the 450, 550 and the 650. In between those I did try ATI and Nvidia cards. My experience is if you're sticking with CRT monitors, Matrox does give a higher quality image. When the 6800 series first came out I got a 6800nu to drive 2 high quality NEC 19" CRT monitors...

On my eVGA 6800gt (pcie) I did this. Blew a capacitor after a week.

I'm wondering when Antec will come out with a nice big sink that comes with their cases. Something that can be secured to the case itself and will easily allow passive cooling.

Sorry, the Yate Loons are the D12SL-12, I think that's the medium speed model. They spin at 1350rpm at 12v. I have all 3 hooked up to a Coolermaster Aerogate III, set to about 900rpm (somewhere around 7v I guess) and they are extremely quiet. I was using 3 Tricools before in the case and I can say t...

With coolers all the time getting bigger (and heavier) I wonder when we will see something like on an Intel approved server chassis? Where the heatsink is bolted through the board and into the motherboard tray.

Well Antec on your side of the pond seems to be more "on the ball" than their US counterparts. I just got my replacement side panels and door. I was lucky they screwed up and ended up sending 3 front doors and 3 side panels. I say I was lucky because 2 of the front doors were bulging worse than my o...

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Doesn't look too bad if you have the room. I've heard of some people running this passive. At 150g and the design, it looks like it could do a really nice job fanless.

Kind of strange that they used the RD480 chipset and not a widely used and tested nvidia chipset or even the newer RD580. Hasn't there been performance issues with the 480 chipset from the start? Then again I'm sure a dual G5 Power is 2x as fast as any other platform on certain Photoshop filters

Hello, Yes it fits fine. I install the ram first, then installing the Ninja I secure the clips closest to the ram and then the other 2. With the Ninja installed, there is enough room still to pull out the ram. The fan doesn't go any lower than the clips it basically sits on the clips. So the bottom ...

That's nice. Going on 4 weeks now waiting for me. I have the old style door which is warped badly and both side panels are coming apart. I called today to see if I could get any kind of update and they still don't know.

off topic but interesting that the original Katana review only got about 3600 page views while the newer review of Cu version get more than 13.800 views just in a short period. My guess is because of the copper. People still think copper makes some magical difference for heatsinks. I would say desi...

I'm not sure about the board, but just a note on the case. The mounting holes on the back for the PSU are such that the psu can be flipped/inverted if need be. This is kind of nice on Antec's part as not all psu's have the leads on the right side.

What I'm looking for is a controller that can work with 4 fans (more wouldn't matter), display rpm and be able to program buttons. What I mean is say if you leave your pc sitting idle overnight or whatever, you hit one button and it will shut off 2 fans and leave 2 running or shut off 3 fans and lea...

In my opinion it's very minimal, only when the drive(s) are working. But light or idle, no vibrations. I think it's due to the system being a lot more quiet overall. But the HDDs now are really loud, both idle and active. My next thing is to figure out a way to suspend them in the lower chamber. If ...

Yep, exactly what I was wondering Just didn't want to blow another fan header or muck something up.

Has anyone ran the fan of a Silencer off a connector other than the video card? A while back I took a Zalman vf700 and cut the wire and connected a 2 pin connector. Apparently the Zalman fans needs too much juice because the fan header on my card blew :( Even though I've seen others do the exact thi...

An alternative to fiddling around with tools to remove pins from conenctors is to simply cut them off and crimp on new ones. That is true. This last time around I didn't have enough ATX pins laying around, so I had to go the "long way" around ;) I like using a heatgun for the shrink tube. It's easi...